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Editorial-as-a-system. Not editorial-as-a-vibe.

Most content programs are essentially "write more stuff and hope." I build the system underneath: who decides what gets written, how briefs are scored, what gets killed, and how the whole thing rolls up to revenue you can defend in a board meeting.

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// 01 — Three pillars

What an editorial system actually does.

If your team can't answer all three, you don't have a system — you have a calendar.

Decide

A scoring rubric for every brief: opportunity size, brand fit, search intent, GEO surfaceability, internal capacity. No more "the CMO's gut said yes."

  • Brief scoring rubric
  • Topic taxonomy
  • Kill criteria for old content

Ship

The pipeline from brief to publish, with explicit human review points and AI assistance where it actually helps. Built into your stack, not a separate tool.

  • Brief → draft → review pipeline
  • Editor voice + style guide
  • Publishing checklist

Measure

The exec dashboard. Five numbers your CEO can read in 60 seconds, traceable from publish date to attributable revenue.

  • Single-page exec dashboard
  • Cohort analysis (by pub month)
  • Quarterly roll-up deck

// 02 — The honest comparison

How this differs from what you have now.

The contrast that matters most.

DimensionWhat most teams doWhat this is
Brief generationSEO ticket → freelancer Google Doc, 3-day delayBrief generated from rubric in 4 min, scored before assignment
Topic selectionCMO's gut + last quarter's keywordsScored against opportunity model, with kill criteria
Editor capacityEmail threads, lost briefs, missed deadlinesNotion board with capacity-aware assignment
Content refresh"We should update old posts" — never happensAutomated queue: anything >20% traffic loss surfaces weekly
Exec reporting14-tab GA4 explorer no one opensOne page, five numbers, sent monthly
AI usageEither "absolutely not" or "ChatGPT wrote it all"In the brief and review loop. Never in the final draft as-is.

// 03 — A real quarter

What a quarterly calendar looks like once it's running.

Sample from a recent client engagement (B2B SaaS, ~$8M ARR). Pillar pieces, growth pieces, audit-driven refreshes — all balanced against editor capacity.

Week
Pillar
Growth
Refresh
Wk 1
EVERGREEN
"The honest guide to GA4 → server-side tracking"
GROWTH
"5 dashboards every CFO actually reads"
AUDIT
Refresh: "What is product-led growth?" (-32% YoY)
Wk 2
GROWTH
Comparison: "Mixpanel vs PostHog in 2026"
AUDIT
Merge: 3 thin posts → 1 cornerstone
Wk 3
EVERGREEN
"The PLG metrics canon" (cornerstone, 4,500w)
GROWTH
Trend: "What changed in GA4 this month"
Wk 4
GROWTH
Founder POV: "Why we killed our dashboard product"
AUDIT
Kill list: 14 pages no traffic, no rankings

Ready to stop publishing on vibes?

Send me your last quarter's content calendar. I'll send back the version with the system underneath it.

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