5 days from audit submission to live marketing operations

Day 0: You submit an audit

The audit form takes 60-90 seconds. Your store URL, what's not working, what you're trying to grow toward. That's it.

I personally read every audit submission. Within 2 business days, you get a custom growth plan emailed back covering: which 2-3 channels to focus on first based on your stage, what the realistic timeline looks like, what we'd ship in your first 30 days, and what it costs all-in. No call required.

If the plan resonates, you reply to the email and we move to day 1. If it doesn't, you keep the plan and use it however you want.

Day 1: Intake and brand voice training

We send a single intake form (10 questions, ~15 minutes). It covers brand voice samples, product details, customer language, and visual references. You also send past content that represents your voice (5-10 examples).

The Custom AI is trained on your specific brand context. Not generic ChatGPT prompts. Not templates. A model fine-tuned on your past copy, customer reviews, product specifics, and visual patterns.

This is the step most services skip. Generic AI marketing services use the same templates for every client. The brand-voice training is what produces output that sounds like a brand-aware copywriter wrote it instead of a template generator.

Day 2-3: Channel setup

We configure the channels you picked in the audit plan. Standard mid-tier stack:

Email: Klaviyo flows configured (welcome series, abandoned cart, post-purchase, browse abandonment, winback). All written in your brand voice. Triggers and segmentation tested before any send.

Content: Blog calendar built for the next 30 days, keyword targets set, internal linking architecture established (cluster + pillar structure).

Social: Posting cadence set (4-7 per week per platform), content templates established, scheduling tools connected (Buffer or Postiz).

Ads (if in tier): Account access connected via partner permissions, audience structure built, creative testing framework established.

Day 4: First content shipped to portal

The first batch of output lands in your client portal. You see every email, every social post, every blog draft, every ad creative. You approve everything before it ships to your audience.

Direct Slack channel with me opens. Same-day responses on weekdays. No account manager between us. Always me, never a junior.

Day 5: Live operations

Daily marketing output running across all your channels. Weekly reports auto-generated and pushed to your portal. Monthly strategy review (async, in the portal — no required call).

Cancel any time. No retainer lock-in. 30-day notice and we hand back your prompt library, customer data, and integration access.

What you see in the portal

The client portal is a live dashboard, not a monthly PDF. You see:

Approval queue. Every piece of content waiting for your review with timing and channel context.

Published feed.Everything that's gone live, with performance metrics as they come in.

Reports. Auto-updated KPIs across email, content, paid, and organic. No manual report generation.

Activity log. Every action taken in the system (content generated, edits made, ads launched, emails sent) with timestamps and reasoning.

Files. Every asset (graphics, photos, copy drafts, brand assets) accessible without asking us for it.

What this is not

Not a 30-day discovery phase. We start shipping work day 4.

Not a 12-month contract. Month-to-month, cancel any time.

Not an account manager forwarding emails. Direct founder communication.

Not generic AI templates. Brand-trained Custom AI for each client.

Not a monthly PDF report. Real-time portal access.

Read the deeper context

For the full architecture of how AI-powered marketing services work in 2026, see AI marketing for ecommerce: the 2026 playbook. For the comparison framework against agencies and other options, see marketing agency alternatives. For pricing transparency, see AI marketing cost in 2026.