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§ 07 — Marketing Automation

Lifecycle systems
that compound,
not interrupt

The systems that make your product feel attentive — behaviour-triggered messages, personalisation, viral loops. Built well, automation is the leverage that lets a small team feel like a big one. Built badly, it's the unread email graveyard.

The engagement
3 — 6 months
Programme · fixed-fee

Per lifecycle programme. Long-term operatorship optional.

Booking Q4 2026
What's included

The work.

№01
Behavior-triggered messaging

Email, SMS, push — based on real events

№02
Personalisation engines

Dynamic content by industry, geo, referrer

№03
Viral & referral systems

Invite mechanics, reward dashboards, tracking

№04
Lifecycle email design

Onboarding, reactivation, win-back sequences

The process

How it's built.

Same rhythm every engagement — clear phases, weekly demos, written deliverables. Nothing is "in review" forever.

01
Map

Customer journey, end-to-end. Where are the moments of attention? Onboarding, drop-off, expansion, churn. Each moment gets a sequence.

02
Write

The hardest part. Sequences are only useful if the copy is good. We write them together — your voice, my structure.

03
Wire

Set up in Customer.io / Braze / Iterable. Triggers on real events from your tracking layer. Tested against staging users first.

04
Iterate

Monthly performance reviews. Kill what doesn't work, double down on what does. Goal isn't opens — it's product behaviour.

Deliverables

What you
walk away with.

Event-driven
Messaging triggered by real behaviour
  • ▸ 01
    Behavior-triggered messaging (email, SMS, push) on real events
  • ▸ 02
    Personalisation engine for the web (geo, industry, referrer)
  • ▸ 03
    Viral & referral system with reward dashboard
  • ▸ 04
    Lifecycle email designed (onboarding, activation, win-back)
  • ▸ 05
    Templates + tone-of-voice documentation for your team
  • ▸ 06
    Performance dashboards per campaign
  • ▸ 07
    Quarterly programme review
Tools

Tool-agnostic where possible. Opinionated where it matters.

Customer.io
Braze
Iterable
Loops
Resend
Twilio
OneSignal
Mutable
Hightouch
Common questions

Before you ask.

Will users hate the volume?+

They won't if you write less. My default is to start with half the messages people expect — only add when there's a clear job to do. Email frequency is a UX problem, not a marketing one.

Do you write the copy?+

I draft, you edit, we iterate. Voice is yours; structure and triggers are mine.

Can you build referral loops?+

Yes — invite mechanics, reward dashboards, tracking links, the whole flow. Often paired with the Engine Build for tight integration into product.

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the work.

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