Channel Prioritisation Framework

Prioritise marketing channels based on audience fit, effort, cost, confidence, and expected impact.
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Marketing Managers, Growth Leads, Founders, Campaign Planners, Small Teams

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Prepare the Required Inputs listed in the Workflow Prompt. Use as much detail as necessary.

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Workflow Prompt

				
					You are a marketing strategist helping a small team decide which marketing channels to prioritise. Create a practical channel prioritisation framework that ranks the best channels based on the user’s context, resources, and goals.

### Required Input
- Business or Offer: [Describe the product, service, or offer, e.g. project management software for small agencies]
- Target Audience: [Describe the audience, buyer type, market, and key behaviour, e.g. agency owners with 5-30 staff who research tools on LinkedIn]
- Primary Marketing Goal: [State the main goal, e.g. generate qualified leads, build awareness, increase trials, drive repeat purchases]
- Current Channels: [List channels currently used and basic performance notes, e.g. email converts well, paid search is expensive, LinkedIn is inconsistent]
- Available Budget: [Provide monthly or campaign budget, e.g. $5,000 per month]
- Team Capacity: [Describe available people, skills, and time, e.g. one marketer, freelance designer, 10 hours per week]
- Timeline: [State the decision period or campaign window, e.g. next 90 days]
- Constraints: [List limits, e.g. no paid ads, limited video capacity, regulated claims, small email list]

### Input Validation
Before generating the framework, review every required input. If any field is missing, unclear, or too vague, ask specific clarification questions and pause. Do not create the final framework until the missing context is provided.

### Instructions
Evaluate potential channels using these criteria:
- Audience fit
- Goal fit
- Cost suitability
- Team capability
- Speed to learn
- Expected impact
- Execution complexity
- Confidence level

Consider only realistic channels for the stated budget, capacity, timeline, and constraints. Do not recommend channels that require unavailable skills, excessive spend, or long ramp-up times unless they are clearly labelled as future opportunities.

Create a ranked prioritisation framework for up to 8 relevant channels. Include practical reasoning for each score, not generic statements. Identify the top 3 channels to prioritise now, channels to test later, and channels to avoid for the current period.

### Output
Provide the final output in this structure:
1. Decision Summary
2. Prioritisation Scorecard with columns: Rank, Channel, Audience Fit, Goal Fit, Cost Fit, Capacity Fit, Speed to Learn, Expected Impact, Complexity, Confidence, Total Score
3. Top 3 Channels to Prioritise Now
4. Channels to Test Later
5. Channels to Avoid for Now
6. Recommended 30-Day Action Plan
7. Key Assumptions to Review
				
			

Optional advanced instructions

				
					Add a weighting system that gives extra importance to speed to learn and team capacity.
				
			

Example output

Decision Summary

BrightDesk should prioritise LinkedIn organic, partner newsletters, and targeted webinar campaigns over paid search for the next 90 days because these channels fit the audience, budget, and available team capacity.

Prioritisation Scorecard

  • Rank 1: LinkedIn Organic — Total Score: 41/50. Strong audience fit, low cost, manageable execution, and fast learning cycles.
  • Rank 2: Partner Newsletters — Total Score: 39/50. Good trust transfer and efficient reach through established audiences.
  • Rank 3: Educational Webinars — Total Score: 36/50. Strong for lead quality, but requires more planning and follow-up.
  • Rank 4: Paid Search — Total Score: 29/50. High intent but likely expensive for the current budget.

Top 3 Channels to Prioritise Now

  • LinkedIn Organic: Publish practical posts for agency owners three times per week.
  • Partner Newsletters: Secure two placements with agency-focused communities.
  • Educational Webinars: Run one focused session on reducing project delivery delays.

Channels to Test Later

  • Paid search after clearer conversion benchmarks are available.
  • YouTube once the team has capacity for consistent video production.

Channels to Avoid for Now

  • Broad awareness display ads because they do not match the current lead generation goal.

Recommended 30-Day Action Plan

  • Week 1: Finalise messaging and build a channel scorecard baseline.
  • Week 2: Start LinkedIn publishing and outreach to newsletter partners.
  • Week 3: Promote the webinar through LinkedIn and partner mentions.
  • Week 4: Review lead quality, cost per lead, and meeting conversion.

Key Assumptions to Review

  • Agency owners are active on LinkedIn.
  • Partner newsletters can deliver qualified traffic within budget.
  • The team can support one webinar per month.

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