**Note:** Operating as interim Senior Campaign Strategist. No active campaign_strategy agent found in system—proceeding with direct tactical development.

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## OBJECTIVE

Generate 5,000 qualified pre-orders and capture 10,000 email subscribers within 90 days, achieving Amazon Bestseller status (Top 100 in Business & Money category) on launch day for *The Quiet Leader: Managing Teams Without Losing Yourself*.

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## TARGET AUDIENCE

**Primary Segment:** Mid-level corporate managers aged 28–42 (60% female skew), household income $75k–$140k, located in US/UK/Canada urban centers. Active daily on LinkedIn (professional mode) and Instagram (personal mode). Currently in "consideration stage"—searching leadership development content but feeling alienated by aggressive "hustle culture" frameworks. Emotional state: Exhausted from masking introversion; seeking permission to lead authentically.

**Key Insight:** They won't buy from authority figures who preach traditional dominance-based leadership. They need peer validation—seeing professionals who look/think like them (quiet, analytical, empathetic) succeeding with these specific tactics. The trigger is recognizing their current burnout as a *leadership style mismatch*, not a personal failure.

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## TACTICAL PLAN

**PHASE 1: AUDIENCE CAPTURE (Days 1–30)**

- **STEP:** Deploy "Leadership Archetype Assessment" (interactive quiz) via LinkedIn sponsored content and organic posts, offering personalized 6-page PDF results + 3-chapter book preview.
- **OWNER:** Agency (funnel build) + Author (personal LinkedIn engagement)
- **TIMELINE:** Week 1 setup, Weeks 2–4 traffic push
- **TOOL/PLATFORM:** Typeform (assessment), ConvertKit (email capture/delivery), LinkedIn Campaign Manager (ads), Canva (PDF design)

- **STEP:** Secure 12 podcast appearances on niche shows (e.g., *The Introvert Entrepreneur*, *Manager Tools*, *HBR IdeaCast*) with pre-approved talking points focused on "introvert energy management" not generic leadership.
- **OWNER:** Agency (booking) + Author (recording)
- **TIMELINE:** Weeks 2–4 (recordings), published Weeks 4–8
- **TOOL/PLATFORM:** Podcast Booking Agency (Booked Podcasts or Indie Drop-In), Riverside.fm (remote recording), Buzzsprout (hosting verification)

**PHASE 2: PRE-LAUNCH ACTIVATION (Days 31–60)**

- **STEP:** Activate 200-person ARC (Advance Review Copy) team recruited from assessment-takers and BookSirens, requiring Amazon review commitment + launch-day purchase for algorithm boost.
- **OWNER:** VA (team management) + Agency (coordination)
- **TIMELINE:** Week 5 (recruitment), Week 6 (PDF distribution), Week 8 (physical copies to top 50)
- **TOOL/PLATFORM:** BookFunnel (secure ARC delivery), StoryOrigin (team coordination), Google Sheets (tracking), NetGalley (supplementary professional reviewer recruitment)

- **STEP:** Execute "30 Days of Quiet Leadership" LinkedIn content series—daily 150-word micro-stories from the book's case studies, ending with soft CTA to assessment.
- **OWNER:** Author (personal stories) + Agency (copy editing/scheduling)
- **TIMELINE:** Days 31–60 daily at 8:00 AM EST
- **TOOL/PLATFORM:** LinkedIn native scheduling, Hypefury (automation backup), Notion (content calendar)

**PHASE 3: LAUNCH SURGE (Days 61–75)**

- **STEP:** "Surge Day" coordinated buy—email blast to 10k list + ARC team + author network purchasing within 24-hour window to trigger Amazon's "Hot New Release" algorithm.
- **OWNER:** Agency (email deployment) + VA (ARC team WhatsApp coordination)
- **TIMELINE:** Day 61 (Tuesday 11:00 AM EST launch)
- **TOOL/PLATFORM:** ConvertKit (broadcast), WhatsApp Business (ARC coordination), Amazon KDP (real-time rank monitoring)

- **STEP:** Retargeting blitz—serve Facebook/Instagram carousel ads (testimonial quotes) to assessment-takers who didn't purchase, offering limited-time bonus workbook.
- **OWNER:** Agency (creative + media buying)
- **TIMELINE:** Days 61–75
- **TOOL/PLATFORM:** Meta Ads Manager, Zapier (integration with ConvertKit segments), Canva (creative production)

**PHASE 4: POST-LAUNCH OPTIMIZATION (Days 76–90)**

- **STEP:** Amazon Advertising defense campaign—sponsored product ads targeting competitor titles (*Quiet*, *Radical Candor*, *The Making of a Manager*) with automatic targeting refinement.
- **OWNER:** Agency (PPC management)
- **TIMELINE:** Days 76–90 ongoing
- **TOOL/PLATFORM:** Amazon Advertising Console, Publisher Rocket (keyword research), Sellics (bid automation)

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## CONTENT REQUIREMENTS

1. **Leadership Archetype Assessment**  
   - Format: Branching logic quiz (8 questions)  
   - Count: 250 words total question copy, 1,200 words result copy (6 archetypes × 200 words)  
   - Platform: Typeform (embedded on Carrd landing page)  
   - Writer: Agency (copy), Author (archetype validation)

2. **Assessment Results PDF**  
   - Format: 6-page designed PDF (cover + archetype description + 3 preview chapters)  
   - Count: 2,500 words + graphics  
   - Platform: Deliverable via ConvertKit automation  
   - Writer: Author (chapters), Agency (summary content), VA (Canva layout)

3. **LinkedIn Micro-Content Series**  
   - Format: Text posts with single image carousel  
   - Count: 150–180 words per post, 30 posts total  
   - Platform: LinkedIn organic  
   - Writer: Author (raw voice notes), Agency (polished copy)

4. **Podcast One-Sheet**  
   - Format: Single-page PDF (bio, headshot, 5 suggested questions, book hook)  
   - Count: 400 words  
   - Platform: Email attachment for podcast hosts  
   - Writer: VA (design), Agency (copy)

5. **Launch Email Sequence**  
   - Format: 5-email nurture (value, story, social proof, urgency, last chance)  
   - Count: 300–450 words per email  
   - Platform: ConvertKit  
   - Writer: Agency

6. **Amazon Ad Copy**  
   - Format: Sponsored Products headline search  
   - Count: 50-character headline, 150-character body  
   - Platform: Amazon Advertising Console  
   - Writer: Agency

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## SUCCESS METRICS

**1. Cost Per Acquisition (CPA)**  
- Measurement: Amazon Attribution links + unique promo codes tracked via landing page analytics (Google Analytics 4)  
- Baseline: N/A (new product)  
- 90-Day Target: <$6.50 per unit sold (maintaining 40%+ margin)

**2. Email List Velocity**  
- Measurement: ConvertKit subscriber dashboard segmented by source (assessment vs. podcast vs. organic)  
- Baseline: 0 subscribers  
- 90-Day Target: 10,000 active subscribers (defined as opened 1+ email in last 30 days)

**3. Amazon Bestseller Rank (BSR) Stability**  
- Measurement: KDP dashboard + NovelRank hourly tracking  
- Baseline: N/A  
- 90-Day Target: Break Top 100 in Business & Money category on launch day; maintain Top 2,000 for 30 days post-launch

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## RISK & MITIGATION

**1. Amazon Algorithm Freeze (Low initial sales velocity)**  
- Mitigation: Pre-position 200 ARC members for coordinated "surge day" purchase (Tuesday 11 AM EST) combined with Amazon Live virtual launch event to trigger recommendation engine within first 4-hour window.

**2. Author Platform Fatigue (Audience disengagement from promotional frequency)**  
- Mitigation: Implement "Value-First" content ratio—70% standalone leadership tips, 20% story excerpts, 10% direct sales asks—to maintain LinkedIn algorithm favor and subscriber retention.

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## BUDGET ESTIMATE

**$18,500 – $42,000**

**Single Biggest Cost Driver:** Amazon Advertising spend ($8,000 – $25,000 depending on category competition intensity, with "leadership" and "management" keywords averaging $2.80–$4.50 CPC).

*Breakdown: Agency creative/strategy ($5k–$8k), Podcast booking service ($3k–$5k), ARC distribution/printing ($2.5k–$4k), Software/stack ($1k–$2k), Contingency ($1k–$3k).*