PLANNING / FIELD NOTES

How do you plan a marketing campaign?

Put the offer, audience, evidence, budget and follow-up on one page before producing the creative.

Black Market Action / Reviewed 18 September 2026

Write down the business decision.

Begin with what the campaign should help achieve and who needs the offer. Describe the actual service, available capacity, area served and dates. A brief becomes more useful when it names a concrete next step, such as requesting a consultation or asking about a product.

Gather the questions customers already ask. Sales conversations and previous enquiries help reveal the information people need before acting. Keep assumptions separate from facts that the business can support.

Choose the message and evidence.

Write one clear promise that the business can keep. Identify the details that support it: the work included, genuine examples, relevant experience and clear conditions. Choose the formats needed to explain it.

Write the headline, offer and call to action together. Read them aloud and check that each supports the same promise. The Campaign Desk helps organise that thinking into a brief to discuss.

Assign the work.

List the assets, destination page, approval owner, production date and launch dependencies. Include the budget and who can change it. Confirm which accounts will be used and who owns them.

Prepare the response process before launch. Someone needs to answer messages, qualify enquiries and record the outcome. The campaign and the business follow-up should use the same understanding of the offer.

Define the review.

Choose the reporting period and useful actions to measure. Test those actions and document any gaps. A completed form, a contact click and a sale are different observations.

The first review should produce specific next steps. Record what happened, what was learned and what needs another test. Keep the approved brief and changes together so future decisions have a reliable history.

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