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campaign brief

The campaign brief.

An integrated marketing and communication brief, with an all-activity budget your approver can question line by line.

Sixteen sections, one story.

Included in the US$49 campaign package.

  1. 01

    Management summary

  2. 02

    Business context

  3. 03

    Baseline

  4. 04

    Objectives

  5. 05

    Audience

  6. 06

    Proposition

  7. 07

    Strategy

  8. 08

    Messaging

  9. 09

    Channel roles

  10. 10

    Activity plan

  11. 11

    Timing

  12. 12

    Budget

  13. 13

    Measurement

  14. 14

    Risks

  15. 15

    Approval questions

  16. 16

    Evidence

Strategic checks before the writing starts.

  • Sales targets set against stock, distribution, and fulfilment limits
  • Promotions checked for margin given up, stockpiling, and displaced full-price demand
  • Media activity checked for a credible link to the commercial objective
  • Audience checked for a usable proposition and a way to measure it
  • Invalid dates, currencies mixed without a stated conversion, impossible negative quantities, and margin definitions that count costs twice

Unknown inputs stay unknown. A diagnostic can proceed with gaps. A numerical scenario needs its minimum inputs or assumptions you confirm.

An all-activity budget.

Research, production, media, creators, above-the-line and below-the-line advertising, retail, shopper marketing, brand websites, and marketplaces, with service fees, contingency, and tax treatment shown. Categories that do not fit the campaign are left out.

Fictional example. MYR, excluding tax. Every line shows whether its rate came from the customer, a source, or a modelled assumption.
ActivityUnitQuantityRateTotalTimingBasis
Concept check researchstudy18,0008,000Pre-launchModelled assumption
Film and stills productionpackage118,00018,000Pre-launchCustomer rate
Paid social1,000 impressions2,4001228,800Weeks 1 to 8Sourced rate
Online video1,000 impressions1,5001421,000Weeks 1 to 6Sourced rate
Creatorscreator62,50015,000Weeks 1 to 4Customer rate
In-store displaystore4030012,000Weeks 1 to 8Customer rate
Samplingsample10,0000.606,000Weeks 1 to 2Modelled assumption
Agency service feefee15,6005,600Weeks 1 to 8Customer rate
Contingencyallowance15,6005,600As neededModelled assumption
Total, excluding tax120,000
customer rate

Your numbers

Rates and costs you supplied or confirmed.

sourced rate

Public research

Rates found in public sources, with the source recorded.

modelled assumption

Stated assumptions

Values the model proposed and you accepted, kept distinct from sourced figures.

Subtotals reconcile to the total. Unsupported precision is avoided.

Revisions and downloads.

Two brief revisions are included. The remaining balance and the scope of the change appear before you confirm. Earlier versions are kept. A repair caused by a platform failure does not use a revision.

The PDF names the report version. It names the campaign, company, market, currency, period, generation date, and input and output versions.

Downloading again, or renewing an expired private link, does not use an analysis run.