What this is

The point where opportunities arrive unprompted. Search visibility for the terms you want, citation by others in the category, and an owned audience that does not depend on any single platform.

What it looks like in practice

  • Search and answer engine visibility for your category terms
  • Citation tracking across media, research and competitor content
  • Owned audience build through newsletter and research subscribers
  • Annual research cadence that the category waits for

What you get

Deliverables, stated up front.

Included in scope

  • Search and citation visibility report
  • Owned audience growth plan
  • Annual research programme
  • Twelve month authority scorecard

Where it sits

Part of Founder Authority Programme.

The 5C Framework across a twelve month arc.

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How we work on it

Inside Founder Authority Programme.

Most founders are invisible relative to what they have built. The company has revenue, customers and a real point of view, and yet the founder is unknown outside a small circle. The Founder Authority Programme fixes that in a defined order, over twelve months, with a definition of done at every stage.

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01  Strategic Foundation, months one to two

Position, audience, competitive whitespace, message architecture and the language the whole company will use.

02  Visibility Activation, months three to five

The publishing engine goes live. Cadence, formats, review loop and the first proprietary research.

03  Authority Building, months six to nine

Stages, media, panels and citation. The position gets tested in public and hardened.

04  Inbound Engine, months ten to twelve

Conversion paths, routing, sales enablement and the measurement that proves inbound is replacing outbound.

Frequently asked

Questions about founder authority programme.

How long before anything happens?

Publishing starts in month three. First meaningful inbound is usually months five to seven. Anyone promising results in week two is selling activity, not position.

Do you write as me or as the firm?

As you. Voice capture is part of Clarify and every asset goes through your review before it publishes. If a post does not sound like you said it, it does not go out.

What if I already have a personal brand?

Then we start with an audit rather than a blank page. Often the problem is that an existing audience was built around the wrong thing, and the work is repositioning rather than construction.

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