FerroxLabs Channel Mix
Estimated time: 20-30 minutes
This workflow recommends a channel mix sized to the user's goals and budget, with expected CAC per channel, break-even math, and a throughput plan for the creative and capacity the mix requires. It is interactive across three review checkpoints.
Steps
Step 1: Kickoff and Gather Goals (uses: market-funnel)
Ask the user for the revenue goal (or lead goal), the total marketing budget, the target audience, and the timeline. These bound the entire mix. Do not proceed without a real budget and a measurable goal.
- Input: user-supplied revenue or lead goal, total budget, audience, timeline
- Output: structured channel-mix brief
- Key focus: a concrete budget and goal to size the mix against
Step 2: Infer Audience Temperature (uses: convert-temperature)
From the brief, infer the audience starting temperature (cold, warm, or hot). State it plus your reasoning. Temperature dictates which channels work: cold paid needs bridge content, warm email can run a direct offer. This gates the channel options.
- Input: channel-mix brief
- Output: inferred audience temperature with reasoning
- Key focus: temperature drives channel viability
Step 3: Surface Viable Channel Options (uses: market-funnel)
Given the brief and temperature, list the viable channel options, each with an expected CAC range. Exclude channels that do not fit the temperature or budget. Show the options to the user.
- Input: channel-mix brief, audience temperature
- Output: viable channel options with CAC ranges
- Key focus: only channels that can actually work for this audience and budget
Step 4: Review Options (uses: market-funnel)
Present the options and ask whether to refine them or proceed to the recommended mix. If refining, re-run the options step with the user's feedback (at most two passes) before continuing.
- Input: channel options; optional refinement feedback
- Output: confirmed or refined options, decision to proceed
- Key focus: agree the option set before allocating budget
Step 5: Recommend the Budget-Optimized Mix (uses: market-funnel)
From the confirmed options, recommend the budget-optimized mix: allocation per channel, expected CAC per channel, and break-even math against the goal. Show the mix to the user.
- Input: channel-mix brief, confirmed channel options
- Output: recommended mix with allocation, CAC, and break-even math
- Key focus: allocation that maximizes return within the budget
Step 6: Review the Mix (uses: market-funnel)
Present the recommended mix and ask whether to refine it or proceed to the throughput plan. If refining, re-run the mix step with the user's feedback (at most three passes) before continuing.
- Input: recommended mix; optional refinement feedback
- Output: confirmed or refined mix, decision to proceed
- Key focus: lock the allocation before planning throughput
Step 7: Build the Throughput Plan (uses: market-launch)
From the confirmed mix, derive the throughput requirements: creative count per channel, cadence, and the capacity (team, budget, tooling) needed to sustain the mix. Show the plan to the user.
- Input: confirmed channel mix
- Output: throughput plan (creative count, cadence, capacity)
- Key focus: whether the mix is actually executable at the required volume
Step 8: Final Review and Ship (uses: market-launch)
Present the throughput plan. Ask the user to ship the channel-mix memo or refine the throughput. If refining, re-run with their feedback (at most two passes), then assemble the final Channel Mix Memo with sections for the brief, audience temperature, channel options, recommended mix, and throughput plan.
- Input: throughput plan; optional refinement feedback
- Output: final Channel Mix Memo
- Key focus: ship a memo that is both economically sound and executable