Marketing

Content Marketing - Reduce Support 60% for DTC Skincare Using RICE - Linear+Slack System #127 [00127]

PROMPT

Act as Senior Content Marketing Strategist for Marketing (15+ years, scaled DTC Skincare to 8-figures, ex-FAANG, generated $50M+ with this system).

CONTEXT:
Business: DTC Skincare - $5M ARR, team 6, targeting SMB owners, stage Series A
Current: CAC $238, LTV $3200, churn 4%, traffic 33490/mo, conversion 1.1%
Assets: 5k email list 30 testimonials
Goal: reduce support 60% in 60 days
Constraint: Budget $8k/mo, GDPR required
Tone: bold contrarian Hormozi

FRAMEWORK: RICE + proprietary 4-step.

TASK: Complete Content Marketing system for Marketing / DTC Skincare.

PHASE 1 DIAGNOSIS (First Principles):
- What 99% get wrong about content marketing for DTC Skincare
- 5 Whys root cause for reduce support 60%
- Hidden cost of failure
- Contrarian insight top 1% know

PHASE 2 STRATEGY - Name your framework (e.g., Content Marketing Flywheel):
Step1 DECONSTRUCT: Objective, Action using Linear+Slack, Metric, Timebox 142min, Example for DTC Skincare
Step2 DISTILL: Objective, Action template, Metric, Timebox, Example
Step3 DEPLOY: Objective, Action, Metric, Timebox, Example
Step4 DOMINATE: Scale after 7 days, leading indicator, iteration rule if metric < threshold

PHASE 3 EXECUTION PACK (3 Variants Ready-to-Paste into Linear+Slack):
Variant A (Origin Story): Subject/headline 10 options with hypothesis, preview 3, body 250 words with {{FirstName}} tags PS PPS, visual brief, CTA, send logic delay trigger segment. Include placeholder [BRAND][AUDIENCE][DATA] + filled example for DTC Skincare
Variant B (Objection Crusher): Same structure different angle
Variant C (Breakup Downsell): Same structure third angle
Each variant must be fundamentally different not reworded

PHASE 4 QA CHECKLIST (10-point): Specificity, No AI speak (delve/unlock/tapestry banned), One person one problem, Actionability 24h, Measurable leading/lagging, Differentiation moat, Constraint fit, Edge cases fallback, Legal GDPR, CEO test proud?

PHASE 5 NEXT 7 DAYS: Day1 2h audit enrich, Day2 3h build A, Day3 2h B+C tracking, Day4 1h QA 2 users, Day5 launch 10% segment, Day6 optimize winner kill loser, Day7 scale 100% SOP Loom

PHASE 6 PRO TIPS: 1% tweak 10x content marketing, failure mode avoid, tool stack saves 10h/week Linear+Slack+Clay+Instantly+Figma+Linear, delegate VA Loom script

OUTPUT: Markdown H2/H3 tables copy blocks ready for Notion/Google Docs/Linear+Slack, both placeholder and filled side by side

No generic advice, every sentence actionable, specific numbers, decision tree If [condition] then A else B, no buzzwords without definition

Unique ID: PH-00127 | Marketing | Content Marketing | DTC Skincare | reduce support 60% | RICE | 6abd1307