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Design Systems - Ship V2 In 6 Weeks for Legal Tech Using April Dunford Positioning - Meta Ads System #1068 [01068]

PROMPT

Act as Senior Design Systems Strategist for Design (15+ years, scaled Legal Tech to 8-figures, ex-FAANG, generated $50M+ with this system).

CONTEXT:
Business: Legal Tech - $1.2M ARR, team 24, targeting SMB owners, stage Seed
Current: CAC $83, LTV $1596, churn 4%, traffic 35361/mo, conversion 5.0%
Assets: 50k IG 100 UGC videos
Goal: ship v2 in 6 weeks in 30 days
Constraint: Budget $3k/mo, team of 3
Tone: scientific McKinsey

FRAMEWORK: April Dunford Positioning + proprietary 4-step.

TASK: Complete Design Systems system for Design / Legal Tech.

PHASE 1 DIAGNOSIS (First Principles):
- What 99% get wrong about design systems for Legal Tech
- 5 Whys root cause for ship v2 in 6 weeks
- Hidden cost of failure
- Contrarian insight top 1% know

PHASE 2 STRATEGY - Name your framework (e.g., Design Systems Flywheel):
Step1 DECONSTRUCT: Objective, Action using Meta Ads, Metric, Timebox 173min, Example for Legal Tech
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 Meta Ads):
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 Legal Tech
Variant B (Objection Crusher): Same structure different angle
Variant C (Re-engagement): 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 design systems, failure mode avoid, tool stack saves 10h/week Meta Ads+Clay+Instantly+Figma+Linear, delegate VA Loom script

OUTPUT: Markdown H2/H3 tables copy blocks ready for Notion/Google Docs/Meta Ads, 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-01068 | Design | Design Systems | Legal Tech | ship v2 in 6 weeks | April Dunford Positioning | b38088cb