Campaign Overview

Newfangled Frontier — AI Practice Launch

12-week lead generation campaign targeting agency and marketing firm principals of any size. Entry point: Agency AI Vulnerability & Opportunity Audit. Frontier conduit positioning anchored in 30-year history.

38
Total Assets
Across all channels
4
Campaign Phases
12+ weeks
10–15
Audit Conversations
Target in 90 days
5–8
Audits Closed
$25–80K direct revenue
Campaign Phases
Phase 1
Launch — Weeks 1–2
Direct outreach to 30-year contact list. LinkedIn announcement. Email follow-up Day 7.
Phase 2
Content Build — Weeks 3–6
Blog posts 1–2. Emails 3–5. Video Episodes 1–2. Assessment tool launches. Webinar 1.
Phase 3
Nurture & Convert — Weeks 7–10
Blog post 3. Emails 6–7. Video Episodes 3–5. LinkedIn ads begin. Webinar 2.
Phase 4
Ongoing — Weeks 11+
Video Ep 6. Assessment as persistent inbound. Quarterly webinar cadence.
Key Assets by Channel
Return-to-Roots Outreach LetterReady
Follow-Up Emails (2 & 3)Ready
Blog Post 1 — What Agencies Get WrongReady
Blog Post 2 — We Audited Our OperationReady
Blog Post 3 — The Frontier ConduitReady
18 LinkedIn PostsReady
6 Video Episode ScriptsReady
2 Webinars — Run-of-ShowDraft
AI Readiness Assessment ToolLive
Newfangled Frontier MicrositeLive
Content Inventory

All Campaign Assets

Complete content across all channels, in publication order by phase.

Email · Plain Text · Phase 1
Email 1 — Return to Roots Outreach Letter
From: Mark O'Brien · To: 30-year contact list
Subject: "Something we've been building"
Ready
Email · Plain Text · Phase 1
Email 2 — Follow-Up Day 7 (Specific Example)
From: Mark O'Brien · To: Non-responders
Subject: "What we found in one agency's operation"
Ready
Email · Plain Text · Phase 2
Email 3 — Follow-Up Day 21 (Content Pointer)
From: Mark O'Brien · To: Non-responders
Subject: "Last one from me on this"
Ready
Blog Post · Phase 2
What Agencies Get Wrong About AI Adoption
Voice: Mark O'Brien · ~780 words
Target keyword: agency AI adoption
Ready
Email · Plain Text · Phase 2
Email 4 — Blog Post Announcement + Video Launch
From: Mark O'Brien · To: Full list
Subject: "Two things worth your time this week"
Ready
Video Episode · Phase 2
Ep 1 — What Agencies Get Wrong About AI
Mark leads · 5–8 min · LinkedIn + YouTube
Broad framing, sets up the series
Script Ready
Blog Post · Phase 2
What We Found When We Audited Our Own Operation
Voice: Mark O'Brien · ~820 words
Target keyword: agency AI operations audit
Ready
Video Episode · Phase 2
Ep 2 — What We Actually Built
Lauren leads · 5–8 min · LinkedIn + YouTube
Specific tools Newfangled built internally
Script Ready
Interactive Tool · Phase 2
How AI-Ready Is Your Agency? (Assessment)
10 questions · 4 domains · Lead-gated results
Lives on Frontier microsite nav
Live
Email · Branded HTML · Phase 2
Email 5 — Webinar 1 Invite
From: Newfangled · To: Full list
Subject: "Live event: Is your agency AI-ready?"
Ready
Webinar · Phase 2
Webinar 1 — Is Your Agency AI-Ready?
60 min · Mark + Lauren · Live assessment walk-through
Target: 50–75 registrants
Planning
Blog Post · Phase 3
The Frontier Conduit: Guide, Not a Guru
Voice: Mark O'Brien · ~790 words
Target keyword: agency AI strategy
Ready
Email · Plain Text · Phase 3
Email 6 — Post-Webinar Follow-Up
From: Mark O'Brien · To: Webinar attendees
Assessment CTA + audit offer
Ready
LinkedIn Ad · Phase 3
LinkedIn Ad — Agency AI Readiness Assessment CTA
Target: Agency owners/principals by job title
Budget: $2–3K/month test
Draft
Email · Branded HTML · Phase 3
Email 7 — Webinar 2 Invite
From: Newfangled · To: Full list + W1 attendees
Subject: "Inside a real Frontier Audit"
Ready
Webinar · Phase 3
Webinar 2 — Inside a Frontier Audit
60 min · Mark + Lauren · Case study format
Target: 75–100 registrants
Planning
Video Episodes 3–6 · Phase 3–4
Eps 3–6 — Series Continues
Inside a real audit · The 1995 Moment
Your best people · What comes after
Scripts Ready
LinkedIn · 18 Posts · All Phases
18 LinkedIn Posts — Full Series
Mark O'Brien personal profile (primary)
Thought leadership, video drops, polls, CTAs
Ready
Campaign Strategy

Strategic Foundation

The full strategic context behind the Newfangled Frontier campaign.

Positioning

Newfangled is the frontier conduit — the firm that stands between emerging technology and the professional services firms that need it, translating one into the other. We've done this since 1995.

We don't sell AI theory or generic tools. We've built production AI systems for our own operation, tested them against real client work and real deadlines, and are now bringing them to agencies. Clients get the version that's already been through the hard part.

Audience

Owners and principals of marketing agencies and professional services firms of any size — from 10-person boutiques to large independents like MMGY. The common thread: their operations haven't caught up to what AI can do for them.

Most have GPT licenses for staff. None have meaningfully restructured how work moves through their firm. They're not afraid of AI — they're confused by it. They want a guide who has done the work and can show them where to start.

Messaging Themes
Translation, not hype — practical answers to practical questions
You know you should be doing something. We'll show you exactly what.
The firms figuring this out right now will be impossible to catch in three years
Your best people deserve better work — AI handles what they shouldn't be doing
We've been here before. 1995 all over again.
We built this for ourselves first. You get what works.
Voice

Mark O'Brien (CEO) — Primary. Earned authority, no hype. Conversational but intellectually precise. The person who has been here before and knows the way. Warm but not soft. Direct.

Lauren O'Brien — Secondary. Tactical, implementation-focused, approachable. Complements Mark's strategic angle with practical how-to. Leads video Episodes 2, 5.

Success Metrics
MetricTypeTarget (90 days)
Audit conversations bookedPrimary10–15
Audit proposals sentPrimary8–12
Audits closedPrimary5–8
Outreach email reply rateLeading indicator5–8%
Assessment completionsLeading indicator150+
Microsite unique visitorsLeading indicator500+
Webinar 1 registrantsEngagement50+
Webinar 2 registrantsEngagement75+
LinkedIn engagement rateAwareness3–5%
Channel Strategy

How the Channels Work Together

Each channel has a specific role. Everything routes to the Frontier microsite and drives toward the audit CTA.

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Direct Outreach Email
Highest-leverage channel. Personal letter from Mark to every agency owner and principal Newfangled has worked with over 30 years. Return-to-roots narrative. Plain text, personal tone, direct CTA to book a 30-minute call.
3-touch sequence · Days 1, 7, 21 · Sent from Mark's personal email
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Blog
Three posts establishing the intellectual position. Mark-voiced. Published weekly during Phase 2–3. Topics ladder from broad (what agencies get wrong) to specific (what the audit finds) to philosophical (the frontier conduit model).
3 posts · SEO-optimized · Gates the assessment tool
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LinkedIn
Mark's personal profile is the primary channel — agency principals follow people, not brands. 18 posts across the campaign: thought leadership, video drops, polls, and direct CTAs. LinkedIn ads begin Phase 3 targeting agency owners by job title.
18 organic posts · LinkedIn ads Phase 3 · $2–3K/month test budget
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Video Series
Mark and Lauren, conversational format. 5–8 minutes each. Authenticity over production value. 6 episodes published bi-weekly starting Phase 2. Each generates a YouTube post, LinkedIn native video, and 2–3 short clips.
6 episodes · YouTube + LinkedIn · Bi-weekly cadence
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Webinar Series
Two live sessions positioned as working sessions, not presentations. Webinar 1 walks through the assessment live. Webinar 2 is a full case study of a completed audit. Both drive directly to the audit CTA.
Webinar 1 (Week 6) · Webinar 2 (Week 10) · 60 min each
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AI Readiness Assessment
10-question scored assessment across four domains. Lead-gated results. CTA scaled to score. The highest-leverage inbound driver — functions as a persistent entry point for the campaign. Lives on the Frontier microsite.
Always-on · Lead-gated · Score-scaled CTA · newfangled-frontier.data.newfangled.com
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Newfangled Frontier Microsite
All campaign traffic routes here. Six pages covering the full offer: home, services, tools, the audit, pricing, contact, and the assessment tool. Live and public at newfangled-frontier.data.newfangled.com.
Live · No password · newfangled-frontier.data.newfangled.com
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MMGY — Direct Track
Large independent agencies like MMGY require a personalized approach, not the broadcast email. This is a separate direct outreach track — a tailored conversation with the right decision-maker rather than the template letter.
Separate track · Personal conversation · Custom proposal