Campaign purpose
Why this campaign exists and what it must achieve.
Describe the product, service, offer, event or change in plain language.
State the business problem or opportunity creating the need.
Define the commercial or customer action the work must produce.
Identify the market, customer or business condition making the timing relevant.
Describe the opportunity, revenue or position the business could lose.
Audience
Who must respond and what they believe today.
Describe the primary audience precisely enough to guide targeting and creative decisions.
Identify the situation that makes the message relevant today.
Name the competitors, alternatives or inaction currently winning.
Identify objections, risks, distractions or reasons to delay.
Offer
What we are asking people to buy, book or do.
State the offer and required action without marketing language.
Identify the valuable outcome or advantage that makes it worth considering.
State the genuine reason action should not be postponed.
List every component, condition, benefit or deliverable in the offer.
Identify proof, guarantees, flexibility or risk reduction already approved.
Message and proof
What to say and how to support it.
State the idea that should survive after every other detail is forgotten.
List the results, demonstrations, data, reviews or case studies supporting the message.
Identify the message that requires the most convincing evidence.
Name customers, experts, partners or team members who can provide trusted proof.
Customer journey
Where people encounter the campaign and what happens next.
List the channels and situations where initial attention is expected.
Define the page, form, location or conversation that follows the first interaction.
Describe the sales, booking, payment or follow-up process.
Name the people responsible from first action to completed sale.
Identify limits involving inventory, staffing, response time, systems or delivery.
Creative direction
What the campaign should feel like and what it should not.
Choose the emotions and qualities the creative work should communicate.
Identify tones, styles or impressions that would damage the message.
Paste links to the creative quality or approach you want to reach.
Identify the idea, craft, clarity, tone or response you value.
List approved photography, video, design, copy, testimonials and brand files.
Channels and media
Where the campaign will run and what is available to spend.
List confirmed paid, owned, earned, physical and direct channels.
Identify where you expect us to advise based on audience and objective.
Define the geographic boundaries of the campaign.
Timing and delivery
When the campaign goes live and what could delay it.
List production, approval, media, event and operational deadlines.
Measurement
How we will know the campaign worked.
List the indicators that help explain performance without replacing the main result.
Define the threshold that would require a change or stop decision.
Name the decision-makers responsible for performance decisions.
Final check
Review before submitting your campaign brief.