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Step 03 / Cadence

Keep the growth system moving every week.

For teams that have already found useful leverage and need a weekly shipping cadence to compound it. We stay close to the metric, keep the backlog honest, and ship across search, conversion, CRM, content, reporting, and practical automation.

We rarely start here

Retainers are for compounding proven work

The normal path is diagnostic, then a focused sprint, then retainer only when the evidence shows there is enough upside to justify a weekly operating cadence.

Minimum fit criteria

A diagnostic, sprint, or internal evidence base has already identified the growth constraint

There is enough traffic, pipeline, product usage, or revenue data to prioritise weekly work

A founder, product, or growth owner can make decisions quickly

The team wants implementation cadence, not a passive advisory retainer

What We Run

A monthly operating system, not a bundle of hours

01

Search and content system

Technical fixes, service pages, topic planning, and content workflows aimed at high-intent demand.

02

Conversion and enquiry system

Landing pages, forms, calls-to-action, proof, and route-to-contact improvements.

03

Follow-up and CRM system

Lead handling, reminders, email sequences, pipeline hygiene, and sales handoff.

04

Review and proof engine

Review acquisition, case-study capture, social proof, FAQs, and objection-handling assets.

05

Reporting and attribution

Clean tracking, funnels, dashboards, and simple reporting the team can trust.

06

Workflow automation

Supervised automation where it reduces admin, improves response quality, or makes reporting easier to trust.

Composite operating win: Search pages, review requests, lead routing, and reporting were moved into one accountable monthly rhythm instead of being handled as disconnected tasks.

How the cadence runs

Weekly Rhythm

The loop runs every week and the systems compound month over month. That is the difference between a retainer and a bundle of hours.

  1. Mon

    Prioritise

    Review metrics, blockers, and the highest-leverage work for the week.

  2. Tue-Thu

    Ship

    Move pages, workflows, CRM improvements, content, and reporting updates forward.

  3. Fri

    Report

    Summarise what shipped, what changed, and what should happen next.

Retainer onboarding

First, we turn evidence into an operating rhythm

The first month is not a discovery reset. It translates the diagnostic or sprint evidence into weekly priorities, owner clarity, and a reporting loop.

01

Week 0

Evidence handover

Diagnostic, sprint readout, metrics, access, and current backlog reviewed before work starts.

02

Week 1

Cadence setup

Weekly rhythm, reporting format, decision owner, and first monthly priority stack agreed.

03

Month 1

First operating cycle

Ship the highest-leverage fixes, report movement, and decide what compounds next.

Example

What shipped this month

  • 01Pricing page proof hierarchy rebuilt around objections from sales calls
  • 02Trial lifecycle split into activated, unactivated, and sales-assisted paths
  • 03CRM source fields cleaned so paid, organic, partner, and community leads are readable
  • 04Monthly readout sent with shipped work, metric movement, blockers, and next bets

Example reporting dashboard

The scorecard stays small

Source quality

Which channel produced useful demand

Activation

Who reached the agreed first-value event

Conversion

Where qualified users became revenue

Backlog

What is blocked, shipped, and next

Investment

Two levels of embedded capacity

Growth Systems Cadence

Recommended

From £5k/mo

Senior growth ownership + core implementation + one focused system improvement per month.

Embedded Growth Function

From £15k/mo

Expanded capacity across search, content, conversion, CRM, reporting, and growth operations.

Pricing rationale

You get a multi-disciplinary team with weekly shipping rhythm, reporting ownership, and senior prioritisation. Not just a bundle of retainer hours.

3-6 month engagements

Optional add-ons

  • Additional sprint capacityFrom £4k each
  • Dedicated paid media supportFrom £2k/mo
  • CRM, automation, or AI workflow buildoutFrom £2k/mo
  • Executive workshop or board prepFrom £1k

Deliverables

  • Weekly priority plan and shipped changelog
  • Monthly growth systems report with insights and next bets
  • Search/content assets, conversion updates, CRM improvements, and follow-up flows
  • Analytics maintenance, dashboards, and attribution checks

Timeline and roles

Owner: Principal growth lead with designer/copywriter, analyst, and specialist support.

Cadence: Weekly planning + execution cycles, monthly roadmap reviews.

Success criteria: Compounding lift in the agreed commercial metric with a clear backlog and accountable owners.

Who this is for

  • Teams that already have diagnostic or sprint evidence and need weekly execution
  • Teams with enough demand or customer data to justify a monthly improvement cadence
  • Digital product teams needing consistent implementation across multiple growth levers
  • Established service or specialist businesses where a clear growth system is already working

Who this is not for

  • Pre-launch products without baseline metrics
  • Teams expecting a passive advisor without implementation
  • Engagements limited to one-off audits with no follow-through

Frequently Asked Questions

Retainers stack multiple system improvements into a monthly cadence, with us acting as the senior growth function that keeps priorities, implementation, and reporting moving.

Next step

Need a weekly shipping cadence without a full in-house buildout?

Use the retainer when the diagnostic and sprint already proved where the next wins are.