Definition

Creator strategy is the layer that sets positioning, audience and creator thesis — and the funnel logic those choices are meant to serve.

The business problem

Most brands start creator marketing at the booking stage: a list of names, a budget and a launch date. Strategy gets reverse-engineered from whoever signed. The result is spend without a thesis and reporting that can only describe what happened, never why.

Strategy is not a deck that precedes the work. It is the model the whole operation runs on. Get the thesis right and every downstream decision — sourcing, briefing, measurement — inherits it.

Our point of view

The framework
01
Positioning

What this brand credibly stands for in the feed, in one sentence a creator could repeat.

02
Audience

The specific person we're moving, and the decision we're moving them toward.

03
Creator thesis

The kinds of voices that can carry the positioning to that audience — fit before count.

04
Funnel logic

How attention is supposed to become action, so measurement has something to test.

In practice

Do

  • Decide creator strategy before the booking stage.
  • Wire it into one operating model, not a separate deck.
  • Measure it as a live metric, not a post-mortem.

Don’t

  • Reverse-engineer strategy from whoever signed.
  • Let it live in email, chat and spreadsheets.
  • Treat variance and failure as the same thing.
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