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Bilson content operating plan

July execution packet + reference board / updated 2026-07-03 / @bilson.studio

Start here Richard plan

This is the actual July execution packet. The older board stays below as reference, not as the thing Richard is being asked to approve.

approval ask

Approve the 14-day operating sprint

Run a producer-led content sprint inside the $15k July cap to prove Bilson can source talent, film owned footage, edit, post, and track traffic, sales, and revenue before scaling spend.

$15kJuly operating cap
$2.5kfull-time producer
25ready-to-post July reels
3traffic / sales / revenue
old layer

Visual board

Useful for showing the content machine, reel styles, cost model, funnel, screenshots, and mindmap. Not enough by itself for Richard because it does not decide who starts tomorrow, what gets approved, what gets tracked, or what spend is allowed.

Use after the plan as context
new layer

Execution plan

Approval packet for the July pilot: owner split, budget, 14-day gates, sourcing channels, inventory logistics, creator criteria, editor tests, platform links, and business dashboard requirements.

Use first in the Richard meeting
tomorrow

Start accounts + sourcing

Producer sets up tracker, opens the required sourcing channels, contacts warm history, and starts talent, filmer, and editor outbound.

gates

72h / day 7 / day 14

Judge pipeline, shortlist, shoot package, first footage or locked shoot, edits, posts, spend, and blockers. No vague progress.

model

Paid cast, not influencer reach

Bilson hires people who fit the target audience and films them under Bilson direction. Personal follower count is secondary.

rule

No paid scale yet

Meta already proved attention alone is not enough. Paid only amplifies organic winners after content creates belief.

Clarify first July pilot math

$15k is the full July cap. 25 means ready-to-post reels, with 30 as the stretch. 150+ is a later scale target only after the operating loop works.

Download the concise plan packet

answer Richard

Not 150 reels this month

  • $15k is the full July pilot budget
  • 25 ready-to-post reels is the July plan
  • 30 ready-to-post reels is the stretch
  • 10-15 live posts is the minimum public proof floor
  • 75-100 raw/select clips should be moving in the pipeline
unit cost

$35 is the edit target

  • $600 fully loaded per July ready-to-post reel if the whole cap is divided by 25
  • About $240 external-only per ready-to-post reel while we test vendors
  • $35 is the accepted edit target, not the all-in pilot cost
  • August cost drops only if shoots create multiple final candidates
pipeline

Ready, live, and in process

  • Ready-to-post means source matched, export ready, caption decision made
  • Live means posted with platform URL and tracked path
  • Pipeline means raw, selects, V1s, or booked shoot assets
  • No fake final states
scale rule

August is earned

  • Only scale after sourcing, shooting, editing, posting, and tracking are stable
  • Paid media only amplifies organic winners
  • The decision is based on traffic, sales, revenue, and cost per useful asset

New vs old What changed recently

Use this as the legend. Green and blue are the last few days of execution planning. The older visual material remains below as supporting reference.

new / 2026-07-03

Richard-ready plan layer

  • New first screen: approval ask, $15k cap, producer role, 25 ready-to-post July reels
  • Old visual board separated from the new execution plan
  • Mindmap now starts with the Richard plan instead of the old mood board
  • Concise July pilot packet created for the July 4 Richard meeting
updated / last 2-3 days

Operating details sharpened

  • $15k July cap: Vincent $6.5k, producer $2.5k, external pool about $6k
  • Producer onboarding, tomorrow task list, and July pilot math added
  • Traffic, sales, revenue, platform tracking, inventory, and sourcing requirements added
  • Miami + France primary, California backup, Bilson-owned posting surfaces clarified
older reference

Visual board material

  • Reel slate, AI motion refs, format examples, screenshots, and moodboard logic
  • 10-step content machine, cost model, hiring map, locations, dashboard mockups
  • Useful for explaining the world we are building, not the approval packet by itself
  • Keep it below the plan so Richard sees execution before inspiration
audio audit 21 / 26 referenced MP4s are silent motion references with no audio stream
not final reels The reel slate should be treated as visual motion reference only unless the card says audio track available. Final reels need real lav audio, podcast audio, approved voiceover, or generated dialogue that passes transcript and caption QC.

Old board Reference board

This is the visual operating map from the earlier work. Keep it as supporting context after the Richard plan above.

source of truth

July proves the loop

The plan is not another mood board. It defines the pilot, the role split, the budget container, the content standard, and the gates before anything is called done.

  • $15k July cap / Vincent $6.5k / producer $2.5k / external pool $6k
  • 25 ready-to-post reels / 30 stretch / 10-15 live floor / 75-100 raw-select pipeline / 1-2 shoots / 3-5 editor tests
  • Bilson-owned content only / not influencer reach as the main model

Layer 2 Live dashboard

This is the working layer. It changes daily: accounts, replies, rates, booking, footage, edits, posts, spend, traffic, sales, and revenue.

14 days Producer onboarding

Day by day path from account setup to first live posts. The producer should never wonder what to do next.

00 What is going wrong

The board starts here because paid traffic cannot compensate for weak story, weak proof, or a quiet founder voice

Meta ads produced zero sales

Spend can create attention, but it cannot manufacture belief after the click

0sales from the recent paid push
lowstory depth for new cold buyers
thinorganic proof library before retargeting

The missing asset is substance

People need to hear Richard, Kamil, the product logic, the fabric logic, the fit logic, the price logic, and the room around the brand

225monthly clips built around speaking, pushback, laughs, proof
morestreet interviews, podcasts, showroom calls, TV clips, product explanations
dailyfeedback loop from comments, saves, shares, watch time

Decision rule

Paid traffic only scales clips that already earn belief organically

firstpost volume and story proof
thenretarget winners
neverboost empty brand copy
approve pilot 14 days / source, book, shoot, edit, post first live reels
$15k July cap covering Vincent, producer, tests, shoots, edits, tools, and buffer
75% discussion-led clips with people, proof, pushback, and laughs
no paid scale until organic clips create watch, saves, comments, and site behavior

Now Action items

Concrete next moves to turn the board into an operating pilot with owners, deliverables, and gates

content first

Build the substance before buying more traffic

Target state is a visible production machine: source ideas, script, shoot, upload, edit, review, post, track, then feed the next batch

10scale posts per day
75%discussion based target
0fake final states allowed
300posts per month
225discussion-led posts
8shoot days per month
3active editors
$15kJuly budget cap
$35accepted edit target

01 The 10-step machine

Every step has an owner, a time expectation, a tool, a cost driver, and a visible status gate

02 Weekly rhythm

The cadence is designed so the team never waits until the end of the week to discover that the batch is weak

Daily control room

  • 9:15 review yesterday posts, winners, weak hooks
  • 10:00 lock today scripts and shoot asks
  • 14:00 editor delivery check, missing source check
  • 17:30 approval queue, caption queue, schedule queue
  • next morning each post gets metrics and a recycle decision

03 Time and money model

Working model only, built to show monthly run rate, unit economics, ramp pressure, and what breaks if a line is cut

Conservative path

$15k
300 scaled posts / 8 shoot days / 3 editors / $35 accepted edit target
72hraw filming capture
22happroval load
120AI visual tests
Line Monthly allowance What it buys

Unit economics

Ramp path

Break-even lens

04 Crew map

High-level hiring map, enough to see load and ownership without turning the board into a job description document

05 Hiring buildout

Start with the operating spine, then build the bench around filmed proof, editors, hosts, and creators

30 day hiring order

06 Location map

Each location has a job, a cost risk, and a pre-shoot gate so shoot days create repeatable formats instead of random scenery

07 Communication and status

The team should be able to audit any clip by title, source, owner, status, final link, post link, and metric result

Channels

  • #content-control-room for daily decisions
  • #shoot-day for live production updates
  • #edit-queue for assignments and blockers
  • #approvals for only final decisions
  • #analytics for winners, losers, next scripts

08 Dashboard mockups

Static sketches of the work surfaces: source intake, raw archive, editor queue, review/QC, publishing, and performance tracking

09 Tools and tool prices

Planning allowances checked against public pricing on 2026-06-25, verify before purchase or upgrade

10 Reel slate

Motion refs on the board, full 30s scripts inside each card. Most AI MP4s are silent unless the card says audio track available.

11 Output at scale

Results first: the machine has to move website traffic, sales, revenue, checkout intent, owned audience, and paid-winner selection

10k-20kwebsite traffic / month target
50-100sales from content loop target
$25k-$75k$ generated target range
500-1kemail / SMS captures target
300-600add-to-cart + checkout starts
10-20organic winners ready for paid
4Instagram / TikTok / YouTube Shorts / Facebook Reels
300monthly posts shipped
225discussion-led posts
75proof, care, fit, shop posts
900raw clips archived
30daily dashboard updates

12 Gates before anything is final

No clip is done until the final can be traced back to the source and the post can be traced back to performance