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The Partnership Blueprint

The pre-campaign alignment document that locks the client and agency to the same definition of success, the same data source, the same audience, and the same scope - before a single campaign goes live.

The Checklist

1. Business Objective

The ultimate business goal , named as impact, not activity. This aligns your team on outcome, not output.

✅ Named the specific impact (e.g., "qualified leads," not "growth")
✅ Defined measurable success

2. Source of Truth

The single data source that measures progress toward the Business Objective. When platforms disagree, this one wins. 

✅ Named one platform as the official record for this objective 
✅Defined what counts as a conversion inside that system 

 3. Audience & Exclusions

Who the campaign is built for , and who must be filtered out. "Lead" means nothing until you specify who a lead isn't. 

✅ Defined who we're targeting 
✅ Listed who to filter out 

 4. Scope Boundary

The closed container of what's covered under the contract. Anything outside this list is a change order.

✅ Listed channels and deliverables covered 
✅ Listed what's out of scope (= change order) 

Sign-off

The document only works if both sides agree to it.

✅ Client approved in writing
✅ Team has a copy before setup