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Topic clusters. Editorial calendar. Authority map.

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Content Strategy
CONTENT STRATEGY

Content Strategy is the upstream decision that makes every downstream content engagement work. We define the topic clusters you can credibly own, the editorial calendar that ships them, and the authority map showing where each piece compounds. Most content programs fail at this layer — not at execution.

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Who it's for

Built for operators who don't have a marketing team.

  • Healthcare brands publishing weekly with no compounding effect to show for it.
  • Founders deciding which topics to commit to for the next four quarters.
  • Clinical SaaS marketing leads building a content program from zero.
What ships

Concrete artifacts. No slide-deck strategy.

Authority map

Three to five topic clusters you can credibly own, ranked by audience size, competitive density, and the credibility you already carry.

Pillar + cluster outline

For each cluster, the pillar pages, the supporting cluster posts, and the internal linking architecture that turns isolated posts into a topical footprint.

Quarterly editorial calendar

A 13-week calendar with topic, owner, format, primary CTA, and the cluster it advances — landed as a working document, not a PDF.

Keyword + AEO mapping

Each piece tagged with primary keyword, secondary keywords, the AI-engine query it targets, and the speakable structure it requires.

Voice + format briefs

Per-format briefs — long-form post, executive primer, case study, FAQ, social thread — so any writer can ship in the same voice and structure.

Authority milestones

Quarterly milestones — backlinks earned, partner placements, AI engine citations, ranking positions — to keep the strategy accountable without devolving into vanity metrics.

How it gets built

A four-step working method.

  1. Audience + credibility intake

    A two-hour working session to capture your audience, the buying journey, your existing credibility, and the topics you have earned the right to own.

  2. Competitive + AEO scan

    A scan of how the topic landscape is covered by competitors and how AI engines currently answer the questions your audience asks.

  3. Authority + calendar draft

    A first-draft authority map and a 13-week calendar inside ten business days, reviewed in a working session.

  4. Final strategy + handoff

    Final strategy doc plus per-format briefs handed off to your writers, our Content Creator engagement, or a hybrid team.

Questions answered

Frequently asked.

Why does strategy need to be its own engagement?
Strategy is the cheapest thing to get wrong and the most expensive thing to fix. A wrong content strategy buries a year of writing work under a topic the audience does not care about. The strategy engagement is short and front-loaded so the year of execution earns compounding returns instead of restarting every quarter.
How is this different from a topic-cluster SEO audit?
An SEO audit identifies opportunity by keyword volume. Content Strategy starts with the audience, the credibility you carry, and the topics you can defend — then maps those to keywords. The order matters; reversing it produces content programs that rank for things no buyer searches for.
Do you cover AEO and AI engines, not just Google?
Yes. Every cluster is tested against the questions ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews actually answer in your category. The strategy maps the queries you want to win across both classical SEO and answer-engine surfaces.
How big a team do I need to execute the strategy?
The strategy is calibrated to the team you have. A founder shipping one long-form post a week gets a different cluster map than a team shipping four. We surface the trade-offs explicitly so the strategy stays runnable.
What about updates as the market changes?
A 30-minute quarterly review is included for the first year. Larger pivots — new product lines, new audiences — are scoped as separate engagements.
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Bring this to your practice.

Thirty-minute discovery call with Matthew Sexton, LCSW directly. No SDR, no qualification script, no junior account executive booking the next call. You leave with a scoped engagement.

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