From Skeptic to Builder  ·  Session 5
Session 5 · 2 hours

The Sales & Marketing Engine

Tonight you build the whole marketing department.

By the end of tonight

What a marketing agency would charge $5–10k for. Tonight. In 2 hours.

No theory tonight.

All the groundwork — Project, system prompt, knowledge — is loaded. Every chat tonight uses it automatically.

Open a new chat inside your Project and go.

Personas first. Everything else builds on them.

Every ad, every email, every landing page hero — written FOR one specific person, not "homeowners in general."

Without personas, your marketing sounds like Claude's lazy default — generic, blah.

Build all four — one at a time

Storm-Damage

Just got hit. Needs a roof fast. Insurance question on their mind. Fastest sales cycle.

Planned Replacement

Roof at end of life. Researching. 60–90 days. Considering options.

Solar-Curious

Power bill anxiety. Long sales cycle (6–12 months). ROI-driven.

Roof + Solar Bundle

Was replacing roof anyway. Add solar = sweet spot. Your highest-margin job.

Paste this into a fresh chat — run it 4 times, once per persona
Build me a detailed customer persona for the "[PERSONA TYPE]" type in my market ([CITY], [STATE]).

I want it real. Give me:

1. Name and age (made up but realistic)
2. Family setup, neighborhood, type of house
3. Job and income range
4. Their state of mind right now
5. What they Google at 11pm
6. What they want from a contractor (top 3)
7. What scares them (top 3)
8. Where they'll first hear about my company (channel)
9. What kind of email/ad will actually get a click
10. What they'd say to their spouse after a great quote experience

Format as a one-page persona doc.

Run 4 times, swapping [PERSONA TYPE] for: storm-damage, planned-replacement, solar-curious, roof + solar bundle. Save all four in personas.docx.

Demo · building a persona

Now the other three.

Run the same prompt for: planned replacement, solar-curious, roof + solar bundle. Each persona gets its own. Save all 4 in personas.docx.

Next

30-day content calendar.

Realistic cadence. 3 Facebook posts/week. 2 Instagram. 1 LinkedIn. Each post maps to a persona.

Topic. Hook. Caption. Visual. CTA. In a downloadable spreadsheet.

Paste this into a fresh chat
Build me a realistic 30-day social media content calendar for [COMPANY NAME].

Channels and cadence:
- Facebook: 3 posts per week (primary)
- Instagram: 2 posts per week
- LinkedIn: 1 post per week

Pull from my 4 customer personas. Each post should map to a persona's pain point or interest.

For each post:
1. Day
2. Channel
3. Topic / angle
4. Hook (first line)
5. Full caption (3-5 sentences)
6. Visual suggestion
7. Call-to-action

Mix: educational, job photos, customer stories, local/community, bundle pitch, behind the scenes, FAQ.

Output as a downloadable spreadsheet artifact.

Save as content-calendar-30day.xlsx.

Demo · a week of the calendar
Next

Google Ads keyword list.

Positive

Service-based, service + location, intent, bundle, brand-defensive, long-tail. The terms you WANT to show on.

Negative

Jobs/hiring. DIY. Wholesale/manufacturer. Other cities. The terms you DON'T want to show on. Saves you money.

Paste this into a fresh chat
Build me a Google Ads keyword list for [COMPANY NAME] in [CITY], [STATE].

Two columns:
1. Positive keywords
2. Negative keywords

For positive: service-based, service + location, service + intent, bundle-related, brand-defensive, long-tail/question.

For negative: jobs, DIY, wholesale/manufacturer, other cities I don't serve.

Group into ad groups. Add a column for match type recommendation.

Output as a downloadable spreadsheet.

Save as google-ads-keywords.xlsx.

Demo · keyword list excerpt
Last big artifact

Landing page hero copy.

The first screen a visitor sees. 3 seconds to say who you are and why they should keep reading.

Next week, this becomes the literal hero of the website you're about to build.

Paste this into a fresh chat
Write 3 different versions of the landing page hero section for [COMPANY NAME]'s website.

Each version:
1. Headline (5-10 words)
2. Subheadline (1-2 sentences)
3. Primary CTA button text
4. Trust line (social proof / credibility)
5. Image direction

Three angles:
- Version A: The Bundle Pitch (roof + solar = save money)
- Version B: The Local Trust Play (neighborhood's roofers)
- Version C: The Storm/Urgency Angle (storm-ready roofs)

Output side-by-side.

Pick a winner. Save as landing-hero-v1.txt.

A: Bundle Pitch

"Save money — do roof + solar together."

Direct money angle. Works for ROI-driven persona.

B: Local Trust

"Your neighborhood's roofers. Family-owned."

Trust + locality. Works for storm-damage anxiety.

C: Storm Urgency

"Storm-ready roofs for [city] homeowners."

Urgency-driven. Best for paid ad landing.

Demo · the Bundle Pitch hero
$5–10k of work.
2 hours.

But the artifacts aren't the point. The skill is. You can do this again, for any new problem, in an afternoon.

What you built tonight
This week · pick one
Next session

Session 6 — Build Your Website (Part 1)

The big leap. You're going to build software. Yes, you. Don't panic — Claude Code does the actual building, inside the same Desktop app you've been using. You describe; it builds. Six pages, all linked, working contact form.

Bring: your service menu, personas doc, and the hero copy you pick tonight.

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