No retainer minimums designed to feel safe. No vague discovery processes. Clear scope, clear output, clear expectations.
Most retainers spend the first 30 days getting oriented. This one doesn't. I've been covering automotive and B2B for years. The buyer isn't a hypothetical — I know what she reads, what she's skeptical of, and what the category sounds like when no one is telling it to sound like anything.
What you're buying isn't output. It's judgment that's already calibrated to your market. Best fit for OEM brand content teams, agencies holding automotive or B2B accounts, and companies with a marketing function but no senior content person on staff.
You suspect your content has a problem. This is the fixed-scope diagnostic that tells you exactly what it is and what to do about it — delivered as a written document you can execute, not a slide deck you'll file away.
Frequently converts to a retainer because the audit surfaces work that was always there. Now you know where it is.
Written for the buyer who can tell when the writer hasn't been within fifty feet of the product. That's a specific kind of failure, and your audience notices it before they can name it.
CBT News bylines. BusesForSale Director of Marketing. Six years inside the industry covering OEM strategy, EV adoption, dealership operations, fleet procurement. The credibility isn't borrowed.
Most executives have things worth saying. Most executive writing doesn't say them. It hedges. It summarizes. It arrives at a point by way of three paragraphs that could have been one sentence.
I'm interested in what you actually believe — the specific, occasionally uncomfortable version of it — because that's the only version worth publishing. LinkedIn, bylines, keynotes, brand voice.
"No three-week ramp. I've been in this industry. The brief I need from you is shorter than you think."
"Steven did a great job helping us and the text fitted very well to our writing style and technical content. If we would need more support in the future, we would definitely hire him again."
"For around a year, it was a pleasure to work with Steven as a freelance writer. He delivers quality and also provides extra feedback and ideas to make the work better. We would work with him again."
I'll read it and tell you whether I can help. No pitch deck, no discovery call that goes nowhere. Just a direct answer.