Creative Queue · Marketing

Creative Queue · through Nov 13, 2026

Creative Queue marketing

Short summary for the team. Permanent pages hold the detail — LinkedIn, open questions, meetings, automations.

Top tasks right now

9 items, ordered as they stand today. Each names an owner, whether a human has to do it, what it is waiting on, and what it unblocks.

Confirm who Adrian already requested on LinkedIn

AdrianNeeds a human

Due: This week

Waiting on
Adrian confirming whether the five recorded names are correct, and whether he also requested Saul Rajsky, Jake Rajsky, or Nicole Dalton at American Tall
Unblocks
An accurate connection tracker and the next company-by-company batch

Recorded as requested on Nov 5, 2026 from Adrian's verbal confirmation that he connected with Kris Cody (PAKA), Jen D'Angelo (NOOWORKS), Aimee Smale (Odd Muse), Emma Hill (Damson Madder), and Shahira Ishak (American Tall). Mike Monnette of Abbreviated Apparel was in the original top-5 send order and was not named, so he stays not requested.

Approve the exact LinkedIn note and DM texts

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: Before any note or DM is sent

Waiting on
Ittai reviewing [outreach/2026-10-29-top5-adrian.md](outreach/2026-10-29-top5-adrian.md)
Unblocks
Adrian sending notes and DMs after acceptances

Open question 3. The Nov 3 call did not walk the Kris / Jen / Emma / Aimee / Mike drafts line by line.

DM people who accept the five connection requests

AdrianNeeds a human

Due: After each acceptance

Waiting on
LinkedIn acceptances, and Ittai's approval of the exact DM text
Unblocks
Conversations that can lead to qualified buyer calls

Nothing is recorded as messaged yet. Connection requests are not DMs.

Work this week's LinkedIn company queue

AdrianNeeds a human

Due: Week ends Sun Nov 8, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing for reading the URLs (they are on the table). Connecting stays by hand, company by company.
Unblocks
More requests, acceptances, and conversations toward the six-call target

Current week is 2026-W45 (Mon Nov 2-Sun Nov 8): 33 people across 19 companies. Weekly target is 25-30 new names. Adrian connects with everyone at a company at once.

Share notes if the Thu Nov 5 12:00 follow-up happened

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: Thu Nov 5, 12:00 ET

Waiting on
Ittai or Adrian saying whether that meeting happened and pointing to notes or a transcript
Unblocks
Ingest of that meeting

Open question 9. They scheduled noon on Thursday so Ittai could report on his runs and on "Taylor."

Decide the public pricing line

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Ittai resolving Founding Access on the live site (free for 3 months, then $500/mo) vs the $3k/mo + $12k setup tier
Unblocks
Saying anything about price in drafts or on the site

Open question 14. Pricing stays a proposal until Ittai approves.

Soften site claims that are not built

BrandonNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Ittai's approval of any public-claim change
Unblocks
Honest site copy before working sessions

Open question 15. Do not claim barcode-to-Capture One auto-naming, PIM sync, or Slack.

Run the weekday Grain / meeting ingest

AgentsGrok Bot · Spark 8 AM meeting ingest

Due: Weekdays around 8:00 ET (next: Fri Nov 6)

Waiting on
GRAIN_API_TOKEN on the box; the Nov 3 recording is not visible to Ittai's personal-scope token
Unblocks
New meeting notes filed into the right pipeline

Last documented Grain list was Thu Nov 5, 2026. The scheduled weekday job is documented; a historical backfill is still pending.

Run the weekday prospect batch

AgentsGrok Bot · CQ daily prospect batch

Due: Weekdays around 8:30 ET (next: Fri Nov 6)

Waiting on
Nothing beyond the usual research pass
Unblocks
New names for the next weekly LinkedIn queue

Last batch on file is Thu Nov 5, 2026 (15 people). Target about 15-20 contactable people per run.

Upcoming

Ittai

Approve, edit, or cut the remaining draft lines (offer, privacy, keep-the-plan)

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: Before the first session is offered in public copy

Waiting on
Ittai
Unblocks
Using the offer line and privacy line without a DRAFT mark

Open question 16.

Big brands and possible ceiling misses -- in or out?

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Ittai
Unblocks
Whether people at Faherty, NYC Alliance, Varley, and other flagged rows may be contacted

Open question 12.

Unvalidated categories -- in or out?

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Ittai
Unblocks
Jewellery, footwear, homegoods, beauty rows

Open question 13.

Abbreviated / Mike Monnette -- keep or swap?

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Ittai
Unblocks
Whether Mike stays in the original top-5 send order

Open question 11. He was not among the five people Adrian said he requested.

Sending vs automating LinkedIn with Codex

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
An explicit decision; standing rule is nothing is sent automatically
Unblocks
Whether any message may be sent by a bot

Open question 1.

Pace -- 50-100 connection requests a week vs about 5 notes a day

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Ittai or Adrian
Unblocks
How many notes to draft each run

Open question 2. Weekly name target of 25-30 is the working figure for the queue pages.

Who runs X / Twitter for Creative Queue?

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
A named owner
Unblocks
Starting the X workstream

Open question 21.

Adrian

Mine Adrian's network and confirm the rest of the warm list

AdrianNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Confirmation of Nov 3 proposals (Rachel, Alexandra Vasquez, Claire Carter-Jenn, James Alley)
Unblocks
A reliable warm-restart queue

Open questions 5-7. KYODAN and Manhattan are already a decision (not viable to restart).

Confirm James Alley pronouns and who owns that thread

AdrianNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Ittai or Adrian
Unblocks
Correct language and a named sender

Open question 5.

Scope the Reddit rerun

AdrianNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
Scope (listen-only vs drafting comments). Any public Reddit action still needs Ittai's approval.
Unblocks
The Reddit workstream moving from planned research to action

Open question 8.

Brandon

Confirm how a prospect keeps the session plan

BrandonNeeds a human

Due: Before the first working session

Waiting on
Brandon
Unblocks
An honest answer in the offer

Part of open question 16. Shared workspace access vs an export is unverified.

Warm producer outreach -- send this week or wait?

BrandonNeeds a human

Due: No date set

Waiting on
A decision between the Oct 29 dispatch (wait for PR #348) and the Oct 30 dispatch (send this week)
Unblocks
Whether those drafts may be sent

Open question 22. Not discussed Nov 3.

Agents

Weekly warm restarts + scoreboard write-up

AgentsGrok Bot · CQ weekly warm restarts + scoreboard

Due: Mondays around 9:00 ET (next: Mon Nov 9)

Waiting on
The first scheduled Monday run has not happened yet
Unblocks
An updated scoreboard and a fresh warm-restart list for Adrian

Documented automation. It does not send or post.

Answer when tagged in #cq-marketing

AgentsCreative Queue Marketing Bot · CQ Marketing Bot (tag-only)

Due: On demand

Waiting on
A tag in Slack #cq-marketing (C054T5XSA3W)
Unblocks
Answers in the channel without a scheduled run

The bot only answers when tagged. The pipeline skill writes meetings/slack-questions.md but does not post it.

Done (8 items)Collapsed so they do not pile up here

Built the contactable pipeline

AgentsGrok Bot · CQ daily prospect batch

Due: Through Thu Nov 5, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
The weekly LinkedIn queues

89 people across 57 brands/orgs, in batches on Oct 29, Oct 30, Nov 2, and Nov 5.

Decided the LinkedIn sender

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: Oct 29, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
Adrian sending by hand

Adrian's personal LinkedIn, Creative Queue voice, sent by hand. Process confirmed Nov 3.

Wrote the top-5 drafts

AgentsGrok Bot · CQ daily prospect batch

Due: Oct 29, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
Ittai's line-by-line approval

File outreach/2026-10-29-top5-adrian.md. Approval of the exact text is still open.

Ingested the Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call

AgentsGrok Bot · Spark 8 AM meeting ingest

Due: Thu Nov 5, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
Page-update rules and the open-questions list

Ingest used the exported transcript. Grain does not show recording bdcecd68 to Ittai's personal-scope token.

Wrote the page-update rules

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: Thu Nov 5, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
Updating pages even when something is unclear

Ittai and Adrian agreed. Either can answer a question.

Published the public hub

AgentsGrok Bot · site generate + Pages deploy

Due: Thu Nov 5, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
A URL the team can share

https://creative-queue-marketing.pages.dev

Recorded five LinkedIn connection requests

AdrianNeeds a human

Due: Thu Nov 5, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
The tracker and DM-on-accept

Kris Cody, Jen D'Angelo, Aimee Smale, Emma Hill, Shahira Ishak. Status requested, date Nov 5, 2026.

Agreed the hub and workstream URL layout

IttaiNeeds a human

Due: Thu Nov 5, 2026

Waiting on
Nothing recorded
Unblocks
This rebuild

Ittai and Adrian agreed the dashboard-plus-permanent-workstream-URL structure used here.

Key numbers

33People this week2026-W45 · 19 companies
5Connection requests sentRecorded in the tracker
0AcceptedWaiting on LinkedIn acceptances
0DMsNone recorded yet
0 of 6Buyer callsTarget by Fri Nov 13, 2026

Workstreams

Each card opens a permanent URL you can bookmark.

mixed

Warm restarts

KYODAN and Manhattan are not viable to restart (decision, Nov 3). The rest of the warm list is still UNCONFIRMED.

Open Warm restarts
planned

X / Twitter

Owner unnamed. Nov 3 mentioned X in a Voice Align context, not as a named Creative Queue sender.

Open X / Twitter
planned

Reddit

A rerun of earlier listening work is a proposal. No public comment or post is approved.

Open Reddit
planned

Content / SEO

Site-claim fixes sit with Brandon and still need Ittai's approval before public copy changes.

Open Content / SEO
parked

Ads

No ad budget is on record. Scripts are kept for later; nothing runs now.

Open Ads
index

All initiatives

The full list of workstreams, including planned ones that do not have activity yet.

Open initiatives