Creative Queue · Marketing

Creative Queue · through Nov 13, 2026

Open questions

Either Ittai or Adrian can answer. Each answer resolves that question, clears any UNCONFIRMED mark, and adds a changelog entry.

Open questions

Concrete questions for Ittai and Adrian (either can answer unless a line names a narrower approval). Nothing here is invented: each item is something a source left ambiguous, unanswered, or in conflict.

As of Thu Nov 5, 2026 (America/New_York). Numbered the same as the hub page (README.md). Each answer resolves that question, clears any UNCONFIRMED mark, and adds a CHANGELOG.md entry.

A copy-paste answer block lives on the hub and at the bottom of slack-questions.md.

From the Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call

  1. Sending vs automating LinkedIn (Codex) — At 39:03 Adrian said a lot of the LinkedIn DM work "we can also automate with Codex where it sends the messages for us." Ittai: "that's kind of the goal here." The standing rule is that nothing is sent automatically and Adrian sends by hand, and in the same call Adrian said "just find the URLs for now" (41:07). Is Codex-sending now approved, approved only after Ittai signs off on each text, or still not allowed?
  2. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 39:03 and 41:07
  3. Affects: Whether any message may be sent automatically; RULES.md who-sends
  4. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Ittai must approve any automated send)

  5. Status: UNCONFIRMED / proposal

  6. Pace (50–100 connection requests a week vs about 5 personalized notes a day) — Adrian described Good Content sending "50 to 100 connection requests per week" (37:20) as the model to learn from. The earlier plan used about 5 personalized LinkedIn notes a day and noted that free LinkedIn accounts only get a few personalized notes a month (3 to 5). Which pace is approved?

  7. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 37:20
  8. Affects: Weekly cadence and scoreboard; how many notes to draft per run
  9. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  10. Status: UNCONFIRMED / proposal

  11. Exact top-5 draft texts — Ittai asked for "a sign-off from you on the next steps" and to look at "the Creative Q one" because "we trying to do LinkedIn first" (30:30 / 31:24). Adrian then described the URL-finding and 3–4-people process and said the weekly cadence and scoreboard "makes sense as a starting point." He did not walk through the Kris / Jen / Emma / Aimee / Mike notes line by line. Are those five drafts approved to send once URLs are confirmed, or do they still need a line-by-line yes?

  12. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 30:30 and 31:24
  13. Affects: outreach/2026-10-29-top5-adrian.md (still awaiting exact-text approval; nothing sent)
  14. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Ittai must approve exact text before any send)

  15. Status: UNCONFIRMED

  16. Logging into Adrian's LinkedIn — Ittai asked, "So I would just need to log into your LinkedIn." Adrian: "Well, don't even— just find the URLs for now" (41:02–41:07). When, if ever, should someone use Adrian's LinkedIn session to send? Who clicks Connect?

  17. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 41:02–41:07
  18. Affects: Who-sends rules; next step after URLs are on the table
  19. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  20. Status: open

  21. James Alley pronouns and who owns the thread — During the call Adrian said he was "connecting with James Alley on LinkedIn because we're not connected" and that he "sent her a WhatsApp" because "she said she was down to have a follow-up" (33:40, 35:45). At 46:48 he called James "One of the guys you had on your list for CreativeQ." The older plan treated James as "he" and named Brandon as sender. What pronouns should we use, and who owns the follow-up now?

  22. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 33:40, 35:45, and 46:48
  23. Affects: James Alley row on the warm list and customer-voice-james-alley.md
  24. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  25. Status: UNCONFIRMED

  26. Claire Carter-Jenn — Adrian said it is "Probably time for me to talk with Claire Carter-Jenn again. It's been a while" (35:49). Who is she, which company, and is there a verified link? She is not in prospects.csv.

  27. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 35:49
  28. Affects: Warm network / new person handling (archive first until links check out)
  29. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  30. Status: UNCONFIRMED / proposal

  31. Warm list confirmation — Please confirm which of these Nov 3 statements should now be the written status: Rachel is not a viable customer (Adrian only); Alexandra Vasquez is not viable (Adrian only); KYODAN and Manhattan should not be restarted (Adrian, Ittai agreed — already logged as a decision); Adrian's network should be mined again (Adrian only). MIKUTA / Isis was not mentioned — stay on the older "check in" dispatch, or leave MIKUTA untouched until someone says?

  32. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 35:49 and 36:23
  33. Affects: Warm restarts table; RULES.md warm list
  34. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  35. Status: UNCONFIRMED / proposal (except KYODAN and Manhattan, which are a decision)

  36. Reddit rerun with Grok — Adrian asked to rerun the earlier Reddit work "with Groq instead of what we did before" because Grok has been better at finding brands (38:05). What is the scope (listen-only vs drafting comments), and do any public Reddit actions still need Ittai's approval before they go out?

  37. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 38:05
  38. Affects: Reddit channel in the plan; public-posting rule
  39. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Ittai must approve any public post or comment)

  40. Status: proposal (research request; no public post approved)

  41. Thursday Nov 5 at 12:00 follow-up — They moved the follow-up to noon on Thursday so Ittai could report on his runs and on "Taylor," and Adrian could give updates (42:20). Did that meeting happen, and is there a transcript or note to ingest? Who is Taylor?

  42. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 42:20 and 42:39
  43. Affects: Next-steps table; whether a Nov 5 meeting still needs ingest
  44. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  45. Status: open

  46. Grok usage pace — Ittai said he blows through tokens after the Wednesday reset (he named a $200 plan). Adrian suggested making the skills pipeline efficient, using smaller agents for some work, and possibly running every two weeks until money is clearer, and offered to help with overages after things settle with "Niche" (43:28, 44:40). Should the weekday batch stay daily, or slow down?

  47. Source: Nov 3 Ittai + Adrian call, 43:28 and 44:40
  48. Affects: Daily-run cadence
  49. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian
  50. Status: UNCONFIRMED / proposal

Still open from the Oct 30 plan (not discussed on Nov 3)

  1. Abbreviated / Mike Monnette: keep or swap? — Flagged as possibly too early (1–10 staff, founded 2023).
  2. Source: Oct 30 plan / Grok Page (not discussed on Nov 3)
  3. Affects: Mike Monnette in the top-5 send order and the master list
  4. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Ittai owns the keep-or-swap call)

  5. Status: open

  6. Big brands and possible ceiling misses: in or out? — Faherty, NYC Alliance, Varley, Jaded London, DFYNE, Meison, Sumwon, ThirdLove, SNOCKS Group, Roller Rabbit / Vivid, Comfrt (>$600M per a search summary), and any other row flagged over about $100M.

  7. Source: Oct 30 plan / Grok Page (not discussed on Nov 3)
  8. Affects: Flagged rows on the master list; who may be contacted
  9. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Ittai owns in-or-out for ceiling flags)

  10. Status: open

  11. Unvalidated categories: in or out? — Jewellery (Missoma; Joma Jewellery & Katie Loxton), footwear (Margaux), lifestyle/home (Katie Kime).

  12. Source: Oct 30 plan / Grok Page (not discussed on Nov 3)
  13. Affects: ICP gates in RULES.md and icp.md
  14. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Ittai owns widening ICP)

  15. Status: open

  16. Pricing — Site Founding Access ($500/mo after 3 free months) vs $3k/mo + $12k setup. Drafts quote no price until this is settled.

  17. Source: Oct 30 plan / Grok Page and Brandon's Oct 30 dispatch (not discussed on Nov 3)
  18. Affects: The offer; every outreach draft; live-site Founding Access copy
  19. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian may reply; stays a proposal until Ittai approves (Brandon should weigh in)

  20. Status: proposal until Ittai approves

  21. Site overclaims — creativequeue.io claims barcode naming, PIM sync, and Slack. The Oct 30 dispatch says barcode and PIM are not built; product/overview.md says Slack is not built.

  22. Source: Oct 30 plan / Brandon's Oct 30 dispatch (not discussed on Nov 3)
  23. Affects: Public claims on creativequeue.io and what drafts may say
  24. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian may reply; public-claim changes stay proposals until Ittai approves (Brandon owns the product facts)

  25. Status: proposal until Ittai approves

  26. The offer line, the privacy line, and how prospects keep their session plan — Shared workspace vs export. Brandon to confirm "keep the plan" before the first session. Draft privacy line is still awaiting approval: "We only use your shoot materials for this session and delete them on request."

  27. Source: Oct 30 plan / Grok Page (not discussed on Nov 3)
  28. Affects: Offer copy and privacy line in the plan and drafts
  29. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian may reply; copy stays a proposal until Ittai approves (Brandon confirms how they keep the plan)

  30. Status: proposal until Ittai approves

  31. Does Adrian run the 30-minute sessions himself? — The drafts say "one-on-one with me." Not confirmed on Nov 3.

  32. Source: Oct 30 plan / outreach drafts (not discussed on Nov 3)
  33. Affects: Session runbook and draft phrasing
  34. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  35. Status: open

  36. Build partners: start now or after some buyer calls exist? — Partners stay a separate motion and are never counted as buyers. Timing to start partner outreach was not discussed on Nov 3.

  37. Source: Oct 30 plan / Grok Page (not discussed on Nov 3)
  38. Affects: When build-partner rows may be contacted
  39. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  40. Status: open

  41. Notion manual list — Cross-reference is still pending because Notion is not connected.

  42. Source: Oct 30 plan / standing pipeline rule (not discussed on Nov 3)
  43. Affects: notion_crossref column on every master-list row
  44. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Ittai owns connecting Notion)

  45. Status: open

  46. Creative Queue bot in the Slack channel with Adrian and Brandon — Tag-only, low usage was proposed earlier. Pending Ittai. Not discussed Nov 3. Separate from the later plan for the Creative Queue Marketing Bot to post open questions to #cq-marketing (C054T5XSA3W).

  47. Source: Oct 30 plan (not discussed on Nov 3)
  48. Affects: Whether a CQ bot is invited to the existing Adrian/Brandon channel
  49. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  50. Status: open

  51. Who runs X / Twitter for Creative Queue? — Nov 3 mentioned keeping up Voice Align posts on X and starting some Twitter DMs; that is Voice Align, not CQ. Owner still unnamed for CQ.

  52. Source: Oct 30 plan; Nov 3 mentioned X only for Voice Align (41:55)
  53. Affects: X / Twitter channel in the plan
  54. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  55. Status: open

  56. Warm producer outreach — Drafted Oct 20: the Oct 29 dispatch held it until PR #348; the Oct 30 dispatch said send it this week. Not discussed Nov 3.

  57. Source: Oct 29 and Oct 30 Brandon dispatches (not discussed on Nov 3)
  58. Affects: Whether the Oct 20 producer drafts may be sent
  59. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian (Brandon and Adrian were the earlier owners)
  60. Status: open

Capture gaps

  1. Grain visibility of the Nov 3 recording — The call was captured by Adrian's Zoom bot (Grain share https://grain.com/share/recording/bdcecd68-a001-4843-8368-6847f88eb0a4/UqjvAinTaNnxah77yuevqXxQhnjEzh35lonDi6ns). Listing and fetching with Ittai's personal-scope Grain PAT does not show recording bdcecd68-a001-4843-8368-6847f88eb0a4 (not in the list; direct fetch returns not found). Should Adrian share it into Ittai's Grain workspace so the morning loop can pull it next time, or is the exported transcript the copy of record?
  2. Source: Grain check on Thu Nov 5, 2026 (America/New_York), after ingesting the exported transcript
  3. Affects: 8:00 AM ET Grain pull in the pipeline skill
  4. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  5. Status: open

  6. Missing Oct 30 marketing-call notes — No notes from an Oct 30 Brandon + Adrian + Ittai pipeline call were found in the repo when the Oct 30 review was written. The Nov 3 call is now captured. If there was a separate Oct 30 marketing call, it is still missing.

  7. Source: Oct 30 review draft, written before the Nov 3 ingest
  8. Affects: Whether an Oct 30 transcript still needs ingest
  9. Answerable by: Ittai or Adrian

  10. Status: open

  11. The five LinkedIn requests Adrian already sent — On Thu Nov 5, 2026 Adrian said he had connected with Kris Cody (PAKA), Jen D'Angelo (NOOWORKS), Aimee Smale (Odd Muse), Emma Hill (Damson Madder), and Shahira Ishak (American Tall). Those five are marked requested as of Nov 5, 2026, meaning a connection request was sent and is awaiting acceptance — not that a DM went out, and not that they accepted. Is any of those five the wrong person? Did he also request Saul Rajsky, Jake Rajsky, or Nicole Dalton at American Tall? Mike Monnette of Abbreviated Apparel was in the original top-5 send order and was not named among the five, so he was left as not requested.

  12. Source: Adrian's verbal confirmation, Thu Nov 5, 2026 (America/New_York)
  13. Affects: Connection tracker and the weekly LinkedIn queues
  14. Answerable by: Adrian (Ittai can also correct a name)
  15. Status: open

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Answers from Ittai or Adrian for the Creative Queue marketing questions. Numbered the same as /questions/.

1. Sending vs automating LinkedIn (Codex)
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2. Pace (50–100 connection requests a week vs about 5 personalized notes a day)
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3. Exact top-5 draft texts
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4. Logging into Adrian's LinkedIn
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5. James Alley pronouns and who owns the thread
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6. Claire Carter-Jenn
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7. Warm list confirmation
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8. Reddit rerun with Grok
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9. Thursday Nov 5 at 12:00 follow-up
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10. Grok usage pace
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11. Abbreviated / Mike Monnette: keep or swap?
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12. Big brands and possible ceiling misses: in or out?
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13. Unvalidated categories: in or out?
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14. Pricing
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15. Site overclaims
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16. The offer line, the privacy line, and how prospects keep their session plan
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17. Does Adrian run the 30-minute sessions himself?
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18. Build partners: start now or after some buyer calls exist?
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19. Notion manual list
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20. Creative Queue bot in the Slack channel with Adrian and Brandon
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21. Who runs X / Twitter for Creative Queue?
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22. Warm producer outreach
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23. Grain visibility of the Nov 3 recording
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24. Missing Oct 30 marketing-call notes
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25. The five LinkedIn requests Adrian already sent
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