Marketing how-to

How to plan a product launch with Claude.

Most B2B product launches underperform because the planning is incomplete or rushed. The proven 90-day framework — internal alignment, market prep, launch week, post-launch nurture — works whether you use AI or not. AI compresses each phase by 30-50%. Here is the full workflow.

The premise

Why most launches underperform

Most B2B product launches focus on the launch day itself and underinvest in the 8 weeks before and 6 weeks after. The day matters; the surrounding window matters more. AI helps you actually execute the surrounding window without burning out the team.

The 4-phase 90-day framework

What each phase contains

Phase 1: Foundation (Days -90 to -45). Positioning, messaging, ICP refinement. Internal alignment across sales, marketing, product, CS. Sales enablement collateral drafted.

Phase 2: Market prep (Days -45 to -7). Content production (announcements, blogs, social, video). Customer-facing assets (landing pages, email sequences, sales decks). PR outreach started.

Phase 3: Launch week (Days 0-7). Coordinated public announcement. Press, social, partner activations, customer comms. Daily standup to handle reactive needs.

Phase 4: Sustain (Days 8-45 after). Use-case content. Customer story development. Retro on launch metrics. Pipeline conversion tracking.

Where Claude accelerates each phase

Specific deployments

Phase 1: Positioning drafts (see positioning guide), sales-enablement narrative, FAQ generation.

Phase 2: Content production (announcement blog, social variants, email sequences), landing page copy (see landing page guide), PR pitch drafts.

Phase 3: Real-time content variants (different audiences, different platforms), reactive social responses, sales objection handling drafts.

Phase 4: Customer story drafts, retro analysis (paste metrics, get narrative), follow-up content based on what landed.

The launch planning Claude prompt

Use this in Phase 1

I am planning a 90-day product launch for [PRODUCT NAME].

Product in one sentence: [SHORT]
Target audience: [SPECIFIC PERSONA]
Key differentiator: [TRUTHFUL UNIQUE THING]
Launch date: [DATE]
Team capacity: [PEOPLE AVAILABLE]
Budget for launch: [RANGE]

Build a 90-day launch plan:
- Week-by-week deliverables across 4 phases (Foundation / Prep / Launch / Sustain)
- Owner for each deliverable
- Dependencies between deliverables
- Risk flags (what could go wrong in each phase)
- Success metrics by phase

Be specific. "Marketing campaign" is not a deliverable. "Email 1 of welcome sequence with subject A/B test" is. Tell me what to cut if team capacity is tighter than scope.
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