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Authority Context Audit

Find out where your expertise loses weight when you leave the room.

The Authority Context Audit identifies where your message is decaying, what that may be costing the business, and whether an authority book is the right asset to correct it.

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Investment: $1,250. Credited toward a ghostwriting engagement begun within 30 days.

Where the signal typically decays

Website
Referral intros
Sales calls
In person, with you

A rough picture of how much of your actual thinking survives each handoff. The audit maps your version of this.


The situation

The problem isn't a lack of expertise. It's a missing container.

  • Your expertise is persuasive in conversation, but the website sounds broader than what you actually do.
  • Referral partners like you but struggle to explain what makes you different.
  • Prospects understand the service but not the judgment behind it.
  • Your strongest ideas are scattered across presentations, articles, calls and private notes.

What the audit examines

Five places we look for the decay.

01

Your central argument

What do you believe that your market needs to understand?

02

Your current authority assets

What exists across the website, LinkedIn, presentations, articles, podcasts and client materials?

03

Your message decay points

Where does the explanation become generic, incomplete or dependent on you being in the room?

04

Your business objective

Should the asset support referrals, sales, speaking, client education or positioning?

05

Your book opportunity

Is there a book-worthy idea strong enough to carry the argument?


What happens

A concrete, five-step process.

01

Intake

You complete a short questionnaire and submit relevant material.

02

Review

We examine your website, LinkedIn profile, content and existing intellectual property.

03

Conversation

A 75 to 90-minute strategic interview, one on one.

04

Findings

We prepare a written Authority Context Report.

05

Review

We walk through the findings together and recommend the most useful next step.


Deliverables

What you leave with.

  • A written assessment of where your authority is currently being weakened or lost.
  • A proposed central idea or argument around which a book could be built.
  • A clear definition of the ideal reader and business purpose.
  • A preliminary recommendation for the authority asset you need.
  • A decision on whether you need coaching, ghostwriting — or no book at all.

Who it's for

We're specific about fit, on purpose.

This is for

Experienced advisors, consultants, coaches, speakers, founders and business leaders who already have expertise, clients and evidence behind their work.

This is not for

Aspiring writers looking for general help developing a book idea, with no existing client base or track record to draw from.


Why the audit is paid

This isn't a sales call wearing a consultant's badge.

We're reviewing your business, your message and your existing material, then producing a written, usable strategic recommendation — whether or not it points toward a book. That work has a cost because it takes real time and produces a real deliverable, not a pitch.


Frequently asked questions

Before you book.

Will I leave with a full book outline?

No. You'll leave with a proposed central idea and a recommendation on whether a book is the right asset — the audit is diagnosis, not architecture. Full book architecture happens in coaching or ghostwriting.

What material should I send?

Anything that already carries your thinking — website copy, LinkedIn posts, talks, articles, client materials, past outlines or notes. There's no minimum; we'll tell you if we need more.

What happens if you don't recommend a book?

You'll get an honest answer and, where useful, a recommendation for a better-fit next step. We'd rather tell you a book isn't right than sell you one that is.

Can the fee be applied to a larger project?

Yes. The $1,250 audit fee is credited toward a ghostwriting engagement if you begin one within 30 days of your findings review.

How much time will this require?

Roughly 2 to 3 hours total: the intake questionnaire, the strategic interview, and the findings review.

Do I need to have started writing?

No. Most clients haven't written anything yet. The audit works from what already exists in your business, not from a draft.

Stop guessing whether you have a book.

Find out what the book needs to do, who it needs to influence, and whether the business case is strong enough to proceed.

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