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title: Meeting Cadence Decision — 1-Month Weekly Trial
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created: '2026-01-16'
updated: '2026-01-16'
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- meeting-cadence
- strategy
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client_source: BluepointATM
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# Meeting Cadence Decision — 1-Month Weekly Trial

## Overview

During the January 16, 2026 weekly sync, Karly and Mark discussed how to respond to Bluepoint client Mike's request to return to weekly meetings. The team agreed to grant a temporary 1-month trial of weekly calls before reverting to monthly cadence, and developed a clear rationale to communicate to the client.

## Decision

**Grant a 1-month trial of weekly meetings, then revert to monthly.**

Karly is responsible for communicating this decision to Mike, framing it around cost efficiency and the strategic distinction between marketing and sales.

## Rationale

### Cost Argument
Two-person meetings at Asymmetric's billing rate run approximately **$400/hour**. Frequent meetings divert budget that would otherwise fund productive work. The client should be asked directly: would you rather allocate retainer hours to meetings, or to us doing work?

As an alternative framing: async feedback via Google Docs can replace much of what gets discussed on calls, moving faster and costing less.

### Strategic Argument: Marketing ≠ Sales
Mike has been applying the **Sandler sales methodology** to evaluate Asymmetric's marketing work — specifically, pushing back on email sequence length (preferring 3 emails over the recommended 5–7).

The key distinction to communicate:

| | Marketing (Asymmetric's Role) | Sales (Client's Role) |
|---|---|---|
| **Goal** | Top-of-funnel lead generation | Closing warm leads |
| **Approach** | High-volume touchpoints; pull-based | Cadenced 1:1 outreach; push-based |
| **Email volume** | 5–10+ touches needed before recognition | Fewer, more personal follow-ups |
| **Metric** | Awareness, engagement, lead volume | Proposals, conversions |

Marketing's job is to generate people worth talking to. Sales takes over from there. Sandler is a sales playbook — it doesn't translate directly to cold marketing sequences. Running a marketing campaign like a sales campaign results in no one buying; running a sales campaign like a marketing campaign alienates prospects.

> "Marketing is really more pull. Like, hey, look at this cool thing I have. And if you're interested, check in. With sales, you're like, bam, bam, bam, buy now." — Mark Hope

## Action Items

- [ ] **Karly** — Email Mike to confirm 1-month weekly meeting trial, with expectation of reverting to monthly after (~biweekly mentioned as the target cadence)
- [ ] **Karly** — Communicate the marketing vs. sales distinction when discussing email sequence length pushback

## Context

- Mike had previously been on a monthly meeting cadence and requested a return to weekly
- The Bluepoint team has been engaged in a New York campaign; Mike reviewed the deliverables and began second-guessing scope (e.g., reducing from 5 emails to 3)
- The team's view is that the client is better served by getting out of the way and letting Asymmetric execute

## Related

- [[wiki/clients/current/bluepoint/_index]]