Strategy5 min read

    Eleven strategic frameworks, applied to your product

    Short answer

    Aiter runs eleven classic strategy frameworks against your Marketing Brief for 1 credit each, including SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, AIDA, AARRR, Lean Analytics, STEPPS, 7P, HOOK, ICE Score and the Ansoff Matrix.

    Frameworks are lenses. Each one makes some things visible and hides others, which is why running all eleven produces a folder rather than an insight.

    They live under Strategy on the Advance plan and above, cost 1 credit each, and generate against your Marketing Brief.

    What is available

    FrameworkThe lens it gives you
    SWOTStrengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, mapped to your product and market
    Porter's Five ForcesCompetition, buyers, suppliers, new entrants, substitutes: how the market actually moves
    AIDAAttention, interest, desire, action, applied to your messaging
    AARRRAcquisition, activation, retention, referral, revenue
    Lean AnalyticsEmpathy, stickiness, virality, revenue, scale: which stage you are in and what to fix next
    STEPPSThe six factors that make ideas spread
    7PProduct, price, place, promotion, people, process, physical evidence
    HOOKTrigger, action, reward, investment: the habit loop
    ICE ScoreImpact, confidence, ease, for prioritising without the politics
    Ansoff MatrixPenetration, market development, product development, diversification
    Marketing IdeasA pile of growth ideas, some good, thrown at the wall on purpose

    Which one to run for which question

    "Where should I focus next quarter?" Lean Analytics, then ICE Score on whatever it surfaces.

    "Why is this market so hard?" Porter's Five Forces. It is the one that explains why your margins are under pressure in a way a competitor report does not.

    "Why do people sign up and vanish?" AARRR to find the leaky step, then HOOK if the leak is in retention.

    "My copy is not landing." AIDA. It is unfashionable and it still diagnoses a broken funnel faster than anything else on the list.

    "How do we grow from here?" Ansoff Matrix. Four moves, and it forces you to name which one you are actually making.

    "Why does nobody share our stuff?" STEPPS.

    "We need ideas by Thursday." Marketing Ideas. The description is honest: not all of them are great. It is a wall to throw things at, and two or three will stick.

    How to read a generated framework

    The generated output is a competent first pass by something that has read your brief and knows the framework. Treat it as a strong starting draft rather than as a verdict.

    The high-value move is disagreement. Read the SWOT and find the weakness it named that you would not have written down. That one is worth ten minutes of thought, because it came from an outside read of your own public material.

    Ignore anything that reads like the framework's textbook definition with your product name inserted. That happens when the brief lacks the material the framework needs, and the fix is upstream.

    The trap

    Running eleven frameworks feels like strategy and is closer to shopping. Two frameworks that you argue with beat eleven that you skim.

    Pick the one matching the question you actually have. Run it. Write down the single decision it changed. If it changed none, that is data too.

    Frequently asked questions

    Do frameworks need research first?

    Not required, and better with it. Porter's Five Forces in particular is much sharper after competitor analysis, because four of the five forces are about other companies.

    Which plan includes frameworks?

    Advance and above, alongside the rest of the Strategy section.

    Can I export them?

    Yes. Campaign content can be copied out and campaigns can be exported and shared as a read-only link, which is usually the fastest way to get a framework in front of a colleague.

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