FIRST TRAFFIC CHANNEL WORKSHEET

Purpose: choose one first opportunity using evidence, permitted access and available work. No invitation is sent by completing this document. No channel performance is predicted.

1. PERSON AND TASK

Person/situation:
Problem they are trying to resolve:
Useful next action/resource:
Intended destination:
What is currently available versus still being prepared:

2. COPY FOR EACH OF UP TO THREE SPECIFIC CANDIDATES

Candidate ID and exact placement:
Audience evidence (source/date/what it actually says):
Evidence limitation (sample/context/unknowns):
Audience status: SUPPORTED / UNKNOWN / NOT AVAILABLE

Permission/access evidence for this exact invitation:
Rules or responsible owner:
What remains to be agreed:
Access status: SUPPORTED / UNKNOWN / NOT AVAILABLE

Work required (draft, destination, approval/review, replies):
Named responsible owner:
Available work allowance and its basis:
Work status: SUPPORTED / UNKNOWN / NOT AVAILABLE

Decision: PREPARE / RESOLVE A CONDITION / DEFER
Reason, including the condition that prevents use:
Next bounded action and owner:

Do not add the three labels into a score. Audience fit does not replace permission or capacity. A contact address, group membership or publisher relationship does not by itself establish permission to promote.

3. FILLED FICTIONAL COMPARISON

Task: a first-time tabletop game-night host checks what to prepare using a one-page game-night setup checklist.

C01 — Existing game-night newsletter.
Audience: two recent reader questions about preparing a first session; broader reader interests unknown. SUPPORTED for this limited planning choice, not representative demand.
Access: channel owner confirms invitation fits established permitted use. SUPPORTED in the fictional record only.
Work: owner can prepare invitation and handle replies in the agreed block. SUPPORTED in the fictional record only.
Decision: PREPARE C01 as one bounded attempt, subject to actual destination and placement checks.

C02 — Local game-shop bulletin.
Audience: shop owner describes readers as tabletop players, including first-time hosts. SUPPORTED for limited planning; actual response unknown.
Access: no placement permission or date agreed. UNKNOWN.
Work: resolve placement with its owner before committing invitation work. UNKNOWN pending that decision.
Decision: RESOLVE A CONDITION; do not use the placement yet.

C03 — New video channel.
Audience: no channel-specific audience evidence. UNKNOWN.
Access: business controls its own new channel. SUPPORTED in the fictional record; actual channel rules still apply.
Work: no assigned owner for recording, editing and replies. NOT AVAILABLE.
Decision: DEFER this attempt. No universal judgment about video.

UNFAVORABLE VARIATION
Change only C01 access: owner cannot confirm permitted use, so access becomes UNKNOWN. C02 still lacks placement permission and C03 still lacks evidence/owner. Decision: NO CANDIDATE READY. Clarify one missing condition through the normal responsible process. Do not select C02 automatically or send a request merely because it has been drafted.

4. FILLED FICTIONAL ATTEMPT PLAN — NOT EXECUTED

Candidate: C01.
Placement: one invitation in the existing game-night newsletter.
Offer: the same one-page game-night setup checklist available at the intended destination.
Work allowance: 35 minutes invitation draft + 20 minutes resource/destination checks + 35 minutes observations/replies = 90 minutes.
Basis: invented owner allocation, not observed effort or a recommended budget.
Initial review: seven days after the placement IF it is approved and actually used. This does not prove enough observations will exist.
Before use: confirm permission, actual destination, resource availability and reply owner.
Actual placement/time/response: NOT OBSERVED; leave results blank.

5. YOUR BOUNDED ATTEMPT

Chosen candidate, or NO CANDIDATE READY:
Why this choice is supported:
Unresolved conditions preventing use:
Exact invitation purpose and intended destination:
Permission or approval required and who owns it:
Resource/destination readiness evidence:
Work allowance by task:
Total allowance (recalculate):
Owner for replies:
Initial review date/trigger and why:

6. OBSERVATIONS — LEAVE BLANK UNTIL THEY EXIST

Was the invitation actually placed? Evidence/date:
Actual work time and scope:
Was the destination available? Evidence/window:
Observed questions or responses (avoid unnecessary personal details):
Which route produced each observation:
Measurement that is available, with definition/window:
Measurement that is unavailable or ambiguous:
What cannot be concluded:
Decision: CONTINUE SAME BOUNDED APPROACH / REVISE A SPECIFIC PART / PAUSE
Evidence for decision and next owner/action:

No report is not automatically zero visits. No replies do not prove no interest. Different audiences, offers and timing do not establish a fair channel comparison.

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