How the work gets done
The framework creates a deliberate path from diagnosis to an operating rhythm the client can govern, measure, and improve.
Understand the business, its goals, and the risks that could undermine progress.
Define the business problem, desired outcome, stakeholders, and operational context.
Identify policy, entity, ownership, reputation, and measurement risks before action.
Create a defensible starting point and clarify who owns each part of the system.
Record dated source metrics, reporting settings, and the current state of performance.
Clarify platform access, responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths.
Correct foundational issues before adding new activity or automation.
Resolve inaccuracies, duplicates, entity conflicts, and preventable policy exposure.
Align profiles, services, categories, content, and supporting business signals.
Turn the strategy into repeatable workflows, rules, and team responsibilities.
Create compliant, timely review-request journeys that teams can sustain.
Define response standards, rating-aware logic, and service-recovery escalation.
Measure the signal, learn from exceptions, and refine the operating system.
Monitor visibility, review activity, response coverage, ratings, and exceptions.
Use the evidence to refine priorities, workflows, training, and governance.
Governing principle
The exact scope flexes to the problem. The sequence protects the work from premature tactics, weak attribution, unclear ownership, and activity that the client cannot sustain.
Start with the problem
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