| name | social-campaigns |
| description | Build a ONE-TIME (not recurring) LinkedIn social campaign for a very narrow ICP segment: define precise audience criteria, source/enrich contacts from FirstTouch and optional HubSpot lists, then choose either row-level dynamic actions for rep/BDR one-at-a-time execution or static flow templates for RevOps/founder-approved one-time campaigns. Use for one-time pushes: product updates, event invites, territory pushes, reengagement lists, or team-routed social motions. For a daily recurring outbound queue, use icp-outbound-builder instead. |
| metadata | {"author":"firsttouch","version":"1.1","category":"play","requires":["firsttouch-mcp"]} |
Social Campaigns
Founder/RevOps use: one-time narrow pushes such as feature-feedback, product-update, travel-week, or team-routed campaigns. AE/BDR use: row-level dynamic mode for manager-approved special pushes, not normal daily prospecting.
Outcome: Create a focused FirstTouch social campaign for a narrow, explicitly defined ICP segment. For reps and BDRs, this should often feel like AI SDR: a curated list of rows with one-at-a-time approval, not a flow-building exercise. For founders and RevOps, it can also become a one-time static-template flow with bulk approval after the exact audience and templates are approved.
First-run onboarding gate
Before running this skill for the first time in a workspace, load ../../references/onboarding.md and complete the onboarding questions. Do not proceed until you know: LinkedIn account type (free/basic = no connection notes; recommend 10 connection requests/day and never exceed the FirstTouch max of 20/day; Sales Navigator/Premium = connection notes available; recommend 20 connection requests/day and never exceed the FirstTouch max of 30/day), HubSpot access (MCP, service key/private app token, HubSpot list only, or none), and which campaign the user wants to run. If the requested audience depends on HubSpot data such as no-shows, closed-won customers, deal amount, deal age, territory, owner, or lifecycle status, require HubSpot access or a HubSpot list/source FirstTouch can access.
When to use
- A founder wants a one-time feature-feedback, product-update, or travel-week outreach campaign
- An AE wants a targeted territory, event, customer expansion, or stalled-pipeline push, usually as row-level dynamic actions unless RevOps approves a static flow
- RevOps wants to build a governed team-routed campaign with static templates and audit trail
- A BDR or manager wants a special push such as event invite/no-show follow-up, usually executed as approved one-at-a-time rows
- The user wants a product update, event invite, reactivation list, or team-connection push
When NOT to use
- Daily fresh prospecting or recurring AI SDR queues. Use this pack's persona AI SDR play instead.
- A BDR's normal daily queue unless the campaign is explicitly a narrow special push. For daily prospecting, use
inbound-speed-to-lead, warm-engager-followup, or the persona AI SDR play included in this pack.
- Highly personalized one-off account strategy. Use the relevant signal, stalled-deal, or founder play.
- A broad audience like "all VPs of Sales" without a narrow filter. Narrow it first.
- Any campaign where the user expects unreviewed AI-generated copy for every recipient. If copy is dynamic per recipient, use row-level approval like AI SDR.
How narrow is narrow enough
Default to 25-100 people for a first social campaign. Warn and ask for confirmation above 100, require a stronger reason above 200, and split anything larger into smaller waves by segment, sender, or launch window. Pull the daily-cap math into the sizing step. If AI SDR is also running for the same sender, either pause/reduce AI SDR during the campaign window or split the daily cap explicitly, for example 6 AI SDR + 4 campaign on a free/basic seat. Recompute campaign sending-day estimates against the campaign allocation: a 100-person campaign takes roughly 10 sending days only if the full 10/day free/basic cap is allocated to it, or 5 sending days only if the full 20/day Sales Navigator/Premium cap is allocated to it, before safety throttling. Never queue more connection requests than the sender's allocated daily cap allows.
Examples by role
Founder-first examples:
- Leadership-role connections for feature feedback after a product launch
- VPs of Sales at software companies in a city during the founder's travel week
AE examples:
- VPs of Sales in a territory, using Discover Contacts when territory is market-defined or HubSpot when territory is CRM-defined
- Open deals from last year that have not closed, using HubSpot open-deal criteria
BDR examples, use as special campaigns rather than daily work:
- ICP buyers in a tradeshow city for a booth or meeting invite
- Last-year no-shows who never converted to opportunity, only if HubSpot or a provided event/no-show list exists
- Connected leadership titles who match ICP and should hear a specific product update
RevOps examples:
- Inbound signups enriched to the likely decision-maker and routed from the contact/company owner
- Deals over $50k stuck for 30+ days where the CEO should send a social touch
- First-degree team connections at target accounts for product-update messaging
Inputs
- Campaign goal: product update, event invite, reactivation, expansion/upgrade, territory intro, feedback ask
- Narrow segment criteria: title/seniority, geography, industry, company size, customer/deal status, event attendance/no-show status, connection status, owner/sender, target accounts, date window
- Source: HubSpot list/workflow, FirstTouch audience/list, FirstTouch Discover Contacts, CSV/imported list, Sales Navigator source, or user-provided account/contact list
- Sender strategy: contact/company owner, CEO/founder, BDR, AE, or specific team member connected to the prospect
- LinkedIn account type: free/basic or Sales Navigator/Premium
- Campaign messaging: static connection request note when allowed, static first message template, optional one follow-up template
Campaign approval model
Social campaigns have two execution modes. Choose the mode before building anything:
| Mode | Best for | Approval | Messaging |
|---|
| Rep/BDR dynamic-row mode | AE/BDR special pushes, event follow-up, territory bursts, small manager-approved lists | Row-level approval, like AI SDR. Each first-touch row must be approved individually. | Dynamic per-recipient copy is allowed only if each row is reviewed. |
| Static campaign-flow mode | Founder/RevOps governed one-time campaigns, product updates, reengagement motions, team-routed pushes | Flow-level approval after exact audience, sender/routing rule, static templates, launch window, daily cap, and suppression results are approved. | Static templates with approved factual variables only. |
Do not make AE/BDR users learn flow-building when they just need a targeted push. Default them to dynamic-row mode unless they explicitly ask for a reusable/static campaign flow or RevOps is coordinating it.
Recommended copy mode: static templates for flow-level campaigns; row-level dynamic drafts for rep/BDR mode. Variables must be factual fields from HubSpot, FirstTouch, enrichment, or the user's supplied data.
Step-by-step
1. Define the narrow segment
Turn the user's idea into precise inclusion and exclusion criteria. If the segment is too broad, stop and narrow it.
Capture:
- who qualifies
- who is excluded
- source of truth for each criterion
- expected audience size
- whether HubSpot is required for the criteria
2. Choose the source path
Use this decision tree:
| If the segment depends on... | Use this path | HubSpot needed? |
|---|
| CRM fields: customer status, closed-won date, deal amount/stage/age, owner, territory field, no-show status stored in CRM | HubSpot/list-driven: read HubSpot MCP or a HubSpot list FirstTouch can access | Yes |
| Market/ICP filters: title, geography, industry, company size, software company, event city | FirstTouch Discover: build and preview a small audience from Discover Contacts; state estimated max credits before bulk import | No |
| User-provided contacts, event attendees, target accounts, or connection export | Imported/list-driven: use the CSV/list/audience, then enrich and check connection status | No, unless CRM fields are part of the criteria |
| Existing sender/team connections at target accounts | Team-connection: start from FirstTouch Team LinkedIn Connections data or a user-provided connection export; if neither exists, ask for one before claiming a team-connection campaign | No, unless CRM fields are part of routing |
Do not call this a team-connection campaign unless FirstTouch or the user provides connection data. If connection data is unavailable, run an imported/list or Discover campaign and mark connection status as unknown until checked prospect by prospect.
3. Enrich and qualify the audience
Before bulk discovery or enrichment, run Gate 3a from ../../references/safety-governance.md: preview a small sample, state estimated maximum credits, and get approval for bulk credit spend.
For each candidate, enrich and verify:
- LinkedIn URL and current title
- company domain, size, industry, location
- ICP fit and exclusion rules
- owner/sender routing
- connection status or team-connected sender when relevant
- HubSpot customer/deal/event fields when the campaign depends on CRM criteria
Run Gate 0 suppression/DNC and Gate 1 duplicate checks from ../../references/safety-governance.md. Exclude anyone suppressed, opted out, already in an active sequence, recently contacted, outside ICP, missing a usable LinkedIn profile, or owned by another sender without explicit routing approval.
4. Choose the execution object
Create the FirstTouch execution object that matches the chosen mode and connected MCP support. State the exact object created.
- Rep/BDR dynamic-row mode: build an audience and queue dynamic actions/manual approval rows, one prospect at a time; before adding per-contact dynamic actions, run
get_dynamic_action_guide, then call add_dynamic_action in the supported order.
- Static campaign-flow mode: build an audience (
create_audience), create the flow plan with the approved static templates (create_flow_plan - run get_flow_creation_guide first), attach the audience (attach_audience_to_flow), and publish with manage_flow_publication only after flow-level approval.
Recommended sequence:
- If already connected: send the approved static first-message template, then optionally one approved static follow-up.
- If not connected: send a connection request. Use a note only when the account has Sales Navigator/Premium and the user approves a strong reason for the note; otherwise send a blank connection request and append the approved message to the
connection_accepted branch.
Daily cap:
- free/basic: recommend 10 connection requests/day; FirstTouch max 20/day
- Sales Navigator/Premium: recommend 20 connection requests/day; FirstTouch max 30/day
- lower the cap if the account is new or frequently hitting cooldown
5. Draft messages or static templates
Load firsttouch-messaging for tone and quality rules. In rep/BDR dynamic-row mode, draft one row at a time for approval. In static campaign-flow mode, produce static campaign templates rather than unique AI-generated messages per recipient.
Template rules:
- 2 sentences max per LinkedIn message
- no em dashes
- one lightweight ask
- no fabricated personalization
- variables only from approved fields such as
{first_name}, {company}, {event_name}, {city}, {product_update}, {owner_name}, {customer_tenure}, {deal_context}
- no meeting ask unless the campaign is explicitly event/travel invitation and the ask is low-friction
Example template shapes:
- Product update: "Hi {first_name}, we just shipped {product_update} for teams working on {relevant_problem}. Thought it might be useful given your role at {company}."
- Event invite: "Hi {first_name}, I will be in {city} for {event_name} next week and noticed {company} fits the teams we usually help. Open to coffee while I am there?"
- Reengagement: "Hi {first_name}, we did not get to connect after {prior_event}. Sharing a quick update in case this is still relevant for {company}."
6. Present campaign for approval
Do not launch automatically. Present a campaign approval summary:
## Social campaign approval
- Campaign name:
- Goal:
- Segment criteria:
- Source path:
- Final audience count:
- Suppression/DNC skipped:
- Duplicate/recent-contact skipped:
- Sender/routing rule:
- Daily cap:
- Launch window: start date/time and end date or max run length
- FirstTouch object to create/use:
- Approval mode: row-level dynamic rows / static campaign flow
- Connection request draft or static template:
- First-message draft or static template:
- Follow-up draft or static template:
- Variables used:
- Logging / attribution tag:
Audience preview, first 20 rows max:
| # | Name | Company | Title | Source | Sender | Connection status | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve this campaign? Row-level mode approves only the listed rows. Flow-level mode approves only this exact one-time audience and static templates, not future dynamic campaigns.
If the user approves, launch only the approved rows or approved flow. If they edit copy, update the rows/templates and re-present before launch.
7. Launch and log
After approval:
- before queuing per-contact dynamic actions, run
get_dynamic_action_guide, then call add_dynamic_action in the supported order
- if a LinkedIn message should only send after a connection request is accepted, append it to the
connection_accepted branch rather than queueing it as an immediate message
- publish or queue the FirstTouch dynamic actions, flow, campaign, or audience enrollment supported by the connected MCP
- remember: publishing a flow activates it but does not enroll awaiting contacts; explicitly enroll approved contacts/items with
enroll_awaiting_flow_items (or add_manual_flow_enrollment for individual adds), then confirm via list_enrollments that they moved from awaiting to in-progress
- enroll or queue only the approved audience/rows according to daily caps
- log the campaign and attribution tag in FirstTouch and HubSpot when HubSpot is connected
- report queued, sent, blocked, failed, and completed counts
- do not convert this into an evergreen recurring campaign without a fresh approval cycle
Output
- final segment definition and count
- source path and dependency status
- enriched/qualified audience summary
- approved row drafts or static templates
- row-level or flow-level approval summary
- launch/log confirmation
- blocked/skipped contacts summary
Pitfalls
- letting the user start from a broad segment; narrow before building
- treating this like AI SDR with generated one-off copy per recipient
- making reps/BDRs learn flow-building when row-level dynamic actions would fit better
- launching without flow-level human approval
- using connection notes on free/basic accounts
- exceeding the recommended 10/20 daily connection cap or the FirstTouch 20/30 max
- using HubSpot-dependent criteria without HubSpot access or a FirstTouch-accessible HubSpot list
- claiming FirstTouch can natively de-anonymize website visitors; use RB2B/HubSpot/list sources instead
- turning a one-time campaign into recurring automation without a fresh approval cycle
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