ISSUE FOR · THE FOUNDERS

You're building the product.
We'll build the pipeline.

Most founders spend their runway becoming part-time marketers.

Brandora is a full marketing agency, social, SEO, performance, creative, run by AI agents that actually ship. So you can go back to the thing only you can do.

NO CREDIT CARD · CANCEL ANYTIME · NO MEETINGS

Q2 OKRsMarketing
Launch the content engine. Still empty. It's October.
DEFERRED
Fri 02:14To-do
Blog post. I'll write it after the demo. I won't.
LOL
CompetitorFeed check
Their LinkedIn looks like a media company. Ours looks abandoned.
HELP
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CH. 01 · THE FOUNDER TRAP

the founder-does-
marketing trap.

Lines from actual founder check-ins. Shared with permission. Edited for mercy.
JOB DESCRIPTION
You're the CEO, CTO, and "whoever's free on Tuesday to write a blog post."
CAP TABLE FOOTNOTE
Burned three months of runway on an agency that sent monthly reports. No customers.
SLACK MESSAGE
Freelancer wants product context you don't have time to write up.
★ FEATURED COMPLAINT ★
Competitors' LinkedIn looks like a media company. Yours looks abandoned.
A NOTE TO SELF
Get to marketing after the next release. You've said this 14 times.
OVERHEARD AT A DEMO DAY
"Our growth plan is: ship, tweet, hope. I have a board meeting in six weeks."
CH. 02 · THE WAY OUT

a marketing team,
without the hire.

Brandora is what you'd build if you could spin up a social manager, an SEO lead, a performance marketer, and a creative director, and have them actually coordinate.

Except you don't hire, onboard, or manage anyone. You brief. We ship.

why it works for startups specifically.

№01
Pre-seed pace

Not 90-day onboarding. You don't have 90 days.

№02
A bridge, not a lock-in

Kill it at Series A if you want to hire in-house. We're a bridge, not a lock-in.

№03
Built for positioning

Agents pull from your docs, Notion, product copy, and calls. Output sounds like you, not a template.

CH. 03 · THE RECEIPT

the math, itemized.

Three ways to get marketing done. Two of them cost you your sanity.

OPTION A

Do it yourself

~15 hrs/wk

your nights, your weekends

You're the bottleneck
Inconsistent output
No expertise in 4 channels
You hate most of it
THE EXPENSIVE SILENCE
THANK YOU COME AGAIN
WORTH
IT ✓
★ OPTION B

Brandora

€X/mo

7 days free · no card

A real team, always on
Works while you're asleep
Scales with you
Cancel anytime
★ WORTH IT ★
THANK YOU COME AGAIN
OPTION C

Hire it out

€3–8k/mo

the agency retainer

6-month contracts
Account manager ≠ work
Monthly deck, few results
Locked in regardless
THE DECK OF NOTHING
THANK YOU COME AGAIN
I stopped opening my marketing tools three months ago. I haven't stopped shipping marketing. That's the trick.
Founder, one-person design studio · Amsterdam
CH. 04 · QUESTIONS + ANSWERS

things you'd ask a friend.

CH. 05 · THE LAST PAGE

ship the product.
skip the agency circus.

No card. No newsletter. One email the minute we open the doors.

No spam. No newsletter. One email when we open the doors.
(go back to the thing only you can do)
brandora
MADE WITH CARE · BUILT IN THE NETHERLANDS · MMXXVI
ISSUE №01 · THE MARKETING ISSUE