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Turn your expertise into business conversations.

Authority is the new pipeline. Agents research and draft in your positioning. You approve every send. Built on our founder's own account before we sold it to anyone.

01  The problem

You know the problem cold. The right buyers have never read you.

Your expertise lives in calls, decks, and the heads of people who already trust you. The buyers you are best placed to serve read first and call later. If they cannot find your point of view, they call someone else.

Visibility

The buyers who need you cannot see you.

Expertise stops here

Consistency

You post when there is time. There is never time.

Expertise stops here

Connection

Attention arrives. Nothing turns it into a conversation.

Expertise stops here

Ownership

Nobody owns the path from reader to meeting.

Expertise stops here

02  Built on ourselves first

We ran it on our founder's account first.

Before we sold Authority Engagement Infrastructure to anyone, we built it on Michael Lee's own LinkedIn account, writing as From Pilots to Platforms. The numbers below are his.

LinkedIn followers

54754,000+

From a standing start to an audience of executives and operators.

Followers added in a single month

12,000+

On one account, in one month.

Views on individual posts

380,000+

Written for executives and operators.

Results from our founder's own LinkedIn account. Audience growth is not a revenue guarantee.

03  What AEI does

It turns an executive's authority into qualified pipeline.

AEI aligns your expertise with your ideal customer profile (ICP): the buyers you are best placed to serve. It attracts them, connects you with the people of authority you want to reach, and builds the path from attention to opportunity. Agents do the research and the drafting. You approve every send.

Stage 01

Positioning

What you stand for, in the buyer's words.

Stage 02

Engagement

Show up where your buyers already read.

Stage 03

Trust

Proof, consistency, a point of view.

Stage 04

Relationship

From reader to conversation, on signal.

Stage 05  Gate

Conversion

Qualified pipeline. Every send approved by you.

One Owner. One written boundary. One Gate before anything goes out. Every decision recorded.

04  How a week runs

Agents research and draft. You approve.

The work repeats every week. Your part is the decision. Nothing publishes, and nothing is sent, until you say yes.

Fig 1.1  One week, one ownerIllustrative. Day order and volume are set in the diagnostic.

MonResearch

Accounts read

AQUILA reads the accounts on your list and summarizes what changed.

Agent AQUILA
Reads and summarizes. Never writes to CRM.

TueDraft

Posts drafted

SIGNAL drafts the week's content in your positioning, in your words.

Agent SIGNAL
Drafts content. Publishes only after approval.

WedGate

You approve

You read the drafts. You edit or approve. Nothing moves until you do.

Owner You
Every decision logged.

ThuEngage

Conversations opened

Approved posts go out. SEQUENCE drafts replies and outreach to the people who respond.

Agent SEQUENCE
Drafts outreach. Every send is gated.

FriSignal

Next week prepared

INTENT scores who is showing buying signal. BRIEF prepares the conversations you take next.

Agents INTENT, BRIEF
Scores signal. Stage changes go to the Gate.

Your approval queue
SOURCEIllustrative
APR-0101Post draft: the seam where pilots stopSIGNAL, drafted Tue 08:10Awaiting approval
APR-0102Post draft: who owns the decisionSIGNAL, drafted Tue 08:14Approved
APR-0103Reply to a reader who asked for the modelSEQUENCE, held at the GateAwaiting approval
APR-0104Meeting brief for Monday's conversationBRIEF, owner review before shareReady

What you do

Read. Edit. Approve. The queue holds every draft at the Gate. You open it when it suits you. What you do not approve does not go out. Your time goes to decisions, not drafting.

05  What it costs

Install, then run.

One price to install the system. One price to run it. Less than you'd spend on one marketing hire.

Authority Engagement InfrastructureInstall, then run

$7,500 setup, then $2,500/month

Terms may vary based on specific client requirements that differ from our current package.

Less than you'd spend on one marketing hire.

What you get

  • Diagnostic and positioning Setup
  • Your first governed workflow Setup
  • Signal, drafting, approval operations Monthly
  • Every send approved by you Always

The same system that grew our founder's account, installed on yours.

06  Step 0

Start with the diagnostic.

Free, 30 minutes. You leave with an Authority Quotient score, your four conversion gaps, and a no-pitch recommendation. If AEI is not the right fit, we will say so.

07  C-Level Cohort

Installed and taught. Eight executives at a time.

The same infrastructure, built with a small group of peers over one quarter. By application.

CohortApplication only

Authority Engagement Infrastructure, installed and taught.

Eight executives. One quarter. Each leaves with the system installed on their own account and the knowledge to run it. The Gate stays with each executive. Agents draft. People decide.

The shape

  • Seats Eight
  • Length One quarter
  • Entry By application
  • Price Scoped in conversation
Discuss your entry

08  Questions

Before the call.

The questions executives ask first about AEI.

Does anything publish without my approval?

No. Every post, reply, and outreach send passes the Gate. You say yes first, and the decision is recorded.

Do the audience numbers mean sales for my business?

No. They are results from our founder's own account. They show the system works on a real audience. They are not a promise of sales or pipeline for another business.

How much of my time will this take?

It depends on your existing material, the decisions involved, and the workflow. The diagnostic sets the inputs and review points that fit your situation. Your time goes to approving, not drafting.

How is AEI different from a $99 agent?

An agent does one defined job. AEI is a full system: it aligns your expertise with your ideal customer profile and builds the path from attention to conversation to opportunity. If one job is the bottleneck, start with a single agent.