<a proposal for Paul Evans/>

The LinkedIn version of your Positioning OS.

V2RSION engineers positioning for humans and machines. We’re proposing the founder-brand layer on top: a bespoke LinkedIn system that carries V2RSION’s Positioning Engineering narrative into the feeds where your buyers, LLMs and agents are already forming preference.

Paul Evans, Founder of V2RSION
< Paul Evans · Founder, V2RSION />
Founder-led
Freddie stays on your account
0
engagement pods, ever
In-house
writers, designers, video, community
Moorgate
office + podcast studio
<What we heard on the call/>

The audience grew. The right audience didn’t.

12k to 40k followers, zero ROI

Follower count moved. Pipeline didn't. A large share of the growth landed outside your UK, European and US ICP, so it was never going to convert into paying work.

Sold by the founder, delivered by strangers

Nader showed up for the pitch and then disappeared. Once the account went live there was nobody senior on it, nobody with a view on algorithm shifts, and nobody willing to change the strategy when the numbers said to.

You could spot the template from orbit

Cheat sheets, generic carousels and leadership-and-culture filler recycled across every client on the roster. Passable for engagement. Wrong for a positioning specialist with a book on the way.

“Building followership for followership’s sake was never my goal. It was an audience that would convert. And based on that, as a definition of ROI, it’s been zero.”

Paul Evans, intro call, 1 July
<How Ingrained is different/>

Built to fix what went wrong the first time round.

Six years in personal branding, starting at WOW under Joe Binder, the first specialist CEO and founder agency in the category. Since then, one clear ethos: fewer clients, deeper work, with the founder always in the room.

You built the category (Positioning Engineering) and the operating system (Positioning OS). Our job is to make sure both are the first thing your ICP, and the models they lean on, encounter when they meet you on LinkedIn.

The question
The Lever / TCA playbook
Ingrained
Who runs your account day-to-day
Handed off to junior staff after sign-up
Freddie is the quality control buffer and stays hands-on with the creative direction of every campaign
How growth is measured
Follower count, engagement pods, cross-posting between clients
Quality of the audience you can actually mobilise into revenue
Content approach
Templates you can spot from another client's feed
Bespoke work that reads as unmistakably yours
When the algorithm shifts
Silence from the founder
A point of view and a fresh plan, straight into your WhatsApp
Content topics
Leadership and culture filler bolted on to your niche
All-in on positioning and the adjacent conversations (sales, marketing, product)
In-person time
Slack from a distance
Proximity as an advantage. Real, in-person relationship building
<Real outcomes/>

The numbers that actually matter for your business.

Consultancy Founder · Employee Experience
Solo founder with a similar profile to Paul
£200k+
Revenue directly attributed to LinkedIn
5
Podcast invitations
6
Press features

A solo entrepreneur grew an active community of advocates on LinkedIn. Directly attributable revenue followed, with podcast and press features stacking on top to scale their reputation.

HRTech Co-Founder · Employee Benefits
Category-creating founder brand
$100m+
Raised
+280%
Profile views
3m
Impressions

Engagement climbed to the highest level the account had recorded. That momentum opened conversations with senior prospects who went on to play a role in the fundraise.

AI L&D · Workplace Equitability
Specialist positioned as the voice of a niche
+6,400
Followers of the right ICP
+340%
Impressions
3
Paying clients from LinkedIn

Positioned as a thought leader inside a specialist niche. Speaking slots and paid promotional work followed, alongside signed paying clients sourced directly from LinkedIn activity.

<The engagement/>

A rhythm designed for a founder running a studio while writing a book, without eight spare hours a week.

Step 01

Founder onboarding (with Freddie)

A 60 to 90 minute interview to lock the commercial goals, the ICP and the measures of success. The usual three-week onboarding shortens where the positioning is already sharp, which yours is.

Step 02

Strategy deck and landscape

How competitors across positioning, GTM strategy and fractional CMO work are showing up on LinkedIn. Where the gaps sit. What we choose to own on your behalf.

Step 03

Monthly content session

45 minutes with Freddie. The point is to provoke the thinking that becomes a month of positioning-led content, so you are never asked to spoon-feed ideas.

Step 04

Reactive and always-on

Ad tech, martech and positioning stories broken while they are still hot. WhatsApp approval means posts go live inside the news cycle, while the backlog keeps the always-on rhythm intact.

Step 05

Community and inbox

Comment replies, thoughtful engagement on the right profiles, inbox triage and podcast bios. All of the work around the work that keeps the account credible.

Step 06

Monthly readout

What moved the needle. Which content pulled in warm ICP conversations. What we&rsquo;re changing next month, and why.

Comms
WhatsApp group + Google Docs approval
Team
In-house writers, designers, video, community
Reporting
Monthly, ICP-quality first
<Investment/>

Three packages that share the same principles at different ranges.

Bespoke scope per engagement. Choose the level of support that fits your needs. Every tier is founder-led, in-house and bespoke, with reporting anchored in quality of audience rather than vanity numbers. Bolt-ons can be added or dropped after the first 90 days.

Signature
LinkedIn, done properly
£2,950/ month + VAT
Benchmark investment · 3-month minimum · 6-month recommended
  • Founder-led onboarding with Freddie (60 to 90 minutes)
  • Positioning-first strategy deck plus competitive landscape
  • Monthly 45 minute content session with Freddie
  • 12 to 16 bespoke LinkedIn posts each month, with no template stack anywhere in sight
  • Reactive posts covering breaking ad tech, martech and positioning news
  • Community management covering comments, inbox triage and outbound engagement
  • Monthly performance readout focused on ICP quality
  • WhatsApp group plus Google Docs approval
  • Targeted outreach via Sales Navigator
  • Podcast studio access and production
  • Book-launch content series
Recommended for Paul
Amplifier
LinkedIn + warm pipeline
£4,500/ month + VAT
Recommended · everything in Signature, plus outreach & face time
  • Everything in Signature
  • 16 to 20 posts each month with expanded reactive coverage
  • Signal-based outreach via Sales Navigator, with built lists and a warm hand-off
  • Inbound flagging so warm ICP conversations are surfaced weekly
  • In-person strategy and content session each month
  • Light-touch newsletter setup plus a repurposing framework
  • Quarterly positioning review with Freddie
  • Podcast studio access and full production
  • Book-launch content series
Authority
The book & podcast launchpad
£7,500/ month + VAT
For the run-up to the book · 6-month engagement
  • Everything in Amplifier
  • Podcast build covering name, format, Season 1 schedule and guest strategy
  • Two half-day bookings each month at the Moorgate podcast studio
  • Full podcast production covering editing, artwork and distribution to Spotify, Apple and YouTube
  • Cross-platform video across LinkedIn and YouTube Shorts, with optional TikTok or Reels
  • Book-launch content arc from pre-launch teasers into launch week and evergreen positioning excerpts
  • Newsletter work covering strategy, cadence, ghostwriting and a list-growth loop with LinkedIn
  • Event and keynote positioning support for industry stages and panels
Standalone add-ons
Podcast studio, half-day
Moorgate studio, self-directed
£500 + VAT
Videography shoot day
Shoot up to 12 short-form videos
£2,200 + VAT
<Next steps/>

You said you needed a couple of days. Here is exactly what happens once you say yes.

  1. 1
    This week
    You pick a tier and we share a detailed contract alongside a mutual NDA, ready for signature.
  2. 2
    Week 1
    Freddie runs the 90 minute onboarding. You hand over the Lever assets and we audit what is worth keeping.
  3. 3
    Week 2
    Strategy deck lands. We align on ICP quality metrics, positioning pillars and the first month of themes.
  4. 4
    Week 3
    First bespoke content goes live. WhatsApp group is active and reactive posts start firing on real news.
  5. 5
    Month 2 onwards
    Monthly session, monthly readout and in-person face time. We adapt as the book, podcast and studio scale.
One promise

Nobody should look at your profile and say “oh, they work with Ingrained.”

The only signature on your feed should be yours. The positioning stays anchored in V2RSION, the voice stays anchored in Paul Evans, and Ingrained runs quietly in the background.