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Notify the client by email and direct message that their article is live (Step 15), with the links and a specific ask that turns them into the first amplifier.
Category: Content Factory – Post
Use this when the client's article has just gone live – Step 15 of the Blog Posting process; notification happens the same day as publication.
Inputs
- Live article URL, headline, and distribution links (YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn)
- Client's email address and the channel where you actually talk (Messenger, LinkedIn DM, text, Slack)
- The original customer question or video the article came from
Steps
- Send the email (the record): subject "Your article is live: <title>". Body: the link, two sentences on what it covers and where it sits on their site's SEO Tree, and what happens next (distribution done, promotion starting).
- Make one specific ask in the email: share it to your network, comment on the Facebook/LinkedIn posts, and send it to the customer who originally asked the question – their share is the first organic amplification signal.
- Send the DM (the attention): a short personal note on the channel the client actually checks – "Your article on <topic> just went live: <link>. Took a screenshot of my favorite line – would love your comment on the post."
- Include the social post links in one of the messages so the client can engage natively rather than hunting for them.
- Log the notification (date, channels) in the tracker; if the client hasn't responded in 48 hours, follow up once on the DM channel.
- When the client replies happy, capture it: their reaction is testimonial raw material and a Thank You Machine trigger.
Definition of done (QA checklist)
- Email sent with live link, context, and a specific share/comment ask
- DM sent on the client's real channel the same day
- Social post links included; notification logged; 48-hour follow-up scheduled
- Client response captured (testimonial / Thank You Machine trigger if positive)
- Linked back to the definitive article and relevant siblings
- Complies with Blog Posting Guidelines (if it publishes content)
Example(s)
- Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt after first real run. Candidate: notifying Marko Sipila (HVAC Quote) that his customer-question article is live and logging his share.
File in the zip: skills/content-factory-post/email-and-dm-client-about-published-article.md. Download the Task Library zip.
Index: Task Library. Article guidelines.
