# marketing-ideas

Reads your business context and returns five marketing ideas from a database of proven strategies, each with a plan for your company.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 643
- Author: ognjengt
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ognjengt/founder-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/marketing-ideas/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ognjengt-marketing-ideas

## What it does

The skill reads `FOUNDER_CONTEXT.md` from your project root and pulls out the company name, industry, audience, product, goals and competitors. Then it opens its own database at `./references/marketing-ideas-database.md` — over 170 strategies sorted by goal: leads, virality, retention, competing, events, monetization. Every entry carries a description, a real-world example and the psychology behind why it works.

From that pool it picks five ideas. Each one gets scored on four things: fit with your industry, impact on your goal, whether your team and budget can actually pull it off, and how unexpected it would look in your market. The output splits into two parts per idea — the strategy itself with its example, then a concrete rollout plan using your company name, product and channels. Ideas come from at least three different categories unless your goal is very narrow.

Context is the catch. Without `FOUNDER_CONTEXT.md` the skill won't start and will ask you to describe your business, audience, product and current goal instead. So if the file isn't there, expect to answer those questions in chat. It also won't invent strategies — everything it suggests comes from its database, which matters if you're hoping for something your niche has never seen.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ognjengt/founder-skills --skill marketing-ideas -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/marketing-ideas/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/marketing-ideas/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ognjengt/founder-skills --skill marketing-ideas -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/marketing-ideas/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ognjengt/founder-skills --skill marketing-ideas -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/marketing-ideas/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ognjengt/founder-skills marketing-ideas
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/marketing-ideas/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ognjengt/founder-skills --skill marketing-ideas -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ognjengt/founder-skills --path skills/marketing-ideas
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/marketing-ideas/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ognjengt/founder-skills --skill marketing-ideas -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/ognjengt/founder-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/marketing-ideas/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- match marketing moves to your company's stage and budget
- get a rollout plan instead of generic content-marketing advice
- find ideas outside the usual social and email channels
- break a goal like more leads into concrete first steps
- compare strategies by feasibility before spending time on them

## Example prompts
- marketing-ideas, I want more leads without paid ads
- marketing-ideas: I need buzz around a product launch
- marketing-ideas, how do I keep customers after the first purchase

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: marketing-ideas
description: Produces the best marketing ideas for your business by analyzing your FOUNDER_CONTEXT and matching it against a curated database of 170+ proven marketing strategies. Use when user needs creative, actionable marketing ideas tailored to their business.
---

# Marketing Ideas

## Purpose
Analyze the user's business context and produce the 5 best marketing ideas from a curated database of proven strategies, each with a clear explanation and a specific action plan tailored to their business.

---

## Execution Logic

**Check $ARGUMENTS first to determine execution mode:**

### If $ARGUMENTS is empty or not provided:
Respond with:
"marketing-ideas loaded, proceed with additional instructions or tell me what marketing goal you're focused on (e.g., more leads, buzz without paid ads, customer retention, crushing competitors, etc.)"

Then wait for the user to provide their requirements in the next message.

### If $ARGUMENTS contains content:
Proceed immediately to Task Execution (skip the "loaded" message).

---

## Task Execution

When user requirements are available (either from initial $ARGUMENTS or follow-up message):

### 1. MANDATORY: Read Reference Files FIRST
**BLOCKING REQUIREMENT — DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP**

Before doing ANYTHING else, you MUST use the Read tool to read the marketing ideas database:

```
Read: ./references/marketing-ideas-database.md
```

**What you will find:**
- **marketing-ideas-database.md**: 170+ proven marketing strategies organized by goal category (Leads & Conversions, Buzz Without Paid Ads, Customer Sharing & Virality, Crushing Competitors, Customer Retention, Winning at Events, Future-Proofing, Buzz Generation Stunts, Brand Awareness, Acquisition, Retention, Monetization). Each idea has a title, strategy, real-world example, applicability, and psychological reasoning.

**DO NOT PROCEED** to Step 2 until you have read the database and have all ideas loaded in context.

### 2. MANDATORY: Read Business Context
Check if `FOUNDER_CONTEXT.md` exists in the project root.
- **If it exists:** Read it and extract: company name, industry, target audience, value proposition, products/services, business goals, team size, competitors, and brand voice.
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