Community Inbox Triage Retainer Build (10-14 days)
A productized engagement that stands up a single triage and response system across a client's brand-owned community platforms, then hands over a documented moderation retainer. It converts scattered member questions, support tickets, and engagement prompts into a measurable service line with defined response windows. Time: 10-14 days.
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Community Inbox Triage Retainer Build (10-14 days)
A productized engagement that stands up a single triage and response system across a client's brand-owned community platforms, then hands over a documented moderation retainer. It converts scattered member questions, support tickets, and engagement prompts into a measurable service line with defined response windows.
- Client grants admin or moderator access to every community surface in scope (forum, chat channels, membership hub, messaging inbox)
- A named client-side escalation owner who can approve tone-of-voice rules and refund or policy exceptions
- Historical export of at least 90 days of member conversations for taxonomy and volume baseline work
- Agreed response-time targets per channel tier, signed off before configuration begins
- Written data-handling note covering whether member content can pass through third-party AI tooling
- 1.Inventory every inbound channel the client's members actually use and log current median first-response time per channel
- 2.Interview two moderators and one support agent about where conversations currently stall
- 3.Confirm the escalation owner and the approval path for policy exceptions
- 1.Tag a 90-day conversation sample into a working taxonomy: product question, billing issue, feature request, churn signal, engagement prompt
- 2.Quantify weekly volume per tag so staffing and routing rules rest on counts rather than impressions
- 3.Flag any tag that implies a product or content opportunity the client is not currently acting on
- 1.Configure the chosen platform's inbox or moderation queue as the single triage surface
- 2.Map each taxonomy tag to an owner, a response window, and a canned reply template
- 3.Set routing rules so billing and churn-signal conversations bypass general moderation
- 1.Draft tone-of-voice guidance and 12 to 20 response macros covering the highest-volume tags
- 2.Route macros through the client escalation owner for approval
- 3.Document which macros may be sent without human review and which require a second reader
- 1.Connect the automation stack to the triage surface for classification and first-draft replies
- 2.Cap automated sends to low-risk tags only; hold anything touching billing, legal, or health claims for human review
- 3.Log every automated action to a review queue the client can inspect
- 1.Run a live pilot on one channel with a two-person moderation pod
- 2.Time each response against the agreed window and record misses
- 3.Collect moderator notes on macro gaps and misfires
- 1.Revise macros and routing rules from pilot findings
- 2.Add or remove automation triggers based on observed false positives
- 3.Confirm the escalation path works end to end with one simulated policy exception
- 1.Extend the configuration to remaining channels in scope
- 2.Set channel-specific response windows rather than one blanket target
- 3.Brief the client's internal team on the triage surface and the review queue
- 1.Build the weekly reporting view: volume by tag, first-response time, resolution time, reopened conversations
- 2.Add a feedback-extraction section that routes product requests and content ideas to the client's product or marketing owner
- 3.Test the report against day-one baseline numbers
- 1.Run a full week-in-review with the client using real data from the pilot period
- 2.Agree the retainer scope: channels covered, response windows, monthly moderation hours, reporting cadence
- 3.Document what falls outside the retainer so scope creep has a written boundary
- 1.Write the moderation runbook: routing rules, macro library, escalation tree, review-queue policy
- 2.Record a 20-minute walkthrough for any moderator who joins later
- 3.Package the taxonomy and reporting view as reusable templates for the next client
- 1.Hand over the runbook and reporting view in a single working session
- 2.Confirm the client can operate the triage surface without agency presence for 48 hours
- 3.Set the first monthly retainer review date
The setup fee covers taxonomy, routing, and macro work that most clients cannot staff internally, and the retainer converts a one-off build into recurring moderation hours with predictable delivery cost. Because the taxonomy, runbook, and reporting view are reusable across accounts, the second and third client in the same vertical take roughly half the setup hours while the retainer price holds. Retention is the real margin: a client whose community inbox runs on your routing rules and macros has a switching cost that a content retainer alone never creates.
- Channel inventory with baseline first-response and resolution times per surface
- Conversation taxonomy with weekly volume counts and owner assignments
- Approved macro library and tone-of-voice guidance mapped to each taxonomy tag
- Moderation runbook covering routing rules, escalation tree, and review-queue policy
- Weekly reporting view with volume, response time, and feedback-extraction sections
The client's team operates the triage surface unaided for 48 consecutive hours, every in-scope channel routes through it, and the first weekly report shows measured first-response times against the agreed targets.