Editorial Layer Handoff to Client Review (Handoff)

Editorial Layer Handoff to Client Review (Handoff)

1. 01

   Assemble the claim ledger before anything leaves the agency

   Every factual assertion in the draft gets a row: claim text, supporting source URL, publication date, and the name of the person who verified it. ContentIQ-style fact-checking passes are a starting point, not the finish line; a human still signs each row.

2. 02

   Tag each paragraph with its provenance class

   Mark blocks as client-supplied, primary research, third-party citation, or model-generated connective tissue. Reviewers need to know which sentences carry risk and which are just transitions.

3. 03

   Run the voice diff against the locked style guide

   Compare the draft to the approved brand profile on sentence length, person, and banned vocabulary. Tools such as Rytr and WriteRush can mirror a tone sample, but the diff report is what proves the match to the client.

4. 04

   Package the review bundle in one folder

   Deliver the draft, the claim ledger, the voice diff, and a one-page change log. Clients who receive four artifacts review faster than clients who receive a Google Doc and a question mark.

5. 05

   Book a 30-minute walkthrough instead of emailing the file

   Walk the client through the three highest-risk claims and the two places where you overrode the generator. This is the moment the retainer is justified, so do not delegate it to a shared inbox.

6. 06

   Log every client edit as a style-guide amendment

   When a client rewrites a headline or kills a claim, record the rule behind the change. After two or three cycles the style guide stops being a document and becomes the asset the client renews for.

7. 07

   Confirm sign-off in writing before publishing

   A named approver, a date, and the exact version hash. Verbal approval on a call is how agencies end up re-editing a live post at 11pm.