THE GET APPROACHED GUARANTEE.
What this page is
The Get Approached Guarantee is the promise that backs every Get Approached engagement.
It's the answer to the question every senior buyer asks before paying 5,000 of their own money for their own positioning. "What if I do all this, and nothing happens?"
This page is the answer in writing. The terms below are part of your engagement and sit alongside the full Terms of Engagement at approached.au/terms.
The promise
Within 90 days of your rebuilt LinkedIn profile being published live and your outreach campaign being sent, you will have at least three inbound conversations from senior decision-makers in your target sectors.
Three real conversations. From the kind of people who decide senior roles. About work at the band you're targeting.
Not three likes. Not three connection requests. Three conversations.
If that doesn't happen, Approached does the work again, at no additional cost.
What happens if the Guarantee is triggered
If your 90-day window closes without three inbound conversations from senior decision-makers, Approached will, at no additional cost.
Rebuild your positioning across Position, Signal, and Target. Your LinkedIn rebuilt again. Your executive narrative reviewed against the 90-day signal. Your Decision-Maker Map refreshed with a new curated list of organisations and named decision-makers calibrated to what the market has just told us.
Run a second outreach campaign. A new set of senior outreach drafts in your voice for the refreshed list. Updated follow-up sequences. Updated response templates. A new 30-day outreach calendar.
This is not a refund. It's a second swing at the bat. Bigger. More targeted. Informed by everything we've learned from the first 90 days.
The Guarantee is built this way because the second swing is what actually works. Senior positioning rarely fails because of bad strategy. It fails because the first list wasn't quite right, or the first outreach wasn't quite right, or the market shifted between the brief and the send. Rebuilding both, informed by real signal from the first 90 days, is the single highest-probability move in this entire engagement.
What you need to do to trigger the Guarantee
The Guarantee is conditional on you having done the work.
Publish your rebuilt LinkedIn profile live. The rebuild only counts when it's actually published under your login. Sitting in a draft document doesn't open The Window.
Send the outreach campaign. The campaign Approached drafts for you is the engine. It needs to be sent at the cadence in your 30-day outreach calendar, from your own LinkedIn and email accounts.
Provide proof within 100 days of your rebuilt profile being published.
Proof of implementation. Screenshots of your rebuilt LinkedIn profile published live, dated.
Proof of outreach. Evidence the outreach campaign was sent. Sent dates, recipient lists, or LinkedIn or email send records.
Proof of conversations to date. Documentation of any inbound conversations you did receive in the 90-day window. Dates, sources (who, where), and outcomes.
Without this proof, the Guarantee cannot be assessed and the second-swing work cannot be triggered.
The proof requirement protects the integrity of the offer. It means buyers who implement and reach out are backed by Approached even when the market doesn't play ball. It also means buyers who pay and never publish can't trigger free work they haven't earned. This is what allows Approached to make a real promise instead of a soft one.
What the Guarantee covers
The Guarantee covers the failure mode buyers worry about most. You did the work and the market didn't respond.
If that happens, Approached rebuilds and re-runs at no additional cost. Until your positioning is producing senior conversations.
What the Guarantee does not cover
The Guarantee is not a universal safety net. Specifically, it does not cover.
Decisions not to implement. If you choose not to publish the rebuilt LinkedIn profile, or choose not to send the outreach campaign, the Guarantee does not apply. Approached can't compensate for work you decided not to do.
Material changes by the buyer. If you rewrite the rebuilt profile in ways that materially change the positioning Approached produced, or send outreach materially different from what Approached drafted, the Guarantee no longer applies to the version you've published.
Outcomes outside your stated brief. If you decide mid-engagement to shift target sectors, target compensation band, or target geography away from what was agreed during the Positioning Assessment, the Guarantee applies to the original brief, not the new one.
Specific job offers, salaries, or particular roles. The Guarantee promises senior conversations. It does not promise that any specific conversation will become an offer, or that any specific offer will be at a specific salary. Approached is not a recruiter and does not control hiring decisions.
Outcomes after the 90-day window. The Guarantee is anchored to the 90-day period after your rebuilt profile is published and outreach is sent. Many engagements produce conversations beyond that window. Those continued conversations are a feature of the work, but the Guarantee is calibrated to the window in which proof is meaningful.
Why no cash refunds
This is the part most buyers ask about, so it gets a direct answer.
Get Approached is guaranteed through additional work, not refunds. This is a deliberate choice and it works in your favour.
A cash-refund offer would have to be priced higher to absorb the cost of refund risk. You'd pay more on day one for the option of getting some of it back later.
A cash-refund offer would also reward the wrong buyer. The buyer who pays, never publishes, never reaches out, and then asks for their money back would be the one Approached has to refund, which would penalise the buyers who actually implement.
The additional-work guarantee aligns Approached's incentive with yours. The only way Approached fulfils its promise is by doing more work for you. That's the right incentive for a productised positioning service.
The proof requirement is what makes this fair. You implement, the proof exists, the Guarantee triggers if outcomes don't land. Nobody gets penalised. Nobody gets free work they haven't earned.
This structure exists because Approached is built for senior professionals who are ready to do the work. If the no-refund framing is uncomfortable, that's a useful signal that Get Approached may not be the right fit right now, and a Positioning Report plus a Positioning Assessment is the better starting point.
The Founder Promise
This sits beside the Guarantee, not inside it. It's not a legal commitment. It's the lens behind the work.
Across thousands of profiles reviewed and a global recruitment startup built, Approached has not yet met a Head of or Director level professional whose positioning couldn't be fixed. The capability is always there. The system that puts you in the conversation is the work.
The Guarantee is the legal expression of that confidence. The Founder Promise is the human one.
Frequently asked questions about the Guarantee
What counts as a "senior decision-maker"?
Someone with hiring authority or strong influence over hiring at the level you're targeting. Typically Head of, Director, VP, GM, C-suite, founder, or equivalent in your target sectors. Recruiters, executive search consultants, and people without hiring influence do not count for the Guarantee, though conversations with them can still be valuable.
What counts as an "inbound conversation"?
A two-way exchange initiated by the decision-maker after your outreach (or as a result of your rebuilt profile being visible), in which they engage substantively with you about your work, their organisation, or a potential opportunity. A one-line reply that doesn't turn into anything more doesn't count. A 20-minute discovery call counts. An email exchange that opens to a meeting counts.
What counts as "my target sectors"?
The sectors you nominated during your Positioning Assessment, captured in your engagement record. If you've widened or shifted your targets mid-engagement, the Guarantee still anchors to the original brief.
What if I get hired during the 90 days from a different source (a recruiter, a referral, a job ad)?
The Guarantee is about whether Approached's work produced inbound senior conversations. If you've been hired, brilliant. The work clearly contributed to your overall positioning. The Guarantee can still be assessed against the conversations the rebuild and outreach produced if you want it assessed, but most buyers in this situation simply move on and use the Membership.
What if I'm not ready to send the outreach when the Deliverables land?
The 90-day window starts when the rebuilt profile is published and outreach is sent, not when the Deliverables are received. If you need time to prepare, take the time. Just note that the Guarantee window doesn't start until both implementation steps are complete.
What if I trigger the Guarantee and the rebuild also doesn't produce conversations?
The Guarantee is the second swing. It's the highest-probability intervention Approached can make, informed by real signal from the first 90 days. In the rare situation where neither round produces three conversations, Approached and the buyer have an honest conversation about what's going on. This is usually a signal that the buyer's target brief needs revisiting at a strategic level, in which case the Membership provides the ongoing context for that work.
Is the Guarantee transferable?
No. The Guarantee applies to the buyer named on the original purchase. It can't be transferred to a partner, colleague, or family member.
How do I claim the Guarantee?
Email [email protected] with the subject line "Guarantee claim." Attach your proof of implementation, proof of outreach, and documentation of conversations to date. Approached will respond within 5 business days with the next steps for the second-swing work.
How to read this page next to the Terms
The Get Approached Guarantee is also referenced in clause 9 of the Terms of Engagement at approached.au/terms.
This page is the plain-English version. The Terms are the legal version. If there's ever a question of interpretation, both documents are read together and the substance is the same. The Guarantee promise, the proof requirement, the additional-work remedy, and the exclusions are identical across both.
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