Coaching services
International Agency Setup And Expansion
This coaching is for digital marketing and software development agencies that sell abroad, or want to. Many owners want to go international but have no plan, so their effort spreads across markets that never pay. We help you choose where to sell based on evidence, then set up properly there, so foreign buyers treat you like a local supplier.
- United States
- United Kingdom
- UAE
- Saudi Arabia
- EU
- Canada
- Australia
Markets in this track
Where you are
Where you sell
USUKUAE And DubaiSaudi ArabiaCanadaAustralia
Doing the same thing from nearby
IndiaBangladesh
- One to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it
- 1:1One to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it
- Access on Basecamp, the members’ online workspace
- DailyAccess on Basecamp, the members’ online workspace
- Weeks in the mastermind year
- 52Weeks in the mastermind year
- Agencies at most in each cohort
- 20Agencies at most in each cohort
Overview
What International Agency Setup Coaching Covers
International setup coaching answers two questions. The first is where to sell. You decide it on evidence about who pays, what they pay and how they buy, not on which country sounds impressive. The second is what to put in place once you have chosen. That means the entity, the bank account, the contracts, the visa position, the hours your team keeps and the price you can defend in that market.
The areas under this track come in two families. The first is the setup work: where you incorporate, how you get paid and stay legal, and how you run one agency across borders. You make each of these decisions once and then live with it. The second family is the markets: the places our members sell from and sell into. Each market has its own page, because a deal in Riyadh does not get done the way a deal in Manchester does.
This track also changes what you can charge. A US buyer pays a US supplier more than an offshore one, even for the same work by the same people. The next section shows that gap as two hourly ranges, so you can check it against your own invoices.
Going international becomes a plan when you have a chosen market, a price and an entity.
The problems
The Problems It Solves In A Digital Agency
The main problem is price. The two bars show the same hour of work, sold two ways, by the same people to the same standard. Everything else in this track helps an agency move from the first bar to the second. That means an entity the buyer recognises, a contract their legal team accepts, hours when their team can reach you, and a price you can defend when they ask why.
Billing as an offshore supplier
$15 to $35an hour
Billing as an agency the buyer recognises
$50 to $150an hour
Directional, not a guarantee, and not our rate card. The higher rate comes from a chosen market, a real entity and a minimum price you have worked out. That is why setup is taught next to pricing, not on its own.
The framework behind it
The Golden Math
Most owners quote from a feeling, because they have never worked out what an hour of their own agency actually costs. The costing model the programme teaches shows you the lowest price you can charge and still make money, even when you bill in a foreign currency. You work it out live, with your own numbers.
Here are the areas that close the gap.
The full index
Sub Areas We Coach (Full Index)
Every area, in the two families they form. The first is what you decide and set up. The second is where you do it.
Every area below is coached live inside the mastermind.
The setup
Decisions you make once per market and then live with.
Where you incorporate
US Company Formation For Agencies
LLC versus C Corp, state choice, registered agent, EIN and the order to do it in.
UK Company Setup For Agencies
Companies House registration, VAT thresholds, and what UK buyers expect to see.
UAE Agency Setup
Mainland versus free zone, visas, banking and the realities of selling in Dubai.
Saudi Arabia Agency Setup
Entry routes, localization expectations and how deals actually get done in KSA.
EU Agency Setup And GDPR
Entity options, GDPR obligations for outreach, and country by country differences.
Canada Agency Setup
Incorporation, tax basics and the market differences from the US.
Australia Agency Setup
ABN, GST and running delivery across an inconvenient time zone.
Getting paid, and staying legal
US Business Banking And Payments
Opening accounts as a non resident founder and getting paid without friction.
International Client Contracts
MSAs, SOWs, IP transfer, jurisdiction and dispute clauses across markets.
Cross Border Hiring And Contractors
Contractor agreements, payroll options and compliance when your team is in another country.
US Visa Options For Agency Owners
The categories agency founders commonly explore, what each generally requires, and where a licensed attorney is not optional.
Running it across borders
Time Zone Coverage And US Hours Support
Shift design so a Pakistan based team gives US hours coverage without burning out.
Hybrid And Remote Global Agency Model
Running one agency across a US front office and an offshore delivery base.
International Pricing Benchmarks
What US, UK, UAE and EU buyers actually pay for agency services, and where offshore pricing sits.
International Market Entry Checklist
What to have in place before you spend a dollar on a new market.
The markets
Each market has its own page, because buyers in each place buy differently, even when the work is the same.
Arrow means the page is live
Where you are
Agency Coaching In Pakistan
For Pakistani agencies and freelancers selling to international clients, taught in Pakistan time.
Agency Coaching In Lahore
In person and hybrid sessions run from our Green Acres office in Lahore.
Agency Coaching In Karachi
Remote and hybrid coaching for Karachi agencies scaling internationally.
Agency Coaching In Islamabad
Remote and hybrid coaching for Islamabad and Rawalpindi agencies.
Where you sell
Agency Coaching For US Agencies
For US agency owners who want an offshore delivery model and a systemized sales floor.
Agency Coaching For UK Agencies
For UK agencies building offshore capacity and predictable outbound.
Agency Coaching In UAE And Dubai
For agencies selling into the Gulf, with practical notes on how Dubai buying works.
Agency Coaching In Saudi Arabia
For agencies entering the Saudi market and building local credibility.
Agency Coaching For Canadian Agencies
For Canadian agencies systemizing sales and delivery.
Agency Coaching For Australian Agencies
For Australian agencies building offshore delivery and outbound.
Doing the same thing from nearby
Agency Coaching For Indian Agencies
For Indian agencies scaling into US and UK markets.
Agency Coaching For Bangladeshi Agencies
For Bangladeshi agencies moving from marketplace work to direct international clients.
Next, how you get the coaching.
Delivery
How Coaching Is Delivered: Mastermind vs Bootcamp
This track is coached mostly inside the mastermind, and it works differently from the other coaching tracks on purpose.
Most coaching tracks follow a sequence of topics on the roadmap. This one gives you answers at the moment a market raises the question, and that moment is different for every agency in the group. An owner signing their first US retainer needs the entity and the banking in the same fortnight. An owner three years into the UK needs the contract clauses and the VAT position, and nothing about company formation.
So most of it runs on the parts of the mastermind that have no fixed timetable. These are daily Basecamp, the monthly roundtable, and one to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it. The roadmap holds the two decisions everybody makes at about the same time: choosing the market early in the year, and reviewing the visa position at the end of it.
How this track runs
- Daily BasecampAsk in the same week a buyer asks you
- The monthly roundtableOwners already selling in the market you want
- One to one coachingWith a subject matter expert, booked when you need it
- The Friday live sessionEvery Friday, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time
On the roadmap
- First quarterChoose the market
- Fourth quarterReview the visa position
The mastermind
Answers when you need them, not on a fixed date
The mastermind is taught by experienced trainers including Hamid Mahmood, Asim Naeem and Umair Amjad. There is a live session every Friday, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time, and one to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it. Around them sit the monthly roundtable, a retreat every three months and daily access on Basecamp, the members’ online workspace. For this track, the group of owners matters most: up to twenty agencies, some already selling in the market you want, who answer on the same day.
A yearly commitment: $750 a month, or $7,999 a year
Capped at twenty agencies
The nearest single session
Bootcamp, a separate shorter course
Brand Development Strategies
A bootcamp session where the US setup ladder is taught alongside positioning and the ideal client profile. It is filed under branding, because it covers both.
From $125, three hours live, in person in Lahore and online at the same time.
The roadmap
Where This Sits In The 52 Week Roadmap
This track holds the first decision of the year and the last review. In between, you get answers when you need them, because you choose a market once and then work in it all year.
Q1The first decision
Choosing the market, on evidence
The first quarter settles the ideal client profile and the niche. The book chapter Calculated Markets To Work In sets out which markets are worth the effort at all. Every setup decision on this page follows from this one.
You leave with: a market chosen on who pays, what they pay and how they buy
Q4The last review
US visa options, reviewed
The last review of the year, in the fourth quarter. By then an owner has most of a year of selling into the market behind them. Now the visa question is real, and worth taking to an attorney.
You leave with: clear questions to take to a licensed attorney
In between
The rest of the year covers the other coaching tracks. This one runs alongside them on Basecamp and at the monthly roundtable. Nobody needs company formation on a schedule. They need it the week a buyer asks which company they are signing the contract with.
The book
Book Chapters That Back This
The mastermind year is built on 7-Figure Agency Mindset A-Z, by Hamid Mahmood. One chapter backs this whole track, because it decides where every other area on this page gets used.
From the section Agency Alchemy
Calculated Markets To Work In
Backs the market decision
Owners want to go international but have no plan, so their effort spreads across markets that were never going to pay.
You choose where to sell on evidence.
It sits in the book’s opening section, beside niche and branding. Choosing a market and choosing a position are closely linked, so the book puts them together.
Who it fits
Who This Is For: Agency Owners, Freelancers, C Level
Owners, freelancers and senior professionals all come to this page, and each starts from a different point. Here is where each should begin.
Agency owners
Why has this stopped growing, and is it me?
You have overseas clients, but they still treat you as a vendor, not a trusted supplier. It shows in the rate, the payment terms and who you are allowed to speak to. The fix is usually structural: an entity, a contract and a presence the buyer recognises.
Start with PakistanFreelancers
How do I turn skill into a business?
You are paid a marketplace rate by clients who are already abroad. The next step is not a new country. It is becoming a company in the country you sell to, and that step is smaller than most people assume.
Start with LahoreC level and senior professionals
What do I not know that I do not know?
You are on the buying side of this today, or you have been. What is new is running the delivery base, not hiring one. That brings the compliance, hiring and time zone questions that come with owning both ends.
Start with the United States
Here is what members said after doing this work.
Proof
Results Our Members Report
These reviews are written by agency owners who attended these sessions and by clients of the delivery side, under their own names, on platforms we do not control.
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FAQs
FAQs
Do I need a US company to sell to US clients?
No. Plenty of members sign their first US retainer without one. An entity changes the size of buyer who will sign with you, the payment terms you can hold and the rate you can defend. It is a business decision, not a legal requirement, and the track treats it that way.
Which market should we go into first?
Choose it in the first quarter, on evidence about who pays, what they pay and how they buy, not on which country sounds best. The book chapter Calculated Markets To Work In covers it. Each market also has its own page, so you can read how buying works there before you commit.
Is there a bootcamp session for this?
Yes, the nearest is Brand Development Strategies, a session of the bootcamp, which is a separate, shorter course. It teaches the US setup ladder alongside positioning, and it can be bought on its own from $125. The rest of this track runs inside the mastermind, because setup questions come up when a buyer asks them, not on a set date.
Do you give legal or tax advice?
No. The coaching covers what the options are, what each generally involves and what other members actually did. You then go to a lawyer or an accountant knowing what to ask. Visas, tax filings and jurisdiction clauses need a licensed professional in that country, and the track is clear about where that line sits.
How does a Pakistan based team cover US hours?
With shift design, which has its own area in the index above. The key question is which roles truly need overlap with the client and which only need a handover. Covering every hour with everybody is how a team burns out inside a quarter.
We already sell to the UK. Is any of this new?
Probably the contract and compliance half, not the entity half. MSAs, IP transfer, jurisdiction and dispute clauses are where established exporters often find risks they did not know they had. GDPR obligations on outreach also catch agencies that have prospected into the EU for years.
Why is there a page for each market when you coach from Pakistan?
Because some markets are where members are based and the rest are where they sell, and each needs different things. A Lahore agency and a Manchester agency in the same cohort are solving opposite problems with the same programme, so each market gets its own page.
What does this actually change about what we can charge?
It can move you from the lower hourly range toward the higher one, shown as two bars above, though that gap is directional, not a promise. Several things move the number together: an entity a buyer recognises, a market you chose on purpose, contracts their legal team accepts and a minimum price you calculated, not guessed. The programme teaches each of these in the order they depend on each other.
Next step
Join The Yearly Mastermind
International setup decides the hourly rate you can charge for everything the other coaching tracks teach. Tell us where you sell today and where you think you should sell, and we will help you check both.
Each cohort takes twenty agencies at most, and that is the only limit we use.