Every three months, in person
Quarterly Agency Retreats
Most agency owners give the agency their days, their evenings and most of their weekends, and the business still grows only as fast as they can carry it. Every three months, the mastermind takes you away from that. You stay one night with the rest of your cohort, and the retreat runs three workshops, away from client calls and daily decisions.
- Every three months
- One night together
- Three workshops
The retreat
- How often
- Every three months
- How long
- One night, together
- What runs
- Three workshops
- Who is there
- The rest of your mastermind cohort
Inside the mastermind fee, with follow ups when you are back
What the quarterly retreat is
Program Overview
Most owners are still the best operator in their own agency, and that is exactly why the agency cannot grow past them. Every decision waits for you, and every client wants you on the call. Building the business gets only the hours that client work leaves over, which is usually none.
The quarterly retreat gives you time away from that. Every three months, members leave the daily work and stay one night together, and the retreat runs three workshops. The rest of the mastermind keeps the work moving week to week. The retreat is when the whole cohort steps away from it together, with owners whose agencies also depend on them.
It is also a simple test. If the agency cannot run for one night without you, you learn exactly where it still depends on you. The rest of the year is built to change that. The aim of the mastermind is that you lead the business, not do all of its work yourself.
The workshops are planned for each retreat, not fixed for the year. Each retreat is followed up once you are back, alongside the quarter’s performance review. The retreat is the part of the mastermind where the cohort meets in person, every three months.
What it is
- One night together with your cohort
- Three workshops
- Followed up once you are back
What it is not
- The same workshops every time
- Sold on its own, outside the mastermind
- A substitute for the weekly work
Who the retreat is for
Who It Is For
The retreat is for mastermind members: owners of digital marketing and software development agencies. What you take from it depends on how you came to run an agency.
You have mastered the craft
The business still runs on you personally. A night away shows you which parts depend on you, and that is where turning a skill into a business starts.
You have left a job to build an agency
You do not yet know which problems are coming. Owners who have already made those mistakes can tell you about them before they cost you money.
You are stuck below your own ability
You are good at the work, but the agency is smaller than your skill should allow. Time away from it with other owners helps you see what is holding it back.
Not ready for a year? The bootcamp is a separate, shorter course, and a single session shows you how the coaches teach, for $125. Start with one session
Time together
Owners away from the desk
Here is how a retreat fits into each quarter of your year.
A retreat in every quarter of your year
What You Get, Step By Step
The fifty two week roadmap runs in four quarters, and a retreat comes every three months. Choose a quarter to see what your agency works on in it, and what the retreat adds.
What the agency is building
First quarter: Foundation
The ICP and niche, the full year plan and KPIs, services and pricing packages, the agency website and company formation, LinkedIn and the first data and email work.
The retreat this quarter
One night together with your cohort and three workshops, planned for that retreat, not fixed for the year.
Back at the agency
Each retreat is followed up once you are back, alongside the quarter’s performance review.
What the agency is building
Second quarter: Sales engine
The authority profile, SEO, closing and proposals, Facebook and Google Ads, international expos, staffing, upselling and cross selling, and the blueprints for your deliveries.
The retreat this quarter
One night together with your cohort and three workshops, planned for that retreat, not fixed for the year.
Back at the agency
Each retreat is followed up once you are back, alongside the quarter’s performance review.
What the agency is building
Third quarter: Systems
Vendor management and QA, contracts and the P&L, lead and ticket automation, account management and SLAs, EOS reports, retention and the project management revamp.
The retreat this quarter
One night together with your cohort and three workshops, planned for that retreat, not fixed for the year.
Back at the agency
Each retreat is followed up once you are back, alongside the quarter’s performance review.
What the agency is building
Fourth quarter: Scale and exit
Role empowerment and freeing up your time, the mindset and lifestyle check, the portfolio and case studies, the final reviews of the whole agency system, and how an exit works.
The retreat this quarter
One night together with your cohort and three workshops, planned for that retreat, not fixed for the year.
Back at the agency
Each retreat is followed up once you are back, alongside the quarter’s performance review.
The quarter’s subjects are covered in the weekly work of the mastermind. The three retreat workshops are planned separately for each retreat, so they are not tied to the subjects listed above.
In person, one night every three months
Delivery Format And Time Commitment
The mastermind runs remotely from week to week. The retreat is when members meet in person, because some of the work is better with everyone in the same place.
What it asks of you
One night away, every three months
In person, with the rest of your cohort.
An agency that can run without you for a night
If it cannot yet, that is the first problem to work on this quarter.
The follow up once you are back
Each retreat is followed up, so what you worked on turns into changes at the agency.
What it gives back
Three workshops, away from the daily work
Planned for each retreat, not repeated from the last one.
A night with owners who face the same problem
Other owners at your stage, in the same markets.
A check on the quarter
The quarter’s performance review sits alongside the follow up.
Where the retreat sits in the mastermind
- Every day
- Basecamp, the members’ online workspace: daily discussion, KPI posts and the roadmap
- Every Friday
- A live session, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Pakistan time
- When you need it
- One to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it
- Every month
- The roundtable, in the third week, in the same Friday slot: two hand picked owners, about 45 minutes each
- Every three months
- The retreat: one night together and three workshops
- Once a year
- An international trip of two to three nights
The retreat and the international trip are the parts of the year you attend in person.
The retreat is not sold separately
Investment And What Is Included
There is no separate ticket for a retreat. The mastermind is a yearly commitment: $750 a month or $7,999 a year. That one fee covers the whole year, the retreats included.
$750
a month
On a yearly commitment
$7,999
a year
Save $1,000
Capped at twenty agencies, so you spend the night with a small group of owners, not a crowd.
What the fee covers, all year
- Basecamp every day
- A live session every Friday
- One to one coaching, booked when you need it
- The roundtable every month
- A retreat every three months
- An international trip each year
Also in the fee
- One to one coaching with a subject matter expert, booked when you need it
- Exclusive discounts per month for each referred agency that signs up
- A yearly commitment, paid monthly or yearly
- Every bootcamp held during your one year membership, free
- Free access to the yearly masterclasses
- Unlimited networking
- Step by step guide for international agency setup, formation and scalability
What sits outside it
- Ad spend
- Third party tool subscriptions
- Legal filing fees for entity formation
More of the mastermind
The other highlights of the year
An owner in the hot seat at the monthly roundtable Monthly Roundtable
Two owners in the hot seat each month
Two hand picked owners put their real numbers in front of the room. The other members and the trainers answer with direct feedback and solutions they have used in their own agencies.
How the roundtable works
Mastermind members at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Annual International Tour
Once a year, two to three nights abroad
A trip to a country chosen for what it shows about the latest trends in the digital industry, taken with the owners you have built the year with.
About the international tour
Who you spend the night with
Coaches And Subject Matter Experts
You stay the night with the rest of your mastermind cohort: agency owners at roughly your stage, twenty agencies at most. The mastermind around the retreat is coached by experienced trainers including Hamid Mahmood, Asim Naeem and Umair Amjad.
Hamid MahmoodCEO, author and agency mentorHamid has used every agency model in his own companies. His advice on branding, finances and leadership comes from running those businesses.
Umair AmjadSales and staffing coachUmair built the staff augmentation practice taught in the programme. His advice on pricing, closing and staffing comes from running that business.- Asim NaeemEmail marketing and LinkedInAsim works on defining your ideal client and reaching them through LinkedIn and email, and on the automation that supports your outreach.
Here is what members have written about the coaches and the other owners.
What members say about the coaches and other owners
Member Results And Reviews
These reviews are about time with the coaches and with other agency owners. They are published under each member’s own name, exactly as they wrote them, and the rest of our reviews follow.
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From signing to your first retreat
Enrollment, Contract And Onboarding
Here is how joining works, from the signup form to your first retreat.
- 01
Tell us your stage
The signup form asks your role, revenue band and country. We reply with the programme that fits your agency, even when that is not the mastermind.
- 02
Sign the year
The mastermind is a yearly commitment, paid $750 a month or $7,999 for the year.
- 03
Basecamp and the questionnaire
You get access to Basecamp and its protocols, and you fill in the intake questionnaire. Then comes your first roundtable, where your KPI baselines are set.
- 04
Your first retreat
You stay one night with the rest of your cohort and take part in three workshops. The follow up comes once you are back, alongside the quarter’s performance review.
Featured answer
How often are the LeadGenDone mastermind retreats?
The LeadGenDone mastermind holds a retreat every three months. Members stay one night together with the rest of their cohort, and the retreat runs three workshops, planned for each retreat. Retreats are included in the mastermind fee of $750 a month or $7,999 a year, in a cohort of twenty agencies at most.
- Every three months
- One night, three workshops
- Inside the mastermind fee
Before your first retreat
FAQs
What do the retreat workshops cover?
They are planned for each retreat, not fixed for the year. The year’s subjects are covered quarter by quarter in the weekly work. The three retreat workshops are planned separately for each retreat.
Is the retreat included in the mastermind fee?
Yes. A retreat every three months is part of the mastermind at $750 a month or $7,999 a year. The same fee covers daily Basecamp, the Friday session, one to one coaching when you need it, the monthly roundtable and the international trip.
Can I attend a retreat without joining the mastermind?
No. The retreat runs only for the mastermind cohort, because much of its value comes from the other owners who attend. If you are not sure a year is right for you, the signup form asks your stage and we reply with the programme that fits.
What happens after a retreat?
Each retreat is followed up once members are back, alongside the quarter’s performance review. That way, what the workshops raised becomes work on the agency.
How is the retreat different from the international trip?
The retreat comes every three months: one night together and three workshops. The trip comes once a year, international, for two to three nights.
How is the retreat different from the roundtable?
The roundtable is monthly, in the third week, in the Friday slot, with two hand picked owners in the hot seat. The retreat is every three months, in person and overnight, with the whole cohort and three workshops.
Mastermind signup
Enroll Now
A retreat every three months is part of every mastermind membership. Tell us your stage, and we will tell you whether a year in a cohort of twenty agencies at most is what your agency needs now.
Each cohort is capped at twenty agencies.