Training, Feedback, and Community for Marketing Consultants
Strategize, advise, and teach what you know.
Build a diversified marketing consulting practice that leverages your expertise—not just your hands.
… thank you for your guidance and continued emphasis on positioning as a strategic advisor and all that goes into that. I had a sales call this morning and it was the most confident I’ve been on one of these calls in explaining what value I offer. —Kristen W.
The world needs marketing advisors
They exist in other every area of business.
But for some reason, marketers feel like they need to package strategy and execution together to make it all work.
I’m here to tell that not only can strategy and implementation can be sold separately—it often works better for everyone if they are!
You can take on just the strategic parts of your client engagements and refer the implementation work to others while you oversee—and maybe even manage—the process.
You can package your hard-earned expertise and turn it into repeatable processes, templates, and training to supplement your work and income.
You can teach, train, advise, and mentor—you don’t have to be the one to churn out every deliverable yourself.
You can build a highly profitable business around your expertise—not just your hands.
…all with less stress and higher margins than typical agency and freelance models.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tell me more about the private & unlimited Slack DM access
Mindshare Engage members can DM me any time to ask for private guidance related to things like pricing, sales process, positioning, proposals and other questions that come to mind.
Unlike with my private mentorship, I won’t go into deep-dive editor mode if you ask me to review something, for example, but I will give you the guidance you need to move forward with clarity and confidence.
I will reply to your questions within 48 business hours, but I aim to reply within the same day if I can.
If you need me to review something in depth, such as website copy, marketing assets, proposals, etc., you can expect a detailed response each Wednesday. All other specific questions will be addressed right away.
Sometimes, we can chat live in Slack if we’re both available at the same time, though the general pace will be asynchronous.
Is it easy to cancel once I sign up?
What if I can’t make the scheduled calls?
Can I use your templates and processes in my own business?
Why listen to me?
Back in 2017, I came to the realization that I didn’t want to build a big agency.
I was doing web design and digital marketing for B2B businesses with a team of distributed contractors.
It was working, but it didn’t feel right.
Like you, I was doing too much, burning myself out, and could never really turn off my brain at night.
I was always on-call. Always thinking about the next due date. Always wondering why my margins weren’t higher at the end of the day.
My niche—owner-managed B2B services companies—was too broad. I had no real competitive advantage. No negotiating leverage.
I was making a good living but was working hard for it. I knew if I wanted to grow I had to make a change.
I could use my skills to build a “real” agency—with employees, project managers, and an office to bring it all together.
But the thought of that frankly didn’t appeal to me at all.
It was then I realized I could focus instead on the parts I enjoyed most—the strategy and leadership part of marketing.
I could then guide my clients to their goals as an impartial advisor and “producer” of sorts—that’s where the most value came from anyway.
The model immediately felt more aligned with my clients’ interests.
That’s when I began to phase my work into advisory model and never looked back.
Since 2017, I’ve sold over US$1M in advisory services with an average retainer value of ~$3,500/month.
There’s a fair few advisory miles—or kilometres, since I’m Canadian—in my shoes.
I don’t pretend to have all the answers. But I do have experience to share and lessons to teach. And I’m still in the game, innovating on the model and sharing what’s working (or not working).
Join us on this journey.
—kw
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Testimonials
Before working with Kevin, my head was a complete mess.
I’d spent the past couple of years trying to build a solo business, promoting my brand on social, building an audience, and even though the vanity metrics looked good, I felt like I was getting nowhere. I was jumping from tactic to tactic, constantly tweaking and switching positioning, not winning the work and attention I felt was due. I was picking up work, but it was low-priced, adhoc and broad.
I felt like a fool as well. I’m supposed to be good at this. I’m a marketer, but I just couldn’t see the wood for the trees in my own marketing.
I decided to work with Kevin to help introduce some objectivity. I needed someone with marketing expertise who was a marketing expert himself, experienced in working with marketing consultants, and could get to know me well enough to give me the advice specific to where I want to go.
I think within 3 months of working with Kevin, I pulled in $9k of recurring revenue doing the work with the kind of clients I want to work with. I’ve got clarity on what my strengths are, my positioning, and a clear content plan to go out and deliver. This is just the start.
Kevin is calm, thoughtful, and generous. Basically, everything you’d want in a mentor.
This was absolutely one of the best business decisions I’ve ever made.
—Liam Curley, Content (“Insight”) Marketing Strategist
“Within a relatively short period of time, Kevin legitimately transformed my consulting business. I was struggling with a lack of focus, my website didn’t speak to my target audience and my branding was misaligned. Considering my job is to help other companies find their way out of similar messes, it’s hard to believe my own business was in such bad shape. Kevin helped narrow my target market, write better copy and establish the tools and resources I needed to operate efficiently. Then he helped me design the engagement processes for my clients, providing me with a scalable and proven system I can use over and over again.”
— Doug Jones
“Working with Kevin has been a game-changer. Within six months, I doubled my already six-figure business, increased my average retainer size by 33%, and phased out of most of the tactical execution work I was doing before—freeing up my time and energy to take on more clients and grow the business further. His coaching has played a key role in helping develop systems and methodologies to underpin and strengthen my marketing advisory business. No more flying by the seat of my pants! As important, he’s encouraged me to embrace new approaches and ideas that I would have never considered.”
— Mark Evans
When I started working with Kevin, I was looking to move from a consultant offering custom services to an advisor with productised services. I didn’t like the approach of many coaches out there but I immediately connected with Kevin. He’s thoughtful, experienced and sees things from multiple perspectives. With his guidance and Advisor OS, I was able to find better fit advisory clients and improve my client delivery. I often refer to his training material before an important sales call or thinking through the best structure for an advisory client. I recommend working with him.
– Theo Ohene
“Working with Kevin has been a really great experience. He pushed me to get clear on my ideal audience and shape tailored messaging for them. Our discussions also gave me accountability, which was super important.
I was impressed with Kevin’s structured approach to consulting. He provided practical frameworks that helped me shape my offering. Now I have a roadmap to keep making progress.
Even when I struggled, Kevin was patient and understanding. He strikes a nice balance – stretching my thinking while meeting me where I’m at. Thanks for the valuable mentorship Kevin!”
– Stéphane Franceschini
“As a graphic designer, I’ve been struggling to understand how I can transition into advisory services and how to position them. The workshop turned it all around for me. I sold my first advisory service within a month after it, tripling my usual hourly rate. It was extremely insightful and at the same time easy to understand for someone like me who is not a marketing professional. The highest value for a very affordable price. Thanks Kevin!”
-Veranika Lemeshava
I started working with Kevin because I was looking for a mentor to help me scale from a freelancer to an agency. I had been following Kevin’s work for a while, and liked the way he thought about marketing, advisors and working as a freelancer.
I joined his mentorship group and I quickly learnt a lot! Kevin always took the time to understand my problem in-depth, help me think through a solution and guide me as I was implementing it. He was always available in case I had a question I had in the moment, as well.
As a result, I managed to grow from being a freelancer with 1 agency client, to becoming an agency with 3 clients and contractors working for me in the space of 3 months. He helped me with positioning, managing clients and had a lot of ideas to help with marketing.
I always felt I had someone to come to if I had issues, and that was invaluable for me. I highly recommend Kevin’s services to anyone who wants very personalised support. Kevin always encouraged me to think first rather than proposing a solution, and our calls were always enjoyable.
With Kevin, you’ll have a mentor, but also a friend who is really rooting for you and helping you succeed.
—Araminta Robertson, Content Marketer
“When I started working with Kevin I was charging $500 for website builds. One year later, I was selling websites for $7,000 and it’s only grown from there [to $10k+].
Kevin has a great approach to coaching. It’s personalized and tailored toward your goals. Being a web designer and developer, I wasn’t pursuing traditional fractional marketing gigs. He helped me fine-tune my onboarding process and qualify clients to help me get to the next level in my business.
This membership is great for anyone looking for an awesome community to learn how to sell their knowledge and not just their hands.”
—Luke Netti, Webflow Designer
“…thank you for your guidance and continued emphasis on positioning as a strategic advisor and all that goes into that. I had a sales call this morning and it was the most confident I’ve been on one of these calls in explaining what value I offer.”
—Kristen W.
The Membership is a goldmine of digestible nuggets of real-world insight from somebody who’s earned his stripes in the marketing world. Most importantly, I’ve made new business connections through Kevin’s Mentorship community and have been able to ask, and get direct, tailored responses, to questions and challenges I deal with in the day-to-day operation of my business. I couldn’t recommend this enough as a professional investment.
—Taylor Mason, Copywriter
I started speaking to Kevin approximately 2 months ago, and in those 2 months, I’ve learnt more about marketing than I did at 4 years of college and one year in an agency. I cannot recommend enough this service. Kevin’s analytical thinking and skin in the game from having done it before are a welcome introduction to anyone looking to break into marketing. He knows what works, what doesn’t, and there’s always a why behind advice or thoughts.
—David J., Agency Employee & Aspiring Consultant
When I first approached you with what I thought was a simple inquiry, I had no idea it would lead to such thought-provoking conversations. Through your Mentorship subscription, you’ve opened my eyes to new and exciting possibilities that have already helped me identify an area of expertise to package and sell to clients. I look forward to each new instalment.
—Barb H., Consultant
As an agency owner, I struggle with separating strategy and execution along with being another “me too” agency. Thanks to Kevin’s invaluable insights, I’ve been able to start that separation of strategy and execution. as a result it has helped build stronger trust between my clients and I, structure more profitable engagements and scale my agency faster. Between the deeply insightful knowledge and active community of peers, Kevin’s mentorship program has been an excellent investment. I highly recommend signing up and taking advantage of it.
—Jordan Choo, Agency Owner
Kevin’s mentorship program has already done so much for in the little time that I have joined in regards to getting me to think about my business differently in order for me to grow my revenue. Kevin’s content is very relevant in helping me grow my business while keeping true to being a one-woman show. He is highly attentive (gets back to me within the same day with a podcast), highly transparent with his advice and business, and highly knowledgeable in all areas of marketing. If you’re a marketing consultant I highly suggest working with Kevin and joining one of is his mentorship programs.
—Michelle Roberts, Brand Strategist