Mike Schmidt
Business coach for digital marketing agency owners and freelancers
| Hourly rate range | $85 to $160 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Founders and business owners |
| Also coaches | Financial coach |
| Credentials | 5x Two Comma Club Awards; Bootstrapped Agency of the Year; Funnel Games Agency Winner |
| Practice | Agency Coach |
Mike Schmidt is a business coach who helps digital marketing agency owners, freelancers and side hustlers build steady, profitable businesses. He runs Agency Coach with his partner AJ, and they also run their own agency. The team brings 20+ years of agency experience. Their focus is systems, automation and recurring revenue. Mike has spoken four times at FHL and holds five Two Comma Club Awards.
What Mike helps with
Mike works with agency owners who are stuck in feast and famine cycles. He helps them win more clients, sell monthly services and deliver without doing all the work.
- Getting out of feast and famine revenue cycles
- Attracting leads with webinars, lead magnets and networking
- Turning cold leads into prospects who ask for help
- Selling high-ticket monthly recurring services
- Building a sales system a team can use
- Offering repeatable services instead of custom projects
- Building a service team so the owner does less delivery
- Fixing overwork and undercharging
Who Mike works with
Mike coaches owners of digital marketing agencies, freelancers and side hustlers. His clients are often overworked and undercharging. Many are stuck between projects and struggle to get steady clients. They want profit and more time for life.
How Mike works
Mike teaches a system called The WAY, a Digital Agency Operating System. It has four steps: Attract, activate, ascend and deliver. Attract covers lead magnets, webinars and networking. Activate turns cold leads into prospects who reach out. Ascend moves clients into monthly recurring services with a repeatable sales system. Deliver builds scalable services and a team. Agency owners can also take a short quiz to find where their agency is stuck.
Background and qualifications
Mike Schmidt owns and runs a digital marketing agency with his partner AJ. Together they bring 20+ years of agency best practices to their coaching. Their agency has won five Two Comma Club Awards, Bootstrapped Agency of the Year and the Funnel Games Agency award. Mike has also spoken four times at FHL. He now coaches other agency owners on systems, sales and delivery.
Mike Schmidt pricing
Programs and services
- Business coaching for agencies
- Training and strategy programs
- Community membership
- Agency stuck quiz
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The CoachVouch take
Mike coaches agency owners using the same system he uses to run his own award-winning agency.
Best for digital agency owners who want steady monthly revenue and less time buried in delivery.
Common questions
How much does Mike Schmidt charge?
Coaching with Mike runs $85 to $160 an hour. Message Mike from this page for an exact quote.
What does Mike Schmidt help with?
Mike Schmidt helps with getting out of feast and famine revenue cycles, attracting leads with webinars, lead magnets and networking, turning cold leads into prospects who ask for help and selling high-ticket monthly recurring services.
Is Mike Schmidt certified?
Mike Schmidt lists: 5x Two Comma Club Awards; Bootstrapped Agency of the Year; Funnel Games Agency Winner.
Does Mike Schmidt coach freelancers?
Yes. He works with freelancers and side hustlers as well as agency owners.
What is The WAY?
It is Mike's Digital Agency Operating System. It covers four steps: Attract, activate, ascend and deliver.
How do I contact Mike Schmidt?
Send Mike a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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