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The Compression Method  ·  $2.5M+ added for clients

Get paid for the value your work creates.

You already know you're not getting paid for the value you create. In 90 days we move the three things keeping you there: what you charge, how you close, and the hours it takes to deliver.

A 90-day program for service owners stuck under $20,000 per month. Taught by a fractional CMO ($20M) who's led digital for Volvo & Patak's and reviewed 1,000+ sales calls.

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Tyler tripled his retainer: $1,500 → $4,500Sean: $16K → $30K a month, fewer hours
+30%PriceGet paid for the value you create
+30%Close rateWin more of the calls you take
−30%Delivery hoursGet your week back
What clients say

Results speak louder than promises.

"I used to be terrified of sales. Now we're at $30–40K a month in recurring revenue, and I actually enjoy it."

Daniella Findable Digital Marketing

"My rates have quadrupled. Last month I did a $16K month without it feeling like a stretch."

Jenni Chill Creative Co

"I'm making a few multiples more than when I came to Mike, working the same hours if not less."

Sean Keepers Digital Marketing
Sound familiar?

You make good money, but it's wearing you out.

You're good at what you do, and your clients get results because of it. But most of that work can only be done by you, so the whole business runs on you and never slows down. Here's the cycle:

Price low to win itSay yes to keep movingDo all the work yourselfNo time to build or market

You have no time to work on the business because you're drowning in it. It shows up in three places.

Constraint 1

Offer & belief

You write the number, then you talk yourself down and send a smaller one. You price on what the client can afford, not on the value you create, because you can't afford to lose the deal. You've meant to raise your rates for a while, but you don't fully believe the higher number yet, so it never comes out of your mouth.

Constraint 2

Sales

You don't have a sales process, so a good call ends and you can't tell if it's a yes. You couldn't say what made it land, so you can't do it on purpose next time. When the silence runs long, you drop the price before they push back. Playing small shows, so even the clients who sign walk away a little unsure they picked right.

Constraint 3

Delivery

The scope drifts a little each week, and you take the unpaid extra because saying no is harder. It all runs through you. You hand work to a contractor and it comes back wrong, because there's no process to give them. You've thought about hiring and backed off, so the systems never get built. You wanted freedom, and instead the business runs on you.

Meet Mike

I've been on your side of this.

I've run service businesses since 2013. I undercharged for years and made everything more complicated than it needed to be, nearly going under twice, before I learned to rebuild an offer for profit. Since 2019, that's the shift I make for other owners.

The Compression Method

Custom coaching that fixes your biggest problem first.

This is live coaching, built around you and your business. We find the one thing holding you back the most and fix it first. Once that heaviest problem moves, you get a win where it counts, and you finally get paid for the value you create.

Your biggest problem is always one of these three:

Marketing

Authority that creates demand

We sharpen who you're for and how you talk about it, and build the authority that brings the right buyers to you. Steady demand follows from that.

Sales

More calls turn into clients

We give you a sales process you run the same way every time: qualify the right people, run the same discovery, price it for you to win, and follow up so warm leads don't slip away.

The Offer

A business that serves your life

We shape your work into one clear outcome you can charge a premium for, then build the systems and support that take you off the critical path and give your time back.

We find the one thing causing the most friction and fix it, then move on to the next constraint.

Client results

Sean and Tyler were where you are now.

Here's what changed after we ran The Compression Method together.

Sean
Google Ads Agency
Retainer / mo$1,200$1,700
Close rate35%45%
Monthly revenue$16K$30K
Hours / week5550
Tyler
Email Marketing Agency
Retainer / mo$1,500$4,500
Close rate30%50%
Monthly revenue$17K$28K
Hours / week6052

"I can bring Mike a problem that feels business-crushing, and within ten minutes he distills it into three different solutions that would all work."

— Tyler
What you get

Ninety days of hands-on coaching, focused on your business.

01

Blueprint Call

Private 90 minutes before you start. Leave with a 30-day focus plan.

02

Group Coaching Calls

Three live calls every week. Drop in when you need help or support.

03

Triage Call

A private 15 minutes each month for the urgent questions that need some depth.

04

Halfway Review

A private hour at day 45 to see what's working and adjust while there's time left.

05

AI-Searchable Library

A searchable library of trainings built from the group's questions. Find the topic you need, when you need it.

06

My Black Book

Vetted contacts and warm intros when you need them.

Who it's for

Built for service businesses making good money the hard way.

If you're bringing in steady revenue with a proven offer, you're in the right place. If your offer has no track record, this isn't for you.

The right fit

  • Service-based: consulting, coaching, agencies, advisory, fractional
  • $7K to $20K a month, with an active client base
  • At least one proven offer you've sold and delivered
  • You know you're underpaid for the value you create
  • Open to rebuilding the offer, not just the marketing

Not the right fit

  • No paying clients yet
  • E-commerce, SaaS, or product businesses
  • In a cash crisis looking for a fast fix
  • You want someone to do the work for you
  • Hunting for one silver bullet
Investment

What one client's shift is worth.

+$14,000 /mo

That's Sean, at the same hours he was already working.

$5,000
The 90-day program
Prefer to split into two payments of $2,700, taken 30 days apart. There is a capacity of 10 active members.
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The next step

You've already built something good.

That part's done. What's left is the pricing, the close, and the hours, and those are the three things we fix. It runs ninety days, in a cohort of ten, by application. I read every one.

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