SUMPartners

How we help

Built around what you need

Sometimes that means a sounding board. Sometimes it means working alongside your team. Sometimes it means being amongst other agency founders.

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01

Sum Club

Most agency founders don't need another webinar. They need honest conversations with people dealing with the same challenges.

  • —Monthly founder session
  • —Quarterly founder socials
  • —Private founder network
  • —Monthly CFO clinic
  • —Specialist sessions and masterclasses
  • —SUM research and insight

Included with every other SUM package.

02

Founder Advisory

A matched SUM advisor becomes a sounding board, strategic partner and source of accountability.

  • —Initial discovery sprint
  • —4 hours of advisory support each month
  • —Access to the wider SUM advisory group
  • —Monthly CFO clinic
  • —Growth planning tools and templates
  • —SUM Club membership

03

Growth Partner

Your lead advisor works alongside you and your leadership team to define where the agency is going and help make it happen. They stay close to the agency, while drawing on the wider SUM advisory group and specialist partners wherever the plan needs additional expertise or delivery.

Define the destination. Then build the road.

01

Destination

Where are we going?

Set a clear 3–5 year ambition and define what a more valuable agency looks like.

02

Roadmap

What needs to change?

Turn the destination into focused 6–12 month priorities, decisions and measures.

03

Build

Make it happen.

Work alongside the team to deliver the plan and bring in specialist expertise where it matters.

  • —1.5 days Lead Advisory each month
  • —Monthly growth board sessions
  • —Hands-on delivery and specialist expertise
  • —Sum Club membership

04

The Growth Department

A hand-picked team of specialists, without the overhead of building one yourself.

We’ve built a network of people we know, highly rate and would happily recommend. They understand the agency world and know what good looks like. We shape the strategy, then bring in the right people to deliver it.

  • —Creative — Proposition development, branding, websites and sales assets
  • —Profile — PR, awards, social and comms
  • —Demand capture — GEO, PPC and SEO 
  • —Business development — Engagement strategy, outbound and pipeline management
  • —Finance — Financial management, forecasting and commercial planning
  • —Operations — HR, recruitment, legal and AI systems

A useful first conversation about where the agency is and where you'd like it to go.

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