Block hours, pre-paid senior-strategist time, no monthly retainer.
Block-hour engagement model for clients who need senior expertise without monthly-retainer commitment. Pre-paid senior-strategist time, no monthly-retainer commitment, used flexibly across strategy / audit / creative-direction / advisory work. Right call for clients in transition, between platforms, between agencies, or scaling up to a fuller engagement.
Four block-hour engagement patterns.
Senior-strategist time on-demand
Senior-strategist time on-demand for strategy + advisory work, quarterly strategic-review, board-prep marketing input, PE-portfolio-CMO advisory, marketing-stack architecture review. Used by mid-market operators who have an in-house team but need senior strategic input.
Klaviyo / Shopify / WooCommerce / GA4 audit
Audit work, Klaviyo + Shopify + WooCommerce + GA4 + GTM + Meta CAPI + healthcare booking-system audits. Senior-team audit output without committing to a monthly retainer for ongoing work. Used by clients evaluating whether to switch agencies or in-source the work.
Senior creative direction on-demand
Senior creative direction on-demand, brand-aesthetic chassis review, AHPRA-aligned creative review for healthcare, capability-content review for industrial, founder-content direction for consumer. Useful when in-house teams need senior creative oversight without a monthly retainer.
Between platforms, agencies, scale
Transitional engagement model, clients between platforms (Shopify migration, WooCommerce migration, Klaviyo migration), between agencies (transition-period support), or scaling up to a fuller engagement (block hours used as a 'try-before-you-buy' for the agency relationship).
Where block hours show up across the book.
The block hours discipline
How we actually run the block-hour engagement model, pricing, scope, commitment, transition-to-retainer pattern.
Pricing page
Block Hours are quoted alongside your retainer cap, hourly rate disclosed up front. No hidden margins, no commitment beyond the block.
Marketing strategy
Strategy work is the most common block-hour use case, quarterly strategic-review, board-prep input, marketing-stack architecture review.
- Commercials: Block Hours or Foundation retainers, disclosed hourly pool. Management fees are named lines, agreed up front. Pricing →
- First 30 days: access, audit and strategy lock-in with the senior strategist who runs the account.
- Days 30 to 90: full delivery cadence live, first performance review, scope confirmed against the cap.
- Who delivers: a senior strategist plus the specialist pod for this service. Month to month, no lock-ins.
Need senior expertise without a monthly retainer commitment?
Thirty-minute call. We'll work out whether block hours fit the brief, what the right block size looks like, and whether a transition-to-retainer pattern makes sense down the line.
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