MASTER
MARKETING
PLAN

FOR THE SYSTEM

Derrick Mains has built a movement. The System is real, the demand is proven, and the rooms are filling. What's missing is the orchestrated front-end that turns every keynote into a pipeline and every conversation into a client. This is that plan.

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THE ROOMS
ARE FULL.
THE FUNNEL
IS EMPTY.

Derrick walks into a room of 75 CEOs and leaves them questioning everything they've believed about business for twenty years. The feedback is extraordinary. The energy is undeniable. And then — nothing. No systematic follow-up. No pipeline. No front-end that captures the momentum he creates.

The System has been running at ~$1M annually — not because the demand isn't there, but because the front-end infrastructure to capture and convert that demand has never been built. That's the gap. And it's fixable.

Talks with no structured follow-up
Keynotes in 2024
107
Revenue held flat for 2 years
Annual Revenue
~$1M
Active certified facilitators with no showcase
Facilitators
20+
Pieces of IP with no digital distribution
IP Assets
76

THE DERRICK EFFECT
IS REAL.

Camille sent one email campaign mentioning "The Derrick Effect" and got the highest response rate she'd ever seen. CEOs leave his sessions saying it's the most challenged they've been in three hours. The demand is already there — it just needs a front-end to capture it.

$0.0M+
Revenue opportunity at $2.5M target for 2026
$0K
Average annual engagement value per CEO client

The System Growth Engine — Opportunity Audit

UntappedPartialActive
UNTAPPED
Front-End Funnel
No digital pipeline post-keynote
UNTAPPED
SEO / AIO
Zero organic search presence
UNTAPPED
Online Courses
76 IP assets not monetized
UNTAPPED
Facilitator Network
20+ facilitators not showcased
PARTIAL
LinkedIn Presence
Active but no funnel
PARTIAL
Circle Community
Growing ~20/week organically
ACTIVE
Speaking Engagements
107 keynotes in 2024
ACTIVE
Vistage Network
Booked through 2027
The System — Operating Framework

NOT A
CONSULTANT.
AN OPERATING
SYSTEM.

The System is what EOS is for entrepreneurs — but built for operators. It's a complete methodology for redesigning how organizations think, decide, and execute. Derrick has deconstructed 75 years of outdated management theory and rebuilt it into something any CEO can actually use.

01
Reveal the Real Constraints
Identify where complexity is actually coming from — misaligned decisions, broken processes, unclear ownership.
02
Decide What Actually Matters
Isolate the few leverage points that create the biggest impact and align leadership around what gets attention.
03
Build a System That Holds
Design clear processes, decision frameworks, and operating rhythms your team can actually sustain — without you.

Derrick Mains — Credentials & Recognition

Emmy
Award-Winning Storyteller
#1
Vistage Speaker of the Year 2024
76+
Proprietary IP Frameworks
2M+
Podcast Downloads (4 Years)

THE MASTER
MARKETING PLAN

A 6–8 week process that produces a complete, data-driven growth blueprint. This is a strategy and execution planning engagement — not execution itself. Every channel, every dollar, every conversation — aligned to one goal: getting Derrick in front of the right rooms and converting them.

01

Discovery & Assumption Stack

Deep-dive into all existing assets, offers, and audiences
Identify ideal customer profiles: CEO, operator, leadership team
Map the post-keynote buyer journey and conversion gaps
Audit current Circle community growth and engagement
Establish baseline messaging and brand positioning for The System
Audience Intelligence
Offer Architecture
Channel Strategy
Content Framework
Vendor Audit
Tech Stack Review
KPI Dashboard
90-Day Execution Plan

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
ABOUT THE FIX

Real feedback from CEOs, executives, and leaders who have experienced Derrick's work firsthand.

"

Derrick Mains has deconstructed over 75 years of management theory and rebuilt it into a modern, repeatable system that any CEO can use. Once you experience it, there is a clear line in the sand: before The System and after.

Aaron Bare
WSJ Best Selling Author, Exponential Theory
"

If running your business feels harder than it should, The System will show you why — and what to do about it. Get ready to think beyond OKRs and SOPs, find out where you're really losing time and money.

Jenn Gray
CEO, Bright Path Strategies
"

Derrick challenges business principles most of today's leaders simply inherited from a past generation. His point of view could bring soul and grit back into the boardroom.

Elizabeth Yarbrough
Owner, Untangled
"

Mains doesn't just challenge outdated management — he obliterates it. The System is a wake-up call for leaders who believe execution can scale without killing culture.

Bill Green
CEO & Founder, Vibe Amplified
"

The Process Fixer 'process' has been a huge success in terms of teambuilding — providing a forum for productive conflict and chipping away at individual silos, moving to a whole-company mindset.

CFO
Charlotte, NC
"

I realized I am both the problem and the solution. That's exactly what we needed to hear. The System gave us the framework to finally act on it.

CEO Attendee
Phoenix Live Event, 2025
Ezzey

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
ABOUT EZZEY

Ezzey has taken 160+ companies to cash flow. Here's what clients say about working with us.

21×
Scaled PAX from $100K/mo to $2.1M/mo in 1 year using SEO
Proven organic growth — no paid media dependency
10×
Scaled Medical Company to 10× revenue growth in 2 years
Full-stack MMP execution across digital channels
"

Ezzey didn't just build us a marketing plan — they built us a growth engine. Within 6 months we had more qualified leads than our sales team could handle. The MMP process is unlike anything else in the market.

Jason T.
CEO, SaaS Platform — Phoenix, AZ
"

Ross and the Ezzey team understood our business faster than any agency we'd worked with before. The strategy they delivered was specific, actionable, and it worked. We hit our revenue target 3 months early.

Michelle R.
Founder, Health & Wellness Brand
"

The MMP gave us a roadmap we could actually follow. No fluff, no vanity metrics — just a clear path from where we were to where we needed to be. We doubled our monthly revenue in under a year.

David K.
COO, B2B Services Company
"

We'd worked with three other agencies before Ezzey. None of them came close to the level of strategic thinking and execution clarity that the MMP delivered. It's a completely different category.

Sarah M.
VP Marketing, Regional Healthcare Group
"

Ezzey helped us see our business from the outside for the first time. The audience intelligence work alone was worth the investment — we completely repositioned our offer and saw immediate results.

Tom B.
CEO, Professional Services Firm
"

The SEO strategy Ezzey built for us became our #1 revenue channel within 18 months. We went from invisible online to ranking on page one for every keyword that matters to our buyers.

Karen L.
CMO, E-Commerce Brand

WHAT WE
HEARD

In our discovery call, several critical themes emerged that shaped this entire proposal. These aren't assumptions — they're your words, your priorities, and your vision.

"The Derrick Effect is the asset."
Camille's email campaign naming 'The Derrick Effect' produced the highest response rate she'd ever seen. The brand is Derrick — and the strategy must be built around getting him in front of the right rooms, then capturing that energy.
"Derrick should never pitch from the stage."
The insight from our call: Derrick's power is in the room. The moment he sells, he loses the room. The strategy is to transfer trust to a third-party resource — a website, a QR code, a person — so Camille can close.
"The niche is locked through 2027."
With Vistage booked through 2027, the immediate opportunity is to maximize the existing niche — get the juice out of the squeeze — and build the back-end so that by 2027, the scale is ready.
"The goal is impact, not just revenue."
Derrick's stated goal: $2.5M in 2026, $6M in 2027 — but more importantly, a movement. Like Deming, the ideas matter more than the money. The MMP must honor both.
Derrick on stage

Key Alignment Points

Slow down to speed up — reset the model before scaling
Build the offer, audience, and assets before running traffic
Leverage the facilitator network as a distribution channel
Create online courses from existing live workshop content
The leadership alignment session is a standalone revenue stream
Target the niche (Vistage/CEO audiences) through 2027, then expand

ONE INVESTMENT.
INFINITE LEVERAGE.

The MMP is not execution — it's the strategic blueprint that makes execution inevitable. A complete, data-driven plan that turns every speaking engagement into a pipeline and every conversation into a client.

$15K
One-time investment · 6–8 weeks to completion

Deliverable: Complete executable marketing strategy with 90-day action plan, vendor recommendations, offer architecture, channel roadmap, and KPI dashboard. Phase II execution is scoped and priced separately.

Audience Intelligence & ICP Definition
Offer Architecture & Pricing Strategy
Post-Keynote Funnel Design
SEO & AIO Content Strategy
LinkedIn Authority Framework
Facilitator Network Positioning
90-Day Execution Calendar
Budget Allocation Model
Start Closing the Gap →

As discussed: the MMP is the equivalent of one FTE in operations for one month — a fraction of the value it unlocks.

READY TO MAKE
AN OFFER THEY
CAN'T REFUSE?

The System is a movement. The demand is proven. The rooms are filling. All that's left is the strategy that captures it. Let's build it together.