Speaking is powerful work, but building a business as a speaker often means facing uncertainty; finding bookings, setting fees, and creating a sustainable income stream.
Agency Founders Network is a free peer community where professional speakers share strategies, referrals, and support to grow their reach and strengthen their businesses.
Agency Founders Network is an online peer community for speakers who want to turn their expertise into sustainable business growth. Keynote speakers, facilitators, and workshop leaders join to trade referrals, learn how others secure bookings, and refine their positioning, pricing, and promotion strategies.
Speaking is one of the most direct ways to share expertise, but running a speaking business isn’t easy. Finding consistent bookings, setting fair fees, and staying visible in a crowded market can be constant challenges.
Inside AFN, speakers connect with peers who are working through the same issues and share advice, connections and more.
Members trade referrals, share strategies for promotion, and provide the accountability needed to grow a speaking business with confidence.
You don’t need to build your practice in isolation. AFN turns peer experience into practical advantage, from referrals and collaborations to clear feedback on offers, pricing, and positioning so you can act with confidence.
It’s free to be part of the Agency Founders Network. You’ll have access to hundreds of members including over 20 deeply experienced consultants and experts in a wide range of specialties.
AFN is for anyone building a business around expertise including: consultants, coaches, fractional executives, trainers, speakers, and experts of all kinds. If you sell knowledge or professional services, you’ll find peers here.
Yes. New speakers can use AFN to learn how to secure bookings, set speaking fees, and position themselves in a competitive market.
Experienced speakers join AFN to expand their networks, share referrals, and exchange strategies for visibility, bookings, and higher-value engagements.
No. Agency Founders Network includes consultants, coaches, fractional leaders, and experts from across industries including software, training, media production, speakers, coaches, consultants and more.
AFN is curated for people who sell expertise. Conversations focus on practical challenges like finding clients, setting fees, positioning services, developing partnerships, and growing sustainably.
You’ll gain real-world insights into pricing, positioning, client acquisition, referrals, strategic partnerships, and professional development – all shared by peers who face the same challenges you do.
AFN is open-access and peer-driven. Unlike a mastermind with a fixed cohort or high fees, it’s an ongoing community where experts across consulting, coaching, fractional leadership, and agencies share knowledge and opportunities.
Paid members can list their services in the directory and build visibility through participation, but the focus is on collaboration, referrals, and professional development rather than sales pitches.
Members come from multiple regions, but the community is primarily English-speaking and online, making it accessible wherever you are.
No. To keep the community authentic and valuable, all members use real names, photos, and links to their professional sites or profiles. This ensures every connection is genuine and every interaction is with a real peer.