Austin, TX — Seat Claimed      Nashville, TN — Seat Claimed      Scottsdale, AZ — Seat Claimed      Raleigh, NC — 1 on Waitlist     Tampa, FL — Seat Claimed     Denver, CO — Seat Claimed     Charlotte, NC — Seat Claimed      Portland, OR — 2 on Waitlist      Minneapolis, MN — Seat Claimed      Fort Lauderdale, FL — FOUNDER SEAT      Phoenix, AZ — Seat Claimed      San Antonio, TX — Seat Claimed      Columbus, OH — 1 on Waitlist      Jacksonville, FL — Seat Claimed      Austin, TX — Seat Claimed      Nashville, TN — Seat Claimed      Scottsdale, AZ — Seat Claimed      Raleigh, NC — 1 on Waitlist      Tampa, FL — Seat Claimed      Denver, CO — Seat Claimed      Charlotte, NC — Seat Claimed      Portland, OR — 2 on Waitlist      Minneapolis, MN — Seat Claimed      Fort Lauderdale, FL — FOUNDER SEAT      Phoenix, AZ — Seat Claimed      San Antonio, TX — Seat Claimed
One seat per city. 19,495 cities. The clock is running.

Your competitor is
reading this right now.

Most members are not paying for the coaching. They are paying to make sure their competitor never gets it. The Character Branding system, the 14-year arc, and the live case study are included. The lockout is the product.
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There is only one action on this page. Enter your name, email, and city. Find out in 24 hours if your seat is open or taken. Everything else is noise.

Check Your City

The Problem

Every book teaches you how government works.
None of them teach you how to win.

Winning a mayoral race is not a knowledge problem. It is a trust problem. And trust is built through something no political science textbook has ever covered: Character Branding.

They study government. You build trust.

Your competitor knows how city council works. So does everyone else. What they don't know is how to make 20,000 voters feel like they've known you for years.

They announce a campaign. You're already known.

The candidate who shows up six months before an election and calls it a campaign loses to the person who has been showing up for eight years.

They hire consultants. You built a tribe.

Political consultants run campaigns. They can't build the kind of deep, personal trust that a neighborhood association president tells 400 members about over dinner.

They hope to win. You compounded 14 years.

By the time you run your winning campaign, the election is already half over. Your competitor is just getting started. That gap is not closeable with money.

The Exclusivity Model

One seat.
One city.
One winner.

This is not a coaching subscription. This is a competitive intelligence advantage you hold for as long as you intend to win. The course, the coaching, and the community are what you use. The lockout is what you are actually paying for. The moment you stop, your competitor gets the call.

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One seat per city — permanently exclusive

Once your city's seat is claimed, it is closed. No one else in your city gets access to this system, this coaching, or this community while you hold your seat.

02

Stop paying — lose your city forever

The moment your payment lapses, the seat opens. The next person on your city's waitlist gets a 48-hour window to claim it. Once they do, you are permanently locked out.

03

The waitlist creates permanent urgency

Every city with a claimed seat has a public waitlist. Members can see how many people are behind them. That number is a reminder of what you are protecting every month.

04

Price scales with city size — and the stakes

The seat for a city of 8,000 costs less than the seat for a city of 800,000. The value of exclusivity is proportional to what you are competing for.

Annual Membership — One Seat Per City

Your city. Your seat.
Locked for 12 months.

Annual membership only. Full year paid upfront. No monthly subscriptions. No trial periods. Membership year runs April 1 through March 31.
Coach financing available for qualified applicants. If approved, your finance provider pays us in full on day one. Your payments are between you and them.
Tier City Population Annual Membership Fee * **
Tier 1 Under 10,000 $1,164/yr
Tier 2 10,000 – 50,000 $3,564/yr
Tier 3 50,000 – 150,000 $7,164/yr
Tier 4 150,000 – 500,000 $11,964/yr
Tier 5 500,000 – 1,000,000 $23,964/yr
Tier 6 1,000,000+ $59,964/yr
* Coaching financing available for qualified applicants. Details provided after seat availability is confirmed. Membership year runs April 1 – March 31.
** Pricing shown represents the annual membership floor. Final pricing is confirmed during your availability consultation.

City Lock-In Fee: A one-time City Lock-In Fee is charged at signup in addition to your first annual payment. This fee scales with your tier and permanently registers your city in the system. It is non-refundable and non-transferable.

The Complete Member Package

Six deliverables.
One annual commitment.
Zero for your competitor.

Everything below is included in your annual membership. The combined market value exceeds your membership fee at every single tier before you account for the city lockout.

01

The Complete Course Guide

The full 100+ page How To Become Mayor manual. Character Branding applied to civic leadership. The 14-year arc. The 5 issues. The campaign strategy. Delivered on day one.

Market value: $500+

02

Two Done-For-You Websites

You answer a short questionnaire. We build both sites within 2–3 weeks.

Site 1 — Your Personal Name Site
YourName.com — personal brand, My Why page, about, contact. Your civic identity online.

Site 2 — Your Mayor Project Site
YourCityMayor.com — your 14-year civic project, your 5 issues, your timeline, your blog. Modeled on FortLauderdaleMayor.org.

Market value: $10,000–$16,000

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12 Monthly Coaching Calls

Live group calls with Jim Blackburn every month. Real-time updates from the Fort Lauderdale case study. Strategy, accountability, and Q&A. Each call covers what is happening right now — not a recording from six months ago.

Market value: $3,000–$6,000

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Community + Live Leaderboard

Access to the national How To Become Mayor community — one future mayor per city, every major city in America.

The Leaderboard tracks your weekly progress:

✓ Commission meeting attended

✓ Content published

✓ Coaching call attended

✓ Civic connection made

✓ Neighborhood meeting attended

✓ Course module completed

Weekly shoutouts. Monthly featured member. Annual summit awards drawn from a full year of leaderboard data.
Market value: $1,200+

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One Annual Summit Ticket

One ticket to the annual How To Become Mayor Summit in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 1,900 future mayors. 2.5 days. The awards ceremony. The room that changes everything.

Travel and accommodation are the member’s responsibility. The ticket — valued at $997 — is included in your annual membership.
Market value: $997

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Your Exclusive City Seat Lock

One seat. Your city. Locked for 12 months. Every other serious mayoral candidate in your city is permanently excluded from this program while you hold your seat.

This is not a feature. It is the reason the program exists. Everything else has value. This has no price — because what it costs your competitor to be locked out of it is incalculable.
Market value: Incalculable.
Value Comparison — Tier 4 Example ($11,964/yr)
What You Get Market Value
Complete Course Guide$500
Personal Name Website (done-for-you)$5,000–$8,000
Mayor Project Website (done-for-you)$5,000–$8,000
12 Monthly Coaching Calls with Jim Blackburn$3,000–$6,000
Community Access + Live Leaderboard$1,200
Annual Summit Ticket — Fort Lauderdale$997
Exclusive City Seat LockIncalculable
Total Market Value $15,697–$24,697+
Your Annual Membership (Tier 4) $11,964/yr
The Annual Summit

Once a year, every future mayor in America comes to Fort Lauderdale.

This is not a conference. It is a gathering of the most serious civic leaders in America — one per city, from every corner of the country — assembled for one weekend to celebrate their progress, recognize each other, and remind themselves why they started.
Future mayors. One room.
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Days. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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Awards. One ceremony.
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The Weekend

Friday Evening

Welcome Reception

First-time attendees meet the community. Veterans reconnect. The energy of 1,900 serious people in one room for the first time is the opening act.

Saturday — Full Day

Sessions, Keynote & Workshops

Strategy sessions, guest speakers, and breakout workshops by city size and stage of the journey. The most valuable single day of civic leadership education available in America.

Saturday Evening

The Awards Ceremony

The centerpiece of the entire weekend. Ten awards. Standing ovations. The moment every member in every city has been working toward all year.

Sunday Morning

90-Day Action Planning

Every attendee leaves with a documented plan for their city and an accountability partner from the community. You do not go home empty-handed.

The 10 Awards

The Fastest Climber

Most measurable civic progress in the past year

The Deepest Roots

Most consistent long-term community engagement

The Master Teacher

Most valuable civic educator in the community

The Coalition Builder

Largest and most diverse tribe built this year

The Comeback

Most impressive recovery after a setback or loss

The Trailblazer

First in their state or region to reach a milestone

The Connector

Most relationships built across the national network

The Voice

Most compelling public communicator this year

The Character Brand

Most authentic and consistent personal brand

The One to Watch

Nominated by peers — the member the community believes will be next to win

Friday Evening
“You cannot be in that room — surrounded by 1,900 people from every city in America who are on the same journey, cheering for each other, watching each other receive awards on stage — and go home thinking about canceling your seat.”
The summit does not sell the community. The community earns the summit. And once you have been there — once you have stood in that room and felt what it means to be part of something this serious — the monthly membership fee becomes the easiest check you write all year.
The Investment In Perspective

A losing campaign costs more than.
10 years of membership.

Before you evaluate the annual membership fee, consider what you are comparing it to.
The Alternative

Running without the system

  • Losing mayoral campaign — major city $500K–$2M
  • Political consultants $100K–$300K
  • Two custom websites $10K–$20K
  • 10 years of civic coaching Not available
  • National network of future mayors Does not exist
  • Exclusive city seat lock Does not exist
Your Membership — 10 Years

The complete system. Every year.

  • Complete course guide Included
  • Two done-for-you websites Included
  • 120 monthly coaching calls Included
  • 10 years of civic coaching Not available
  • National network of future mayors Does not exist
  • Exclusive city seat lock Does not exist
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