The MARA SETTERS AGENCY setting desk in Nairobi

We Are Not Marketers.We Are Setters.

Mara Setters Agency is a specialist appointment-setting desk for US growth teams. We don't sell leads. We book one thing: qualified sales conversations that show up on your calendar.

We started in 2019 in Nairobi — one desk, one headset, booking meetings for a US SaaS founder in Texas who was losing $400 every time a lead went cold. We answered in 5 minutes. His calendar filled. Word spread.

Today we are a full desk: 12K+ appointments booked, 70% show rate, <5 min response time — all operating 9AM–6PM EST.

12K+
Appointments booked
70%
Show rate
<5 min
Response time
8AM–5PM
EST operating hours

Why US founders choose us over a US SDR

A US SDR$6k/mo
Mara Setters Desk$2.9k/mo

US-sales trained setters with neutral accents live in your Slack EST under YOUR name, following up 7 times across 3 channels — US quality, Kenyan work ethic, without US SDR pricing.

Our desk is in Nairobi. Our hours are EST. Our obsession is your calendar.

Our story

2019
Founded in Nairobi

Mara began as a one-woman setting desk, booking meetings for US SaaS founders from a small office in Nairobi — proof that world-class follow-up doesn't care where you sit.

2021
First retainer clients

Word of mouth turned into retainers. We hired our first setters and formalised the follow-up playbook that still powers every campaign today.

2024
A truly global desk

Eighteen countries served, multilingual setters across four regions, and a calendar operations team working around the clock.

Today
MARA SETTERS AGENCY

A specialist agency with a single obsession: keeping your calendar full of qualified, confirmed meetings — wherever in the world you sell.

What we stand for

Precision

Every lead is qualified against your exact criteria before it ever reaches your calendar. No filler meetings, no vanity metrics.

Persistence

Most meetings are booked on the fourth or fifth touch. We follow up relentlessly — politely, professionally, always on brand.

Discretion

We operate as your team, under your name. Your leads, pricing and pipeline data stay strictly confidential.

Partnership

We're measured on your results, not our activity. When your calendar wins, we win — that's the whole business model.

Your dedicated team

Every retainer is run by a dedicated pod — no rotating freelancers, no hand-offs into a void. The same specialists work your pipeline from day one.

LS
Lead Setter

Owns your outreach end-to-end — scripting, sequencing and qualification against your ICP.

FS
Follow-Up Specialist

Works the 80% of leads that don't reply first time, until they book or bow out.

CO
Calendar Operations

Manages time zones, confirmations, reminders and reschedules so meetings actually happen.

CD
Client Success Director

Your single point of contact — weekly reporting, strategy and pipeline reviews.

Sound like your kind of agency?

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