Skelly: UTM Link Manager's main lead gen was a 9,000-word email course
Connor Skelly · Startup Acquisition Stories with Connor Skelly, Founder of Fission Agency · Oct 25, 2022 · at 2:25
Connor Skelly, founder of Fission Agency, describes uncovering a substantial marketing asset during his due diligence on UTM Link Manager.
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“One of the huge things that I found just, like, as I was digging into it was there was, like, this 9000 word or so, like, email course that was the main lead gen tool for the for the platform.”
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