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Scott: Seller response times under 10 minutes prevent deals from dying
“I know that time kills more deals than anything else. So I was quick to always respond within five to 10 minutes, no matter what I was doing.”
Scott: De-risk acquisitions and boost close rates with founder transition periods
“Realize that if you can de-risk your sale, you will have a better chance of selling. That's massive. If you can say things like I'll stay on for a period, I'm happy to do certain KPIs.”
Scott: Podcast audience drove 55,000 direct sales of his first book
“I sold 55,000 copies of my first book, thanks to the podcast, just through my audience.”
Scott: Leveraged podcast audience to raise $2.1M via crowdfunding
“I built a podcast that used the audience to raise money on a crowdfunding campaign, and we raised 2.1 million US dollars.”
Scott: A Podcast Company offered performance guarantees to B2B clients
“We only do that for businesses and we handpick all our clients or they will soon handpick all their clients. So that's also part of the sort of magic sauce is the fact that we don't take everyone. Everyone has to go through an application process and an interv…”
Scott: Agency 10x'd pricing in three years with zero ad spend
“I tenxed my price from the first year to the third year. I had product market fit, and we'd never paid for an advert. We still haven't, or they haven't. An advert, a piece of marketing, nothing. We've got like, 16 backlinks to the website.”
Scott: Listed A Podcast Company at a 0.8x revenue multiple
“Now, part of that may be because I only did a 0.8 X valuation on revenue.”