FreeConferenceCall.com is shifting strategy to pursue top-down enterprise sales
David Erickson · 889 1% of Humanity Uses This Bootstrapped Tool, $100m+ Revenue · Dec 30, 2017 · at 7:52
David Erickson, founder of FreeConferenceCall.com, discusses expanding product lines into video and team accounts to target enterprise buyers.
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“We're actually now starting intentionally trying to go top down, which is different for the company. It takes different resources. And so we're looking at it as a whole and actually trying to perfect it right now.”
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