Kozmin: Early agency charged $100K plus 15% lift for two yearly clients
Nick Kozmin · 1615 Secrets to Cold Traffic to Demo to Sales Funnel with $1.8m ARR SalesProcess CEO · Dec 26, 2019 · at 5:57
Nick Kozmin, founder of salesprocess.io, recounts the initial done-for-you agency model and pricing structure he operated starting around 2012.
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“I started seven years ago, but I was kind of like a, I would go in, I can only help two customers at a time. So I'd go in for half a year and I was, I'd roll up my sleeves and do all the work. So I'd build the funnel. I'd get on the phone. I'd build the sales team. I'd run their ads and we would do, it was a 100,000 dollar fee plus 15% of the lift.”
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