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Smith: Funded Today pays 10 to 65 cents per click for leads

Zach Smith · People Hire Him Behind The Scenes to Launch Their Crowdfunding Campaigns, $40m Raised with Zach Smith of Funded Today · Feb 8, 2016 · at 4:45

Zach Smith, CEO of crowdfunding agency Funded Today, breaks down the unit economics and cost per click of acquiring email leads for unlaunched products.

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“Oh, we don't talk too much about our margins and things of how we do it, but I would say on the low ball, at 10 cents a click, on the high ball, 60, 65 cents a click, so.”

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