Marketing And Sales Business

7 Marketing And Sales Business Success Stories [2024]

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Updated: September 6th, 2024

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In this list, you'll find real-world marketing and sales business success stories and very profitable examples of starting a marketing and sales business that makes money.

1. Dux-Soup ($4.8M/year)

Will van der Sanden, the Founder and CEO of Dux-Soup, came up with the idea for his business after his wife expressed frustration with manual lead generation for her publishing company. Recognizing the potential in LinkedIn scraping, Will saw a gap in the market for a product that offered more value at a lower cost than existing options. The result was Dux-Soup, a LinkedIn automation tool that now has over 70,000 users and nearly $5 million in revenue.

How much money it makes: $4.8M/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
How many people on the team: 20

How I Created A $5M/Year LinkedIn Marketing Automation Tool

Dux-Soup is a LinkedIn automation tool that helps business owners and sales & marketing professionals generate more leads, increase efficiency, and save time; with over 70,000 users and revenue of nearly $5 million, it offers automated top-of-the-funnel LinkedIn outreach activities, targeted LinkedIn campaigns and multi-touch & personalized LinkedIn drip campaigns for lead generation.

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2. FlowChat ($1.2M/year)

After selling their first software company and facing intense burnout, Chris Baden and his partners identified two key pain points—finding quality leads and ensuring consistency—through interviews with 40 business owners. Combining their sales expertise with Bruno Domingues' automation, they transformed FlowChat into a tool now generating over $1 million in annual revenue.

How much money it makes: $1.2M/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
How many people on the team: 14

We've Sold $3M Over The Last 2.5 Years With Our Lead Generation Tool

Generate over $3 million in organic sales and achieve a $100k+ monthly revenue in just 4 months by leveraging FlowChat's powerful automated social media workflows and B2B sales tools, with insider tips and scripts included.

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3. Trusted CMO ($900K/year)

Burnt out from her full-time CMO roles, Alison Murdock founded Trusted CMO in 2020 to provide fractional marketing services for B2B startups. With minimal investment, the consultancy has scaled by 50% annually and hit a million in revenue by 2023.

How much money it makes: $900K/year
How much did it cost to start: $5K
How many people on the team: 4

How I Turned 20 Years Of Marketing Experience Into A $1M Business

Trusted CMO founder built a marketing consulting firm from scratch, growing 50% yearly, attracting clients via word of mouth from investors, founders, and marketing leaders, with plans to expand educational offerings and managed services based on client needs.

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4. Sniply ($420K/year)

Matt Bentley, the Marketing Lead at Sniply, came up with the idea for the custom URL shortener after experiencing the problem of losing customers gained from curating other people's content. He realized that when sharing third-party content on social media, traffic is diverted away from your own website. This led to the creation of Sniply, which adds a custom call-to-action button on any shared page, directing the traffic back to the user's website. With 550 paying customers and an annual revenue of $420k, Sniply has become a valuable tool for startup founders, brand managers, and social media managers.

How much money it makes: $420K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1M
How many people on the team: 3

We Created A $420K/Year Tool That "Redirects" Website Traffic

Sniply is a custom URL shortener that adds a custom CTA button to any page shared on social media, with 550 paying customers, including large marketing companies, and an annual revenue of about $420k, revolutionizing content marketing.

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5. The Profit Finder ($168K/year)

Disillusioned by repeated failures from hired marketing experts, Brian Carmody tripled his company's revenue and expanded from 1 to 48 states by employing his own strategies. This sparked the idea for The Profit Finders, now generating up to $15k monthly.

How much money it makes: $168K/year
How much did it cost to start: $3K
How many people on the team: 1

I Help Founders Add $100K+ to Their Business While Earning $15K/Month

Case Study: Founder of The Profit Finders tripled revenue, expanded to 48 states, and lowered break-even by 70%, using specific strategies and a proprietary software built on 1 billion weighted algorithms.

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6. My Media Pal ($144K/year)

James Kuck, co-founder of My Media Pal, came up with the idea for his business after experiencing the struggle of generating inbound local leads for his construction company. He discovered the power of local SEO and decided to pivot, creating My Media Pal as a digital marketing agency that helps local businesses with web design, SEO, and paid ads. Eventually, they realized the value of owning the assets that generate leads and shifted their focus to rank and rent, offering optimized websites and exclusive leads to local businesses.

How much money it makes: $144K/year
How much did it cost to start: $2K
How many people on the team: 1

How I Left Construction To Start A $12K/Month Local Lead Generation Business

My Media Pal is a successful digital agency that has morphed into three divisions, including a rank and rent business focused on generating local service leads, bringing in an average of $12,000-$15,000 per month.

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7. Koala Rank ($96K/year)

Arrigo, the founder of Koala Rank, stumbled upon the idea of starting his own business while working as a freelancer on Fiverr. After receiving an email about Fiverr's new Studios feature, he saw an opportunity to create his own thing and decided to click on the "Create a Studio" button. This marked the beginning of Koala Rank, an all-in-one content marketing service that now generates $8K in monthly recurring revenue.

How much money it makes: $96K/year
How much did it cost to start: $4K
How many people on the team: 1

From Freelancing On Fiverr To Starting An $8K/Month Content Marketing Service For Small B2B Firms

Koala Rank, an all-in-one content marketing service for B2B firms founded by Arrigo, has grown to $8K in MRR since its launch in Jan 2020 with retention being good and March 2021 seeing a boom in subscriptions.

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