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Revolution Design
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Revolution Design is a design-as-a-subscription service that gives fast-growing tech companies access to senior designers for branding, web and product desig...

revolution.design · Founded 2023 · 14 public sources · Updated 17 days ago

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How Revolution Design Grew

Subscription design service providing senior designers for startups

How did Revolution Design grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Revolution Design's initial beta clients came mainly from messaging past clients on LinkedIn and by email, and the founders also posted a LinkedIn announcement about the launch. The company reports being about 10 months in, still in beta, with around $20k per month coming purely from inbound leads. The founders say many of their past clients, some of whom converted directly, were already in their connections and were emailed.

Channels

11 channels · grouped by how Revolution Design grows
  • Email marketing

    · 4 mentions · 3 sources
    “Me and my co-founder have worked with hundreds of clients before, we have all of them in our connections, we emailed some of them. And yeah, basically some of them converted, some of them are still hesitating and we have like calls and stuff like that.”
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    “8:15LinkedIn Post and Email Outreach”
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    “Kerim and his co-founder posted a LinkedIn announcement about the launch and emailed their existing network of past clients, some of whom converted directly.”
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    “The main channel we got our initial beta clients from is messaging our past clients on Linkedin and email.”
    high
  • LinkedIn

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “All four initial customers came through inbound channels. Kerim and his co-founder posted a LinkedIn announcement about the launch and emailed their existing network of past clients, some of whom converted directly.”
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    “8:15LinkedIn Post and Email Outreach”
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    “I’m most active on my Linkedin. Connect with me, and I’ll answer your question and be your next online friend.”
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  • Organic social media

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “We just put out one LinkedIn post that we are launching this new business. Me and my co-founder have worked with hundreds of clients before, we have all of them in our connections, we emailed some of them. And yeah, basically some of them converted, some of them are still hesitating and we have l...”
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    “we just, you know, put out one LinkedIn post that, you know, we are launching this new business.”
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    “I’m most active on my Linkedin. Connect with me, and I’ll answer your question and be your next online friend.”
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  • Leveraging existing platforms

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “Actually my co-founder, he has been designing for almost 11 years or 10 years and he had all of his projects from Dribbble. I never got on Dribbble or Behance or anything like that ... Actually, yeah, we had one. Actually it was this, you know, web-free website called Kuala Lumpur, Alkaliptus Lab...”
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    “Actually, my cofounder, he has been designing for almost eleven years or ten years, and he had all of his projects from Dribbble. ... Actually, yeah. We had one. Actually, it was this, you know, web free web free wallet called Qualaboblet. ... They they saw my cofounder's, you know, portfolio.”
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  • Inbound

    · 1 mention
    “We are 10 months in, still in the beta stage, and sitting at $20k/mo purely from inbound leads.”
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  • Referrals

    · 1 mention
    “Distribution would need to come through demo calls, free design audits, case studies, and portfolio work.”
    medium
  • Personal network

    · 1 mention
    “We have all them, all of them in our connections. ... basically, they were all inbound clients or leads as we didn't do any called outreach or anything like that. They usually are our past clients we have worked with before or know new clients that, you know, just saw what we are doing.”
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  • Twitter

    · 1 mention
    “I’m also starting my brand new account on X (Twitter), so if you’d like more tips about outreach, mindset, and scaling to 6 figures - follow me there.”
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  • Referral Program

    · 1 mention
    “If you can refer someone who will work with us, we will happily provide you with a nice commission.”
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  • LinkedIn outreach

    · 1 mention
    “The main channel we got our initial beta clients from is messaging our past clients on Linkedin and email.”
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  • Outbound

    · 1 mention
    “The main channel we got our initial beta clients from is messaging our past clients on Linkedin and email. Nothing fancy. Anyone can review their email list, LinkedIn, or close contacts to get the initial beta clients. Currently, we are acquiring most of our clients from cold outreach campaigns.”
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How 3,299 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Revolution Design’s highlighted.
  • Social media
    64% ◀
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    63% ◀
  • Search/SEO
    58%
  • Email
    47% ◀
  • Community
    37%
  • Content/Inbound
    35% ◀
  • Partnerships
    32%
  • Events
    24%
  • Paid ads
    23%
  • Outbound/Sales
    19% ◀
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    12% ◀
  • Podcasting
    4%
  • Influencer partnerships
    3%