6 Digital Marketing Business Success Stories [2024]
Here are some real life success stories of starting a marketing automation business:
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1. NapoleonCat ($1.5M/year)
Greg Berezowski, founder and CEO of NapoleonCat, came up with the idea for his social media management platform while working at a digital marketing agency. He noticed that his team was spending too much time on repetitive tasks and saw a need for a tool that could automate those jobs, leading him to create NapoleonCat's Social Inbox. With a focus on the US market and a 150% growth in their client base during the Covid-19 pandemic, Berezowski is looking forward to even faster growth in 2021.
How much they make: $1.5M/year
How much did it cost to start: $50K
Current team size: 44
NapoleonCat, the social media management platform with a client base in over 60 countries, expanded their international client base by 150% in a year and is now a global brand with 50% of clients from abroad, aiming to maintain a constant 5% monthly growth in recurring revenue.
2. Funnel ($8M/year)
How much they make: $8M/year
Current team size: 353
Funnel raised $13 million in investments in 2017 and $47 million in 2021, with yearly revenue quadrupling to $10 million from 2017-2022 and an average customer value doubling over the past few years.
3. Red Track ($1M/year)
How much they make: $1M/year
Current team size: 35
RedTrack is a Lithuanian cloud-hosted ad-tracking software that provides data analytics and campaign optimization solutions to over 500 customers, with each paying an average of $200 per month, and has grown its revenue to an average of $75K per month using a subscription-based pricing model.
4. The ASK Method Company ($10M/year)
How much they make: $10M/year
Current team size: 31
ASK Method CEO Ryan Levesque's Quiz Funnel Masterclass has helped thousands of entrepreneurs launch six- and seven-figure online campaigns, as his Austin-based education company, with a team of over 50 staff, has also been listed in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.
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- 4,818 founder case studies
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- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings
- 4,818 founder case studies
- Access to our founder directory
- Live events, courses and recordings
- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings
- 4,818 founder case studies
- Access to our founder directory
- Live events, courses and recordings
- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings
- 4,818 founder case studies
- Access to our founder directory
- Live events, courses and recordings
- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings
- 4,818 founder case studies
- Access to our founder directory
- Live events, courses and recordings
- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings
- 4,818 founder case studies
- Access to our founder directory
- Live events, courses and recordings
- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings
- 4,818 founder case studies
- Access to our founder directory
- Live events, courses and recordings
- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings