8 Marketing And Sales Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Marketing And Sales Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a marketing and sales business:

1. 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 they make: $420K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1M
Current team size: 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.

About

Matt started Sniply about 10 years ago

Revenue

Matt grew the business to $35K/month

Costs

It cost Matt $1000000 to start the business

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2. Keap ($100M/year)

How much they make: $100M/year
Current team size: 398

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CRM and sales and marketing automation company, Keap, founded in 2001, rebranded from Infusionsoft in 2019 and has since become a $100 million dollar business with over 2,500 software integrations and a product range that includes Max Classic, Keap Lite, Pro, and Max, the majority of which are Pro.

About

Clate started Keap over 23 years ago

Revenue

Clate grew the business to $8.33M/month

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5. Keap

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How much they make:
Where they're located: Chandler, Arizona, USA
Current team size: 398
Website traffic: 660K/month

So... can you actually make money with a marketing and sales business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

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7. Sniply

Shorten your links and overlay your own custom message onto any piece of content and include a call-to-action with every link you share.

How much they make: $420K/year
Where they're located: San Francisco, CA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $1M
Current team size: 3
Website traffic: 60K/month