5 Strategic Marketing Analyst Business Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 19th, 2023
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Here are some real life success stories of starting a strategic marketing analyst business:

1. Flying V Group ($3M/year)

Flying V Group was founded by Robb Fahrion and his brother based on an opportunity they identified in the market. After helping a mentor with his website and seeing the demand for digital help, they decided to start a marketing services firm. They focused on serving professional service industries and used SEO and content marketing to establish their clients as industry experts online. The company has since grown to employ 12 people, worked with over 300 clients, and is on track to double its revenue for the second year in a row.

How much they make: $3M/year
How much did it cost to start: $10K
Current team size: 16

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These Brothers Quit Their Jobs & Started A $3M/Year Digital Marketing Agency

Flying V Group, a digital marketing agency co-founded by Robb and Tyler Fahrion, has experienced explosive growth and profitability through their focus on SEO and content marketing, generating 540% more traffic in 2020 compared to the previous year, and increasing revenue YoY, all while operating debt-free and cash-positive.

About
Robb started Flying V Group over 8 years ago
Revenue
Robb grew the business to $250K/month
Costs
It cost Robb $10000 to start the business
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2. CPV Lab Pro ($84K/year)

Julia Draghici joined CPV Lab after it was already started by her husband and another partner. The idea for the performance marketing tracking platform came from the need to simplify their own work as affiliate marketers. They realized that there was a demand for such a tool and decided to develop it further, eventually growing the business to $50K in revenue within the first year.

How much they make: $84K/year
How much did it cost to start: $40K
Current team size: 4

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How We Built A Performance Marketing Platform With 1,500+ Users

CPV Lab is a performance marketing tracking platform for affiliate marketers that grew to $50k in revenue in the first year, has over 1500 users and 10% month-to-month growth through organic traffic, and offers tools to track and optimize multi-channel marketing campaigns for better performance.

About
Julia started CPV Lab Pro almost 6 years ago
Revenue
Julia grew the business to $7K/month
Costs
It cost Julia $40000 to start the business
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3. ProfitWell ($22M/year)

How much they make: $22M/year
Current team size: 85

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Patrick Campbell Founder of ProfitWell Shares Why He Chose Scale over Lifestyle

Find out how ProfitWell, the SaaS platform specializing in marketing analytics, saas metrics and positioning, achieved over $22M in annual revenue and was recently acquired by Paddle for $200M in cash and equity, with over 30,000 companies using its products, including Canva and Autodesk.

About
Patrick started ProfitWell over 12 years ago
Revenue
Patrick grew the business to $1.83M/month
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