10 years Marketing & Sales Exp. looking for a bootstrapped adventure to join.

Hi IH,

this is Angelo and I've been in Sales for almost 10 years now, having started selling screenprinting services to small business owners with my first startup back in 2014. I'm based in the USA (Midwest) and I've mostly worked as a Top Producer, having performed closing hundreds upon hundreds of deals performing over 40,000+ cold calls, Zoom calls, door knocks, and in-home sales presentations over the last 4 years.

I tried to build my own digital marketing agency in 2016 and learned everything there was to know about direct response marketing copywriting, FB ads etc., and just took that stuff and used it in sales and it worked. lol

So anytime I work with someone they get a 2 for 1 with sales and marketing expertise and experience.

In my most recent role, I worked as the Head of Sales for a small bootstrap marketing startup in the health & fitness niche working with 2 founders who I helped grow from $30kMRR to their first $1m year in 2022.

I achieved this through 5 things:

1.) Sales Team Leadership & Team Building: I trained, managed, recruited, and developed a compensation plan for remote teams of Philippine-based business development reps tasked with cold outbound outreach to set appointments with gym and medspa owners.

2.) Partnership Development: Successfully responsible for securing our brand as a key marketing partner with the second-largest Cryotherapy franchise in the US.

3.) Sales & Acquisition Strategy: I also developed an acquisition campaign to acquire gyms that fit our criteria. I also piloted a Medspa sales campaign to successfully diversify niche offerings which produced over $150k in Medspa client revenue, using only one testimonial and no other sales materials.

4.)Pipeline Management and Close CRM Mastery: I am a master user of Close.io, managing pipelines, processes, and opportunity management, as well as training my team on the use of the software.

5.) Sales & Marketing Campaign Strategy: Developed customer-focused messages to market using direct response and branding frameworks to clarify USP. Every email, text message, cold calling script, slide deck, and landing page bears direct response copywriting from my own hands.

Before my current role, I was the lead High Ticket Closer for the industry's Top Amazon FBA Influencer. (He's currently featured on Amazon.com). In this role, I pioneered selling packages at price points beyond what they listed resulting in me becoming the top rep and interfacing directly with the Influencer and founding team to successfully sell and onboard clients into our investor-level programs in a one-call close format at the following price points: $2K, $4K, $6.8K, $40k.

In my career, I've noticed that I'm always close to founders, I'm the council behind doors that helps them excel which is cool, but now it's time for something new.

It's 2023 and through some key hires and leveraging my team, I have automated my personal workflow to explore opportunities with other founding teams with a great product.

Happy to share more about my experiences and my learnings in a call if you are interested.

Here's what I am looking for:

• I'm really good at selling Agency Services !!! (though I've worked in other industries including Ecom, Lead Gen, Automotive, Home Improvement, and Insurance)

• I'd even be open to having talks with a technical / systems integration type co-founder to pilot my own direct response agency.

• Project with traction (meaning the product has been successfully sold to strangers and there are more strangers out there you know who want it just need to get it to them)

• A niche market, niche problem -> some good reasoning why the problem is properly understood and can be addressed

• Project where I can contribute 10-15 hours/week in the beginning until we see where it goes (I will have to keep my job for the time being)

Language: American English baby!

Here's what I am good at:

As a visionary and creative leader, I am able to come up with innovative marketing ideas and strategies to promote products or services. I have a natural ability to inspire and motivate my team to achieve their targets and generate results quickly. My multitasking skills and ability to get things started make me an asset in a fast-paced environment

I also excel in creating and developing strategies while delegating the details to my team. My ability to keep focused on the big picture and creative process is an asset in developing effective campaigns that resonate with the target audience. I thrive in a collaborative environment where I can bounce ideas off others and receive feedback to improve my work.

Here's what I am not good at:

Although I managed teams before I'm not an everyday manager. I hate mundane repetitive routines. I can read spreadsheets, but I seldom create them. I don't like doing customer service and overly detailed analysis.

Feel free to leave a comment to connect.

All the best!