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From Sales Freefall to $1.2m/Month

Will Smith
About this episode

By reconceiving the paint dealership he bought as a marketing & sales organization, Ryan Adams pushed it to new heights.

Topics in Ryan’s interview:

  • Transferring from military to business
  • Focusing on selling one service
  • Underestimating working capital needs
  • The business tanked after acquisition
  • Rescuing the company by fixing his sales process
  • Properly incentivizing for the outcome he wants
  • Learning digital marketing himself
  • Cost per acquisition metric
  • Where he finds good sales guys
  • Expanding his territory by buying a competitor

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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