Do Agencies Need Fractional Sales Leaders?

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    Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    An interview with Joey Gilkey, Founder of Apex Revenue

    Can you scale agency sales with founder-led growth?

    Yes, but only to a point.

    After you hit a plateau (and most agencies do), you need to invest in a sales organization to help you breakthrough. Yet, building that out from scratch can be a challenging task. That’s why my guest, Joey Gilkey, founded a company to tackle that challenge. Apex Revenue offers outsourced, fractional sales operations to B2B companies and digital agencies.

    On this episode of Vertical Go-To-Market, we discuss:

    • Why founder-led sales and relying on referrals isn’t a long-term growth strategy for scaling.

    • Why outsourced lead generation doesn’t convert into sales without a process.

    • What is new (and effective) in the world of outbound sales.

    • Joey’s six-step approach to B2B sales.

    • Affordable ways to acquire and clean up target lists.

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    About Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    Corey helps founder-led agencies scale through Deep Specialization™ and programmatic M&A. Former CMO of Scorpion ($20M to $200M). Author of "Anyone, Not Everyone."

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    • You want to lead your market, not blend into it
    • You’re thinking about long-term scale, not short-term tactics
    • You want a growth engine that doesn’t rely on you
    • You value clarity over complexity
    • You’re open to advanced growth levers, including acquisitions
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