The Elephant in your Total Addressable Market

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    Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    And what you can do to address it

    80% of your total addressable market is not coming inbound.

    The world's best paid media, SEO, or content strategy will not change this.

    Yet, 100% of them are not loyal to their current agency.

    Instead, they're ripe for defection.

    If that's true, why do traditional outbound techniques fail so frequently?

    Here are two reasons based on my research:

    1. Poor targeting (aka 'Spam your TAM')

    2. Easy to ignore (lacking empathy and uniqueness)

    What to do instead:

    Use the "USI Method"

    1. Specialize in a vertical market (empathy)

    2. Build a 20% list (targeting)

    3. Send a gift (be unique, striking, and leave an impression)

    4. Be persistent, yet patient (young grasshopper)

     

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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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