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How SmashBrand Gets Clients a 40x ROI

Gray MacKenzie
Gray MacKenzie is a true operations nerd who has spent the past decade helping hundreds of agencies build more productive, profitable, and healthy teams by solving the core issues plaguing their project management.

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Kevin Smith is the founder of SmashBrand — a package design and branding agency that has worked with the likes of G Fuel, Duracell, and 7-Eleven.

Learn how unique positioning, creative pricing, and data-driven approaches can help you generate more leads than you’re able to accept!



Topics discussed in the episode:

  • Going From a Lifestyle Business to Specialty Agency
  • Narrowing Your Focus For Long-Term Agency Growth
  • Driving Client Acquisition Without Outbound Sales
  • Differentiation and Positioning: 2 Weapons For Lead Generation
  • What to Do When You’re Losing Business to Competitors
  • The Role of Performance-Based Guarantees
  • Using Focus Group Data to Achieve Better Client Outcomes
  • Data-Driven Creative Design
  • Branding KPIs
  • Prospect Theory: Subjectivity = Risk, Data = Certainty
  • The Benefits of Outcome-Based Pricing
  • Pattern-Recognition as a Growth Skill
  • Playing to The Strengths of Each Co-Founder
  • Overcoming Chaos During Agency Scaling

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