Hello Friends!
If you’re looking to grow your business externally with as little money out of pocket as possible, here’s how to get started.
First, take inventory of all your assets and skills, for example, email lists, pixels, courses, tools, skills, and team members.
Next, ask yourself who already has my customers? And mind map it right away!
Third, make a list of everything that you need or wouldn’t mind more of—for example, content, emails, tools, software, and people.
Now that you’re armed with what you have to offer, what you need, and complimentary verticals, make your way through this list:
App Stores – Software developers have an email list at the minimum.
Authors in your niche or complementary vertical – if you’re up for it, you could even offer to co-author a book with them. If they’re a best-selling author, you could do all the work to leverage their title and following.
Podcasts – I tunes and Spotify are trending right now.
YouTubers.
Radio Shows.
Affiliate marketplaces like Click Bank.
Social media group owners, for example, on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Meetup.
Sponsored ads anywhere, the big ones being Instagram, Facebook, Google, and YouTube.
Facebook Ads Library.
Google search: __ top sites.
Newsletter publishers mailing lists.
Blogs.
Product launch affiliate boards.
Medium.com.
Article publishing sites like eHow.
Paid Mastermind groups.
Paid events.
Tradeshows.
Your personal contact lists.
Your collective social media network.
Anyone with an active social media following on any platform. This has been coined as influencer marketing and when you’re starting out it’s better to partner with micro-influencers that are easier to work with and have more niche followings.
ASE gets 10% of any revenue generated from this list. (Haha, I’m joking)!
JVs are a blast, but if you want to take it to the next level and acquire any of these businesses that might be potential partners, give us a holler.
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🔥 3 Store eCommerce Portfolio For Sale as a whole or individual deals
Portfolio Price: $2.45MM - Current Valuation $4.1MM
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High Ticket Furniture Brand: Launched March 2020: $1.4MM, $350K TTM, Valued at $1,750,000. Selling Price Stand Alone: $1,400,000 (4X Multiple)
High Ticket Furniture Brand - Shopify Based
Marketplace Sales Focused High Ticket Furniture Brand
Channels: Google, Facebook
Marketplaces: 4 of them
Full team and office in India Office
1 Team Member in North America Time Zone
5 Staff members in India all understand how to;
1) Fulfill from marketplaces
2) manage customer service emails, calls, etc
3) manage inventory and product listings on Shopify and all marketplaces
4) manage vendor relations for High Ticket Furniture Brand
The business has exclusive sales channels for the brands we work with. Manufacturers and brands include;
(Needs NDA)
These manufacturers allow us to sell their catalog of items on our website and marketplaces under our name High Ticket Furniture Brand. We optimize the marketplace listings for types of products, categories, uses, and more. The inventory from our vendors is all housed in the USA and ships domestically in 3-7 days. Our team works directly with the manufacturers account reps and teams to take each order from the marketplaces and ensure each brand and manufacturer gets them delivered to the customer happily.
Walk-through videos and PnL's are available under NDA.
2
Home lighting and home decor/vibe Company (HL): Launched March 2021: $1.1MM. Valued at $1.4MM. Selling Price Stand Alone: $1,100,000 (4X Multiple)
HL was launched in March of 2021 as a home lighting and home decor/vibe company to offer high-quality lighting products to the marketplace. The company found quick success that the market really had a desire for the products on the store, reaching profits of over $50,000 per month and sales in December reaching $665,000 in 17 days before the company had to pull back ads because they sold out all of their inventory. This was from only Facebook ads. To expand, we will add additional products to the store and start driving traffic from Facebook, TikTok, Google Performance Max (previously Google Shopping), Influencer traffic, and affiliate traffic.
Walk-through videos and PnL's are available under NDA.
3
Ski Marketing Channel (SMC): Launched September 2017: $750k, Valued at $950K. Selling Price Stand Alone: $750,000 (4X Multiple)
SMC was launched in 2017 to focus on winter ski marketing only and has products consistent sales and profits since its inception of almost $200,000 per year. The only marketing channel utilized so far has been Facebook advertising. To expand the business, we are working on private labeling the hottest selling clothing sold with private branding on the clothing as SMC. We'll also be adding spring, summer, and fall items to keep sales rushing through during all seasons.
Walk-through videos and PnL's are available under NDA.
We have some new clients looking to sell their company!
Project #1 ... Roofing company doing $18MM with $2.75 EBITDA
Needs: Buyer with capital
Asking Multiple: 3x
Project # 2 ...HVAC company doing $4.5MM with $650K EBITDA
Needs: Buyer with capital
Asking Multiple: 3.6x
Project # 3 ...3 Roofing companies ranging from $3MM - $4MM in revenue. Each Needs a Buyer with capital!
(20% down for a loan is good enough for government work)
DM me if you have a BUYER with capital and can transact.
The Acquisition Aficionado Magazine wants to feature you in our magazine!
Email me for more details: edgar@acquirescaleandexit.com
I'm humbled to have my work featured on the cover of the 8th issue of The Acquisition Aficionado Magazine.
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