Stagetimer · B2B · remote timer for stage speakers
Have your spouse learn marketing and take over ads, sales emails and support
Founder says support is 'amazing' and customers are happy; no numbers
Workedteam-processcustomer-supportpaid-search
What they did
After the first customers arrived, marketing and support emails needed an owner. His wife, a teacher who wanted to leave her job, joined and learned marketing. She now runs Google Ads (~$1,400/month in paid ads), all sales emails and all customer support; Lukas does product, development, finances and overall direction. Airtable serves as the CRM with automations; Postmark sends emails.
What happened
She learned quickly; support is described as amazing and customers are happy. No ad performance numbers given.
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- growth
“And I said, "Why don't you join me? You know, why don't you learn marketing and take over these parts of the business?"”
“And now, she she does Google Ads. She does all the sales emails. She does all the customer support emails. And we have an amazing support. People are really happy with it.”
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