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Breadcrumbs
◇ Case study · Lead-scoring platform
MarTechBreadcrumbs · Case study

Breadcrumbs had seed funding and no lead-generation process yet.

Breadcrumbs, a YC S'21 lead-scoring company, had just closed its seed round. Its buyers, CMOs and CROs at SaaS companies, needed the product explained before they would take a call.

Growth Rhino's team ran cold email, LinkedIn and podcast outreach for Breadcrumbs for 12 months, aimed at US SaaS buyers.

USA
◇ Snapshot
  1. 250Meetings booked
  2. $1.3MPipeline sourced
The brief
Build awareness with the right persona and put lead-generation processes in place after a seed round.
Who they needed to reach
CMOs and CROs at SaaS companies.
Market
United States.
Channels
Cold email, LinkedIn and podcast outreach.
Timeline
Twelve months, 2020 to 2021.
Before
  • Fresh seed funding and no lead-generation process
  • A product that needed explaining before it could be sold
  • Messaging not yet tested with buyers
  • Little awareness among SaaS CMOs and CROs
After
  • 250 meetings booked
  • $1.3M in pipeline sourced
  • About 35% of meetings became opportunities
  • Sales team free to focus on building sales processes
◇ Before

What they had

Breadcrumbs' product was new and took a minute to understand. CMOs and CROs at SaaS companies needed to know it existed and see what it did before they would talk to sales.

◇ Plays · Target Account Pipeline

What we ran

  1. 01

    Outreach that explained the product first

    Breadcrumbs builds a lead-scoring model automatically from a company's CRM and customer transaction data, then sends the scores to sales and marketing. That takes a minute to understand. So our team ran cold email and LinkedIn outreach that explained it first, built on Breadcrumbs' existing marketing assets. We also ran podcast outreach and produced the podcast.

◇ Results

What changed

Breadcrumbs' outreach sourced $1.3M in pipeline, measured in annual recurring revenue, between 2020 and 2021. It came from 250 booked meetings, and about 35% of those meetings became opportunities.

Those opportunities went to Breadcrumbs' sales team, which spent its time on sales processes while our team kept the meetings coming.

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◇ In their words
"Growth Rhino brought in fresh ideas and helped build out our lead generation processes. This allowed us to focus on building sales processes."
Gary Amaral · Co-Founder
◇ If this is you

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