Try it for your industry.

Tell me who you sell to and where. I’ll show you how I’d work your market and what it takes to break even.

Where?

Your plan

Manufacturing and machinery · Italy

Ideal clients
Manufacturers with 10 to 200 employees
Area
All of Italy
Companies in target
+42,000
Decision makers
Owners, sales and operations directors

How I work your market.

Seven steps. I do them, you approve the strategy.

Plan ready

Manufacturing and machinery · Italy

  1. Ideal client

    Manufacturers with 10 to 200 employees, across Italy

  2. How many companies

    +42,000 companies

    Conservative estimate from real public data.

  3. Decision makers

    Owners, sales and operations directors

  4. Signals

    Hiring a salespersonNew directorTeam is growing

  5. Messages

    4 opening lines to test

  6. Sending

    My addresses and domains, never yours

  7. Replies

    You only get the yeses

Who I’d contact first.

Simulated example.

  1. Packaging machinery, 85 employees, Bologna

    Sales directorHiring an export area managerContact now

  2. Metal fabrication, 40 employees, Brescia

    OwnerTeam is growingWarm up first

  3. Plastic injection molding, 120 employees, Treviso

    Operations directorno recent signalLater

One company, start to finish.

Packaging machinery

85 employees · Bologna
Sales director

The signal

Hiring an export area manager

The opening line

I saw you’re hiring an export area manager. In the meantime, who’s bringing in new clients?

What a yes looks like

Good morning, happy to. Thanks

A real reply, one minute after the email.

What it takes to break even.

Two of your numbers. From €2,500 a month, everything included.

Your numbers
What is one client worth in a year?
2 out of 10

One closed client covers 4 months of service.

To pay back the 4-month plan you need 1 client, about 5 calls.

An estimate on your numbers.

Book 30 minutes

We start from your numbers.

Compare with a salesperson and an agency

Three ways to find clients.

With meA salespersonAn agency
CostWith meFrom €2,500 a month, everything includedA salesperson$100,000-180,000 a year, all-in (US)An agencyUsually €3,000-5,000 a month
Getting startedWith meRight awayA salesperson3-6 months to ramp upAn agencyUsually a few weeks
CommitmentWith meNone, month to monthA salespersonContract and notice periodAn agencyOften a 3-month minimum
If you stopWith meYou keep the calls and the contactsA salespersonThe know-how walks out with themAn agencyOften you start from zero

Gabriele Bollino, GTM Engineer and Founder of ClevelOS

Let’s talk for 30 minutes.

I’ll tell you what I’d do in your market and whether it’s worth it.

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