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Joe Downs and Peter Swain discuss the sales funnel strategy that helped Lemlist achieve $42 million in revenue and how to adapt it using AI.

Ever wonder why a $42 million company's entire growth secret fits on a napkin? Joe Downs and Peter Swain break down a real-world sales funnel playbook. The one that took outreach software company Lemlist from zero to $42M in annual revenue and show you exactly how to steal the framework using AI side hustles and zero-dollar ad budget. Peter walks through the full top-to-bottom funnel strategy: how to use Claude and Manus for deep customer research, how to build lead magnets withou...

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Guests: Joe Downs, Peter Swain

Topics covered

• sales funnel
• AI
• business growth
• customer research
• lead magnets

Keywords

• sales funnel
• AI business growth
• Lemlist
• customer research
• lead magnets
• zero-dollar ad budget

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lemlist

Products: Claude, Manus

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