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#206: Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder of Salesflare, a Simple Yet Powerful CRM for SMBs Selling B2B and the #1 CRM on Product Hunt

October 17, 2020

Jeroen Corthout is the Co-Founder of Salesfare ( https://salesflare.com/ ) a simple yet powerful CRM that automates your data to build better relationships and make more sales.

It's a fast, visual and easy-to-use sales machine. Built on happiness with the latest tech, by humans for humans.

Salesflare is the most popular CRM ever on both Product Hunt and AppSumo. It also got featured on TechCrunch and Entrepreneur.com.

You can set it up in just a minute at salesflare.com.

About Our Partner

This episode is also brought to you by Hawke Media. Hawke Media is a full-service Outsourced CMO based in Santa Monica, CA, providing guidance, planning, and execution to grow brands of all sizes, industries, and business models.

Hawke Media was recognized by Inc. as the country’s fastest-growing marketing consultancy and is proudly one of Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work”​, 2019 #893 on the Forbes 5000 list, UpCity Top Los Angeles Digital Marketing Agency. Hawke’s collaborative process, à la carte offering, and month-to-month fee structure give clients the flexibility they need to boost digital revenues and marketing ROI.

Hawke Media The company has serviced over 1500 brands of all sizes, ranging from startups like Tamara Mellon, SiO Beauty and Bottlekeeper to household names like Red Bull, Verizon Wireless and Alibaba.

Listen to our interview with Erik Huberman, Founder and CEO of Hawke Media, in episode 23 of the Just Go Grind Podcast.

Some of the Topics Covered by Jeroen Corthout in this Episode

  • What Salesflare is and who it's focused on

  • Why Jeroen decided to start a CRM company and the problem he was solving solving

  • How the Salesflare product itself is different from the other 600 CRMs available on the market

  • The impact of Salesflare's Product Hunt and AppSumo launch

  • Bringing in more than 5,000 people through AppSumo

  • What Jeroen did to prepare for their Product Hunt launch

  • Issues that came up after the huge AppSumo launch

  • The customer acquisition strategy for Salesflare after their launches

  • The content marketing machine Jeroen built for Salesflare and the focus on SEO while making the content shareable on social media

  • Tools that Jeroen uses on the content marketing side of the business

  • Jeroen's incubator and accelerator experience

  • Jeroen's fundraising experience

  • The Founder Coffee series Jeroen started

  • The traction Salesflare has achieved so far

  • The big vision for Salesflare

  • Jeroen's favorite books

  • Why Jeroen offers bonuses to employees who get enough sleep

  • How Jeroen recharges outside of work

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