Case Study: Akasi Solutions

Nico Hessel • May 3, 2024

Before Upwork Outbound:

Akasi Solutions is a Marketing Agency located in Orange County, California. We started working with Akasi Solutions in December of 2023. When Marco (the owner) came to us, he was struggling to find a consistent client acquisition channel. At the time, their main channel was cold calling. They had an outbound team, but they were struggling with employee churn, and were having a hard time scaling.

Marco had heard of Upwork in the past, but like many others, he thought it was a marketplace for cheap work, filled with clients who had low budgets.

Marco initially connected with us in September of 2023. When he heard we were using Upwork and signing clients worth more than $15,000 on Upwork, he knew he had to try it.

After Upwork Outbound:

In December of 2023, Marco onboarded us as consultants to help him optimize his Upwork profile. Following some initial success, we wrote him new proposal templates, and maintained our consulting support.

Now Akasi Solutions has a consistent flow of clients from Upwork, and a clear path to continue scaling.

You can learn more about Marco, and Akasi Solutions here.

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Case Study: Social Sync Marketing

By Nico Hessel • April 6, 2024

Social Sync Marketing is Nico Hessel’s previous marketing agency. They are no longer active as he shifted his focus to Upwork Outbound. In early 2023, Social Sync Marketing went through a 5 month slow period that had Nico worried. Cold calling was their primary outreach strategy, but when this slow period hit, Nico knew they needed to add an additional stream of revenue. They tried cold email, cold DMs, and even running Facebook ads. But they saw limited success with each of these methods. Nico heard about Upwork from a competitor who had used it to generate $180,000 in revenue the previous year. When Nico made the decision to get on Upwork, his business saw immediate results. Within 30 days of launching this Upwork initiative they had closed a $1,600 monthly retainer. When that happened, Nico knew he had to double down and submit more proposals. Nico started scaling this new outreach method, and within just a few months they were consistently generating $15,000 in monthly revenue from Upwork. You can visit Social Sync Marketing’s website below (as mentioned, they no longer serve clients). https://socialsyncmarketing.org/

Case Study: LeadVerti

By Nico Hessel • February 27, 2024

Before Upwork Outbound: