One post. Seven qualified leads.


A lot of agency owners tell us the same thing: once they get in front of the right prospect, they close pretty well. The problem is getting those conversations in the first place.

Ben Bartolone approaches this differently.

Instead of starting with a list and a pitch, Ben starts by studying how buyers think and how they actually talk about their problems.

On October 21st, he’ll share real campaigns, actual prospect responses, and a framework for finding the message worth scaling, including how one LinkedIn post turned into 70,000 impressions and seven qualified leads, each worth $120K a year.

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Who are we?

Hi, we're Peter and Sei-Wook, co-founders of Barrel Holdings, a portfolio of agency businesses. We also run AgencyHabits, a resource for agency operators featuring lessons learned from our various agency businesses.

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