EP280: Marketing + Sales = Revenue: The Formula for Business Growth with Kyle Mealy

Marketing + Sales = Revenue: The Formula for Business Growth with Kyle Mealy Introduction Are your marketing and sales teams working against each other instead of together? In this episode, Marcia Riner sits down with Kyle Mealy, a Fractional Chief Revenue Officer, to uncover how businesses can dissolve the silos between marketing and sales to drive growth. Kyle shares his proven framework for aligning teams, tracking metrics, and focusing on revenue to unlock untapped potential. Host: Marcia Riner, Business Growth Strategist - Infinite Profit® Guest: Kyle Mealy, Fractional Chief Revenue Officer - Ready For The Next Level What You’ll Learn in This Episode How to Align Marketing and Sales: Turn two competing teams into one cohesive revenue-driven force. The Marketing Funnel & Sales Pipeline "MRI": A powerful tool to diagnose leaks in your revenue system. Making Better ROI Decisions: Simplify analytics to measure efficiency and make smarter marketing and sales investments. Episode Highlights [00:05:51] Kyle’s Unique Journey to CRO Success Kyle’s career path has been anything but traditional, moving from lab management to running a karate school to leading a digital marketing agency. Each step taught him valuable lessons about process, data, and leadership, which now fuel his innovative revenue strategies. [00:15:36] The "Shared Fate" Approach Kyle introduces the concept of merging marketing and sales into a unified department focused solely on revenue. This alignment eliminates inefficiencies, reduces finger-pointing, and helps teams work together toward common goals. [00:23:40] Introducing ROAS: A New Way to Measure ROI ROAS, or Return on All Sales and Marketing Spend, is a game-changer for businesses. Kyle explains how combining marketing and sales budgets into one metric helps businesses measure efficiency and identify opportunities for growth. [00:33:00] The Revenue Cascade Framework Kyle explains the Revenue Cascade, a simple but effective process that tracks your customer journey: Awareness: How many people are learning about your brand? Interest: How many are engaging with your content? Action: How many take the next step, like scheduling a call or requesting more information? Conversion: How many become paying customers? By analyzing these stages, businesses can identify where they’re losing potential customers and develop strategies to fix those leaks. [00:41:10] Real-Life Applications of Kyle’s Strategies Kyle shares success stories of businesses applying these strategies, including how one client cut unnecessary spending on events while increasing engagement with targeted campaigns. SEO-Rich Long-Tail Keywords Aligning marketing and sales for higher revenue Data-driven business growth strategies Measuring ROI in small to mid-sized businesses Marketing funnel sales pipeline integration Fractional Chief Revenue Officer benefits Collaborative marketing and sales solutions Revenue-focused decision-making for entrepreneurs Conclusion In this episode, Kyle Mealy showed us how aligning marketing and sales can transform your business into a revenue-driven machine. From his "Marketing Funnel & Sales Pipeline MRI" to the Revenue Cascade framework, Kyle shared actionable strategies to simplify processes, optimize resources, and drive measurable growth. If you’re ready to take your marketing and sales to the next level, Learn more about Kyle's Revenue Cascade framework at ReadyForTheNextLevel.com  Thank you for listening to Profit with a Plan. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Until next week, make your plans and profit with them!     This episode is sponsored by Infinite Profit ® —We don't just talk profit — we deliver it! Is your business ready for explosive growth? Visit InfiniteProfitConsulting.com to learn how Marcia and her team can help you boost profits and set your business up for long-term success.     Grab Your Free Resource: Ready to turn customer reviews into a growth engine for your business? Get your FREE marketing and growth audit at ProfitBooster.biz. In just one session, discover how to attract new clients, build trust, and drive real growth using the power of reviews. Don’t wait—start unlocking your business’s potential today!     About Marcia Riner.  She is a business growth strategist who helps business owners dramatically increase their revenue, profit, and the value of their company. In fact, she can show prospective clients a clear pathway to profit and an impactful ROI for working here before hiring her firm. Through her proven Profit Booster® strategies, she gets results. Marcia is the CEO of Infinite Profit® and more information can be found at https://www.InfiniteProfitConsulting.com Got questions?  Reach out to Marcia and her team at (949) 229-2112 ♾️