Luke Shalom

Co-Founder

United Kingdom6 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Doubled revenue from $150k to $300k.
  • Achieved 40% response rates in outbound sales.
  • Built a predictable LinkedIn pipeline.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused sales and marketing expert with a strong emphasis on content-driven growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

SalesContent MarketingBusiness DevelopmentAccount Management

Other Skills

CopywritingStrategic PartnershipsMarketingCustomer ServiceClient RelationsPublic RelationsRecruitingSocial Media MarketingEvent Management

About

There are two ways agency founders try to turn LinkedIn into a reliable source of clients. One is by guessing. Posting when there is time. Relying on referrals and hoping the next month is a good one. The other is by building a system that creates steady conversations, even when client work gets busy. Our clients choose the second. → Joya Dass (Founder, Women’s Leadership Lab) The problem: - She spent hours in the DMs to book a few calls. - Content happened on weekends. - When delivery picked up, sales stopped. Some months were strong. Others were quiet. Even in good months, there was stress about where the next client would come from. What we did: We built a simple LinkedIn content system she could run in house. No ghostwriter or agency retainer dependency. We shifted her content from generic how to posts to insight driven thinking. That changed the conversations. People in her network showed up aligned and ready to buy. We added a content led outbound system powered by a setter we hited and trained. The system kept working while she focused on delivery. Results: - Revenue grew from $150k to $300k. - Sales became predictable. - The pressure eased. → Jonathan Crowder (Founder, Founders Ally) The problem: - No time for content. - Unpredictable sales calls. - Leads with no budget. - No sales background. A 10 percent close rate. What we did: We removed Jonathan as the bottleneck. We built a content system using AI supported by his real thinking. It sounded like him, not software. Trust was built before the call. Outbound went from 10% to 40% response rates. We focused prospecting on real buying moments, like recent funding to catch buyers at the right time. We simplified his sales process. Clear outcomes. Clear cost of inaction was communicated to his buyers. Results: - Meetings went from 3-5 a month to 10-15 sales qualifed leads a month. - A visible pipeline. Increase to a 25 percent close rate. - $300k in pipeline in 60 days. - $30k in new revenue closed. → Brian Dukes (COO, Exit Wise) The problem - Ovelry dependent on referrals. - No LinkedIn playbook. - No time to write. What we did - We clarified positioning. - Simplified the offer. - Built a content engine. Then we added outbound from the founder profile. Everything was owned and run internally. Results: - Consistent posting machine. - 500 to 6500 ICP followers. - $740,000 in LinkedIn-driven revenue over two years. We have helped 100+ founder led agencies replace unpredictable growth with systems they understand and control. If this feels familiar send me a DM with "Grow", we should talk.

Experience

Contact studios

Director of Partnerships

Jan 2023Apr 2023 · 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

  • Director of Partnerships at 7 figure content agency.
  • Closed $180k in 3 months.
  • Responsible for managing the entire sales process end to end.
  • Exceeding quota by 160%.
Business DevelopmentStrategic Partnerships

Fame

Account Manager

Aug 2022Jan 2023 · 5 mos · Remote

  • Helping make podcasts famous in a specific niche.
MarketingSalesAccount ManagementCustomer ServiceClient Relations

Oak engage

Sales Development Representative

Feb 2022Aug 2022 · 6 mos

  • enhancing internal comms and aligning people with SaaS intranet solutions.
  • Booked highest number of meetings for one month ever.
Sales

Atticus

Founder

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Atticus helps established agency founders replace referral-driven growth with a predictable LinkedIn pipeline they can actually run as a business system.
  • We design founder-led content and outbound systems that keep pipeline moving even when teams, delivery, and operations get complex.
  • The result is fewer quiet months, better-fit clients, and growth you can forecast and control.
SalesAccount ManagementContent MarketingCopywriting

Ezoic

Business Development Manager

Feb 2021Feb 2022 · 1 yr · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

  • working for San Diego based Google Certified Publishing Partner on a world leading artificial intelligence platform. Driving initiatives to win new clients in the fast growing digital publishing space. Role involves account management focus to retain existing customers on platform.
  • Experience engaging stakeholders at all stages of sales funnel - prospecting, qualifying, discovery and close
  • Fanatical prospecting efforts via email / phone call / google meets to gain appointments with web publishers
  • Competency in dealing with range different stakeholders - large publishing houses, small businesses and one person bands.
  • Evidence based approach, ensuring that the entire process data driven - daily use of in- house big data analytics tools and google analytics to engage prospects and retain existing clients
  • Managing existing accounts to retain existing clients - developing existing accounts for new opportunities and referral networks
  • Relationship building experience with C-level stakeholders
  • Ensuring maintenance of internal CRM, and providing weekly pipeline updates in sales
  • meeting. Reporting and working with the MD
  • Resolving technical issues with publishers - liaising with in-house tech team as required.
Sales

Test driven solutions ltd.

Business Consultant (Contract)

Jul 2020Dec 2020 · 5 mos · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

  • Diverse experience gained across a wide range of business functions within a growing Tech start up. Whilst in this role I was responsible for driving and delivering the whole of the recruitment process, client-facing permanent recruitment, business development and social media management.
  • Key Achievements:
  • Successfully placed 3 candidates in development roles across 2 months exceeding target (1 per month). Business grew from 1 to 11 people in less than 3 months, in which my role was instrumental to this growth.
  • Implemented candidate tracking initiatives including salaries, notice and contact details by using google documents to track progress on assessing potential prospects. This system allowed candidates to be located and approached quickly to fulfil new recruitment demand.
  • Responsible for the full running of the business when MD away. Ensuring interviews, client meetings, staff onboarding and general business functions sustained.
Sales

Daze events uk

Founder / Co-Owner

Dec 2018Jan 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  • I founded and run a electronic music events company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Sales

Opencast software limited

Head Of Recruitment

Jan 2018Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  • Broad experience in a 80 person IT company, including sales and marketing to potential recruits, using project management applications, performance reporting, and team working to meet tight deadlines on multiple projects to maximise company profits.
  • Key Achievements:
  • Identifying possible candidates, translating into around 350 interviews per year, and resulting in recruitment of over 30 people, growing the workforce by 20% over 12 months.
  • Planning and communication skills were essential to developing an extensive network of UK and international contacts, including IT experts, client-based managers and agency providers. This enabled delivery in a fast-paced environment.
  • Leading role in setting up a new office in Edinburgh, and personally recruiting Opencast’s first team for the a major client. This was achieved through:
  • gathering and analysing market research of Edinburgh’s IT industry
  • snowballing contacts of external recruitment agencies and salary surveys
  • sourcing candidates through, LinkedIn, job boards and CV databases
  • reaching out to the contacts I have with agencies all over the UK to externally source
  • candidates.
  • Setting up and standardising a recruitment process for the company using Trello to track
  • candidates within the process. This allows the process of recruitment to remain uninterrupted
  • whilst the recruitment team were away.
  • Developed a candidate pack to persuade prospective candidates to join the business.
  • Recruiting, training and mentoring a junior recruiter. After 6 months the junior recruiter successfully passed her probation and now plays an integral role in the company’s recruitment process.
Sales

Boom shack events

Co-Founder

Mar 2015Nov 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

Sales

Education

Newcastle University

Geography BSc — Geography

Jan 2014Jan 2017

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