🎉 Starting a New Position 🎉 Not at a new company. Not with a new title. I’m officially going public. For years, I’ve built quietly: • 100M+ cold emails sent • SaaS companies scaled to $30M+ • Ev…
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Outbound Sales5 months ago
LinkedIn Content Strategy & Writing Style
CEO @ UpLead • Bootstrapped to $30M+ in Sales • Ask me about Done-For-You Outbound
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Will Cannon positions himself as a battle-hardened operator who prioritizes pragmatic business fundamentals over the romanticized tropes of startup culture. His content strategy centers on the critical intersection of high-quality data and outbound sales efficiency, leveraging his success in bootstrapping UpLead to $30M as proof of his "anti-fluff" philosophy. What makes him notable is his willingness to challenge industry giants on value rather than price, framing data accuracy as a survival metric rather than a software feature. By blending tactical cold email playbooks with a disciplined, post-2008 mindset, he offers a rare transparency that connects technical lead generation to long-term founder resilience.
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🎉 Starting a New Position 🎉 Not at a new company. Not with a new title. I’m officially going public. For years, I’ve built quietly: • 100M+ cold emails sent • SaaS companies scaled to $30M+ • Ev…
Most people stay broke because they celebrate too early, every time. Don’t be most people .
Bad data kills good outbound. Founders blame copy way too fast. They say cold email is dead, outbound is saturated, buyers don’t reply anymore. Then you look closer and realize the list is full of…
Don’t like or comment on this post Just testing something Let’s see if this works Remember DONT like or comment And you better not repost
Small list. Right people. More meetings. That’s the part nobody tells you. 😎
25.9 posts/week
Posts / Week
0.3 days
Days Between Posts
1
Total Posts Analyzed
HIGH
Posting Frequency
180.3%
Avg Engagement Rate
STABLE
Performance Trend
75
Avg Length (Words)
HIGH
Depth Level
ADVANCED
Expertise Level
0.78/10
Uniqueness Score
NO
Question Usage
0.3%
Response Rate
Writing style breakdown
<start of post>
Most people think scaling is about doing more.
They think more leads, more features, and more headcount equals a bigger business.
It usually just equals more noise.
I learned this the hard way in 2012.
We were chasing every lead that breathed. Our calendar was full, our team was exhausted, and our churn was even higher than our growth.
We were busy, but we weren't building.
The shift happened when I stopped looking at the top of the funnel and started looking at the bottom.
I realized that 80% of our headaches came from 20% of our 'cheap' customers.
So we did the unthinkable.
We raised prices, tightened our filters, and started saying 'no' to anyone who didn't fit our ideal profile perfectly.
Revenue dipped for a month. Then it exploded.
Because when you stop managing noise, you start managing momentum.
Scaling isn't about addition.
It's about the discipline to subtract everything that doesn't move the needle.
👇
Want the framework I use to audit my SaaS?
Comment FOCUS and I'll send it over 🚀
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