Zach Schleien

What I've done for founders, with the numbers.

I built and sold my own companies. Every number on this page comes from work I did myself, and clients are named only with their permission.

$265K+
Revenue from organic channels I built
$35 to $58
Per qualified investor lead (most firms pay $150 to $480)
$60K
Revenue in one month for a client
200+
Media features landed

Fractional CMO & Growth Case Studies

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Real estate capital raisePaid socialFull-stack build

$35 to $58

Per qualified investor lead

A real estate sponsor raising for a nine-figure project under Rule 506(c)

Most firms pay $150 to $480 per accredited investor lead and $1,000 to $1,500 per booked call. This raise got leads for $35 to $58 and booked calls for $403 on average.

$403
Average per booked call
4x
Accreditation gate pass rate
46
Sales opportunities in about 10 weeks
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Consumer techMeta adsPaid social

5.6x

ROAS (return on ad spend) on Meta in six weeks

A consumer tech company

Meta (Instagram and Facebook) campaigns hit a 5.6x ROAS in the first six weeks (Meta-reported).

6.9x
Retargeting ROAS
+16%
Average weekly revenue after launch
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Consumer techFractional CMOOrganic growth

$265K+

Revenue from organic channels I built, $0 in ad spend

A consumer tech company

Built organic channels that brought in $265K+ in attributed revenue with $0 spent on ads.

~70%
Company revenue growth over 12 months
+144%
Organic clicks
+33%
Page conversion lift
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High-ticket servicesOffer and funnelSales coaching

$60K

Revenue in one month

Simone Grossman, founder of Simone Grossman Matchmaking, who left a $130K salary to build her own practice

$22K in her first three weeks, $45K total, then a $60K month.

$45K
Cumulative before month one
$60K
Single month
$130K
Salary she replaced
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Smaller engagements, same playbook

Shorter projects with clear results.

4 clients

in one day

A personal trainer

Built his funnel, offers, and landing page, then taught him how to work his old leads and handle objections. He texted 55 leads he had never contacted. Four became paying clients the same day, on track to be worth about $30,000 (projection).

Funnel buildOffersSales coaching

$200 to under $100

per scheduled call

An agency

Meta ads were booking scheduled calls at $200. I rebuilt the website, creatives, audiences, and placements. Cost per scheduled call dropped to under $100.

Meta adsCROCreative testing

First retainer

monthly recurring

A gluten-free food brand founder

Advice, not done-for-you. I gave him the game plan: build a dietitian list, structure the offer stack, run cold outreach. I helped with the email copy and recommended the tool. He closed his first dietitian on a monthly recurring retainer.

Outreach strategyOffer stackEmail copy

~50 podcasts

interested in 3 months

A client podcast campaign

Ran a booking campaign that generated interest from about 50 podcasts in three months. He appeared on roughly 15, two of them with 500+ Apple Podcasts ratings.

Podcast bookingPitchingAuthority

What founders and operators say

Simone Grossman

Founder, Simone Grossman Matchmaking

"I started my matchmaking business with nine years of industry experience and very little idea how to build the backend of a company. Zach changed that.

He knows online marketing, scaling, and operations, and he knows the high-end matchmaking and dating world specifically. That combination does not exist anywhere else that I've found. He built me a sales funnel and an acquisition system that actually work, and since opening I've had consistent $30K months. I would not have gotten there without him.

What I value most is how he teaches. Matchmakers are not usually tech or business people, and Zach never once made me feel behind. He takes the things that felt scary or confusing and makes them obvious. He's thoughtful, he's honest, and he genuinely cares how it turns out for me.

I'd recommend Zach to any matchmaker getting a business off the ground, or rethinking how their operations work from the inside out."

"I never thought I could pull this off. You coached me through it. When you built my newsletter and website I thought maybe ten people would sign up. It hit 250 subscribers from social alone, using the promo angles and content ideas you walked me through. Now my website is landing me speaking gigs and has truly changed my life. I could have paid an agency tens of thousands. I went with you instead and it converted better than I ever dreamed. Thank you."

Jazzlyn

EY

"I run a SaaS and I was paying a designer for ads and a software engineer for every landing page update. Zach sat down with me, had AI research all my competitors, refreshed my best ads with new variations, and rebuilt my landing page from my customer avatar and my past conversion data. He added order bumps and one-time offers I didn't have. The biggest thing is I don't wait on anyone anymore, I can test ad to landing page myself. Would've been $1K+ just in dev costs to do this the old way."

Ryan

SaaS Founder

"I came to Zach for help with my sales funnels and he went way beyond that. He restructured how I handle calls, tightened my objection handling, and even reviewed my sales calls with me. He's built and run a high-ticket sales operation himself, so every piece of advice came from deep experience. If you get the chance to work with Zach, I highly recommend it."

Malik Browne

Senior Web Engineer, Netflix

"When it comes to marketing execution, I have not met a single person who operates faster than Zach. I've seen him run circles around SEO agencies and marketing 'experts', driving orders of magnitude higher results. If you're looking to drive more sales online thanks to marketing and fast, Zach is your guy."

Stefan Ciancio

Co-founder, WebinarKit

"Zach helped me build high-converting ads and sharpened how I think about my offer. He understands business and marketing at a real level, with a sharp instinct for what makes a brand land. When he gives advice, it comes from experience."

Cody Chamberlain

Business Owner, B2B Sales

"I worked with Zach this summer as I was building MatchMade. As someone who did not have prior experience in the industry, bringing Zach in was helpful since he answered my questions from his own experience and what he has seen across the industry. What I got most from him was perspective. Having someone who has been through the stages I'm in, and can tell me what tends to work, saved me from second-guessing myself. If you're a matchmaker who wants an experienced operator to think through your business with, I'd definitely recommend a conversation with Zach!"

Rina Patel

Founder, MatchMade

"Six tier-one outlets in 90 days. NYT, Good Morning America, CNN, FOX, CBS, Washington Post. All while I was seeing patients full-time. Zach ran the campaign using the exact framework that's now in PressPitch. I just provided the story and answered the journalists."

Dr. Charles Schleien

Chair of Pediatrics, Northwell Health

"I've worked with Zach for the past decade. He's loyal, extraordinarily hard working, and consumed with coming up with innovative growth strategies. We've partnered to sell one of his businesses and worked together on PR campaigns that led to stories in The New York Times and The Washington Post among 100+ other media outlets. I can't recommend him enough."

Michael Simonson

PR Strategist

"Thanks again for helping me get in the NYT and on CBS!"

Richard Schmitz

Enterprise AE

"Zach gave us the cheat codes to free press. After his workshop we landed a full page article in the Toronto Sun. Excited to use his techniques on our other businesses."

Chris Creatura

Founder

I've built my own companies too

200K+

Filteroff users

Built, scaled, profitable, and sold. First dating app to launch high-ticket human matchmaking.

18K+

18percent community members

Built a peer-support community for mental health that grew to 18,000+ members.

1,000+

PressPitch AI users

Productized my press framework so founders can land tier-one features without an agency.

Press & Media Wins

Two recent placements built using the exact framework now inside PressPitch AI.

Ri (Wall Street Confessions) → Forbes feature
Dr. Charles Schleien → Don Lemon on national TV

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