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Automate Your Sales and Marketing with Curt Kempton

πŸ“… February 23, 2026 ⏱️ 31:29 🎀 Keith Kalfas, Curt Kempton

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  • 0:00
    Automating Sales & Marketing
    Keith introduces Curt Kempton, founder of Responsibid, a marketing automation platform for service businesses.
  • 0:46
    Understanding Lead Sources
    Curt explains what lead sources are and how they feed into a sales funnel, from initial contact to conversion.
  • 0:40
    Measuring Lead Source ROI
    Curt stresses the importance of tracking lead sources, conversion rates, and average ticket prices to evaluate their effectiveness.
  • 0:08
    Diversifying Lead Sources
    The discussion highlights the risk of relying too heavily on a single lead source and the importance of diversification to avoid vulnerability.
  • 0:27
    Consistent Customer Experience
    Curt emphasizes the need for systematizing and automating customer interactions to ensure a consistent and positive experience.
  • 0:27
    Responsibid: Sales Automation
    Curt explains how Responsibid helps service businesses create compelling, multi-option proposals to close more jobs at higher values.
  • 0:29
    Continuous Improvement & Faith
    Keith and Curt conclude by encouraging listeners to continuously improve their businesses and maintain faith in their goals.

Speakers

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Keith Kalfas
Host
C
Curt Kempton
founder of Responsibid

Key Takeaways

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Identify and track all your lead sources (e.g., Google Maps, social media, flyers) to understand where your business is coming from.

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Measure the return on investment (ROI) for each lead source by tracking lead volume, close rates, and average job ticket price.

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Diversify your lead sources; avoid having more than 50% of your business dependent on any single channel to mitigate risks.

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Leverage successful ad copy, images, and content from one platform across other marketing channels (cross-pollination).

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Systematize and automate your customer experience to ensure consistency, from initial contact to follow-up, regardless of the sales method.

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Utilize software like Responsibid to create compelling, good-better-best proposals that allow customers to upsell themselves and increase average ticket prices.

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Continuously refine your marketing efforts by reposting 'winners' (content with high ROI) and testing different approaches, even for organic content.

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