Acquiring Minds

The Appeal of Lead Gen Businesses (Especially Old Ones)


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A primer on lead gen businesses from Jaime Arias, who bought a 14-year-old biz that generates online leads for dentists. 

Topics in Jaime's interview:

  • Choosing self-funded over a traditional search fund
  • Buying tiny sites on Flippa
  • The opportunity with "old" internet businesses
  • 3 types of sellers on Flippa
  • Using BuiltWith to generate proprietary outreach list
  • About Patients4you
  • Lowering acquisition targets from $750k - $1m cash flow to $200k - $400k
  • "Rank & Rent" model for local lead gen
  • What are you really buying with a lead gen business?
  • Lead brokers
  • SEO vs. PPC for lead gen
  • Isn't Google Ads too competitive already for local lead gen?
  • Getting comfortable with Google algorithm risk
  • Why Patients4you is an agency more than a lead gen website
  • Deal terms
  • Using BizBuySell for digital businesses
  • Centurica
  • How he's growing Patients4you
  • Slow feedback loop of local lead gen businesses

Reach Jaime at:

  • jaimearias.com
  • LinkedIn

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

  • Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

  • The Acquisition Lab

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

  • Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
  • Follow Will on Twitter
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