Smart Pricing Table

Interactive Proposal/SOW Software for Marketing Agencies
www.smartpricingtable.com

Founder/CEO

Emsi

Vice President Of Customer Support, HE

Jordan Crown

Beautiful marketing websites that work great on all devices and are super easy to manage.

Managing Member

The Cobalt Group

* Designed website mockups for the car dealership industry including: Hummer, Saturn, Buick, Cadillac, Pontiac, Lexus & many more.
* Created innovative tools to streamline design processes
* Worked on design team of 8 other designers
* Personally led meetings
* Reached out to fellow colleagues often to consider opportunities for product growth in the company

Senior Designer

MrSchedule.com

* Developed 90% of the codebase in PHP/MySQL. Testing, bug tracking, bug fixes, regression testing, complex scheduling algorithms.
* Created reports of system use and user tracking.
* Designed back-end portal for scheduling managers and employees.
* Headed up support & answered phones.
* Coordinated/ran meetings and presentations.
* Marketed product with Google AdWords and traditional avenues.

Developer/Designer/Founder

🔍 WHAT I DO:
I help marketing agencies close more deals with interactive proposal software specifically built for agencies.

🤝 WHO I WORK WITH:
I work with marketing agencies, digital/web agencies, and SEO companies, including CEOs, sales managers, and founders looking to streamline their proposal processes. 

In addition to marketing agencies, we also have customers in IT, finance and many other professional services arenas.

💡 WHAT MAKES OUR SOFTWARE DIFFERENT:
As a former agency owner, I’ve been in your shoes. I know what it takes to create proposals that not only look great but also close deals. SmartPricingTable reflects this insider knowledge, providing a tool tailored to your specific needs rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

🗣️ WHAT OTHERS SAY:

✔ "We can now produce a proposal and have it reviewed & executed by our prospect in 20% of the time we used to spend." 
- Stone Reuning, President, SEO Advantage

✔ "My clients love using the product. It's simplified our proposal process times ten. Some of my clients have even started utilizing the software!"
- Stuart Amidon, Owner/CEO, Page50 Marketing and Media

✔ "It's almost like a game. After using it I even found I had better understanding of my own packages."
- Ryan Redmond, CEO, Cold Outreach Systems

✔ "We've been looking for this solution for over 8 years!"
- Paul Weinstein, General Manager, wheelhouse/dmg

⚙️ HOW IT WORKS:
Sign up for a free trial at SmartPricingTable.com, or schedule a live, interactive demo where we can personalize our product for your agency’s unique needs.

ABOUT ME:
I love small business and my current venture is smartpricingtable.com - agency proposal software. I love adding value- one keystroke, one comment, one conversation, one action at a time.

I'm a Jesus-follower, husband, father and business owner.

Joe Ardeeser

The Email Marketers

Your Outsourced Email Marketing Team Specialized on E-Commerce & Klaviyo.
Formerly Melanie Balke Consulting where I functioned as a sole marketing consultant on customer acquisition and retention for e-commerce brands.

CEO & Founder

BAMF.co

- Guiding the Growth Strategy department with 4 full-time strategists on client work and professional development
- Owning, managing, and executing email marketing for 7+ figure e-commerce brands 
- Part of the project team that created and executed the strategy for the launch of the Automobili Pininfarina PF0, the first electric luxury hypercar, generating 924,000 results on Google after launching
- Devised and implemented the marketing plan for the US market entry for an international olive oil company
- Worked with several e-commerce clients to improve sales, rebrand, identify their target customer, increase conversion rate and build an email database

Director of Growth Strategy & Email Marketing

Marketing Strategy
User Acquisition & Retention
Funnel Building
Viral Referral Programs
Email Marketing
Social Media Growth

Industries: Automotive, Skincare, FMCG, Beverage, Real Estate (Commercial & Non-Commercial), Blockchain, Apparel & More

Growth Strategist

Apt2B

Growth
User Acquisition & Retention
E-Mail Marketing
Social Media Marketing & Paid Ads
Influencer Marketing
Content Marketing
E-Commerce UX Enhancement

Marketing Manager

ParkUrbn

Consulting Function on User Acquisition Measures

Growth Hacker

Dent Advisors GbR

Marketing Management
Product Marketing
Brand Campaigns and Events
Marketing Materials
Data Analysis
Market Research
Quality Management System
MVP Testing

Consultant

Reward Consult GbR

[Consulting Project for a Silicon-Valley Funded Rewards App]
Product Marketing
Digital Marketing Campaign
Usability Testing
User Stories
A/B Tests

Associate Consultant 

HARNISCHFEGER PIETSCH PARTNER STRATEGIE UND MARKETING

Market Research
Conjoint Analysis
Roll-Out Sales Campaign
Company Merger
SQL Data Merger
Competitive Analysis
Keynote Presentations

Visiting Marketing Consultant

DIS AG

Project Manager Efficiency Improvement
Day-to-Day Marketing Tasks
Cross-Functional Team Contact

Associate Marketing Consultant

Day-to-Day Marketing Tasks
Cross-Functional Team Contact

Marketing Associate

Adecco Group

Market Analysis
Company Post-Merger Integration
Marketing Campaigns
Keynote Presentations

Intern Marketing Associate

CEO & Founder of The Email Marketers: Retention Marketing for E-Commerce | Helping 8-Figure DTC brands increase revenue through email & more | Klaviyo, Braze, Listrak, Sendlane Experts | Funny Human

My name is Melanie, and I am the Founder & CEO of The Email Marketers. 

We help 8-figure DTC brands make more money and build a strong community through retention marketing: Email, SMS, direct mail, subscriptions, memberships, loyalty programs, and more. 

We do this by: 
1. Functioning as your full outsourced retention marketing department
2. Developing your in-house retention marketing department 

I started The Email Marketers because I felt the agency world was fundamentally broken. I swore I would never start an agency. 

But life is funny like that because after freelancing for a few months, quickly growing to a size that I alone could not fulfill anymore, I had accidentally started an agency. 

But I wanted to do it differently. 

Now, I run The Email Marketers to show that agency partners can actually care about you. That's why we relentlessly strive to provide our brands with a wow-experience. 

Our vision: To be the Ogilvy of email and SMS marketing.

Before I started The Email Marketers, I was the Head of Email Marketing for one of LA's fastest-growing agencies and the first marketing hire for Apt2B (acquired), as well as a marketing consultant for conglomerate brands such as Mercedes-Benz and SMART before that.

I have experience working with global brands and start-ups in the e-commerce, B2B, SaaS automotive, beverage, skincare, retail, clothing, consumer electronics space & more.

As an avid writer & speaker you can find me speaking at Traffic & Conversion, DC Bangkok, AdWorld, Affiliate Summit, Mailcon, and featured in publications such as Business Insider.

I'm passionate about entrepreneurship, customer acquisition and retention - specifically email and SMS marketing - sustainability, foreign cultures, pasta, and - most of all - surfing. Also, I'm the CEO of Dad Jokes

I love meeting people and learning new things, so please feel free to connect with me and have a chat. If there's anything that I can do for you, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Feel free to book a call with me, so we can review your current email & SMS performance together and spot low-hanging fruit: www.theemailmarketers.com/book

Notable Clients: Forbes, Outer Furniture ($50m in Series B funding), Thrasio, Open Store, Almond Cow, Bud.com, Automobili Pininfarina (formerly design house of Ferrari), NERD Skincare, BetterBack, Highwave (Starbucks Supplier), WORLDZ, O-Live & Co.

Melanie Balke

The day our agency almost died…

We lost one of our biggest clients - a whale.
The kind of client that makes up a meaningful chunk of your revenue, and whose departure stings just as much emotionally as it does financially.

Then, within 6 weeks, we lost 4 core team members:

- Our head of copy
- Our head of strategy
- Our operations manager
- Our most senior email strategist

It was brutal.

I remember staying up until 3 am many nights...

Worried about our clients receiving quality work with a smaller team. Stressed about more team members leaving out of fear. And the hardest part of it all?

There was no clear reason.
No drama.
No bad culture.
No underperformance.

People were just moving into higher positions, which I 100% support.

If The Email Marketers helped them become so talented that other companies wanted to steal them... Then that in itself puts a smile on my face.

However, it still left a hole in our agency.
But strangely enough, when you ask the universe for growth... It delivers!

With the team we had left, we managed to turn things around:

Lots of late nights.
Rethinking our strategies.
Breaking down every aspect that didn't work.

And quite frankly, I couldn't have done it without them.

The biggest lesson I learned from this is that growth isn't a linear path. There will be seasons of abundance and there will be seasons of struggle.
But in the end, it's how you react to the hardships.

Today, The Email Marketers are stronger than ever:

- Our systems are tight.
- Our processes are built to scale.
- Our clients are more aligned and more excited.
- Our quality of service has never been this amazing.

And our team? Happier, more talented, and more in sync than ever! It's the kind of team you'd bet your last nickel on in the Super Bowl finals.

Oh, and those two people who left? They asked to come back. The ones that did are now in much better-suited seats than ever before.

And of course, to a business owner's soft heart, that felt validating. But even more so, it showed how everything is always part of a bigger plan.

So my note for you today: If you’re in the middle of your own hard season, hang in there. Calmer waters are coming.

CEO & Founder of The Email Marketers: Retention Marketing for E-Commerce | Helping 8-Figure DTC brands increase revenue through email & more | Klaviyo, Attentive, PostScript, Braze, Listrak Experts | Funny Human

For most of my life, I lived by the “suck it up” mentality.

In martial arts, we weren’t allowed to drink water during training, no matter how thirsty we were. You waited until class was over. That simple rule ingrained something deep in me: If you’re tired, push harder. If there’s too much work, do more.

Someone once told me, “You’re like a diamond, you love being forged under pressure.” And for years, I wore that as a badge of honor. I’d start work in the morning with a cup of coffee and often wouldn’t lift my head until 4 p.m., dizzy and realizing I hadn’t eaten all day. At the time, that felt like success, peak hustle culture.

But eventually, I learned the hard truth: you can’t pour from an empty cup.
 “Just do more” only works until your body and mind stop cooperating.

Now, I’ve found that taking the time to build a calm, intentional morning, getting enough sleep, moving my body, actually eating breakfast and lunch, has made me infinitely better as a leader and as a human.

And maybe the biggest lesson?

The first unlock in life is saying yes to everything.
The second, and far more powerful,is learning what to say no to.

Today, I added the 13th item to my Black Friday–Cyber Monday list...

It’s a list I’ve been curating for the past six weeks.

Things I’ve intentionally held off on buying until BFCM, plus a few “let’s see how low this gets” items.

During our weekly stand-up, I joked about it and asked the team if they do the same.

A lot of hands went up.

So, of course, October performance can dip.
People are waiting.

Consumers are holding their breath, holding their wallets, building their own little wish lists in the background.

It also explains why Early Access emails are consistently some of our best performers every single year.

By the time those emails hit, shoppers haven’t purchased anything in weeks. 

There’s so much pent-up demand, so much “I’ve been waiting for this” energy, and excitement, that the second we crack open the door, they sprint through it. 

But there’s another, quieter reason Early Access works so well:

You’re catching people before their BFCM budget evaporates. Once shoppers have made those first few purchases, the itch is scratched.

Their excitement settles.
The dopamine fades. 
And slowly, logic returns.

They realize they’ve spent a lot of their budget, and they… stop.

If you wait until it's too late in the weekend, you’re basically arriving at the party when everyone’s already full, tired, and carrying five shopping bags.

The brands that win BFCM aren’t the ones who shout the loudest on Black Friday.

They’re the ones who catch customers before their wallets get fatigued, when demand is high, budgets are fresh, and everyone is still excited to buy.

And Early Access is exactly when that window opens.

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