Sergiu Bungărdean

I run a marketing business called Demand Hive and work as a marketing consultant.

At Demand Hive, we unf*ck your messaging in 3 weeks by helping you clearly explain what you do and rewriting your homepage so you can win more projects.

Through Hey Sergiu, I work directly with founders on consulting, advisory, and custom marketing projects. This includes quick input on specific problems, ongoing support, or hands-on help on clearly defined initiatives.

I’ve done this for 100+ founders across design agencies, IT companies, software houses, consultancies, solopreneurs, and more.

Founder & LinkedIn Personal Brand Manager

We help solopreneurs, founders, coaches, CEOs & executives build their personal brand on LinkedIn in order to increase visibility, generate inbound leads and improve credibility.

Most sales advice is bullsh*t.

Scripts, fake urgency, pushing, etc.

Forget about all of that.

Sales is a matter of:

– Understanding people
– Diagnosing their problem
– Showing them the path forward

You need to understand them instead of pitching.

You need to listen more than you talk.

You need to guide the conversation.

I’ve done 300+ sales calls.

Most founders told me the same thing:

“No one really understood our problem.”

That’s the real sales advantage.

Understanding people better than everyone else.

Book 1–5 sales calls per week with a system we install in 30 days. Revenue-share model with no retainers. DM me or book a call below. Sales consultancy for B2B service founders.

I run my business on a simple sales system.

It’s how I book 4–8 sales calls per week.

Here’s why it works so well:

1) I know what triggers the need for my service

Everything I do is based on these triggers:

– The content I publish
– The conversations I start
– The way I run sales calls

Because of this, people feel understood.

And when people feel understood, they take action.

2) I designed my offer as a bridge from A to B

I know they have a headache they want to get rid of.

My solution?

Take this pill and it goes away.

I made everything simple.

3) I frame my messaging around their reality

Their reality is what matters to them.

I show that I understand their situation, not just my offer.

My focus is on helping them move forward.

When they see that, they become open to talking.

4) I run a repeatable sales process

Every week I know the inputs needed to:

– Start conversations
– Run sales calls
– Close new clients
– Learn and improve

That’s how I stay in motion and keep progressing.

And that’s the whole system.

This approach has:

– Generated $1M+ in revenue for clients
– Helped me book 300+ sales calls

Feel free to steal it and try it yourself.

Or if you want this installed in your business in 30 days on a revenue-share model with no retainers, you can book a call from my profile.

A sales system gives you more than clients.

It gives you stability, peace of mind, control.

– You stop riding constant ups and downs
– You avoid the emotional rollercoaster
– You feel less pressure

Sales calls, clients, and revenue are great.

But being able to:

– Focus on the work you actually enjoy
– Say no to projects you don’t want
– Enjoy running your business

That’s even better.

Gain control over how new clients come in.

Then you can do whatever you want.

Like working from a coffee shop on a random weekday.

The biggest sales problem I see every week?

Founders who don’t believe in themselves.

“What if it won’t work for me?”

This shows up more often than people think.

They hesitate.
They delay booking calls.
They keep working on things.
They wait until everything is “perfect”.

Why? Because they don’t trust themselves.

Sales require one thing first:

Confidence.

You need to lead.
You need to ask questions.
You need to guide the conversation.
You need to believe you can help them.

This is why many founders struggle with sales.

They lack belief, so they keep avoiding it.

The solution is simple:

Book more sales calls.

Confidence doesn’t come first.

It’s built through the process.

My business used to depend on referrals.

I did well, but there was a big problem:

I couldn't control its growth.

– Every sales call was critical
– Leads were coming randomly
– I was dependent on 1–2 clients
– I felt pressure because of my pipeline

I hated this. I wanted stability and peace of mind.

I got this with a simple sales system:

1) I defined a situational ICP
2) I positioned my offer as a bridge
3) I reframed my messaging around clients
4) I focused on a repeatable sales process

It's how I book 1–5 sales calls per week consistently.

This is how I also helped other B2B service founders:

– Sign a $12K client in 2 weeks
– Sign their biggest recurring client
– Generate nearly $60K in 3 months
– Add 50+ qualified leads to their pipeline
– Hit an all-time high in revenue in 5 months

Knowing how to do these 2 things is priceless:

1) Booking sales calls with prospects
2) Closing the clients you want to work with

If you want the same sales system in your business...

Book a call from my profile or send me a DM.

I use a revenue-share model with no retainers.

3–4 available spots for next week.

A sales call can do two things:

Get you paid or grow your business.

If it closes → you get revenue.
If it doesn’t → you get insights.

But only if you know how to run it properly.

Founders believe a sales call is a pitch.

It's not. It's a diagnostic conversation.

If structured correctly, you walk away knowing:

– How your ICP thinks
– What triggered them to look for help
– Where your messaging misses
– What objections actually matter
– How your offer needs to evolve

That insight compounds into:

Better content + messaging + future calls.

These compounds into:

More clients + higher revenue.

That’s why I focus on booking 1–5 sales calls every week.

If you close → you get money in the bank.
If you don't → you grow your business faster.

Both moves you forward.

LinkedIn’s feed is sh*tty and mostly useless.

Here’s how to build your own custom feed for free:

1) Go to the search bar
2) Hit Enter
3) Click “Posts”
4) Click “From member”
5) Add a person
6) Click “Show results”
7) Bookmark the page

Now you have a custom feed of prospects/peers.

You can:

– Interact with their posts
– Leave thoughtful comments
– Start conversations naturally
– Build relationships over time

If you want to engage on LinkedIn, this is the best way to do it.

No more scrolling for an hour for nothing.

15–30 minutes is all you need.

You’re welcome.

One day I realized something uncomfortable.

My business was dead inside.

I had no control over its growth.

I started thinking:

What if a client leaves?
What if next month is bad?
What if referrals slow down?

Suddenly, every sales call felt critical.

I felt the pressure of every new conversation.

That’s when I told myself something needed to change.

I started taking sales seriously.

It was one of the best business decisions I ever made.

Looking back...

That moment changed how I run my business forever.

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If you want to :

- Sell your B2B services through Linkedin that CFOs beg to buy
- Close $1M in deals (minimum) without building a personal brand
- Cash in on sales through LinkedIn everytime you post  
- Outsmart every competitor in your market

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Stéphanie Lauer

When you realize the handshakes at $100K trade show booths aren’t actually booking the $1M projects you travelled 38 hours for (even if the whole team showed up in matching shirts) and then you see the logo you flew in for, right there at booth 21…

…that’s when it hits you.

You are so done competing over an RFQ that has been mentally awarded to your competitor 6 months to ago.

By day two it dawns on you: the real buying decision already happened somewhere else.

When their loyal supplier fucks up. Quality issues showed up. The domino effect are millions lost had procurement on chokehold - “we need a second source.”

That emergency has procurement in search mode.

The stack of business cards thick enough stopped convincing yourself it was working.

60–70% of B2B buying decisions are shaped before the first sales call.

You’re often competing in a conversation that already started without you.

And today that conversation is happening in one place more than anywhere else:

LinkedIn.

I see it constantly in my clients inboxes.

A buyer reads a precise post about a production crisis they’re already dealing with.

They send a message.

A few exchanges later…

It turns into a $500K–$1M opportunity.

A post can you past any gatekeeper: it’s compressing exactly what your buyer needs to hear at the moment they are facing a real crisis you solve:

- a supplier they no longer trust
- a production delay threatening a launch
- a redesign cycle burning six months
- a CFO asking uncomfortable questions

Do that 3–4 times a week and you start conversations that skip multiple trust layers almost instantly.

Especially in manufacturing.

Because right now?

Most of the industry is still spending 6 figures to shake hands…While the vendor decision gets made in silence months earlier - without you.

I partner with founders (at $5M–$30M) so their buyers say yes to 1M+ deals. Subscribe below:

It’s 9:12pm after a trade show…You spent $100K on the booth in the corner. Got 187 business cards. And you already know Monday will be your team chasing gatekeepers.

You sell a $1M+ solution…but you’re still trying to sneak past assistants like it’s 2009.

Meanwhile the VP of Ops you want is scrolling LinkedIn on the commute.

They read a post about:
- a $2M supplier switch mistake
- a delay that killed a launch window
- a redesign that burned 6 months

They send it to the CFO. Now your name is in the room.
No more gatekeepers.

A call gets booked…Your rep closes. Onboarding starts on Wednesday.

Most CEOs hire more reps, buy more lists. Send more “quick question” emails. 

While the budget gets allocated to fund your competitor.

Because your competitor has credible positioning.

I fix client acquisition systems so $500K–$1M manufacturing deals start in DMs instead of trade show booths.

60–70% of B2B decisions happen before the first sales call.

They reach out with a Linkedin message telling you how one delayed production cycle burned $500K–$2M in redesigns, supplier changes, and missed launch windows.

No gatekeeper can block a name that’s already trusted

Less than 10% of manufacturers do this well.

Most are still dialing.

You’ll forecast another $200k-$500k per quarter in projects when you stop sending linkedin inquiries away to your email.

Everytime i read about a big opportunity in my clients messages, we ask a few questions first to: 

(1) qualify the lead before wasting everyones time. I usually ask at what stage they’re in, which always tells me how much capital they’re then willing to invest with us next.

(2) build tension. asking questions before sending them your calendly link builds curiosity instead of killing it with “sure send me an email”.

The people who understand this close $200k - $500k projects directly out of messages. 

Sometimes even without going on calls.

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