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The Focus Fix: How Specialization Fuels Growth | Corey Quinn

Written by Brendon Dennewill | September 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM

In this power-packed episode, marketing expert and author Corey Quinn reveals the proven strategy that helped scale Scorpion from $20 million to over $150 million in revenue. Quinn shares his deep specialization methodology - a trademarked approach that transforms generalist professional services firms into industry-dominant specialists. 

Through compelling stories including a Tesla giveaway that generated 100+ franchise clients, Quinn demonstrates why saying "no" to everyone and "yes" to one vertical market creates the ultimate competitive advantage. 

This episode is essential for agency owners, consultants, and professional services leaders stuck in the generalist trap and ready to break through to exponential growth.

 

What You'll Learn:

  • The Generalist Trap: Why serving everyone leads to context switching, operational inefficiency, and commodity pricing that keeps you stuck
  • Deep Specialization Framework: The 5-step methodology to escape founder-led sales and build a vertical market specialist business
  • The Tesla Strategy: How a $100K+ marketing gamble at the IFA conference generated 100+ franchise clients and transformed Scorpion's business
  • LTV vs CAC Mastery: Why lifetime value (LTV) is the most critical metric and how specialization creates 10X+ advantages over generalist competitors
  • The Specialization Flywheel: How focusing on one vertical creates operational leverage, authority, premium pricing, and sustainable competitive moats
  • Scaling Through Verticals: The strategic approach to expanding from one specialized vertical to five while maintaining deep expertise
  • Corporate vs Entrepreneurial Dynamics: How to align with visionary leadership and speak their language to drive big initiatives

Resources Mentioned:

  • Anyone Not Everyone: A Proven System to Escape Founder-Led Sales is Corey Quinn's bestselling book. Get started with the free audiobook and digital workbook with videos, templates, and worksheets. 
  • IFA Conference: International Franchise Association annual conference 
  • HubSpot: Early adoption story and evolution from 5-person to 500+ person sales teams
  • Scorpion: Digital Marketing Agency



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About the Guest

 

Corey Quinn |  Marketing Expert, Author & Business Growth Strategist at Corey Quinn, Inc.

Corey Quinn helps agency founders escape founder-led sales—and scale fast.

With over 18 years in the agency space, Corey served as CMO at Scorpion, where he helped scale the company’s revenue from $20M to $150M in just six years. He’s the author of the bestselling book Anyone, Not Everyone: A Proven System for Agencies to Escape Founder-Led Sales, endorsed by leaders like Aaron Ross, John Ruhlin, Dr. Benjamin Hardy, and Marcel Petitpas.

Today, Corey’s company guides digital agencies to dominate their niche using his Deep Specialization™ Methodology—helping them become the go-to choice in their vertical, close higher-value clients, and build a scalable sales system that doesn’t depend on the founder.

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