80% savings
Cost vs. Competitor Quote
84%
Operations Automated
+32%
Revenue Growth (90 days)
<$400K vs $2M
Build Cost
Results at a glance
A solo management consultant with a seven-figure business received quotes of approximately $2M for her platform. Revenue Institute built it for under $400K - and automated 84% of her operations.
The Situation & Approach
Context & Challenge
While Dr. Tomi's consulting firm was performing extremely well, every technology vendor she approached quoted approximately $2M to build her a comprehensive learning management solution and assessment platform. She needed a custom-built platform providing: community access for corporate clients, a scoring system for her tests, complex variable monetization, and a collaborative environment for shared learning - all in one system. The economics of the vendor quotes didn't make sense.
Our Solution
Instead of building from scratch, Revenue Institute architected a solution using the Salesforce ecosystem to reduce time-to-value and cut costs dramatically. Using Sales Cloud and Experience Cloud, the team built custom APIs, Apex triggers, and workflows to randomize assessment questions, score each test, administer results to the right stakeholders, and provide a corporate collaborative environment. The entire solution was delivered for under $400K. Revenue Institute also helped Dr. Tomi develop a certification program for coaches and consultants who wanted to administer her curriculum - enabling further scale.
The Results
84% Time Savings
Once fully deployed, Dr. Tomi reported that an estimated 84% of the time she previously spent running business operations was fully automated through the custom Salesforce solution.
32% Growth in 90 Days
Due to the vast improvement in customer experience and operational efficiency, Dr. Tomi could bring on clients that had been on a backlog due to limited capacity. This drove 32% revenue growth within 90 days of deployment.
80% Cost Savings
Development agencies quoted Dr. Tomi at approximately $2M. With Salesforce licensing and Revenue Institute costs combined, the entire solution was built for just under $400,000 - a savings of 80%.
What this means for a 50-500 person firm
Dr. Tomi runs a solo practice, not a 50-500 person firm - the widest gap from the stated ICP in this set. But the two problems she hit are not solo-practice problems: a $2M vendor quote for a build that didn't need to cost that much, and manual operations work that caps how many clients you can serve. A firm at 50-500 people facing the same sticker shock on a platform build, or the same ceiling on how much scoring, curriculum, or client work a person can push through by hand, is looking at the same fix - a system built and run for a fraction of the agency quote, sized to the actual job.
Outcomes
Key Results Achieved
84% Time Savings
32% Growth in 90 Days
80% Cost Savings
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