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How Fello Closed up to 40% More Deals with Brand24 Insights

Waleria Pągowska
October 14, 2025
18 leitura mínima

1. Sobre a

Falamos com:

Zachary Ronski
Co-funder @ Fello

Fello is a marketing agency built exclusively for tech companies with world-changing products - and they never drift from that lane.

They work with deep tech innovators: publicly traded medical device companies, 3D printing startups, and even quantum computing pioneers.

Their mission goes far beyond running campaigns. Fello helps these companies commercialize complex technologies by pairing rigorous research with storytelling that resonates. As founder Zachary Ronsky puts it: “Creativity without research is just noise.”

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2. Desafio

In the world of deep tech marketing, timing and insight are everything.

Fello doesn’t cold-pitch. Their best clients find them when the timing aligns - when a company is ready to scale, reposition, or tell its story in a new way.

To stay visible and credible in those crucial moments, Fello needed a tool that could:

  • Help them understand markets and competitors in real time,
  • Identify ideal clients early,
  • And prepare data-driven pitches that prove deep understanding before the first meeting even starts.

That’s where Brand24 came in.

As a founder, I’m always looking for tools that punch above their weight. Brand24 is one of them. It’s simple, powerful, and gave us an edge exactly where it mattered most: insight, timing, and strategic intelligence.

Zachary Ronski

Co-funder @ Fello

3. Solução

Using Brand24 for Smarter Prospecting

“Social listening is both our radar and our weapon.”

Fello used Brand24 to track conversations and keywords across the tech and innovation space. This let them spot potential clients early - often before those companies were even looking for an agency.

They built their prospecting around two simple but powerful approaches:

Approach A: Track dream clients.

They monitored conversations around their ideal accounts and built custom Brand24 reports that proved they’d been paying attention. Those reports became “door openers,” helping them start conversations with context and value from the very first message.

Analysis Tab for "Tesla" project with AI Events showcasing one of the reasons for reach spike.

 

Approach B: Track market problems.

They followed broader industry discussions, identifying which companies were being mentioned as solutions to emerging challenges. When they saw momentum building, they stepped in with insights like, “Here’s what we’re seeing about you in the market - let’s talk about owning that narrative.”

Both methods turned outreach into meaningful dialogue.

“We weren’t just selling. We were solving.”

AI Topic Analysis on market monitoring project "Electric cars"

 

Example:

“We pursued a top-tier Canadian airline for years,” Zachary said. “We tracked them on Brand24 the entire time. When we finally got the meeting, we walked in like insiders. They were stunned. Their actual words: ‘You understand us better than most of our current partners.’"

That moment captured what Brand24 made possible - walking into the room already knowing the story.

Using Insights to Win Pitches

“Where Brand24 really stood out was in our prep for client pitches.”

Before any major presentation, Fello’s team used Brand24 to gather social sentiment, public mentions, and competitor chatter.

But they weren’t looking for vanity metrics. They were looking for storylines - the insights that revealed what really mattered in that market.

Their process included:

  • Analyzing sentiment patterns to uncover what was working and where brands were vulnerable,
  • Identifying top voices - journalists, influencers, customers, critics - who were shaping perception,
  • Tracking spikes in conversation to pinpoint the perfect timing for a message or strategy shift.

Insights from the Analysis Tab highlighting profiles with the highest Share of Voice and follower count in the “Tesla” project.

 

“We’re not pulling data for the sake of it. We’re extracting real, actionable angles that make our pitch sharper, more credible, and impossible to ignore.”

This preparation often changed the dynamic in client meetings.

 

Example:

“In one pitch, the client interrupted us within minutes: ‘You know more about our space than our last agency ever did.’ That’s how you win.”

And sometimes, the insights themselves became the showstopper.

“We were meeting with a SaaS company that had been getting hammered in online reviews,” Zachary recalled. “They knew it was happening, but not the scale. We walked in with a Brand24 report that mapped it all out - sentiment trends, language customers were using, and how competitors were being discussed.”

Data illustrating sentiment and its sources for one of the Brand24 projects.

Data illustrating sentiment and its sources for one of the Brand24 projects.

 

“Within ten minutes, the CEO said: ‘This is the most useful thing anyone has shown us in months.’ The conversation completely changed. We weren’t vendors anymore. We were strategic advisors.”

That shift - from supplier to trusted expert - became central to Fello’s growth.

4. Resultados

Brand24 directly contributed to some of Fello’s biggest wins.

According to Zachary, it played a role in closing 30-40% of their new business over the past few years and helped secure their largest retainers.

Brand24's been a game-changer for shortening sales cycles. When you walk into a pitch with this level of insight, you’re not starting from zero - you’re starting from mile five.

Zachary Ronski

Co-funder @ Fello

Example:

One example was a six-figure annual engagement that began from a single Brand24 report.

Fello had been tracking a medical device company’s product launch and noticed that its messaging wasn’t landing - sentiment was mixed, competitors were dominating the conversation.

They compiled a Brand24 report comparing share of voice, sentiment, and audience feedback, and sent it directly to the company’s CMO with a simple note: “We’ve been watching your market. Here’s what we’re seeing, and here’s how you can own the conversation.”

The response came within 48 hours. A meeting followed. Within three months, Fello had a signed contract.

“We weren’t asking them to trust us. We were showing them we’d already earned it.”

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5. Why Brand24 Stands Out

Zachary credits Brand24’s mix of speed, simplicity, and power as what makes it indispensable.

  • It’s affordable enough for smaller agencies but powerful enough to compete with tools 5–10x the price.
  • Projects can be set up in minutes, and reports look polished without needing analysts or designers.
  • It works across multiple fronts - from prospecting to análise competitiva, client reportinge pesquisa de mercado.

“Most of our competitors still rely on Google Alerts. When we show up with Brand24 insights, we’re not just better - we’re operating in a completely different category.”

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Brand24 gives you enterprise-level intelligence without the enterprise price tag or complexity.

Zachary Ronski

Co-funder @ Fello

6. Advice for Other Agencies

“Start tracking before you need to.”

Zachary’s biggest piece of advice for agency founders is simple: treat social listening as a long-term strategy, not a last-minute research tool. The advantage comes from consistent tracking and acting on insights before competitors do.

Here’s how he recommends using Brand24 (and social listening in general) to build a lasting edge:

  • Start early. Don’t wait until a pitch is approaching. Long-term listening reveals patterns and opportunities others miss.
  • Build a hit list. Choose 10–20 dream clients and monitor their mentions, sentiment, competitors, and conversations over time.
  • Use data as a differentiator. Make social listening your competitive moat — integrate insights into outreach, pitches, and client reviews.
  • Act on what you learn.
    • If a brand is getting negative attention, offer a solution.
    • If a competitor is losing visibility, reach out to their clients.
  • Teach your team to think like analysts. Look for truth, not confirmation. Focus on what the data actually says, not what you hope it says.

“Data without action is worthless,” Zachary says. “Do this consistently, and you won’t just grow your agency — you’ll build one that’s genuinely difficult to compete against.”

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