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Jul 06, 2019
# James MacGregor Landed 4.4 Million New Users In Under 5 Years
 [Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/author/wes-schaeffer)
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## Grow Fast With Video Marketing
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## [Sales Tips](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) you'll learn today on [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)...
- Don't be afraid of video
- It doesn't have to be expensive
- It doesn't have to be over-produced
- Started with his brother
- Engineer by trade
- 4.4 million users in under five years
- Worked at a startup incubator
- The ideas were terrible...but the videos he made to market these companies were great
[](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hs/cta/wi/redirect?encryptedPayload=AVxigLJ0mAt1y5c1LUnkR80L7eWt0Ar3qdnZ5hBckeZEAMmn02dPUpqnBloTR5%2BNN9KlojAEfYbXMNREYgGdml1Uoit1riQ1qKoxiWY6vyu3a6N9881hmE8ofZ4Fw%2Fnx5WMEjl7PY0ZGytkxFu9sGNeuFMwnWzLkqZbVun7%2B%2B6jnh3ByzQ9nRnjm2dYPdCAq7P752c7WdtxgngLy&webInteractiveContentId=178194433547&portalId=443614)
- Brought on a co-founder who is a smart engineer
- All put in $5,000 as a loan and took it out a year later
- Brought on an angel investor after a prototype was created (in six months)
- Freelanced to pay the bills
- Started with a lot of content marketing
- Got up to about 10,000 users and raised $800,000 and invested in engineers and animators in late 2015
- Big visions help with direction and what to say no to, but you need short term goals to stay on target
- Start with social media apps and make video natively in the apps
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- Visit James [MacGregor's home on the web](https://biteable.com/)
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