Unbound marketing results: V’s barbershop franchise sales sold through automation

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V's Franchise Sales Sold Through Automation

V's was relying on costly lead aggregators for franchise lead generation.

Unbound built them an in-house system so that V's could qualify interest directly.

With ads, landing pages, lead magnets, automation, and CRM, franchise leads flowed in from a customizable, long-term nurture system.

Who V's Barbershop Is

V's Barbershop offers men's grooming services and products. A large source of growth for the brand comes through franchising. This project focused on the franchise sales side of the business rather than service and retail traffic.

Our Challenge

V's corporate office was spending marketing attention on store growth. They needed to reassess their marketing strategy to better consider franchise sales.

Previously, they had been paying aggregators for leads that rarely produced.

What We Delivered

Unbound built a dedicated franchise lead-gen system built around Google Ads, a focused landing page, and an e-brochure.

When interested prospects opted in, they received an automated email nurture sequence for awareness and education.

V's Barbershop franchise sales display ad promoting an AI-resistant business opportunity established 1999, featuring smiling client in barber cape, designed by Unbound Collective

How We Did It

We routed Klaviyo form submissions through Zapier and custom logic into a CRM with full lead profiles and Google Click IDs. Klaviyo automation then delivered a six‑week sequence of weekly emails from key leaders, with engagement tracking built in.

When leads converted, we pushed that data back to Google via CRM automations to strengthen conversion tracking and ad targeting.

What This Meant for V's Barbershop

V's owns and controls the franchise pipeline rather than having to rent leads from an outside party. The team can consistently nurture leads over time with improved performance as the system evolves.

Marketing Results

Within 2–3 months, the system replaced aggregator volume at roughly 11–12 leads per month. Over the past two years, it has averaged 12–15 leads in strong months and 6–8 in slower months, building a database of hundreds of interested franchise prospects.

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V’s Barbershop

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