in November of 2019 Odin Enes Ozlen founded by opposite zonemeets the content needs of brands by establishing outsource teams. With the help of automations, the startup manages this whole process from A to Z. in November 2021 pre-seed investment Figopara CEO Koray Gültekin bought it from Bahar with a valuation of 400 thousand dollars.
OppZone, Endeavor in December 2021 Empower the Future selected for the startup acceleration program. The company currently manages brands’ blog posts, e-books, web texts, LinkedIn articles, and does social media planning.
Initiative’s team
OppZone currently manages its operations with a core team of 4 full-time employees. In addition, there are more than 25 freelancers working for a long time in the team. Women make up 85 percent of the team, which consists entirely of young people. Özlen states that the Freelancer team is completely selected from experienced people in this field. Moreover, the company states that it supports the development of its colleagues in the team with trainings under OppZone Academy.
Infrastructure of the enterprise
Özlen, the founder of the initiative, states that the company started to serve in an agency format in the first place. He states that he managed his business processes with classical project management tools at that time. Özlen states that they started a new search after a short time due to the high operational workload and the lack of scalability. Searching for alternative solutions Click He states that they met with and transferred 80 percent of their operational work to automation:
We built an online production line, and thanks to this line, we divided the content production into sections and ensured that each section was made by another person. This has enabled us to deliver high-quality content from a single source for a long time, just like on physical production lines. By adding automations between these departments, we accelerated our processes up to 4 times.
At the moment we are still moving forward with ClickUp’s solutions. In the near future, it is not just an operation; We will launch a new platform where we will automate part of our content process.
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Sharing that they are currently working with more than 20 brands on a regular basis, Özlen states that they have a growth of more than 10 percent on a monthly basis. It should be noted that the number of blogs that the initiative has produced for brands in the last 1 year is over a thousand. OppZone produces content in Turkish and English in this area.
OppZone’s competitors
When we look at the content marketing solutions of the startup, it has many competitors in different verticals. These competitors include Verblio, Writer Access, Contentfly and Pepper Content. Odine Enes Özlen expresses the difference of OppZone from its competitors with the following sentences:
The most important feature that makes us different from our competitors in the sector is that we have built a digital production line and have a structure that has connected it to an automation. We first understand the needs of brands and develop a strategy accordingly. We create a suitable team for them and ensure that they continue with the same team in the long run. In this way, we continue the production process at an uninterrupted speed. In addition, considering the satisfaction of the brands we work with, we develop solutions that will spend their time and effort at a minimum level. This is our favorite part of those who prefer us.
What is your income model and commission rates?
The venture generally proceeds with a monthly subscription model and makes long-term agreements such as 6-12 months. In addition, the company also does project-based work such as one-off web copy writing. The share of content producers in this process varies between 20 and 50 percent. OppZone also plans to implement a commission-based revenue model with the marketplace it will launch in the third quarter.
OppZone’s future plans
Odin Enes Özlen shares the future plans of the initiative with the following sentences:
We plan to expand to Europe in the second quarter of 2022. We will launch this first in the UK due to the competitive advantage and the developed startup ecosystem. We will also provide services in German and Spanish. In the third quarter, we will launch a marketplace. We will bring freelancers and employers together in this marketplace.
We will also transfer our current process management experience completely here. Thus, we will eliminate the inefficiency and poor quality of existing market places. In the near future, we aim to manage all marketing areas of brands from A to Z, 360 degrees.
