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For social enterprises · NGOs · impact-driven brands

Your ads, managed by someone who actually gets your mission.

Full performance marketing operations — strategy, campaigns, tracking, and reporting — done by a senior specialist with deep expertise in social enterprises, NGOs, and impact-driven brands.

No long-term lock-in. No junior account managers. No black boxes. You always know what's running, what it costs, and what it's producing.

Past clients include
Natural Goods BerlinD2C brand for DIY goodsNazarena en SepiaIndependent fashion designerPolarsternClimate energyOcean NowMarine NGO
02 · The problem

Most agencies treat your account like any other. They don't know what a social enterprise is — and it shows.

You've probably been here before. You hired an agency, or a freelancer, or you ran it yourself for a while. The results were hard to read. The reporting was full of numbers that looked good but didn't mean anything. Nobody could clearly answer the question: is this actually working?

And even when things technically ran — the campaigns were live, the budget was being spent — it felt off. The messaging didn't reflect your mission. The strategy was copy-pasted from a retail playbook. The person you spoke to at onboarding was never the person who touched your account again.

This isn't a unique story. It's the normal experience of a social enterprise trying to hire performance marketing support from an industry that wasn't built for them. Generic agencies optimise for what's easy to measure. They move on when the margin isn't there. They don't understand the difference between a donor acquisition goal and a product sale. And they definitely didn't study Social Entrepreneurship.

What's missing isn't more agency options. It's a specialist who actually understands organisations like yours — and does the work themselves.
03 · What this actually is

Not an agency. One person. Full ownership.

This isn't a retainer with an account team behind it. There's no junior doing the build while a senior gives you the monthly call. Maximilian does the strategy, the campaign work, the tracking setup, the reporting — all of it. When you email, you're talking to the person who touched your account that morning.

The client list is deliberately small. That's the constraint that makes the quality possible. When I take on a new client, I take on a small number per quarter — because the work I do requires me to actually understand your organisation, not just know which campaigns are running.

The model is built around complete transparency. You see what's running. You know what it costs. You get reporting that's built around the numbers your organisation actually cares about, not the metrics that are easiest to export from a dashboard. If something isn't working, I'll tell you before you ask. There are no black boxes here.

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04 · What's included

Everything that makes campaigns actually work.

From strategy to execution to reporting — owned end to end, so nothing falls between the cracks.

Campaign strategy

Before anything goes live, we get aligned on what the campaigns are actually trying to do. That means mapping your goals — leads, sales, donor acquisition, programme sign-ups — to a channel strategy, budget allocation, and a realistic timeline. The strategy is documented and yours to keep.

Account build & setup

Campaign structure, ad copy, audience targeting, conversion tracking installation. Built from scratch or restructured if the account already exists. For organisations on Google Ad Grants, this includes the grant-specific compliance setup that most agencies get wrong and lose the grant over.

Ongoing management & optimisation

Regular bid management, keyword work, audience testing, creative iteration. Not set-it-and-forget-it. The account is actively worked every week. You'll know what changed, why it changed, and what the result was.

Tracking & attribution

Conversion setup, Google Tag Manager, analytics configuration, dashboard build. If you can't measure it, you can't improve it — and most organisations I work with inherit broken tracking from whoever touched the account before. We fix it properly at the start so every decision afterwards is based on real data.

Reporting & communication

Regular reports built around your actual goals — not a PDF of impressions and clicks that means nothing to your board. Monthly as a baseline, weekly for higher-spend accounts. Live dashboard access included. And I'm reachable between reports when something needs a quick answer.

5 areas · all included · one senior personBook a free strategy call
05 · How pricing works

Flexible models. No lock-in.

Social enterprises don't all have the same budget structure. The pricing model is built around what works for your organisation — not what's easiest to invoice.

Model 01

Monthly retainer

A flat monthly fee covering the full scope of work. Predictable for your budget, straightforward to plan around. Good for organisations that have a clear, ongoing channel to manage and want full-time coverage without the uncertainty of variable fees.

Fixed monthly · Scope-based
Model 02

Project-based

A defined scope with a defined timeline and a fixed fee. Useful for organisations that need a specific thing done — account rebuild, tracking overhaul, grant setup, a campaign for a specific fundraising period — without the ongoing commitment of a retainer.

Time-limited · Clear deliverable

Most engagements end up as a hybrid — a light retainer base combined with a performance component, or a project to start with the option to move to ongoing. We figure out what makes sense on the strategy call.

3 models · all real · none pushedBook a free strategy call
06 · Why this works

I'm not a generic performance marketer who happens to like sustainability.

Maximilian
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I'm Maximilian. I've spent the last decade managing Google Ads accounts with monthly budgets between €5,000 and €200,000 — across ecommerce, B2B, lead generation, and NGO fundraising. The technical side isn't the differentiator.

The differentiator is that I have a Master's degree in Social Entrepreneurship, and I've spent years working with organisations whose business models exist for reasons beyond shareholder return. I understand the difference between a donor acquisition funnel and a product sale. I understand what it means to optimise for mission-aligned conversions, not just volume. I understand why your board's reporting needs look different from a retail brand's.

Grow With Purpose is the practice I built specifically for this kind of work. Not every performance marketer who works with an impact organisation understands the context. The MSc didn't come from nowhere — it reflects where I've chosen to focus, and why.

If your organisation is trying to do something genuinely good in the world, this is the practice built for you.

10+Years in performance marketing
€5k–200kMonthly Google Ads budgets managed
MScSocial Entrepreneurship

Based in Denmark. Working with clients across Europe, the UK, and North America. One-person consultancy by design — no agency margin, no junior handoffs, no account team. You hire me; I do the work.

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07 · What clients say

What it sounds like when this works.

We significantly increased sales and expanded into new markets.

We worked with Max to scale our webshop within multi-channel distribution and weren't disappointed. Despite a difficult market environment, his proactive and reliable work played a big part in our growth. We look forward to continuing the collaboration.

AntonNatural Goods Berlin
A game-changer for my business. He helped me restructure operations, define clear strategic goals, and design a solid action plan.

Thanks to his guidance, I achieved my main goal of securing stable income and gained a clearer vision for the future. Maximilian has incredible energy and a genuine passion for helping businesses grow.

Nazarena PelleritiNazarena En Sepia · Independent fashion designer
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08 · Common questions

Common questions.

Q1We've been burned by an agency before. Why would this be different?
The structural answer: there's no account team, no junior doing the work while a senior gives you the call, and no black box around what's happening. Maximilian does the work. You see everything — what's running, what it's costing, what it's producing. If something isn't working, you'll hear about it before you ask. There's also no lock-in: if it's not working, you can leave. Those two things — transparency and flexibility — are the opposite of the typical agency setup that burns people.
Q2What channels do you actually manage?
The starting point is almost always Google Ads or Google Ad Grants. That's where most social enterprises get the highest return on paid investment. From there, engagements can expand to Pinterest Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta Ads (Meta is handled via a trusted specialist partner). Which channels make sense for your organisation depends on your goals, audience, and budget — we figure that out on the strategy call.
Q3What does "performance-based pricing" actually mean in practice?
It means the fee is tied to results rather than time. The specific structure depends on your goals: for an ecommerce or revenue-generating organisation, it might be a percentage of revenue attributed to paid channels. For a lead-gen or fundraising organisation, it might be a fixed fee per qualified lead or donor acquired. The principle is simple: I only win when you win. Not every organisation or engagement is suited to this model — for some goals it's hard to agree on attribution — but where it works, it's the most honest way to structure the relationship.
Q4How long does onboarding take before anything is live?
Typically 2–4 weeks from signed agreement to first campaigns live. The first phase covers account audit or setup, tracking installation, creative briefing, and strategy alignment. Most clients see the first meaningful data within 30 days. If you have an urgent need — a fundraising campaign that launches in two weeks, for example — that's worth flagging on the strategy call and we'll figure out whether the timeline can be compressed.
Q5What does the reporting look like?
Regular reports — monthly as a minimum, weekly for higher-spend accounts — built around the metrics that actually matter for your organisation. Not a PDF full of impressions and average position. You also get access to a live dashboard so you can check in between reports without having to ask. The goal is that you always know what's happening, without having to chase me for information.
Q6Do we need to be involved day-to-day?
No. That's the point. You stay involved at the strategic level — approving ad creative before it goes live, reviewing reports, making decisions about budget changes and new campaigns. The operational day-to-day is handled. If you have an in-house junior marketer, they can stay in the loop without having to do the technical work themselves.
Q7Can we leave if it's not working?
Yes. There are no 12-month lock-in contracts. Engagements are structured with flexible exit terms — typically a short notice period so there's a proper handover, not an abrupt stop. You're not trapped. If the work isn't delivering and we can't fix it, the right thing is to part ways, not to keep invoicing.
Q8Are we too small for this?
The practical minimum for a Google Ads engagement that has a real chance of delivering results is roughly €1,000–2,000 per month in ad spend. Below that threshold, the economics of paid search typically don't work out — the volume is too low to optimise from. If you're below that budget and want to figure out the right path forward, the consulting session is a better starting point.

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09 · Availability

A note on client intake.

I take on a small number of new clients each quarter. That's not a marketing line — it's the constraint that makes the quality possible. Every client I take on gets real, senior attention. There's no account team to absorb more volume.

The intake process starts with a free strategy call. We talk about your organisation, your goals, your current situation, and whether the service makes sense for you. If it does, we discuss the right engagement model and I'll tell you when the next available slot is. If it doesn't fit, I'll say so — and if something else would serve you better, I'll point you there.

If you've read this far and the service seems like it could be the right fit, the practical move is to book the call before the slot fills. There's no artificial scarcity here. Just a one-person practice with a finite number of hours.

10 · Get started

Your performance marketing, off your plate.

Senior-only work. Full transparency. Flexible pricing. A practice built specifically for social enterprises, NGOs, and impact-driven brands.

Book a free strategy callNo lock-in · No junior handoffs · No black boxes

Or email me first if you'd like to ask a question before booking: maximilian@growwithpurpose.net