About GRUNN

Built because neither side
was telling the full story.

GRUNN exists because business owners and founders deserve more than a piece of the marketing picture. They deserve the whole thing, with clarity on where they stand and a clear direction on where to go next.

Mae Teves, Founder of GRUNN
Mae Teves Founder, GRUNN
Experience 6 years, in-house and agency
Background Mix of in-house marketing and agency-side work
Specialties
Google Ads Meta Ads Klaviyo SEO Strategy AI
Active markets AU, UK, US
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Why GRUNN exists.

After 6 years working both in-house and on the agency side, a pattern became impossible to ignore. In-house teams had deep context about the business but often lacked the full marketing toolkit or the structural thinking to connect everything. Agencies brought execution capability but rarely had the full picture of what a business actually needed. The result in both cases was the same: business owners and founders left without clear direction, and marketing budgets spent without a proper foundation underneath them.

Neither side was delivering the complete marketing job. Someone would handle paid media. Someone else would do SEO. Email would be managed separately. But no one was connecting it all, evaluating what actually mattered, and giving the owner an honest answer about where their business stood and what to prioritise next.

GRUNN was built to fix that. Not by doing more, but by thinking first. By starting with structure. By taking responsibility for the full picture and giving business owners and startup founders the clarity and direction they actually need to grow with confidence.

The problem we solve

Most marketing fails before the first click.

It does not fail because teams are not working hard. It fails because decisions are made without structure, execution happens before evaluation, and tools are used as a substitute for thinking.

01 Foundations before tactics

Every channel sits on a foundation. Without it, scale amplifies the wrong things. Structure first, always.

02 The full picture, not a piece of it

Business owners should not have to stitch their own marketing together. Paid, organic, lifecycle, and strategy belong in one coherent system.

03 Clarity as a deliverable

Peace of mind and a clear direction are not soft outcomes. They are what every founder actually needs and rarely gets from their marketing partner.

What this means in practice

GRUNN is and is not.

This distinction matters. It shapes every engagement, every conversation, and every decision about whether to work together.

GRUNN is
  • A foundation-first growth practice
  • A complete marketing partner for business owners and founders
  • A place for structure, clarity, and long-term perspective
  • A thinking partner that executes when it makes sense
  • A platform that gives you direction, not just activity
GRUNN is not
  • A tactic library or shortcut provider
  • An agency that executes before it evaluates
  • A funnel brand or hack-driven growth shop
  • A service that tells you what you want to hear
  • Right for everyone, and that is by design
How this thinking shows up

Across every channel. In every engagement.

The foundation-first approach is not a philosophy saved for strategy decks. It shows up in every piece of work across every channel GRUNN touches.

Google Ads Structure before spend. Measurement before scale.

Account architecture, campaign builds, conversion tracking, and ongoing management. Currently running active accounts across UK, AU, and US markets.

Meta Ads Full-funnel architecture, not isolated campaigns.

Top-of-funnel awareness through to retargeting, designed as a connected system. 83.9x retargeting ROAS achieved on one AU ecommerce account through proper funnel structure.

Klaviyo Lifecycle built on logic, not sequences.

Flow architecture, segmentation strategy, and list health management. Five active flows generating $113K for one AU ecommerce client.

SEO and Organic Intent before content. Architecture before volume.

Organic growth as a designed system. Site architecture, intent mapping, and clear content roles come before publishing volume.

Growth Strategy Decisions before activity. Direction over dashboards.

Channel prioritisation, budget allocation, and measurement frameworks that connect activity to business outcomes rather than just tracking it.

Advisory Some problems need better decisions, not more execution.

Coaching and advisory for marketers building full-stack capability. Structured thinking on growth, systems, and decision-making.

AI in the work

AI is a tool in the system. Not a replacement for thinking.

Artificial intelligence is part of how the work gets done at GRUNN. It is used practically and honestly, not as a shortcut or a way to avoid the real thinking that clients are paying for.

The foundation-first approach applies here too. AI tools are most useful when the strategic layer is already clear. They speed up execution, surface patterns in data faster, and help structure thinking. They do not replace the judgment that decides what to prioritise, what to fix first, or what actually matters for a specific business.

Every client engagement at GRUNN still starts with evaluation, not automation. AI is used where it genuinely helps. It is not used as a substitute for experience or strategic clarity.

Tools used in active client work
Claude (Anthropic) Strategy structuring, content drafting, decision frameworks
ChatGPT (OpenAI) Research, copy variations, campaign brief development
Gemini (Google) Google Ads copy assistance, search intent analysis
Perplexity Fast research, market context, competitor analysis
Midjourney Ad creative concepting and visual ideation
AI-powered analytics Pattern detection, anomaly flagging, performance signals

Using AI well requires the same thing as using any tool well: knowing what problem you are actually solving before you reach for it.

The work

Results across AU, UK, and US markets.

Six years of hands-on work across Google Ads, Meta Ads, Klaviyo, and SEO. The portfolio page has the full breakdown with real numbers, case studies, and context on what was broken and what changed.

£25.71 CPA on Google Ads UK. 83.9x ROAS on Meta AU. $113K from Klaviyo flows. $30.19 CPL on a US launch campaign.

All from active client engagements. See the full case studies on the portfolio page.

Work with GRUNN

If this sounds like what you have been looking for, let's talk.

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