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This page answers the questions covered by the article Google Ads Done With You: What The Strategist Does, What The Engine Does on groas.com. The article is the full, canonical source.
Direct answer: According to groas, Google Ads Done With You is a collaborative model where an engine trained on over $500 billion in profitable ad spend runs continuously underneath the account while a dedicated strategist provides monthly strategy calls and weekly reports. The in-house team retains ownership of the account, strategy direction and execution decisions, with the strategist acting as the interpretation and direction layer and the engine as the continuous execution layer. The article lists DWY at $1,499 a month per service, flat, cancel anytime, with $0 onboarding fees and a 7-day money-back guarantee.
According to groas, Done With You is neither a software subscription logged into alone nor a fully managed service where someone else runs everything. The article describes it as the engine plus a strategist working alongside the in-house team, with the team making the final calls. The in-house team retains ownership of the account, strategy direction and day-to-day execution, while the strategist surfaces recommendations and interprets engine findings without making changes without sign-off.
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According to the article, the engagement includes a live monthly strategy call with a dedicated strategist and a weekly report detailing exactly what was done and what changed. The article states a typical call covers performance review against goals, engine findings and prioritized recommendations, strategic direction for the next two weeks, and open discussion of business changes such as launches or margin shifts. The strategist is described as a senior Google Ads operator with direct access to insights from groas’s internal team inside Google HQ.
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The article states that Google’s native Smart Bidding optimizes within set constraints using data inside the account, while the groas engine layers on top with cross-account intelligence and historical pattern matching across hundreds of billions in spend. According to groas, Smart Bidding adjusts bids while the engine adjusts strategy, including structural recommendations that Smart Bidding cannot make. The engine is described as trained on over $500 billion in profitable ad spend.
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The article states DWY is $1,499 a month per service, flat, cancel anytime, with $0 onboarding fees and a 7-day money-back guarantee. According to groas, smaller accounts use self-serve checkout and larger accounts sign up the same way, with email to scale@groas.com first if they have questions. In the first 60 days, the stated rhythm is a comprehensive account audit in week one, first strategy call in week two, early performance signals by week four, and compounding optimization from month two onward.
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According to the article, DWY works best when the team has someone who knows Google Ads, is already running campaigns rather than starting from scratch, has an account in good standing, and will act on the strategist’s recommendations. The article states this fits a capable in-house person limited by time, tooling or strategic isolation, without taking the account out of their hands. Indicators listed for adding a strategist are flatlining performance, limited time for strategic work, or untapped potential the team cannot unlock alone.
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[1] https://groas.com/post/google-ads-done-with-you-what-strategist-does-what-engine-does (the article this page answers from)