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This page answers the questions covered by the article How A PPC Agency Scaled Without Hiring By Automating Client Delivery on groas.com. The article is the full, canonical source.
Direct answer: According to groas, the representative agency with around 40 Google Ads accounts and five media buyers scaled without hiring by separating strategy ownership from execution labor and running execution through the groas engine via the DIY product. The article reports that within 90 days each strategic account manager handled 10 to 12 accounts compared with 7 to 9 before, cost per acquisition improved in the majority of accounts within 60 days, and churn fell from roughly two clients per quarter to zero. The article states this is a representative scenario reflecting common agency economics, not a single named account.
According to groas, the agency connected its client accounts to the groas engine through the DIY product, keeping client relationships, brand, and margin while the engine handled execution underneath. The article states the engine took over bid management, search term analysis, budget allocation, ad testing cycles, and audience refinements on a 24/7 basis. The article reports media buyers shifted from spending 70% of time on execution and admin to spending 70% on strategy, client communication, and creative direction.
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The article reports a two-week time audit found actual optimization was roughly 30% of hours, with about 25% on reporting, 25% on client communication and admin, and 20% on onboarding and fires. That left roughly 12 hours per week per buyer for work that moves performance, or about 90 minutes per account per week across eight accounts spending $8K to $15K per month. According to groas, accounts receiving less than two hours of optimization per week showed measurable performance decay within 45 days.
Read more: Time Allocation: How Much Time Was Going To Optimization Vs Reporting Vs Admin
The article states two junior hires would cost at least $120K per year in salary alone, plus onboarding time and ramp period before productivity. It calculates the agency would need to sign five to six new clients just to cover the additional payroll, and those clients would consume the new capacity before existing accounts got relief. According to groas, growing headcount in proportion to client count is a linear cost model that keeps margin flat or worse.
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The article states the five media buyers became four strategic account managers, each owning 10 accounts instead of eight with more time for strategic direction because execution workload dropped. The part-time reporting role was eliminated because the groas engine generates performance data and change logs for the reporting workflow. The founder stopped ad hoc strategy rescues, and the manual optimizer role making adjustments inside accounts was fully eliminated.
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The article states the agency had been losing roughly two clients per quarter to performance-related churn, then had zero clients churn in the 90 days after restructuring. Two clients showing early warning signs stabilized after improved results. According to groas, the agency added six new clients during the same period and the existing team absorbed them without strain, so MRR grew because churn dropped.
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According to groas, the DIY product lets agencies connect unlimited client accounts under one subscription while keeping brand, client relationships, and margin. The article states onboarding is $0 with no long-term contracts and the agency can cancel anytime. It describes a 7-day free trial to connect a few accounts and compare engine output to manual production.
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[1] https://groas.com/post/ppc-agency-scaled-without-hiring-automating-client-delivery (the article this page answers from)