Digital advertising

 

Most marketing leaders who come to us want three things: clarity on what their ads really do, a senior team to drive the work with them, and control over the numbers without drowning in reports. If you see advertising as “set up the campaigns I had in mind”, we are the wrong fit.

Whether you work with us through Growth, Audit, Data Controlling on Ads alone or across your full digital mix, the expectation is the same: senior judgment, measurable improvements, and zero fluff.

 

Ads Growth

Growth is our model for running or overseeing Ads with senior judgment and clear accountability.

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Ads Data Controlling

Ads Data Controlling brings platform data, CRM, and internal numbers into one view.

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Ads Audit

Ads Audit gives you a clear, evidence-based view of what your advertising is doing and where money is being made or wasted.

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Our terms for taking on your Ads

1.
Fees & incentives
What we’ve seen on the market:
Fees tied to media spend

Many providers charge a percentage of ad spend, so higher budgets increase their fee even when performance doesn’t improve.

Our approach:
Fees are independent of ad spend.

You pay for senior expertise and scope, not for how much you spend. Budget decisions are driven by performance and business decisions, not by our incentive to increase media.

2.
Ads scope & channel selection
What we’ve seen on the market:
One-size-fits-all ad packages.

Channels and budgets are often fixed in the proposal for every client (ex, “all Google and all Meta channels” bundled together for a set price) even when the business model, margins, or competitive pressure make that setup hard to justify.

Our approach:
Custom.

We never sell predefined ad packages. Channels and activities are chosen once we understand your goals, margins, and competition. Sometimes that means holding back on Ads until the numbers make sense. If paid social or any other channel doesn’t make sense for you, we don’t push it just to fill a checklist.

3.
Attribution & conversion quality
What we’ve seen on the market:
Surface-level attribution.

Results are often judged only by platform-reported conversions and simple first/last-click models, without checking what actually became a customer or a high-quality lead.

Our approach:
We look beyond platform numbers to understand the true quality of conversions.

We know attribution is never perfect, so we combine platform data with CRM and other internal sources to get closer to the real picture of which conversions turn into valuable customers. Platform numbers are one input, not the single source of truth, and decisions follow the actual quality and volume of conversions.

4.
Monitoring & issue detection
What we’ve seen on the market:
Basic monitoring and reactive fixes.

Reporting often relies on standard platform views and manual checks, so issues with budgets, tracking, feeds, or landing pages are typically caught when performance has already suffered.

Our approach:
Internal tools that watch what platforms don’t.

Our internal tools and scripts continuously track budgets, tracking health, feeds, landing pages, and unusual performance patterns, so we catch issues earlier and can focus more time on higher-value strategy and experiments instead of manual checks. Proven automations are then rolled out across clients only when they deliver a measurable advantage.

Real results

Healthcare

“Granular helps us achieve strategic objectives with measurable results, keeping us ahead of competitors and the digital market leader across all our clinics.”

Ognjen Bagatin

Director

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Fine Jewelry

“Granular has a comprehensive understanding of our online business, recognizes the challenges we face, and provides practical solutions that help us grow further.”

Franjo Dodić

CEO

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E-commerce

“With their pragmatic, hands-on collaboration, Granular feels like an extension of our own team—continuously driving improvements, expanding our reach across core categories, and keeping Planeta Sport a step ahead of the competition.”

Branimir Kulašević

Chief Ecommerce Officer

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Ads Growth

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What is this service?

Growth is our model for running or overseeing Ads with senior judgment and clear accountability. You get a dedicated Ads team that treats your budget and targets as its own, takes ownership of direction, and makes decisions based on data and experience. Together, we define commercial targets and limits, close measurement gaps, and set a clear plan across Google, Meta, and other platforms.

02
When does this make sense?
  • You believe advertising can help your business and want a team that can run the whole thing for you, without you needing to be an Ads expert.
  • You have the data, but you’re not sure if your advertising is effective or what to do next.
  • You want some quick wins in advertising, something that can move results in the short term.
  • You already have a team or an agency, but need a senior sparring partner with concrete, tailored advice.
03
How we work?

Every client has at least two Ads specialists assigned, supported by our data team. We work in live channels like Slack and through regular weekly calls, instead of hiding behind monthly slide decks. On the operational side, we can run the accounts end-to-end or sit above your in-house or agency team as a senior oversight layer. In both setups, we:

  • set direction,
  • review work down to campaign and asset level,
  • shape test plans,
  • and hold the work against agreed targets.

Campaigns follow a visible plan and a living test backlog, with clear hypotheses behind each change. Internally, we review dashboards and status against goals on a regular cadence, so you see a steady rhythm of changes, reviews, and proposals for what to move next. The team is comfortable admitting mistakes, rebuilding campaigns from scratch when needed, and bringing uncomfortable truths with solutions attached, even when topline numbers look fine. We stay ahead of platform and industry changes, test new features in controlled setups, and only scale what proves its value in the data.

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Roles & responsibilities
 

Granular

  • We define targets and guardrails, close measurement gaps, and set direction for campaigns and testing.
  • We run or oversee execution, review work in detail, and continuously challenge performance against agreed goals.

Client

  • You provide business context, access to accounts and data, and alignment on priorities.
  • You stay involved in decisions, challenge assumptions with us, and implement agreed changes when execution is handled in-house or by another partner.
 

Ads Data Controlling

01
What is this service?

Ads Data Controlling brings platform data, CRM, and internal numbers into one view. Dashboards are built around your questions:

  • What is happening?
  • Why is it happening?
  • Where should the next unit of budget go?

The same view works for daily checks and for conversations with leadership.

02
When does this make sense?
  • You have access to data, but lack a clear, trusted view of advertising performance.
  • You don’t have confidence that platform-reported numbers reflect real results.
  • You need better visibility into how Ads contribute to business outcomes, not just clicks or conversions.
  • You need better control over budgets, tracking performance, and changes over time.
03
How we work?

Manual checks alone aren’t enough at the scale most clients operate on, so our Ads and Data teams invest heavily in internal tooling and automations. We track budget pacing, tracking integrity, landing-page issues, feed problems, and shifts in audience behaviour. Platform conversions are checked against CRM and other sources, so decisions are not made on inflated or misleading numbers. When a pattern appears that requires action, it is surfaced early as a concrete next step, not as a surprise at the end of the month.

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Roles & responsibilities
 

Granular

  • We design and maintain the data model, dashboards, and monitoring logic.
  • We connect Ads platforms with CRM and other internal sources, define checks, and surface risks, anomalies, and opportunities as actionable insights.

Client

  • You provide access to relevant data sources and business context needed to interpret results.
  • You use the dashboards and insights to support decisions, align teams, and communicate performance internally.
 

Ads Audit

01
What is this service?

Ads Audit gives you a clear, evidence-based view of what your advertising is doing and where money is being made or wasted. Your competitive landscape is also analysed alongside your setup, so you can see where you are competitive, where you are behind, and where the economics simply do not work. If there is a tracking gap, a structural flaw, or an expensive dead end, it will surface. The audit is there to cut through guesswork.

02
When does this make sense?
  • You have advertising running and want a clear diagnosis of what works, what doesn’t, and why before making bigger changes or investments.
  • You struggle to translate data into concrete decisions.
  • You need quick wins and clear priorities to improve performance without guessing.
  • You want to understand whether the budget is driving growth or being wasted.
03
How we work?

We rebuild measurement end-to-end: consent, GA4, conversion mapping, and the link to CRM or offline sources so platform numbers match reality. Then we break down your Google and Meta setups in detail: PMax, Search, Shopping, audiences, feed quality, bidding logic, naming, creative performance, landing flows, and the operational processes behind them. We apply the same analytical lens to your competitors. This allows us to separate symptoms from root causes and avoid recommendations based on assumptions. Findings are translated into a structured audit output:

  • a scorecard of your current state,
  • at least 30 actionable quick wins,
  • a roadmap that separates immediate fixes from structural rebuilds for long-term impact,
  • responsibilities and expected outcomes.
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Roles & responsibilities
 

Granular

  • We get access to platforms and relevant data sources.
  • We perform the full analysis and ask for additional context where needed.
  • We deliver documentation with findings and concrete recommendations on what to change, how to change it, and in which order.
  • We can support implementation if required.

Client

  • You provide access to advertising platforms and share business context needed for interpretation.
  • You decide on and implement the recommendations from the audit, either internally or with external partners.
 

Results we'll stand behind

Digital Advertising

15% Increase in Google Ads Revenue. Scaling growth in Serbia’s competitive sports retail market.

Through smart bidding strategies, non-brand campaign expansion, and seasonal optimization, Planeta Sport achieved a 15% YoY revenue increase from Google Ads, alongside higher conversion rates and average order value.

15%

Increase in revenue

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Digital Advertising

600% E-Commerce Revenue Growth Through Paid Advertising for Makromikro Group

Through refined ad structures, revenue grew 600% and conversion soared 300%, delivering a data-driven advantage in a competitive market.

600%

Revenue growth

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Digital Advertising

79% Growth in Leads. Rasco’s Expansion to New Markets Through Digital Advertising.

One of Europe’s top municipal equipment manufacturers overcame an ad-resistant industry, tapping new markets with push-and-pull strategies for ongoing lead growth.

79%

Lead growth

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Our Ads Playbook

1.
Top opportunities & risks

We move fast, but we don’t work blindly. In the first days, the focus is on identifying the signals that limit or unlock performance – structure, creative, and the business reality behind the numbers. We’re often taking over accounts with history, and the goal is not to tear everything down, but to understand what already exists and how it can be improved. We review current setups, pull forward what is working (or used to work), and look at change history to understand what has already been tested and why. Based on that, you get a short list of the highest-impact opportunities and risks: what we’ll change first, why it matters, and how we’ll judge if it worked.

2.
Competitive patterns & benchmarks

We do not do competitor research to produce a pretty deck; we do it to take useful patterns and beat them at their own game. We go deep into sources like Ad Library and Ads Transparency Center, apply our own methodology to assess their campaign structure, and collect their core messages and angles so we can categorize what they are really pushing. We also use external tools and platform signals to understand the full landscape and the mechanics behind what is showing up. We are not pretending this gives exact pricing truth, and anyone claiming precise numbers here is overselling it, but we do have a system that has proven consistently reliable for making the right strategic calls.

3.
Budgeting

Budget decisions should not be driven by gut feel or a fixed split across channels. We apply senior judgment built from running both small and large accounts across different industries to decide where to lean in, where to pull back, and when not to force spend just to exhaust a budget. The approach is tailored to your margins, goals, seasonality, and the stability of performance over time.

4.
Campaign architecture

We build accounts so they are scalable, readable, and easy to steer without unnecessary complexity. We do not force ten channels if two are enough to hit the goal, and we focus on what will actually move the needle instead of building a “marketing zoo.” Structure is customized to your funnel, markets, and product reality, not copied from a template, and it will look different for a webshop with 1000 products, a webshop with 10 products, a lead gen clinic, or a service-based business. Expect a setup built around your naming, your internal logic, and how your funnel actually works, while still being robust enough to handle future changes. And if a better structure becomes obvious later, we are not afraid to rebuild and simplify without losing what has already been learned.

5.
Creative analysis

Most teams say they need new creatives and stop there. We are not a creative studio, but we are very experienced from working across a large volume of campaigns, so we pragmatically approach creativity. We know what tends to work and what tends not to work, when functional messaging beats emotional, and when the account needs more video versus stronger static or more copy-driven ads. We use our own methodology to evaluate and track creative performance over time, because what worked last year will not automatically work this year. We do not get attached to individual ads, but we do care that creative represents the brand in the best possible way while still driving results.

6.
Insights & reporting

Using our Data Controlling systems and practices, we keep reporting clear and useful by focusing on what changed, what we learned, and what we will do next. Reports are never sent for the sake of it. We always add context on why something was done, what effect it had, and what it means going forward. You also stay close to the numbers in real time, so you can check progress and assess our work whenever you want. Our role is to explain what is happening and why, because the assumption is that we should know more about performance marketing than you do, and make that understanding accessible. So instead of saying “conversions are X,” we will say “conversions are X, this is your best month so far, and it happened because of these specific changes.” That way, you see with understanding and learn alongside us.

7.
Test backlog

Most teams say “we optimize campaigns” and leave it at that. Our approach is simple: be as transparent as possible, and keep a living backlog of everything we are working on, which you can access anytime if you want. You can trust that we know what we are doing, but if you are skeptical, this makes it easy to see the logic, the priorities, and the progress in one place, with notes on what was changed and why. Your account is never “set and forget,” it is always a work in progress with ideas to test, learnings to capture, and improvements to ship. We will not win every test, but we will always keep moving, and we will document it.

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Frequently asked questions

To understand the service even better.

Why bring you in if we already have an agency or an in-house team?

We add senior judgment, a clear roadmap, and tighter measurement. Think of us as the partner who asks tough questions, identifies blind spots, and helps your team make better decisions without replacing them.

Will I spend less and get the same results?

Sometimes. We cut waste when we find it, and recommend more budget where the marginal return is there. The aim is better outcomes, not just lower spend. You decide based on your margins and capacity.

Do you offer campaign management?

Yes. We plan, build, test, and optimize. We’re not order-takers; we make data-led decisions with your business input.

Can you act as an external advertising manager or coordinator?

Yes. We can coordinate agencies, guide the in-house team, and keep everyone aligned.

What do you need from us?

Business context (margins, markets, capacity), quick feedback, and platform access. We’ll handle the ad work; you steer with your knowledge of the business.

Who owns the accounts and data?

You do. We work on your accounts, document everything, and keep reporting open.

What if we disagree on an approach?

We’ll state our view with data, test it on a small scale, and decide by evidence. Strong opinions, loosely held.

Which platforms do you cover?

Google Ads, Meta, plus others where it makes sense (e.g., LinkedIn, TikTok). We’ll recommend only what fits your goals and capacity.

Do you offer education?

We do, but it depends on what you need. Feel free to contact us and explain the type of education you would like us to have.

What’s the typical engagement length?

Growth: 3–12+ months, with a working cadence adapted to your team.
Data Controlling: 1–3 months for setup. Dashboards, checks, and signals are rolled out weekly, followed by ongoing support and consulting.
Audit: 4–8 weeks, implementation is not included.

Our Ads clients

Zlatarna Dodić Poliklinika Bagatin Dashmoto Planeta Sport Klimatizacija Poliklinika Sinteza UNICEF eKupi City Expert Kreditni Savetnik Zlatarna Dodić Poliklinika Bagatin Dashmoto Planeta Sport Klimatizacija Poliklinika Sinteza UNICEF eKupi City Expert Kreditni Savetnik
Zlatarna Dodić
Poliklinika Bagatin
Dashmoto
Planeta Sport
Klimatizacija
Poliklinika Sinteza
UNICEF
eKupi
City Expert
Kreditni Savetnik
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