Deep Growth

Director

Research and Growth

The earth is not flat. And neither should your acquisition ads' performance be.

Having worked in-house for years, I take an in-house view to Growth. We audit, sometimes do research and come up with a roadmap to growth for our clients. Whether through acquisition campaigns (usually Google or Meta Ads) or via work on customer journeys. Our audits usually uncover a nugget or two that can unlock growth.

Testimonials at https://startupmarketer.co/about/ otherwise all other info is on https://researchandgrowth.com

Growth Director

Lintbells | Home of YuMOVE

Meta Ads Consultant

The Electric Car Scheme

Paid Search Acquisition

arena.online

Paid Search Consultant

Perceptycs

I'm no jack of all trades, so in some cases I partner with individuals and teams who pack a punch.

Growth Advisor

LIMINAL

Paid Acquisition Consultant (Meta + Google)

Sweaty Betty

Onto

Did you hear that? Neither did I. Electric cars are quiet beasts. 

As Europe's largest electric car subscription services, Onto helped thousands of B2C and B2B customers drive electric cars for the first time. Having raised more than £340 million in funding, my job was to sensibly spend a big portion of that money.

Working with a team of talented individuals we drove digital and offline campaigns (e.g. Linear TV) and as well as improved the customer journey on web and app. As a monthly subscription business, no sentence was complete without a mention of our LTV:CAC ratio.

Head of Growth

Most companies with £1,000+ customer LTVs experience poor performance on paid acquisition because they're using the wrong playbook.

They're using DTC and ecommerce strategies - optimising for quick conversions, pumping out generic creative which lead to high CACs and low quality leads.

Long conversion cycles require a fundamentally different approach.
At Deep Growth, we work with B2B companies and high-LTV B2C businesses to align your acquisition strategy with how your customers actually buy.
Over the past 10 years, I've worked with companies on profitable growth when sales cycles stretch beyond 30 days:

→ Ben (Employee Benefits Platform)
Led a transformation project to move upmarket into enterprise, reworking their Google Ads strategy and prospect experience while optimising HubSpot dashboards for longer, complex sales cycles. This proof of concept changed how they approach enterprise acquisition.

→ The Electric Car Scheme (Electric cars as employee benefits)
Scaled their Paid Search beyond previous limits by building custom offline conversion automations between Pipedrive and ad platforms. Restructured accounts to focus on what actually drives pipeline, not just leads. Result: Record YoY growth.

→ Onto (Car Subscription)
Faced the challenge of introducing an entirely new concept to the UK market. Built a rapid creative iteration machine that produced contextual ads helping drivers understand car subscription without the hard sell. Became Europe's largest car subscription company by seeding the benefits of car subscription  across Meta, Google, and Reddit.

Our Deep Growth methodology is built specifically for long conversion cycles.
We focus on three core pillars:

✓ Platform Architecture - Setting up Google and/or Meta to track what matters: pipeline influence, not just last-click conversions. Attribution that actually reflects your sales cycle.
✓ Journey Optimisation - Mapping the real conversion journey and optimising touchpoint for progression.
✓ Contextual Creative - Developing ads that plant seeds early, nurture consideration, and accelerate decision-making when prospects enter their buying window.

The uncomfortable truth about high-LTV advertising:
The best prospects aren't ready to buy today. They might not even know they have a problem yet. But when they are ready - in 3, 6, or 12 months - you need to be the obvious choice.
This requires patient capital, better tracking, and creative that educates without preaching.
Unlike other agencies we optimise for more than just MQLs.

Ready to fix your paid acquisition?
DM me with your challenges.

Chris Winterhoff

NOVOS

co-founder of NOVOS. We offer the full suite of SEO services for any eCommerce brand (Strategy, Technical, Content and PR link building).

Our team provides a tailored strategy for growth and is accountable for executing this strategy through technical consultancy, content production, and Digital PR backlinks. 

Technical strategy:
We're an experienced team working with Shopify, Magento, Big Commerce, Woocommerce and headless CMS'. 

Data led execution:
We also provide a wide range of Digital PR tactics to generate a solid, natural stream of backlinks to your domain. 

Check out our incredible case studies here: https://thisisnovos.com/case-studies/

People-led business:
We've grew from 2 people to 40+ in 3 years. In March 2022 we sold the business to the staff to become a people-led business. We put a huge emphasis on culture and supporting the team to grow. Read more on our about us page: https://thisisnovos.com/about-us/ follow my personal blog for more insights into employee ownership and our journey: https://theagnc.co.uk/

Who we partner with:
We focus purely on non-brand growth. Our ideal client is either 
1) a brand who's yet to bring SEO inhouse but wants to grow and scale in line with other channels or
2) a larger brand with SEO in-house but needs additional expertise on how to scale links + content for eCommerce brands. 

Drop me a message if you need any support.

Co-founder & Managing Director

TheLivingHouse

Our mission is to make interior design accessible to everyone.

My role is to accelerate the growth of the business + support the founders with their growth as the business grows.

Director/Investor

Forbes Agency Council

Mental Heath Group Leader

I write about my agency experiences and knowledge while also contributing to expert panels.
My profile is here: https://shorturl.at/dfitZ

Member and contributor 

Statement Group Ltd

Umbrella group for current and future brands

Founder

MADE.COM

International SEO manager; leading SEO across 6 markets as a team of 1.

Achieved over £20million non-brand SEO growth across UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Nordics. 

Peak ranking highlights included number 1 rank for Sofas, Furniture, chairs, tables, sofa beds, canape. 

At the time, oversaw one of the largest SEO eCommerce migration to React Javascript.

After leaving Made.com in-house they became a client of ours at NOVOS
Industry case study available here: https://www.deepcrawl.com/case-studies/made-com/

SEO Manager (International)

Statement Accessories

Sourced 16 global designers each with unique and innovative story to mens accessories. Aim was to give mens accessories prominent visibility often lost by mass curation sites like Farfetch and Asos. 

Eventually closed down to focus all attention on digital marketing consultancy: statement.digital which became NOVOS.

BlueGlass

As Head of SEO and Team Lead for BlueGlass my primary role is to ensure the team is working towards our clients KPIs, performing to their maximum potential and providing a quality service to all clients. 

Managing a team of 5 achieving incredible results across Leisure, Finance, E-commerce and Motoring industries. Clients included:
- OKA
- Better Gyms
- Pottery Barn
- JD Sports
- RAC

Our success was highlighted by our work winning Best use of SEO in the Third Sector in the 2015 Search Awards, Best use of SEO in Retail in the 2016 Search Awards and the agency winning best content marketing agency 2016 at The Drum Awards.

My day to day responsibilities cover:
- Strategic consulting and support.
- SEO technical consulting and auditing.
- Content gaps, opportunities, strengths and content roadmaps.
- Team management and setting priorities.
- Setting and aligning content marketing efforts with our content manager.
- Outlining Digital PR priorities and objectives with our Digital PR specialists.
- Supporting and prioritising SEO technical actions and roadmaps with our SEO Execs.
- Reporting performance and results to clients.

Additional responsibilities include:
- Data and analysis for sales pitches and proposals.
- General account management duties.
- HR: Team catch ups, recruitment and setting career objectives.
- Budgeting with the team's project manager.
- Leading client meetings and calls.

Head of SEO

The focus of my role was to provide strategic direction to our clients content marketing campaigns. Through detailed planning, auditing and reporting I help to ensure KPIs are tracked throughout the duration of the campaign, which provide top-level insights 

Summary of role: 
- Simplifying large data into actionable roadmaps for clients
- Client reporting and auditing
- Technical SEO recommendations
- Client presentations and communications
- CRO and UX audits and insights

Search Strategist

Kurve Digital Marketing

A boutique digital marketing agency supporting a range of clients, from disruptive startups to international brands. Specialising in B2B marketing, specifically in the fin-tech sector. Through my diverse role, I developed experience and expertise in leading strategy and analytics across multi-channel performance marketing.

Produced award winning content - CSS Reel Award for innovation & creativity, a 'Special Kudos' award from CSS Design Award, and an honourable mention from Awwwards.com

Clients:
 Wonga International
 Nutmeg Investment
 Everline
 10MinuteWith
 Voiamo
 Market Invoice

Expertise with: Unbounce, Optimisely, LRT, AWR, GWT, Google Business Apps, Hubspot, Linkdex, Invision, Mockflow and SEMrush.

Paid & Creative Manager

Golley Slater

Client list involved; Mitsubishi Motors, HCC Welsh Lamb, Welsh Assembly Government and Offshore Wind Scotland

Account Executive (Intern)

My agency journey started when I realized I wasn’t being paid my worth. I created over £20m in non-brand growth for the company I worked for

Only to be rewarded with a £2k pay raise.

This changed my career path forever—I knew owning my own business was the only way to be paid my worth (and gain my freedom).

I started with a men's accessories website, which failed…

But taught me the skills I needed to become a successful freelancer.

I was taking so many clients I had to build an agency—which I co-founded with my business partner. But despite our experience, it wasn’t easy…

We’ve built our agency through Brexit, the pandemic, and both ends of the economic cycle. But we pushed through, and built NOVOS to a 40-member team in less than four years…

Which I ended up selling to back our staff while I stayed on as Managing Director.

I used the proceeds to invest in two other agencies, mentor new agency owners…

And even fulfill my dream of building a house in North London (all while becoming a dad).

These days, I’m focused on building my personal brand and transitioning to a coaching role. My goal is to inspire and guide the next generation of agency leaders.

And if that sounds good to you, give me a follow.

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