The Problem
You have an execution and optimization gap. There's signal in your pipeline — it just needs a system built around it.
One channel is working, but you're not sure why. And without knowing why, you can't scale it confidently.
CAC is creeping up and nobody has a clear answer for which part of the funnel is the problem.
Demo-to-close rate is inconsistent. Some months it's 30%, others 15%. The data doesn't explain the variance.
Your team is doing a lot, but you can't tell what's moving the needle. Every experiment is a guess.
You've hired or are considering hiring a Head of Marketing. But a single hire can't do what a focused growth system can.
Why Now
The companies that keep scaling in this environment are not spending more — they are optimizing harder than everyone else.
The companies still scaling efficiently are running a system. Not a bigger budget.
Ad platforms have gotten more competitive and more expensive at every level. AI-generated creative flooded the feed. Audiences are more fatigued. iOS privacy changes made attribution harder. None of this is going away.
The response most SaaS companies default to: hire someone, increase budget, or try a new channel. All three are expensive guesses when the real problem is that the existing channel has never been systematically optimized.
The companies outperforming their category right now are running 3 to 5 structured experiments per month, rotating creative on a fixed cadence, and cutting budget from what does not work instead of adding budget to everything.
That system — built specifically for your channel and your ICP — is what gRO delivers in the first 90 days.
The Math
The fully-loaded cost of building this capability in-house versus a focused external partner — at the stage where every dollar of overhead matters.
One Growth-tier slot currently open.
Services & Pricing
No retainer menus. No a-la-carte confusion. You're either in the Growth tier or the Scale tier — based on where you are, not what you can afford to pay.
90-day pilot → 6-month contract. One channel, fully owned.
6-month minimum. Two channels, full funnel audit, executive reporting.
What You're Actually Replacing
Building this in-house means hiring a team, managing competing priorities, surviving a 4-month ramp, and hoping they focus on what actually moves revenue. Here's what you're replacing — and what it would cost you to do it yourself.
One Growth-tier slot open now. Apply, we'll talk through whether it makes sense, and if it does — we're live in under two weeks.
The $5,000 Funnel Audit maps your entire funnel, finds the leak, and tells you exactly where to put the next dollar — before you commit to a retainer.
Qualification
The fastest way to kill a growth engagement is misalignment on what you bring to the table. These aren’t aspirational requirements — they’re the minimum conditions that let us move fast and deliver results. If you can’t check these boxes today, start with the Funnel Audit.
The $5,000 Funnel Audit doesn’t require all of this to be in place. It’s specifically designed to identify what’s missing, what’s fixable, and whether a retainer makes sense at all. It’s where most clients start.
Qualification
These aren't suggestions. They're the minimum conditions for the work to actually produce results. If you can't meet them at engagement start, the Funnel Audit is the right first step — not a retainer.
The fastest way to waste $9,500 a month is to start optimizing a channel that isn't ready to be optimized.
I only take clients I believe I can win with. If you apply and the fundamentals aren't there — wrong stage, channel not ready, data too thin — I won't take the engagement. I'll tell you what needs to be true first. The Funnel Audit exists specifically for that situation.
Results
Early-stage engagements, full-stack execution. Every result below was built from scratch — no inherited playbook.
Pre-revenue AI job search platform needed its first 10–25 paying customers. Zero marketing infrastructure existed — no ads, no email list, no social presence. Built the entire acquisition engine from scratch in under 4 weeks with $600 in total ad spend.
Recruited by the CEO to lead revenue growth and demand generation for a mission-driven WealthTech platform targeting underserved communities. Inherited a fragmented acquisition model with no unified channel strategy and a $25.16 cost per paid user. Rebuilt the full-funnel growth engine from the ground up — paid media, content, lifecycle marketing, and B2B2C partnership strategy — while reporting directly to executive leadership.
Results Across Engagements
We went from spending $25 per user with no clear system to acquiring members at $1.87 while growing 600% in 90 days. Ro didn’t run campaigns — she built the engine that proved our business model actually worked at scale.
The campaigns were live before I expected them. The targeting was specific, the copy was sharp, and the email sequence actually sounds like a human wrote it.
About Ro Maldonado
I'm a bilingual, revenue-focused marketing executive who has spent 15+ years turning fragmented acquisition programs into predictable, data-driven growth engines — for financial institutions, fintech startups, and B2B SaaS companies. The industries change. The discipline doesn't.
Career Progression
A sequential track from creative direction and community marketing — through digital transformation at scale — to enterprise B2B demand generation and full-funnel revenue ownership.
Skills & Competencies
Awards & Recognitions
Certifications & Platform Expertise
Formal certifications backed by 15+ years of applied expertise across the platforms that actually move pipeline.
How I Work
Contact
I take on 4 clients at a time. If there's capacity, the first step is a 30-minute call to see if this makes sense for your stage and goals.
What to expect
Takes 2 minutes. No pitch decks, no follow-up sequences.