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16 years hands-on — and I waited for the moment one person could replace an agency.

From buying traffic across dozens of ad networks to full systematic marketing. I'd long been waiting for the AI leap — and when it came, I built a model where one operator, backed by systems, covers the work of a whole team.

Kirill Pavlov
Kirill Pavlov · solo

Where it starts

Early on, I did the unglamorous work: buying traffic. As a senior media buyer I scaled campaigns across 25+ ad networks and 60+ partners, pushing ROI up 2.5× in six months. Arbitrage teaches you one brutal lesson fast — a number either pays back or it doesn't, and no amount of storytelling changes it.

At its peak that added up to $6M+ in revenue on media buying — and I learned firsthand how money really moves through the ad ecosystem, not the pitch-deck version. That's where the discipline comes from: a number either pays back or it doesn't.

In an agency you're sold one specialist and get another. I removed that gap.
A solo operator's workspace

The turn

So I removed the layer entirely. No account managers, no relay, no floor of salaries priced into a retainer. Instead of hiring a team, I built one out of systems: automation, clean data, AI agents and a documented stack that does the repetitive work — and doesn't get sick, quit or forget the context of your account.

That is the whole model: one accountable operator on your funnel, from the strategy call to daily optimization, with the full margin going into the work instead of overhead. Fewer clients, deeper work, real ownership.

The numbers

Fifteen years, in numbers

−68%cost per lead · SuitsForAll
78×cheaper registrations · Amadeus
$6M+media-buying revenue · PropellerAds
2.5×ROI in 6 months · PropellerAds

A selection from 15+ years across ad networks, SaaS, services and Web3.

Life in flow

I genuinely love this work — that's why it works

What drives me is the game itself — keeping a finger on the pulse, watching the numbers climb, building a system that just works. That's why I do this easily and with genuine pleasure, not on willpower.

No open-plan theatre, no meetings about meetings. Just interesting work, clear numbers and the freedom to run them from anywhere. I love what I do — and it shows in the result.

And for the record: I don't work for an AI yet — though, let's be honest, that's probably a matter of time. Sooner or later we'll all be on some AI's team.

Working in flow, location-independent

Where it is now

Today I run performance marketing, HubSpot and automation for a deliberately small number of B2B and services clients — as a certified HubSpot Solutions Partner. The same person you meet on the call is the person doing the work. Always.

No juniors. No outsourcing. Just the numbers — and one person who owns them.
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