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Scale Smarter & Unlock Opportunity with more intelligent paid marketing

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Trusted By Fantastic Brands

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Open Oceans has done an incredible job in evaluating our business and identifying impactful opportunities for optimization that have significantly improved our ROAS. What sets Open Oceans apart from other agencies is their commitment to transparency and communication. They provide regular, detailed insights on performance and are always available to strategize with us on both a micro and macro level.

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Crystal Suru | Digital Marketing Manager, Havaianas

Recognized By Industry Leaders

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Premier Partner

Our Premier Partner tier is reserved for the top 3% of participating Google Ads agencies each calendar year*,  making it the most exclusive tier of the program.

OUR APPROACH
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$50M+ Ad Spend Managed

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100+ Advertisers

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Led by ex-Google & Bain

KEY STEPS

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Define Points

Set clear audiences & messages based on who who you believe will buy your product, and why they will buy

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Refine

Recombine best market points to test deeper niches and possible adjacencies

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Test in Market

Run ads to key audiences, split testing messages to understand where engagement & sales are highest

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Establish Profit

Assess which market points offer the most profit based on available sales volumes & marketing costs

Leadership Team 

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TRENT TYLER
Trent has 10+ years of experience in marketing, including 5 years at Google advising both advertisers and agencies on digital strategy.  He managed Search, YouTube, and Display for some of Google's largest advertisers ($20M+ / quarter) and internally for Google's own products before co-founding Open Oceans in 2016.

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BEN GASTON
Prior to Open Oceans, Ben managed marketing & business development at the Awethu Project, a South African venture capital fund. In that role Ben worked with 30+ companies to help plan, execute and fund scaling growth plans. Before that, Ben was a consultant at Bain & Company, a management consulting firm.

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ZACK GASTON
Zack Gaston comes from a management consulting and video production background. While at Accenture, Zack worked with clients across the country, producing videos for household names like Best Buy and Caterpillar. In his free time Zack makes music and comedy sketches.

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JAKE VASSAR

Jake joined our team in 2021 with 6 years of experience in operations management. With an eye for streamlining processes and procedures, Jake helps oversee program development and strategic planning for both Open Oceans and our clients.

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SHILPA NEDURI
Shilpa worked at Google as an AdWords account manager and optimization strategist for six years. During that time she managed over $10M in AdWords spend and worked with clients in the Retail, Travel and Finance verticals in the US & CA markets. She worked closely with clients to design their SEM strategy and built their campaigns from the ground up. 

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MAURITZ MULLER
Mauritz (Mo) Muller is a Facebook ads expert who joined the Open Oceans team in 2018. Prior to working with Open Oceans, Mo worked for a marketing consultancy company in South Africa. Also a multi-instrumentalist, Mo has composed music for ads and TV series.

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PRIYANKA JAIN
Priyanka Jain is a digital marketing expert with over 5 years of prior experience at venture-backed startups where she managed paid social, search & email marketing efforts that drove upwards of 40% of annual revenue in the retail, wellness, and healthcare verticals.

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KEENAN LEE-PETERS
Keenan is a dedicated Software Engineer and Designer focused on creating highly functional and aesthetically refined solutions. He brings meticulous attention to detail & strong problem-solving to develop tools that genuinely enhance user experiences.

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