Growth Marketer · for builders

LAYS PAIVA.

Growth for SaaS

I grow products end to end: acquisition, funnels, email, offers and the AI systems that tie it all together. Ads are just the part you can see.

  • Now: Growth Manager @ The Feed Media
  • Focus: growing products end to end: SaaS, AI, media, ecommerce & creator brands
  • Edge: full-funnel execution + AI systems I build myself
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↑ yes, that's me on camera. I do that.

01 I build my own tools

Buying media is the easy part; the system around it is where growth actually compounds. I ship AI agents and automations that make the whole team faster. This is vibe marketing in practice.

Oh, and this website? Also Claude Code. Designed, built and maintained by me, prompt by prompt.

02 Main projects

SaaS, AI, media, creator & DTC products I've scaled. Results documented, receipts included, $5.2M+ managed across my career. Click any card →

Alex Xu ByteByteGo Alex Xu
Dev tools · Tech education

ByteByteGo / Alex Xu

Beat the incumbent agency head-to-head while spending ~5.6× less.

Alex Xu's system-design newsletter for engineers, 1M+ technical readers. Launched under hard brand constraints, went head-to-head with the incumbent agency, and won. They had a head start. It didn't help.

−68% Blended CPL · $4.42 → $1.41
$6.26 → $3.12 US+CAN CPL · halved
$3.06 vs $7.05 Cost / engaged sub · 57% lower
Won the head-to-head ▲ $260K managed View case →
Jay Shetty The Daily Wisdom Jay Shetty
Creator product · Wellness

The Daily Wisdom / Jay Shetty

Drove sign-ups for a global creator brand at a third of target CPL.

Jay Shetty's daily-wisdom newsletter. Owned paid acquisition end-to-end and ran his creator-recorded video ads at scale, holding CPL at a third of target. The target felt ambitious. It wasn't.

$0.60 CPL at scale · vs $1.50 target
15,439 sign-ups Peak week · 10.13% CTR
$0.53 Lowest CPL
"A true professional" (Jay Shetty team) View case →
Ruben Hassid How to AI Ruben Hassid
AI · Education product

How to AI / Ruben Hassid

Scaled an AI newsletter from ~150K to 750K and made it #1 in its category on Substack.

Ruben Hassid's AI-education newsletter. My flagship account, scaled from a ~150K launch into the #1 education newsletter on Substack.

150K → 750K Subscribers · in 8 months
$1.57 Best weekly CPL · vs $2.50 target
12,088 leads Peak week · $1.45 CPL
#1 education newsletter on Substack ▲ $276K managed View case →
Mike Madarasz Workweek Mike Madarasz
B2B · Fintech · Health-tech

Workweek / Mike Madarasz

Ran paid growth across 6 B2B brands and got all of them green at once.

A B2B media startup running 6 creator-led newsletters across fintech, health-tech, HR and marketing. My largest, most complex account. Six brands, six audiences, six CAC targets, one me.

5 / 5 Accounts green · simultaneously, a first
$29.83 Hospitalogy V-CAC · 25% under target
"This Is For You" Best concept · 5/6 on target
Milestone: all brands green ▲ $722K managed View case →
Jacob Donnelly A Media Operator Jacob Donnelly
B2B SaaS-adjacent · Niche media

A Media Operator / Jacob Donnelly

Stood up a full qualified-lead funnel for a cold B2B audience and drove CPL down 73%.

Jacob Donnelly's B2B newsletter for media-company operators, a cold, niche audience most advertisers can't crack. Built the qualification funnel from scratch and cracked it anyway.

$12.01 → $3.27 CPL · cold B2B
~$12 → $6.38 CPQL
63–65% Qualification · Q1-qualified
"Do you sleep?" (actual client quote) ▲ $9K managed View case →
VSL Production
Own product · Direct response

VSL Production / My own offers · Deletha

Wrote, produced and edited the VSLs behind $1M+ in direct-response revenue.

Before agency life I ran my own offers under Deletha. The first sales letter I ever wrote did almost R$1M in revenue. The VSLs are on the page, full scripts included.

$1M+ Best offer · LatAm revenue
~R$1M First letter ever · in revenue
4 VSLs Featured · full sales letters
Watch the VSLs → View case →
Email Funnels
Own product · Lifecycle

Email Funnels / Lifecycle & onboarding

The email sequences that turned cold subscribers into buyers.

A 5-email nurture flow I wrote for a DTC cellulite product: 45%+ open rates and a path from curiosity to purchase. Acquisition gets the applause; email gets the revenue. Full copy on the page.

45%+ Open rates · subject lines
5 emails Sequence · full copy inside
AMO funnel Today · same craft, B2B
Read the sequences → View case →

03 The receipts

750K

audience grown for one AI product

150K → 750K in 8 months, #1 education newsletter on Substack

13+

brands grown end to end

SaaS, dev tools, B2B media, wellness, health-tech

$5.2M+

acquisition budget owned

other people's money, handled with care

$1M+

revenue from my own offers

copy, funnel and traffic, all mine

04 What people say

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◆ Straight from Slack

“An especially huge, massive thank you to Lays, you have been absolutely fantastic. A true professional.”

Jay Shetty team · The Daily Wisdom

“Amazing. Yesterday was our best CAC day of the year.”

Mike Madarasz · Workweek

“Do you sleep?”

Jacob Donnelly · A Media Operator

“Guess we officially won. Super happy!!!”

Insight Links · beat the incumbent agency

“The fact that you take ownership in this and care is what separates you. Great skill to have. Treating every client like it's your own personal biz.”

Jay · via Slack

“Quality has been monumentally improved... Well done!”

◉ open to growth & marketing lead roles

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