Skip to content
Bytes

Marketing that works.

Articles and guides written from the accounts we run: what worked, what did not, and the numbers behind both. Each one leaves you with something to change this week.

Reading Bytes regularly? Add Growth Bully as a preferred source and Google will show our work more often.Add Growth Bully on Google
Levi'sAlproJames CaterersLiquigasBajada New EnergyDave's SupermarketTech.MTHeetchEC EnglishThe ExterminatorSterling JewellersVon Der HeydenAMC MarketingBusy BeeElectrofix
Why read

Written from the accounts.

No filler. Every piece gives you something you can use the same day.

From live accounts

Written by the people running the campaigns, with the client numbers where we can name them.

Something to change this week

Each piece ends with a step you can take in your own account, not a theory to admire.

How the platforms work now

Meta, Google and the CRM as they behave this year, not as the textbooks describe them.

The numbers, named

Case studies with the client named, the spend in and the revenue back.

Start here

If you already know what is broken.

Articles are the long answer. If you would rather go straight to the work, start with the channel that is costing you the most. Facebook and Instagram campaigns are covered on Meta ads, search demand on Google Ads, and the enquiry-to-customer side on lead generation. If the question is which channels you should be running at all, begin at digital marketing in Malta.

Two questions come up before every other one. What this should cost is answered on what it costs, and what advertising actually costs in this market, measured from live local accounts rather than international averages, is in the Malta ads benchmark report.

The library

Featured articles.

Selling AI and Automation Services When the Buyer Cannot Judge the Work
Lead Generation/Nov 12, 2026

Selling AI and Automation Services When the Buyer Cannot Judge the Work

AI buyers cannot assess the work before it exists. Productise the offer into a named outcome, then build a pipeline to the person who signs for it.

Read →
Lead Generation for SaaS: Self-Serve and Sales-Led Are Not the Same Job
Lead Generation/Nov 11, 2026

Lead Generation for SaaS: Self-Serve and Sales-Led Are Not the Same Job

Self-serve SaaS and sales-led SaaS need opposite lead generation. Decide which one you are first, then fund the one channel that model rewards.

Read →
Lead Generation for Service Businesses: From Enquiry to Signed Quote
Lead Generation/Nov 10, 2026

Lead Generation for Service Businesses: From Enquiry to Signed Quote

Service firms rarely need more enquiries. They need the enquiry they already have to survive intake, the quote and the follow-up. Here is the walk-through.

Read →
Marketing for Engineering Firms: Fewer Pitches, More Qualified Enquiries
Industries/Nov 9, 2026

Marketing for Engineering Firms: Fewer Pitches, More Qualified Enquiries

Engineering work is won by being shortlisted early, not by being seen widely. Here is what to build, and what to measure, when a cycle runs for a year.

Read →
Landing Pages for Paid Ads: Match the Page to How the Click Happened
Ads/Nov 8, 2026

Landing Pages for Paid Ads: Match the Page to How the Click Happened

A search click and a feed click want different things. Most advice treats them as one visitor, which is why one page is asked to do two jobs badly.

Read →
Fake or Low-Quality Leads From Facebook Ads: How to Tell and What Stops Them
Lead Generation/Nov 7, 2026

Fake or Low-Quality Leads From Facebook Ads: How to Tell and What Stops Them

Most fixes sold for fake Facebook leads are fraud tools. The problem splits three ways, and each pile has a different fix inside the account.

Read →
How Many Times to Follow Up With a Lead, and How Fast
Lead Generation/Nov 6, 2026

How Many Times to Follow Up With a Lead, and How Fast

Most answers quote a touch count and stop. Here is a follow-up cadence by lead type, the channel for each touch, and the rule for when to stop.

Read →
Decision Maker, Champion, Economic Buyer: Who Your Marketing Should Reach
Lead Generation/Nov 5, 2026

Decision Maker, Champion, Economic Buyer: Who Your Marketing Should Reach

Four roles decide a B2B purchase and most campaigns speak to only one of them. Here is what each role needs to see, and who you should reach first.

Read →
Lead Generation for Consultants Who Have Outgrown Referrals
Lead Generation/Nov 4, 2026

Lead Generation for Consultants Who Have Outgrown Referrals

Referrals stop scaling before a consultancy does. Here is the narrow version of lead generation that fills a diary: one list, one offer, one channel.

Read →
How to Book More Sales Calls From Leads You Already Pay For
Lead Generation/Nov 3, 2026

How to Book More Sales Calls From Leads You Already Pay For

Most firms buy more leads when the calls are already paid for. The losses sit between the form and the calendar. Here is where to look first.

Read →
Read an Agency Contract for the Last Day, Not the First
Strategy/Nov 2, 2026

Read an Agency Contract for the Last Day, Not the First

A marketing agency contract is easiest to judge from the end. Read term, notice, ownership and results wording first. Scope and fees can wait.

Read →
What Drives the Cost of Lead Generation, Before Anyone Quotes You
Lead Generation/Nov 1, 2026

What Drives the Cost of Lead Generation, Before Anyone Quotes You

Lead generation quotes are not comparable until you know what the bill is made of. The cost drivers, who pays for each, and what to ask before you sign.

Read →
Put it to work

Get aggressive with your marketing.

Read up, then put it to work on your own enquiries this week.

Stephen Ellul, founder of Growth Bully, in the agency office in MaltaLiquigas online gas cylinder ordering page built by Growth Bully

Bring the numbers. Leave with a plan.

We look at where the money leaks and what we would fix first. The plan is yours to keep, with or without us.

Book a growth call

30 minutes with Stephen. No pitch, no deck.

Or take the Pipeline Scorecard first

€15,766 from €1,970 of ads. The Exterminator.

Book a growth call