What is marketing as a service?
Marketing as a service is buying marketing execution the way you buy software: a subscription with a set scope, a weekly price, and a cancel path, run by someone accountable for results. It is not marketing software, and it is not a retainer.
The term is also used for martech subscriptions. Here it means the work itself: ads, pages, email, tracking and reporting, done in your accounts.
What you are buying
You are buying finished marketing work on a schedule you can read off an invoice. The scope is the service list, the price is weekly, and one person owns the result.
At Levered the service list is Paid Acquisition, SEO and Content, Email and Lifecycle, Conversion Optimization, Growth Operations, AI Automation, Analytics and Data, and Referrals. Every plan includes all eight; plans set how many run at once.
A subscription, not a project quote
Weekly price, no SOW to start, cancel when it stops being worth it.
Work, not software
Someone ships changes in your accounts. You are not handed a tool and a login.
One accountable owner
The same person sets priorities and answers for the result.
Measured inside the work
Tracking and reporting come with every service, not as a separate bill.
What it is not
Not marketing software
Martech SaaS gives you a tool. You still run it.
Not a retainer
A retainer buys a team’s time on a long contract, usually through an account manager.
Not a freelancer marketplace
A marketplace finds you people. You still manage them and own the plan.
Agency as a service is the same model described from the agency side. Agency as a service
Who this is for
It fits
- Operator-led companies where the founder or CEO still owns growth and time is the constraint.
- Teams already spending on ads with a live form, call or checkout path.
- Companies that need several fronts moving (paid, pages, tracking) and nobody to run them.
- PE portfolio companies and multi-site healthcare groups that need someone in the accounts.
It does not fit
- Teams that want a strategy memo and will run the list themselves.
- Pre-product companies with no ad budget. There is nothing to run yet.
- A single channel that needs a full-time specialist for years. Hire that person.
- Agencies that want to resell the work.
Named results
3.6×
Return on ad spend
Colonial Heart: $8,040 in spend, 35 patients matched to clinic records, $29,121 attributed in the first 115 days.
378%
User growth
Worthix: content and SEO for an AI customer-experience startup.
+277%
New paid orders, year over year
PE-held industrial distributor: 5.5 to 20.8 new paid customers a month.
How it works
- 01
Connect the accounts.
Ads, analytics, site, CRM, whatever is live. The work happens in your systems.
- 02
Week one is real work.
The first week is free and scoped to low-risk changes, so the work starts inside your stack instead of in a slide deck.
- 03
Pick a plan.
Every plan is the full stack. Plans change how many services move at once and how often you get a strategy call.
- 04
One project is one service.
Setup, ongoing work, measurement and iteration. Inside it, ask for anything. A new service is a new project. Swaps are free.
Weekly plans
Growth I
$450 / week
$1,600 / month · Save 10%
- Full stack
- Projects at once: 2
- Strategy call: 30 min every 2 weeks
- Vendor oversight: none
- First week free
Growth II
$900 / week
$3,200 / month · Save 10%
- Full stack
- Projects at once: 4
- Strategy call: 30 min every 2 weeks
- Vendor oversight: 1
- First week free
Growth Lead
$1,800 / week
$6,400 / month · Save 10%
- Full stack
- Projects at once: 6
- Strategy call: 30 min every week
- Vendor oversight: 2
- First week free
Monthly is prepaid. Vendor oversight means outside vendors and contractors, not your employees. Team training is custom.
Want this run in your accounts?
Book a call if you want to talk first. Get started if you already know you want work to begin.
Common questions
What is marketing as a service?
Marketing execution bought as a subscription: set scope, weekly price, one accountable person, work done in your accounts.
Is marketing as a service the same as agency as a service?
Close. Agency as a service describes the model from the agency side; marketing as a service describes what you are buying. Levered sells one product under both names.
Is it software?
No. Some vendors use the term for martech subscriptions. Levered means the work.
What does it cost at Levered?
The first week is free. Then $450, $900 or $1,800 a week. Monthly prepaid is $1,600, $3,200 or $6,400.
What is included?
All eight services on every plan. Your plan sets how many run at once: 2, 4 or 6.
How do I start?
Book a call, or get started and connect your accounts for the free week.