AudienceConnect
Performance Marketing for B2B SaaS

Performance marketing built by operators, not pitched by account managers.

We're a Johannesburg-based performance agency for B2B SaaS companies serious about compounding growth. Acquisition infrastructure, conversion architecture, and authority — engineered, not improvised.

Origin: JHB, ZA Focus: B2B SaaS Engagement Model: Senior · Direct Roster: Selective
The pattern we see

You've outgrown freelancers. Big agencies don't get SaaS.

You've crossed past the "freelancer juggling three clients" phase. Your CAC is creeping. Paid acquisition stopped scaling. Your content engine isn't compounding. The next hire you're considering is probably a R150K/month agency that'll assign you a junior account manager and a deck full of jargon.

There's a smaller, sharper option. Senior strategy, technical depth, ZAR cost structure, and direct access to the people actually doing the work. Built for SaaS — not e-commerce, not local services, not "we do everything."

We don't just talk about engines — we build them

10 production-grade tools. Yours to use.

Every framework we sell, we've battle-tested on our own software first. From CPA modelling to SEO scoring to YouTube optimization — these are the same internal tools we use on client work. Free tier gets 5 credits/day; Pro lifts the cap to 30.

Two tiers, no theatrics

Free covers the curious. Pro covers the operator.

Every Lab tool is gated by a daily credit pool. One credit = one export. Free tier gets 5/day. Pro lifts the ceiling to 30 for R99/month. Choose based on actual usage, not aspiration.

FREE
R0/mo
  • 5 credits/day across all Labs
  • Full access to all 10 tools
  • Resets daily at 00:00 SAST
  • No card required
Start free

Pro launches alongside the commerce surface (Session 4 build). Join the waitlist to get notified — early signups lock the R99 price for life.

How we operate

The Audience Connect Method.

Every engagement runs through the same four-phase framework. No surprises, no scope creep, no "let's see what works."

PHASE / 01

Audit

We start with a full technical and acquisition audit. Free. No commitment. You get the report whether you hire us or not.

PHASE / 02

Architect

We design the specific growth engine for your stage and stack. Not a generic playbook — a blueprint built for your funnel, your team, and your timeline.

PHASE / 03

Deploy

We build it. Tracking, creative systems, landing pages, automation. Senior-level execution, not handed off to a junior.

PHASE / 04

Compound

Monthly optimisation cycles with clear metrics. Every month you know exactly what moved, why, and what's next.

Who you're actually working with

Built by an operator, not a sales team.

Audience Connect is led by Tshepho Joel — a decade in traffic arbitrage, five years specifically in affiliate and SaaS acquisition, and a habit of building software when the existing tools weren't sharp enough.

When you hire us, you're not getting an account manager who fronts a team you'll never meet. You're working directly with the people writing the code, running the ad accounts, and reviewing the funnels.

We deliberately take on only a handful of new engagements per quarter. That's how we keep senior people on the work and avoid the agency drift where execution quality erodes by month four.
Questions you'd ask in the call

Answered upfront.

Do you have case studies I can review?

We're early — most of our work has been internal or under NDA. We compensate with the Labs (production tools you can verify), a free audit (no commitment), and a fixed-scope first month so you can evaluate us on actual work rather than past testimonials.

Why R30K+ instead of a freelancer at R8K?

A freelancer is right when you have a defined task. We're right when you have an outcome you need engineered. The math: a R30K/month investment that lifts MRR by R50K in 6 months pays for itself by month two.

How fast do you move?

Audit in 5 business days. Strategy locked within 10. First deployment live within 30. We don't do six-month onboardings.

Why South Africa-based?

Three reasons. One — full overlap with EU working hours, half overlap with US East Coast. Two — ZAR cost structure means budget that buys 6 hours/month in NYC buys 30 with us, at senior level. Three — we built our infrastructure on the SA market, which is harder than most. If we can rank, convert, and scale here, your market is easier.

Is the free audit really free?

Yes. Full technical, acquisition, and conversion review. You get a written report regardless of whether you hire us. We do this because the conversation is more useful once we both know what we're dealing with.

How does the Labs credit system work?

Every export from a Lab tool (a UTM you save, a schema you copy, a thumbnail you download, a forecast you print) costs 1 credit. Free tier gets 5 credits/day. Pro lifts that to 30 for R99/month. Credits reset every day at 00:00 SAST. Building inside a tool — typing, dragging, calculating — is free. We only count outputs.

What happens when I hit my daily credit limit?

Three options. One — wait until midnight SAST for your credits to reset. Two — upgrade to Pro for 6× the cap. Three — let us know if you're a serious operator hitting limits regularly; we'll look at giving you a custom tier. The credit system is there to protect the platform from automated abuse, not to nickel-and-dime real users.

Strategy brief

Tell us what you're scaling.

Fill in a few details. We'll review your stack and reply within 48 hours with whether we're a fit, and what a working engagement would look like.

Website Audit

We respond to every submission. If we're not a fit, we'll tell you who is.