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Ahmed Helmy
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Performance marketing and AI growth expert · Riyadh

I build growth infrastructure that turns your ads into sales.

I'm here because

Today I manage SAR 550K–650K in monthly ad spend from Riyadh. I build your tracking, website, and automation first, then launch campaigns on top, so every riyal becomes measurable.

Every number here has a source
8+Years leading marketing and tech
120+Clients in the Middle East
21People on my team
4.4–5.4XDocumented ROAS range
01Clients

My clients in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

From a restaurant with three branches to a government entity through Etimad.

  • Government and semi-government
  • Restaurants
  • Hospitality
  • Real estate
  • E-commerce
  • Gaming and retail
  • Exhibitions and events
  • Professional services
  • Technology
Registered supplier on EtimadTenders for government and semi-government entities, with technical and financial proposals.

A selection of my clients.

CHAPTER 01 / 04Chapter one: The problem and the solutionWhat gets lost after the click, the method that fixes it, and who delivers it.
02The problem

The ad isn't the problem. The problem is what happens after the click.

If you see your business in one of these three, you don't need a better ad. You need infrastructure that makes every riyal you spend on ads measurable.

  • SYMPTOM 01

    Lots of messages. Sales that don't move.

    A customer asks on WhatsApp, then disappears. No one replies within minutes, and no one knows which ad they came from.

  • SYMPTOM 02

    A monthly report full of likes.

    Reach and engagement go up every month, and revenue doesn't show up on a single line of the report.

  • SYMPTOM 03

    A website that wastes paid traffic.

    A slow page on mobile, a WhatsApp button that doesn't work, and tracking that can't see the conversion. So the platform learns from the wrong data.

This is exactly what was happening at Nobles when we started. The story shows what we fixed first, and what changed in sales.

The full storyRead it
03The methodThe Growth Infrastructure Model™

Infrastructure first, campaigns on top.

Seven layers, built in order, each standing on the one before it. That is why the results last after the campaign ends.

  1. START · 01Intro callWe get to know the business, the current numbers, and what you've tried before.
  2. START · 02The diagnosisAn audit of the ad accounts, tracking, and website, plus a written list of priorities.
  3. START · 03Building in orderWe build the layers one after another and review the numbers every week.
04What I do

Six services, one team delivering them.

I set the priorities and own the result. My team in Riyadh and Alexandria delivers: marketing, design, development and account management.

Marketing and growth strategy

Where you stand in the market, how to enter a new one, and which numbers to hold your team to.

Example: entering the real estate market · Kinaz

9 sectors

Performance and media buying

Campaigns on Google, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and LinkedIn, search visibility, and retargeting people who visited and did not buy.

Example: 84.5M impressions on TikTok

SAR 550K to 650K a month

Websites and e-commerce

Websites and stores on Shopify, Salla and WooCommerce, in two languages, with tracking that sees every sale.

Example: the Safwa HR website

32+ sites and stores

AI automation and CRM

An AI agent that answers on WhatsApp and qualifies the customer, then logs them in the CRM and alerts your team.

Example: a chat agent with three tools

12+ automation systems

Events and exhibitions

Campaigns that sell exhibitor space and bring visitors, sponsor proposals, and on-ground activity on the day.

Example: the SIDMC expo website

Made in Saudi · SIDMC

Business development and tenders

Etimad tenders with a full technical and financial proposal, and partnerships with entities and suppliers.

Example: the Korean Village · Riyadh Boulevard

Registered on Etimad

CHAPTER 02 / 04Chapter two: The proofStories in numbers, screenshots from inside the accounts, and what clients say.
05Work

Stories in numbers.

One full story first, then the work by type: campaigns, websites, stores and emails.

The Nobles restaurant storefront
Nobles Restaurant
Case file · Restaurants · Saudi Arabia

From losing SAR 200K a month to SAR 1.2M in monthly sales.

We reshot the dishes, built seasonal menus, and wrote for diners in Saudi Arabia in their own voice. Then we connected WhatsApp ordering and reservations to a chatbot and a CRM. Response time dropped and repeat orders went up.

Duration
6 months
Spend
SAR 150K
Channels
Meta · TikTok · Snap · Google
ROAS
4.9X
BEFORE−200KSAR lost every month before the work began1
AFTERSAR 1.2MIn monthly sales, and an influencer campaign with 18M views lifted sales 65%2

¹ Case study on the website · ² 2026 executive portfolio and the website

Paid campaigns on Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google. Decisions are made on ROAS and cost per order, not reach.

A Chef Eyad restaurant branch5.4XChef Eyad
Restaurants · Saudi Arabia · 6 months

Copy written for Riyadh, not translated. The result: 5.4X.

Monthly sales
SAR 950K
Spend
SAR 180K+
Content calendar per branch
4 weeks
Full case study coming soon
A PappaRoti branch by the sea4.4XPappaRoti Egypt
Restaurants · Egypt

Cost per order under EGP 18, with ads in Alexandria's dialect and its summer.

Monthly sales
EGP 790K
Ad spend
EGP 180K
Ordering channels
Talabat · Elmenus
Read the case study
The Kinaz residential project321Kinaz & Mayar
Real estate · 3 months

321 residential units sold, from SAR 50K in ads.

Qualified leads
1,200+
Lead-to-sale rate
13%
Longest wait for a lead follow-up
24 hours
Full case study coming soon
The Legend Aim store on mobile+85%Legend Aim
E-commerce · Saudi Arabia · 3 months

A gaming store's sales up 85% in three months.

Total sales
SAR 603K
Orders
1,129
Monthly spend
SAR 15K
Read the case study
Visual identity of the Korean Village event at Riyadh BoulevardGEA · Riyadh Boulevard
Government and semi-government

A government tender through Etimad, from the idea to delivery on site.

Tender through the platform
Etimad
General Entertainment Authority
GEA
Full case study coming soon
Jewel Festival ad for renting restaurant spaces by the sea in Alexandria×6Jewel Festival
Exhibitions and events · Alexandria · 1 year

80% of the exhibition grounds rented out, and sales up sixfold.

Spaces rented
55+
Visitors
10,000+
Read the case study
A seasonal campaign is written a month before the season

Ads that look like the people: Ramadan, summer, and Eid.

An iftar photo that looks like customers' homes in Ramadan, a seat by the sea in summer, a clear offer with its price, and copy in the market's dialect. An ad sells when it looks like the people who see it.

Ramadan · A restaurant in Saudi Arabia
PappaRoti · Summer by the sea

Bilingual company websites, built to convert, not to show off: speed, tracking from day one, and a WhatsApp button that works.

Safwa HR
SIDMC Expo
Mayar Project
NAS Hotel
DVH Holidays
TEEC Courses
Fouad Lawyer
Naqel Almusanada
Creative Era
Nobles Restaurant
Chef Eyad
Senegal Expo
Color System
TEEC Business

Stores on Shopify, Salla, and WooCommerce, with conversion tracking and Merchant Center, ready to run ads from day one.

The GameSir Saudi store
Gaming · Saudi Arabia · Shopify

GameSir SA: a store from scratch, and a chatbot that replies instead of the team.

A Shopify store with full sales tracking, campaigns for the gaming community in Saudi Arabia, and an AI chat agent that answers customers.

Read the case study
Bochery SA
Legend Aim
Almothalath SA
Tamrah House
Jumbo Souq

Arabic emails for clients in events, restaurants, real estate and education, sent from the mail system and tracked in the CRM.

The ad brings the visit. The email brings it back.

06Inside the accounts

Real screenshots, with my notes on them.

This is how I read any client's dashboard. I don't stop at impressions. I ask what each conversion cost, and what each branch sold.

لوحة أداء من مدير إعلانات TikTok: إنفاق 162,720.04 ريال، 40,429,955 ظهوراً، 1,199,639 نقرة، 472,381 تحويلاً
  1. SAR 162,720 over a full year

    Steady spend, spread across the months, with no random spikes.

  2. 40.4M impressions, at about SAR 4 per thousand

    162,720 ÷ 40,429,955 × 1000 = SAR 4.02.

  3. 472K conversions, at about SAR 0.34 each

    162,720 ÷ 472,381 = SAR 0.34. This is the number I hold myself accountable to.

Ten more screenshots: ads, sales, and automation.

The big number on each card is calculated from the dashboard itself.

TikTok AdsAUG 2025 – JUN 2026

0.44 SAR

Cost per conversion: SAR 0.44
Spend
SAR 60,151
Impressions
15.96M
Conversions
136,560
TikTok AdsSEP 2023 – APR 2025

84.5M

Impressions, at about SAR 3 per thousand
Spend
SAR 255,387
Clicks
8.83M
Conversions
71,037
TikTok AdsJUN 2025 – JUN 2026

1.09 SAR

Cost per conversion, over a full year
Spend
SAR 118,044
Impressions
24.73M
Conversions
107,897
Google AdsSEP 2023 – APR 2025

0.38 SAR

Cost per click, across 469K clicks
Cost
SAR 180K
Impressions
21.3M
Clicks
469K
Google AdsMAY 2024 – JAN 2025

0.27 SAR

Cost per click, across 243K clicks
Cost
SAR 66.8K
Impressions
8.43M
Clicks
243K
Snapchat AdsSEP 2023 – APR 2025

$2.51

Cost per thousand impressions on Snapchat
Spend
US$17,331
Impressions
6.90M
Clicks
103,963
Snapchat AdsDEC 2022 – JUN 2026

$2.66

Cost per thousand impressions, over three and a half years
Spend
US$13,929
Impressions
5.23M
Clicks
68,860
Sales reportJAN 31 · CHEF EYAD

1.73M SAR

Sales for the whole of January, across three branches
Tahlia
928,375
Khobar
519,390
Al Khaleej
285,842
Sales reportDECEMBER · CHEF EYAD

1.79M SAR

December sales up to the report date
Tahlia
949,486
Khobar
540,987
Al Khaleej
295,129
n8n · AI agentAUTOMATION

3 أدوات

One agent that reads, remembers, and searches, then replies
Input
Chat
Model
OpenAI
Search
SerpAPI

Every screenshot comes from a real client account in the 2026 executive portfolio, with account names and contact details removed. A "conversion" follows each account's own definition on its platform. The large TikTok screenshot covers June 13, 2025 to June 7, 2026.

07Testimonials

They said it, not me.

Four clients from restaurants, real estate and e-commerce, in their own words.

فرع مطعم الشيف إيادChef Eyad · 5.4X ROAS

Ahmed runs marketing the way an owner would — focused on real numbers, not vanity metrics. We saw the difference in monthly sales within the first quarter.

Khaldoun AlhamoudGeneral Manager, Chef Eyad Restaurant

Ahmed turned our marketing into a real sales pipeline. Leads came in qualified, the sales team had context, and the conversion improved month over month.

Bakri MahmoudMarketing Manager, Azhar Development

Ahmed built our Saudi e-commerce presence from scratch — the store, the campaigns, the tracking, the optimization. We launched in weeks, not months.

Samy AlmatrifiCEO, GameSir SA

Ahmed bridges the gap between marketing and engineering in a way I haven’t seen before. The website, the tracking, the integrations — all production-grade from day one.

“Ahmed bridges the gap between marketing and engineering in a way I haven't seen before. The website, the tracking, the integrations — all production-grade from day one.”

Mohamed AminCEO, The Bochery SA
CHAPTER 03 / 04Chapter three: The decisionHow to work with me, and answers to what people ask before the first call.
08Work with me

How we work together.

Pick the path closest to what you are trying to solve, and send me two lines about where you are now.

09FAQ

Before you call.

What’s the difference between a performance marketing expert and a regular ad agency?

An agency measures the ad. I measure what comes after it: did the customer reach the website, did anyone reply, and did they buy. That is why I start with tracking, the website and the CRM, and only then the campaigns.

Are the screenshots and numbers on this site real?

Yes. Every screenshot comes from a real client account, and every number comes from the 2026 executive portfolio or from the dashboard itself. I hid account names and contact details to protect client privacy.

Do you work outside Saudi Arabia?

Yes. I work from Riyadh with clients in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and my team is split between the two countries.

Do you only run ads, or do you build the website too?

Both. I’m a computer engineer, my team includes developers, and we have built more than 32 websites and stores on WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify and Salla.

Do you work with government entities?

Yes, through Etimad, and we prepare the full technical and financial proposals. One of the entities we have worked with is the General Entertainment Authority.

How do we start?

With a WhatsApp message or an intro call. Then comes the first step of the method, the diagnosis: I review the ad accounts, the tracking and the website, and you get a written list of priorities before any long commitment.

What’s in the academy?

Four sections: courses, ready-made files (Excel, n8n, GTM and Elementor), short books, and a complete guide for business owners. All in Arabic, and all built on real accounts.

When do the academy and the community open?

The free WhatsApp community takes join requests now, from the community page. The academy opens soon: everyone on the waiting list gets the “30 ready prompts for marketers” resource first, then the opening date.

CHAPTER 04 / 04Chapter four: Learn with meFree resources, an academy and a community for anyone who wants to build growth themselves.