Santa Marta & Cartagena, Colombia

More customers.
Results you can actually measure.

Santa Marta's digital marketing agency for tourism, hospitality, and Caribbean coast businesses. We handle SEO, ads, social, and WhatsApp automation — and we measure everything.

Internal case studies El Sanatorio Maia Legal Maia Masters Maia Management

We run our own businesses.
We know what it costs to grow one.

Skin in the Game

We spend our own marketing budget every month across seven active Colombian businesses. No theory. No agency fluff. We only recommend what we'd bet our own revenue on.

Bicultural by Design

EN/ES native team. We bridge foreign ambition with Colombian market reality — understanding both the expat mindset and how Colombian consumers actually buy, search, and decide.

Ecosystem Leverage

Legal, staffing, hospitality, education — one group, zero friction. Your marketing works harder when it's coordinated with the legal and operational layers that the Maia group already runs.

Maia Marketing team creative session — content and growth strategy for Colombian businesses

Growth systems, not guesswork.

Four core services. Every one battle-tested on our own 16 brands before we offer it to clients.

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WhatsApp Commerce & Automation

Turn conversations into revenue. 98% open rates. Automated sales funnels on the channel your customers already use. Follow-up, booking confirmation, and upsell sequences — without lifting a finger.

98% open rates
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Performance Advertising

Google & Meta campaigns built for high-intent buyers. You pay for results, not impressions. Every peso tracked, every audience refined. We run the same ad accounts for our own businesses first.

Google · Meta · TikTok
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Local SEO & Destination Marketing

Own Santa Marta's search results. Dominate Google Maps. Kill the off-season. We build the kind of local search presence that fills your pipeline year-round — not just when the tourists are in town.

Google Maps · SEO
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Conversion Web Design

Websites mathematically engineered to convert. Not brochures — revenue machines. Built with A/B tested layouts, clear CTAs, and speed-optimized code that turns visitors into paying customers.

CRO · Web Dev

We don't pitch — we show receipts.

Hospitality

El Sanatorio

Hospitality concept → Santa Marta's most booked table. From zero digital presence to a 3-week waitlist in under 6 months.

3 wkWaitlist achieved
85+WA leads / mo
<6 mo0 to fully booked
Local SEO WhatsApp Automation Google Maps
Professional Services

Maia Legal

250% more qualified legal consultations in 90 days. Expat-targeted Google Ads delivering bilingual leads ready to buy.

250%More qualified consults
45+Investor leads / qtr
90 daysTime to results
Google Ads Lead Gen Landing Page CRO
E-commerce / Education

Maia Masters

Course platform scaled via performance ads. Meta Ads + conversion rate optimization turning cold traffic into enrolled students.

3.2xROAS Meta Ads
60+Students enrolled
4.8%Conversion rate
Meta Ads CRO Email Automation
These are our own companies. We built these numbers for ourselves first — before we ever pitched them as case studies. That's the Maia difference.

Built for the businesses
shaping coastal Colombia.

Tourism & Hospitality

Restaurants, hotels, tour operators, and experience providers looking to dominate local search and automate bookings year-round.

Legal & Professional Services

Law firms, accounting practices, and consultancies generating bilingual leads from high-intent expat and corporate clients.

Expat-Owned Businesses

Foreign entrepreneurs building in Colombia who need marketing that works in both English and Spanish, and understands both audiences.

Colombian SMEs & E-commerce

Local businesses and online stores ready to scale beyond word-of-mouth with performance advertising and conversion-optimized digital channels.

Straight up. No surprises.

Growth Retainers start at $4.5M COP/mo (~$1,100 USD). Project work from $2M COP. No lock-in past 30 days notice. No setup fees buried in the small print.

Starter Growth
$4.5M COP per month · ~$1,100 USD
  • WhatsApp Automation setup & management
  • Local SEO (Google Maps + organic)
  • Monthly performance reporting
  • Bilingual copywriting (EN/ES)
  • 30-day cancellation notice
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Custom enterprise pricing available for multi-location businesses and agencies. Book a call to discuss →

Meet the team.

Founded and led by people who've built their own businesses in Colombia — so we understand what's actually at stake.

Andrew and Luz Gallie, founders of Maia Marketing

Andrew Gallie

Founder & CEO

British entrepreneur based in Santa Marta. Built a 16-brand operating ecosystem across legal, real estate, hospitality, and more.

MM

Marketing Lead

Head of Client Growth

Bilingual strategist specializing in WhatsApp automation and performance advertising for Caribbean coast businesses.

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