A marketing conference with a positive ROI

14th August 2025 in Tallinn

Fresh.

Practical.

No-fluff.

A marketing conference that's all about growing with limited resources.

Inspired by startups and the tech world, it's all about strategic, analytical, and cost-effective marketing — with a healthy dose of creativity. 

This is an event for bold, ambitious, strategic, and analytical marketers who don't want to do marketing the same way it's always been done.

If that's you, it's an event you can't miss.

A marketing conference

with a positive ROI

WHY ATTEND?
PROGRAM

Let's start with

side events

14th august: full day of

actionable content

Carine van der Heijden
Sr. Marketing Leader,
ex N26 & Booking.com

Kertu-Liina Lehismae
CMO of Mintos
ex-N26

“How to Build a Strong Brand in a Performance-driven Company"

Kertu-Liina Lehismae and Carine van der Heijden will share lessons from building N26, the world’s largest mobile bank.

You’ll learn:

•⁠  The three pillars of marketing strategy
•⁠  What defines a strong brand, brand articulation, and how to develop it
•⁠  The key role of the product in brand building⁠
•⁠  How creative assets help differentiate your brand—and how to scale production using AI and templating
•⁠  How to measure incrementality
•⁠  How to scale sustainably by focusing on LTV and ROAS

“7 Specific Ways to Save Time in Marketing with AI”

What’s your most time-consuming marketing task? We’ll get it solved 🤝🏼

Together with Annika Helendi, we’re creating something you haven’t seen before: 7 real AI use cases that help you save time on the tasks that slow you down the most, based on challenges submitted by grit. conference participants.

You’ll learn:

•⁠ Practical ways to save time with AI, based on real input from you

Raitis Purins
Chief Growth Officer at
Mapon, ex-Printful

“If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Real Lessons from Scaling Printful to a $1B Company”

From helping the company 15x its revenue to reaching unicorn status, Raitis has been at the center of one of the most impressive growth stories in our region.

You’ll learn:

•⁠ Key lessons from expanding to the USA, Europe, Brazil, and Japan
•⁠ Things that worked in scaling Printful — and that Raitis would do again
•⁠ Things that didn’t work — and that he’d do differently now
•⁠ Mistakes he made that likely cost over $1M in revenue

“Real lessons from real experience. No theories — just things I’ve actually done.”

“Commitment — the Most Excruciating Part of the Job”

The grit. podcast episode with Liisa Ennuste about Bolt's brand has been our most popular one by far — and for a good reason! Now, we’re bringing their Head of Brand to the stage to share the strategy behind Bolt’s brand initiatives.

You’ll learn:

•⁠ How a brand platform brings clarity to chaos
•⁠ Why simple, organised ideas often have the most legs
•⁠ How business turns into strategy — and strategy into creative
•⁠ Why we need to stop calling everything a “campaign”

(Side note: you’ll probably get some inspiration and a creativity boost, too)

“The ROI of Thought Leadership: How to Do It, Prove It & Scale It”

Thought leadership is often viewed as a personal branding tool – but in reality, it can be a powerful business strategy that directly contributes to revenue growth.

You’ll learn:

•⁠ How to turn the expertise of your people into revenue
•⁠ How to measure the impact on business
•⁠ How to build a repeatable playbook that works across your company

...based on real case studies of real companies with numbers and lessons learned.

Drinks and Marketing Talks

The biggest value of the event is the people we’re bringing together. We have so much to learn from each other—and we’ve designed it to spark those conversations.

The evening networking session is a big part of it. Enjoy the warm summer evening with some drinks and marketing talks 🥂

Only 300 tickets

available

TICKETS

Get your ticket

Regular Bird tickets are available until June 20
for 44
9€ + VAT  (548€ in total).

(what's included?)

BACKSTORY—

about the event

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Interested in a partnership?  Write hi@gritconf.com ↗

See you

there 👋🏼

 
FAQ
1What’s included in the ticket?
The conference ticket includes:

• Full-day stage program
• Lunch and coffee breaks (with some sweets)
• Organized matchmaking
• Evening networking session
• 3 pre-events to learn hands-on marketing skills
• Community of like-minded marketers 💕

The Regular Bird tickets are sold until June 20.
2Who is the conference for?
The grit. conference is for advanced marketers with at least 2 years of professional experience.

We don't limit participants by industry. Sometimes it's good to find inspiration from other fields! For example, if you're a SaaS marketer, you probably don't want to do marketing the same way as every other SaaS company.

We're sure you'll get some fresh perspective and new strategies for cost-effective growth.
3Can I pay with an (e-)invoice?
Of course! Please make the purchase through the website (through Fienta) and select "invoice" or "e-invoice" as a payment method. Be sure to enter your company details.

If you have any issues with your purchase, feel free to reach out hi@gritconf.com 💌
4Do you have any partnership packages?
We have a few spots left for potential partners.

What's in it for you?

1. A chance to reach the boldest, most innovative, and future-oriented marketers in Estonia. Mostly C-level, from the technology and finance sectors.

2. You'll support our mission to bring together top marketers, share experiences, and advance local marketing knowledge.

Get in touch with us via hi@gritconf.com ↗ – let's have a short call and take it from there!
5I have a question that I didn’t get an answer to
Get in touch with us via hi@gritconf.com ↗ – we'd be happy to help!