We know both sides of the table.

The Presence was not founded by designers but by business owners who hired agencies themselves — and found that most of them still treat web presence the way they did ten years ago.

What we have built.

250+
people hired
3
countries
1
Exit
2
founders
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Nils Ehrenfried, founder of The Presence

Nils Ehrenfried

founders
250+ people hired Exit Agency since 2017

In two and a half years Nils built a company to more than 250 people across three countries and sold it — growth came from in-house marketing. Before that, from 2017 to 2021, he ran a digital marketing agency whose clients included TSG Hoffenheim and Springer Verlag.

That period set the standard The Presence works to today: a service that starts from what the client actually needs. An offer that moves a business forward over the long term. And a team that knows both sides — the agency’s and the client’s.

Benedikt Bucher, founder of The Presence

Benedikt Bucher

founders
10 years in marketing 9+ marketing channels 1,000+ pieces of content

Benedikt started out in editorial work and moved into online marketing: around ten years of experience, more than 1,000 published pieces of content, campaigns across more than nine marketing channels — from startups to large corporates.

Alongside that he ran businesses in hospitality and events — putting him on the same side of the table as The Presence’s clients: short on time, short on budget, with an online presence that has to run alongside everything else. What he does for clients he has tested in his own business. Hence his benchmark: not just aesthetics and reach, but enquiries.

Earlier projects included
TSG Hoffenheim ERFOLG Magazin Springer Verlag EVI Hildesheim

How we got here.

2017–2021
The first agency
Nils runs a digital marketing agency, working on projects for clients including TSG Hoffenheim and Springer Verlag.
Ventore
The other side of the table
In roughly two and a half years Nils grows a company to more than 250 people across three countries — driven by in-house marketing. Along the way he hires agencies himself and learns what that feels like as the client.
The exit
The sale
Nils sells his shares in the company after two and a half years. One lesson sticks: web presence is still being thought about the wrong way.
2026
The Presence
Together with Benedikt Bucher, Nils founds The Presence — the agency he wanted as a business owner himself.
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Why we do this.

First era · from 2013

Google and social media suddenly had a say in who gets found. The website went from showpiece to prerequisite — everyone knows that by now.

Second era · now

Artificial intelligence decides which businesses get recommended. And customers expect processes that simply work: book a slot instead of calling. An answer straight away instead of a contact form that goes nowhere.

That is what The Presence is for: so businesses do not miss this shift — but make it before their competitors do.

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