"Experienced management, motivated teams, and a strong customer focus, the synergy with AI becomes the recipe for unbeatable success!"

Growth Consulting für Private Equity, KMU & Startups

Was ist Growth Consulting?

Growth Consulting ist mehr als nur Beratung – es ist ein datenbasierter Ansatz zur Skalierung von Unternehmen. Wir helfen dabei, Wachstumspotenziale zu identifizieren und umzusetzen – durch gezielte Analyse, klare Organisation, schlanke Prozesse und ein passendes Skillset.

Warum Private Equity Firmen uns nutzen?

Private Equity benötigt Ergebnisse – schnell, skalierbar, effizient. Wir unterstützen Large- und Mid-Cap PEs in Europa & den USA bei der operativen Optimierung ihrer Portfoliounternehmen:

• Wachstumsstrategien nach Deal

• Schnelle Funnel-Optimierung

• CRM- und Vertriebsstruktur skalieren

• Interims-Teams & Skillset-Aufbau

Growth Strategien für KMUs

KMUs stehen oft vor der Herausforderung, Wachstum strukturiert anzugehen in einem sich ständig verändernden Marktumfeld - AI, KI, Krieg oder Regierungswechsel.

Wir helfen u.a. mit:

• Zielgruppenanalysen & Buyer Personas

• Funnel-Architektur von Awareness bis Conversion

• Marketing- und Vertriebsteams organisatorisch und technologisch aufstellen

• Digitale Tools für Skalierung (CRM, Automation, Analytics)

Unsere Methode: Analyse – Organisation – Prozesse – Skillset

1. Analyse: Daten, Markt, Zielgruppe, Potenziale

2. Organisation: Teams & Rollen klar definieren

3. Prozesse: Leadflow, Conversion, Retention strukturieren

4. Skillset: Kompetenzlücken identifizieren und schließen – intern oder durch uns

Erfolgsbeispiele unserer Kunden

• Private Equity: Portfolio-Wachstum >30 % in 6 Monaten

• KMU: B2B-Sales Funnel neu aufgesetzt, +60 % Leads

• Startup: Go-to-Market in 90 Tagen, Series A gesichert

→ Kunden wie Telegate, O2, IFCO Systems, u. v. m. vertrauen auf Valuedialog

So starten Sie mit Valuedialog

In einem kostenlosen Erstgespräch analysieren wir Ihre Growth-Potenziale. Wir liefern eine erste Einschätzung und klare Handlungsempfehlungen. Schnell. Direkt. Ohne Buzzword-Bingo.

👉 Jetzt Kontakt aufnehmen – Wachstum beginnt mit Klarheit.

Background

BACKGROUND

My advisory experience

by 2023

CEO @Berlitz International Language schools - MD for 5 countries. Digital transformation, growth in revenue and profitability. Changing tools, processes, KPIs and adding KI for faster & sustainable future growth.

by 2021

Chief Marketing Officer & MD @ compleet (Riverside PE portfolio)- As hands-on & strategic data-driven MD merging 5 companies into one SaaS FinTech portfolio PE company. Advocational on top serving well-known mid + large cap PE in US, UK and EMEA for their portfolios growth.

by 2020

Chief Growth Officer @cluno (fintech mobility startup). Leading car subscription provider with solid high YOY growth. Optimizing CAC by data-driven approach, working on attribution, lead scoring and other KI-marketing features. Getting more insights with intelligent panels & tech along the CX. Identifying new growth opportunities with new add-on services. Nimble, decisive. Success: Merger with automotive Cazoo.co.uk @ 2021/03.

by 2016

Chief Marketing Officer @CPG (private higher Ed comp) with YOY double digit growth for IU Group (former Career Partner Group). Established a data-driven business opportunity research approach for new growth areas & optimization of traffic & conversion processes along whole customer journey. Organic team development from 5 FTEs to an international team of 70 colleagues of data, seo, cro, crm, research, content & performance-driven marketing specialists.

Setup a MarTech-Suite with optimization & UX in the center along the user journey. Final stage: an international team, realtime KPI dashboards, prediction & forecasting models, competitor monitoring, CRM automation, SEO and solid conversion optimization team & process. Student growth: 3500% to over 80K enrollments within 4years.

by 2012

Co-founder of DANATO - a drop-ship shop platform for gifts in DACH. Responsible for all aspects of an e-commerce shop incl. total of marketing setting (SEO/content marketing, affiliate, social marketing, cooperations, eCRM). Focus on UX/UI and CRO with CR uplifts of 150% overall channels. Exit 2015 to Gruner&Jahr.

by 2007

Started my own agency with CRM, CRO & growth consulting- valuedialog: customers e.g. telegate, telefonica, o2 or IFCO Systems. Around 2 years later supported a pure online player for personalized novels to grow within DACH & UK region into high revenue areas. Deals with brands like Tchibo, dm, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Weltbild, Otto, Pro7Sat1, Ringier Switzerland were initiated and managed by team and myself. As COO I was scaling and training a team for customer focused excellence in channels like CSX, Sales, CRM, SEA, SEO, CRO and affiliate.

by 2003

I kicked off my way into marketing career starting at direct & online marketing agencies like Serviceplan or Heye&Partner. As consultant I realized dozens of online & direct response marketing campaigns with brands like BMW Financial Services, Dachser, HIPP, telefonica, Allianz etc.

1996

Started career as journalist for a regional Munich newspaper publishing house. Along this way I´ve been at a couple of media companies - also EU responsible for content @ CNet Inc.

REFERENCES

VOICES

Dr. Philipp Klöcker, MD @ AKAD

“Dirk combines years of experience in data-driven online marketing with deep sector knowledge. His advice has been very valuable in further detailing our growth strategy and in helping to realize consecutive years of double-digit growth.”

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