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Fractional CMO & Growth Consultant

uman

Head of Marketing

Marked

After a few years working as online marketeer in different industries and being active as online marketing freelancer (side business) I decided to take the leap and focus myself on my own business. 

♦ Online marketing strategy development 
♦ Optimizing and monitoring campaigns in Google AdWords
♦ Conversion optimization
♦ Performing SEO optimisations to boost online visibility. 
♦ Performing keyword researches for specific industries
♦ Visualise data in presentations & keynotes. 
♦ Analyse data from Google Analytics and formulate suggestions for optimizations. 
♦ Google Tag Manager & Google Analytics for conversion tracking & data analysis.
♦ Set up highly effective social media campaigns on LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter. 

✉ Feel free to send me a message. I love networking!

Founder & Head of Growth (exited may 2024)

Birdhouse

Birdhouse Partner - Go to Market & Growth Strategy

Freelance growth marketer

Authority BVBA

Freelance Paid Advertising Specialist

GBL Studio

GBL Studio is a full service marketing agency where online marketing takes on an increasingly important role. For many B2C & B2B customers from various industries (construction, retail, food, etc.) I do the following:

♦ Google Adwords - Search, Display & Remarketing campaigns
♦ SEO Optimisation
♦ Linkbuilding 
♦ Content Marketing
♦ Social Media Management 
♦ Social Media Advertising + Remarketing
♦ CMS Management - Drupal & Wordpress
♦ Copywriting - Website content, Ad copy, SEO Copy
♦ Conversion Optimization for websites & webshops
♦ Comprehensive analyzes and reports 
♦ Marketing Automation
♦ Wireframing
♦ Email Marketing 

Tools & Systems used: Mailchimp - Flexmail - Ahrefs - AWR - Screaming Frog - Sharpspring - MockFlow - Google Analytics - Hotjar - Adwords Editor - SeoQuake - Google Tag Manager - Google Data Studio - Drupal - Wordpress 

Clients I'm working for: Tui - Oxygen Fitness - LVD Group - CBS Beton - Sociaalste School - Benedict Huysentruyt - Westlease - Deiso - Promarket/Publibon - Alpha Works - ABC Labels - Rijschool Merelbeke - Hyboma - Semperfi-Devos - Van Den Bossche Interieur - Vandatax - Gelis - MR Group

Online Marketeer

XMarketing

Online marketing freelancer (Sidejob)

♦ Optimise and monitor campaigns in Google AdWords, and track KPIs in Google Analytics. 
♦ Perform SEO optimisations (MOZ tool) to boost online visibility. 
♦ Perform keyword research in Google Keyword Planner. 
♦ Visualise data in presentations & keynotes. 
♦ Interprete data from Google Analytics and formulate suggestions for optimisations. 
♦ Implement Google Tag Manager & Google Analytics for conversion tracking & data analysis.
♦ Set up highly effective social media campaigns on LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter.

Freelance Online Marketeer (Sidejob)

Glorious Cars

♦ Car photography
♦ Social media management
♦ Content management
♦ Google analytics analysis for optimisation
♦ Google Adwords campaigns
♦ Event organisation
♦ Partnership deals
♦ Emailmarketing
♦ Influencer marketing
♦ Website optimisation (SEO)
♦ Social Advertising

Digital Marketeer

Guiding B2B SaaS Companies to unlocking Revenue-Driven Success. Founder & Head of Growth @ Marked.

Over the past decade, I've dedicated my career to helping B2B SaaS companies focus on revenue-driven marketing operations that result in tangible growth. 

As the former founder of Marked, a respected agency in Belgium, I have worked with over 50 clients worldwide, providing sustainable growth solutions.

My mission is to empower B2B SaaS businesses by setting up revenue programs that generate consistent and sustainable growth. My approach is centered around practical strategies that drive real results. Nothing fluffy, real action.

What I Offer:
→ Coaching for CMOs & B2B Marketers: Tailored coaching to enhance skills and strategic thinking.
→ Fractional CMO Services: Providing leadership and expertise on a part-time basis to drive your growth.
→ Strategic Trajectories: Developing comprehensive plans that align with your business goals.
→ Building Revenue Systems: Crafting and implementing systems to ensure steady revenue growth.

Notable Clients:
I've had the privilege of working with leading B2B SaaS companies such as Mouseflow, Robovision, 6clicks, Sequesto, Froomle, and Accurat.

Key Achievements:
→ Assisted over 50 clients worldwide
→ Established Marked as a respected agency within Belgium
→ Advised startups through Belgian accelerators

If you're interested in learning more about how I can help your business grow, visit my personal site or subscribe to my newsletter for the latest insights and strategies.

Learn More:

Personal Site: xanmannekens.me
Newsletter: b2bmarketerscompass.com

Let's connect and explore how we can drive growth for your business together.

Xan Mannekens

Before you write your 2026 marketing plan, read this.

Another 50-page strategy deck won't help you
if your team can't execute it.

The #1 reason marketing plans fail isn't a lack of ideas.
It's a lack of connection to daily work.

If you want 2026 to be different,
you need to build the bridge between your plan and your team's priorities.

Here's the 5-step framework to make that happen:
1. Objectives: From vague goals to 3-5 key results.
2. Timeline: From annual pressure to weekly sprints.
3. Actions: From a long to-do list to 2-3 daily priorities.
4. Ownership: From group confusion to individual accountability.
5. Accountability: From monthly check-ins to a consistent daily rhythm.

Please don't start 2026 with another plan that is going to collect dust.

Start it with a system for execution.

What's your biggest goal for your marketing team in 2026?

I help early stage startups gain traction through smart marketing and GTM engineering | Fractional CMO

Solving GTM puzzles for SaaS & Shopify Apps | fCMO | Product Marketing

GTM is a puzzle. 🧩 I help you solve it by finding the pieces that matter most.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked with technology companies and agencies, co-founded a startup, scaled it to 120,000 active users, and navigated through wicked go-to-market challenges. 

All these experiences taught me why staying focused and fast experimentation in your go-to-market matters the most. 

This is why I’m dedicated to helping B2B founders and teams build product marketing foundations and run structured experimentation. 

What sets me apart?
I've been in your shoes as an entrepreneur and a product marketing leader. 
I know the urgency, the doubts, the obstacles, and the sheer energy it takes to keep moving forward.

What’s next? 
- Visit my website -> www.inbold.io
- Just send me a casual DM

Oyku ☀️ Sorgun Erakkus

Is your GTM ready for 2026? 
A simple way to find out is to map your Buyer Journey.

Over the years, I’ve noticed that teams often plan their GTM based on assumptions, historical habits, internal opinions, or whatever is loudest at the moment.

But when we start with the buyer, the picture starts to shift.
We see the buying experience from the outside, not the way the company wishes it worked, but the way buyers behave and think. 

That’s why mapping the buyer journey brings clarity to our plans and creates alignment.

If you want to run it well, here’s the approach I use:
➕ Assign a clear owner:
Someone has to hold the process together and keep everyone grounded.

Usually this is a PMM, but when teams want a neutral perspective or need momentum, I facilitate it as a sprint.

➕ Choose one buyer segment
This is a step that may be underestimated. Trying to map multiple personas at once dilutes motivations, paths, objections, expectations.

When you pick one segment, the patterns become sharper and the decisions become easier.

➕ Gather the real insights
This is always my favorite part. You start hearing the things that never make it into dashboards:
- What prospects ask in demos
- Where they hesitate
- What confuses them
- What pleasantly surprises them
- What frustrates them
- What sales and CS see every day but rarely gets surfaced

I pull from internal interviews, demo calls, ticket reviews, and won/lost conversations.

Then I feed all of it into GPT, not to replace thinking, but to cluster themes, extract buyer language, spot contradictions, and organize the messy human side of buying.
(And I always require source references so nothing gets distorted.)

➕  Add the quantitative layer
Numbers give structure to the story:
- Conversion rates
- Stage movement time
- Where buyers drop off
- Heatmaps and behavioral paths

I’ve found that when qualitative and quantitative data line up, it gets clearer what needs attention.

➕  Run a 2-hour workshop with all functions
This is where alignment happens and teams see the buyer experience in a more structured way. 

Part 1: is simply looking at the insights together, and checking if there is anything missing.

Part 2: is the moment everyone contributes ideas on how to fix friction.
Cross-functional brainstorming is especially something that I enjoy. 

➕ Assign owners and decide on cadence:
A Buyer Journey isn’t a one-time thing. It becomes valuable when it’s maintained, especially as messaging evolves, product changes, or new segments enter the pipeline.

Overall, I like this process because it blends data, customer voices, and team alignment into a shared understanding.

It surfaces blind spots, redirects attention to what matters, and gives teams a more honest foundation for planning.

Would you like me to share my template? Drop a comment below.

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