BUSINESS GROWTH PARTNER

Growth built on leverage, not on spend.

I diagnose what's actually holding revenue back, confirm we're the right fit, then build the strategic plan — and stay on as your partner to turn that leverage into growth.

If marketing alone could fix it, you'd be growing already.

Most businesses don't struggle because they're not marketing enough. They struggle because strategy, positioning, and priorities have drifted apart. The Dana Effect brings them back into alignment — and turns that alignment into revenue.

The Dana Effect — strategic growth partnership, still-life with The Dana Effect notebook, pen and wine glass on a dark marble desk
THE DANA EFFECT

WHO THIS IS FOR

You'll recognise yourself here

  • Owner-led businesses past the first growth stage
  • Marketing is busy, but growth is flat
  • Decisions lean on instinct more than on any plan
  • You've started wondering if the problem is bigger than marketing

WHAT WORKING TOGETHER LOOKS LIKE

A partnership with a rhythm of its own — built to outlast a project's end date

We work in a steady cadence — regular strategic sessions, decisions made together, and progress reviewed against the business, not against campaign metrics.

The rhythm

Recurring strategy sessions with you and, when useful, your team — so growth decisions get made on time instead of drifting.

What I own

Strategic direction, positioning, priorities, and the marketing system that supports them — plus the hard questions no one inside the business is asking.

What the business owns

Day-to-day execution and delivery, guided by a plan we built together, so the work stays inside your team and keeps compounding.

12 years leading marketing inside global technology companies.

THE METHODOLOGY

The Dana Effect Methodology

Four stages, one throughline: leverage — getting more from what the business already has, before reaching for something new.

A four-stage process that takes a business from confusion to consistent growth. Each stage builds on the last — and none of them is optional.

IStage

Clarity

Identify growth barriers, blind spots, misalignment and missed opportunities. Before anything moves, what is actually in the way becomes visible.

From scattered marketing activity → to a clear picture of what's blocking growth

WHAT YOU GAIN

A precise map of what's actually blocking growth

The leverage: redirecting resources already being spent toward the problem that's actually costing growth — not toward the one that looked most urgent.

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IIStage

Positioning

Define a distinctive market position, a strategic narrative, and clear differentiation. The business becomes recognizable — to itself, and to the market.

From unanswered strategic questions → to sharper questions and a defined position

WHAT YOU GAIN

A market position only your business can own

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IIIStage

Alignment

Connect business objectives, positioning, messaging and execution into a single coherent system. Strategy and marketing stop pulling in different directions.

From strategy and execution pulling apart → to one coherent system moving in one direction

WHAT YOU GAIN

One coherent system — not five disconnected efforts

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IVStage

Momentum

Build sustainable growth through focused decisions and intentional action. Momentum replaces effort — and growth becomes a pattern, not a push.

From growth that feels accidental → to growth that compounds, decision by decision

WHAT YOU GAIN

Growth that compounds, decision by decision

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Each stage compounds into the next. All four exist to turn what the business already has into revenue — not to add more activity on top of it.

THE CONVERSATION

What moves growth is someone in the room, asking the right question before the next decision gets made — not another campaign.

Let's Talk Growth.