Michael Steen Clausen

Marketing & Growth Leader | RevOps | Go-to-Market | Business Development | Tech | SaaS

Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

About

Iโ€™m a hands-on, results-driven marketing leader passionate about linking marketing activities directly to companiesโ€™ revenue streams. I thrive at the intersection of strategy and execution. With a proven track record of launching and scaling marketing initiatives across commercial teams (marketing, sales, and Customer Success), I know how to attract leads, close deals, and secure customer satisfaction. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€: ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†: It is essential to align these two areas before executing the commercial strategies. I usually do this every 6th month. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: I specialize in crafting and executing comprehensive strategies that drive customer engagement, expand market share, and position brands as market leaders. ๐—š๐—ผ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†: I develop and execute go-to-market plans for new consumer services and upsell products, aligning these with overall business goals. ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: I lead and mentor growing marketing teams, maximizing their potential and fostering a collaborative, innovative environment. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: I oversee all the companyโ€™s communication with the markets and customers, upholding the tone of voice throughout the customer journey. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: I ensure consistent messaging and brand positioning across all channels to strengthen market presence and customer connection. ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: I oversee the development of high-quality creative assets, such as graphics, video, and more, leveraging in-house and external resources. ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: I work closely with Paid Performance, Organic Performance, and Tech teams to align on key initiatives and maintain strategic cohesion. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: I analyze competitor activities and customer needs to keep marketing strategies relevant and impactful. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: I lead multi-channel campaigns across digital, social media, email, print, and events to reach audiences effectively. ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: I always keep a tight budget that reflects the companyโ€™s goal.

Experience

  • VP of Marketing at PriceShape
    Aug 2025 - Present ยท 11 mos

  • Founder and Fractional CMO at Digistance
    Nov 2024 - Present ยท 1 yr 8 mos

    Driving strategic growth initiatives for companies transitioning from sales-led to marketing- and product-led growth. Covering positioning, MarTech operations, customer-centric messaging, and value-based campaigns. - Built a full MarTech infrastructure for a SaaS startup, including HubSpot implementation, ad platform integration, and website transformation into a value-driven experience. - Leveraging AI-driven insights for market research, campaign optimization, and automated content generation.

  • Advisory Board Member at Plurafutura Publishing
    Aug 2018 - Present ยท 7 yrs 11 mos

    Plurafutura is a small publishing house specializing in books with a unique edge. Its focus is on works inspired by the many insights of psychology and on bridging the gap between psychological science and society by publishing books that surprise and inspire curiosity about understanding oneself and others.

  • Chief Marketing Officer at Bizbrains
    Dec 2023 - Nov 2024 ยท 1 yr

    Bizbrains provides a flexible B2B platform simplifying EDI and API integration complexities, allowing companies to manage all integration needs seamlessly. As CMO, my job was to modernize their marketing department and drive revenue through proactive marketing efforts. ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ Their new website was poorly built, lacked SEO, and was disconnected from advertising platforms like LinkedIn, Google Analytics, and Google Ads. Fixing these gaps was a priority. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Without product pages, Bizbrains had limited messaging around product benefits. I created a task force between the Marketing, Sales, and Product teams to create these descriptions and product insights, which fueled our website content pages with a lot of great new content that we could use in our communication on our social media pages. ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ Bizbrains operates in a niche B2B integration sector, targeting companies that use EDI technology. Given our ICPโ€™s size and the 95-5 rule, we built a demand engine focusing on the 5% actively seeking new solutions. We established a presence on high-intent platforms like Gartner and G2, generating our first lead within a week and gaining insights into potential customers. This data provided our telemarketing agency with an expanded list to boost lead flow directly to sales. I also leveraged data from various B2B analytical tools to further support our funnel. ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ Together with CS, we prioritized ongoing customer communication by initiating monthly product and market update emails. For the first time in five years, we hosted a customer event, fostering connections and knowledge-sharing with the Bizbrains team. My time at Bizbrains ended unexpectedly when the CEO departed, leading the founders to shut down the marketing department. I enjoyed working with talented colleagues and seeing our progress.

  • Head of Marketing at GateHouse Maritime
    Dec 2022 - Dec 2023 ยท 1 yr 1 mo

    Gatehouse Maritime is a maritime data provider. Its primary solution empowers maritime guardians worldwide with unparalleled safety, order, and protection tools. The company also had a second brand, OceanIO, a data-as-a-service (DaaS) solution that helps the supply chain visibility industry track global containers, ships, and port statuses. As the Head of Marketing and executive board member, my initial task was to modernize the OceanIO brand's sales process, bringing in more leads and reducing the lead-to-customer time. Two months into my role, the board appointed a new CEO. He wanted to transform the old (but reliable) maritime surveillance platform into a modern SaaS solution with easy sign-up and onboarding processesโ€”parallel to our ongoing work on OceanIO. Six months later, the CEO was replaced again, adding yet another SaaS product to my teamโ€™s responsibilities. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: โ€ข OceanIO gained traction quickly, generating significant traffic and awareness within the first two weeks. โ€ข Within two months, we received our first marketing-generated leadsโ€”which had never been achieved before. โ€ข We secured our first customer from marketing in the third month, reducing the Lead-to-Customer (LTC) duration by 90%.