Real Results, Real Growth
A track record of helping international brands break into new markets, bridge cultural gaps, and achieve measurable growth. Led by Patric Sawada, with 12+ years of international marketing across 15+ markets in Europe and East Asia.
K.K. Orchard, a Two-Year European Market-Entry Experiment for a Taiwanese Frozen Food Producer
Two-year market-entry experiment (2021 to 2022) built to make supply and demand meet: LinkedIn account-based campaigns aimed at frozen-food category managers to support direct business development, and per-country Google, Facebook and Instagram campaigns in 13 languages that narrowed to city level once retail contracts landed.
For Valor, Reaching C-Suite Executives via LinkedIn
Three-week sprint targeting CEOs and C-suite at Top 900 Dutch companies through their executive assistants, validating a niche B2B LinkedIn approach.
TNT/FedEx, Culturally Adapted Google Ads Across 3 Countries
ADAPT Framework applied to Google Ads copy across the Netherlands, Portugal, and Singapore. Cultural adaptation tested A/B against an unadapted control in each market.
Gladskin by Micreos, One Letter That Tripled a German Market
Per-market keyword research and content localisation across the UK, France, the Netherlands and Germany. In German, the product category has two correct spellings with very different search volumes, and the site was built on the smaller one.
vibecoding.app, Silkdrive's Own Platform as the AI-Era SEO Testbed
Not a client engagement. vibecoding.app is Silkdrive's own 1,100-plus page AI-coding tools directory and content platform, built and operated by Patric Sawada, and it is where the programmatic templates, the agent-run content pipeline and the build-time quality gates we sell are run on our own risk first.
Critical Minds, Growth Hacking LinkedIn Ads and SEO
B2B management consulting firm in the Netherlands. Compounded LinkedIn ads and SEO experimentation to lift content reach and decision-maker lead flow.
Global Sustainability Ratings LeaderCross-Cultural Training for a Global Sustainability Ratings Leader
Multi-segment cross-cultural training programme for a global sustainability ratings platform. Pre-training interviews customised content to live team dynamics.
EU-Japan Centre, Cross-Cultural Growth Marketing Webinars
Two expert-led webinar sessions for European SMEs entering Japan, tailored separately for Swedish and for Polish/Romanian audiences with different cultural starting points.
Nationale Nederlanden, Lean Validation for a Corporate Sustainability Startup
Lean startup validation for Powerly, a corporate sustainability venture inside the Netherlands' largest insurer. Rapid experimentation generated early leads and informed the go/no-go decision.
Baas BV, Lean Validation for an EV Fleet Charging Startup
Acquisition funnel for EVReady, an EV fleet-charging corporate startup. Targeted fleet managers at enterprise companies through landing pages, paid ads, and automated outreach.
DSM, SEO Analysis and Optimisation for a Global Science Company
Technical and content SEO audit for DSM's Engineering Materials division across English and Dutch versions, plus SEO upskilling for the internal team.
Opel Benelux, Trilingual SEO Training and Website Optimisation
Full SEO scan plus structured training for 10+ data entry assistants who manage Opel's Benelux site across Dutch, French, and German. SEO discipline embedded in the daily CMS workflow.
Nuon/Vattenfall, Introduction to Growth Hacking
Executive-level introduction to growth hacking for Vattenfall Netherlands' marketing and innovation teams. AARRR funnel, experiment-driven marketing, and corporate-scale applications.
Yaband Media, Lead Generation Sprint That Invalidated a Saturated-Market Hypothesis
Lead-generation sprint for a Dutch-Chinese marketing platform offering Alipay and WeChat Pay to Dutch tourist attractions. Designed to validate the proposition before larger investment. The campaign produced clean signal that invalidated the niche.
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