Selen Kucukarslan

CRM & Lifecycle Marketing Expert | Driving Growth with Data-Driven Strategies

Berlin, Germany (+01:00 UTC) English, Turkish, Germanfrom Berlin, Germany
Usually responds in 2 days
Free
Price per hour
30 min
Time Blocks Available
5.00
24 reviews / 26 sessions
Fri
20
Next availability

My call with Selen was valuable on levels that I didn't expect. Selen is not only a well-experienced expert in CRM but also someone who has been working in digital business long enough to see and determine crucial directions in operational business efforts. Such perspective helps to move things forward and don't get stuck in an overwhelming list of CRM/business priorities. Thanks to this session I now can more clearly spot what's worth putting my investment in the nearest future. On top of that, Selen is a warm-hearted and supportive person. Great personality treats for being a business coach. Thank you, Selen :) I really needed this talk with you ❤️

Agnieszka Wojtkun

Selen was super nice and understanding of my struggles and helped me understand the bigger picture of CRM. I got a lot out of the 30' with her and can recommend her if you got questions related to your email setup. She's super knowledgable and helpful!

Carolin Willner

Selen was incredibly knowledgeable and efficient, the amount of value I got from our call despite it being a relatively short time was great! She helped provide direct actions and feedback on some workflows I've been drafting and provided insight from her extensive experience in the field. Thanks Selen!

Waverley Wong

Bio

🚨 CRM breaks when it’s just blasts and automations. I help B2C, marketplace, and subscription teams fix activation and retention — and turn lifecycle into a predictable growth engine. If onboarding isn’t activating users, CRM feels noisy, or retention is flat despite “sending more campaigns”, I’ll help you diagnose what’s broken and show you exactly what to fix. 🔍 What we’ll work on in a session - Identify where users drop off in onboarding or early lifecycle - Fix low CTRs, opt-outs, or over-messaging - Improve segmentation & personalization without over-engineering - Align CRM with product & paid growth to increase CLV - Turn CRM from busy into revenue-driving 👉 You’ll leave with clear priorities and concrete next steps. 🧠 How I help (my framework) 1️⃣ Find the real bottleneck – Activation, retention, churn, or CRM structure 2️⃣ Design scalable lifecycle playbooks – Email, push, in-app journeys that convert 3️⃣ Turn insights into experiments – Clear hypotheses, not random A/B tests 🛠 Core expertise ✅ CRM & Lifecycle Strategy ✅ Activation, Retention & CLV Growth ✅ Experimentation & Testing (A/B, holdouts, timing) ✅ Cross-channel CRM (email, push, SMS, in-app) ✅ Building CRM processes that scale across markets 🏆 Who I’ve worked with 📦 Marketplaces & Quick Commerce Wolt & DoorDash – Led global CRM for couriers across 30+ markets, scaling lifecycle and retention programs. 🚗 Mobility & Automotive Volkswagen & Bosch – Built omnichannel CRM systems within complex, legacy environments. 🎮 Gaming Peak Games – Drove engagement, monetization, and reactivation for Toy Blast, a top-grossing casual game. 🧰 Tools & platforms 🧩 CRM: Braze, Iterable, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Salesforce, CleverTap 📊 Analytics: Mixpanel, Looker, Tableau 🧪 Playbooks: A/B testing, holdout tests, lifecycle optimization 💬 If you want honest, practical feedback and clarity you can execute — let’s talk. 📅 Book a session and let’s fix what’s blocking growth.

Expertise


  • Conversion rate optimisation

    Optimizing paywalls, onboarding flows, pricing models, and user journeys to increase conversions, retention, and revenue while reducing churn for subscription and gaming apps.

  • Email marketing

    Right CRM means using all channels in harmony. So I am happy to share my experiences how to send the right content with the right medium - be it email, push, in-app messages or something fancy like mobile inboxes.

  • Go to market strategy

    Developing scalable, data-driven GTM strategies that align user acquisition, positioning, and monetization to help apps enter new markets and grow profitably.

  • Growth marketing

    I've worked with apps that have scaled to millions of loyal users. I've also worked with many apps that shut down due to unstable user retention. I'd love to tell you what differentiates a huge success from others.

  • Marketing automation

    Creating sustainable revenue stream essentially comes with always-on campaigns or automations that targets users at the right place at the right time with the right offer. Want to chat about how to build up the right CRM and marketing automation strategies and tool kit? I am all ears

  • Product market fit

    Just because you have a product does not mean that it will resonate with users. The problem is not the product's functionality but ensuring product market fit. With my expertise as a product marketeer and a consumer psychologist over the years, I can give you a hand to find the right segment and value proposition for a successful offer.

  • Product marketing

    I connect CRM with user psychology by mapping motivations and triggers into lifecycle journeys. This turns every message into a behavioral nudge that moves users from activation to engagement and, ultimately, loyalty.

  • Technology and tools

    Selecting, implementing, and optimizing growth stacks, AI-driven tools, ad platforms, and analytics to enhance campaign performance and marketing efficiency.

  • User research

    Many companies start scaling without knowing. Without knowing customers, their needs, their motivation or pain point to use a product, it is wasting money on an unknown. With my consumer psychology background and user research lead experience, I am happy to help you ask right questions and identify the right segment in detail for a solid go-to-market strategy.

Toolkit


  • GetResponse logo

    GetResponse

    13 years of experience

    I am a CRM & marketing automation expert. Whatever CRM tool you use, I will create the right CRM data points, Martech implementations and of course the right strategy suited for the channel. MailChimp, Braze, Iterable, Hubspot, Salesforce does not matter the tool :)

  • Hubspot logo

    Hubspot

    13 years of experience

    I am a CRM & marketing automation expert. Whatever CRM tool you use, I will create the right CRM data points, Martech implementations and of course the right strategy suited for the channel. MailChimp, Braze, Iterable, Hubspot, Salesforce does not matter the tool :)

  • Looker logo

    Looker

    13 years of experience

    I have worked as a marketing and data analyst for 2 years actively and I have been CRM data projects lead for quite some time. So happy to help to visualize the right data in the right manner. PS: I still use Looker for the past 3 years and made many dashboards with billions of e-commerce data.

  • Mailchimp logo

    Mailchimp

    13 years of experience

    Basic but effective tool to send e-mails that's why it is still widely used. As a veteran user of Mailchimp, happy to optimize your email strategy and take it to the next level!

  • Mixpanel logo

    Mixpanel

    13 years of experience

    It is not about having the right data but it is about using it the right way. Mixpanel is a great bridge between data and insights when it comes to core user journey, user conversion and lapse (churn) related insights. I have worked with Mixpanel in different verticals for many years.

  • Salesforce logo

    Salesforce

    13 years of experience

    I am a CRM & marketing automation expert. Whatever CRM tool you use, I will create the right CRM data points, Martech implementations and of course the right strategy suited for the channel. MailChimp, Braze, Iterable, Hubspot, Salesforce does not matter the tool :)

  • Tableau logo

    Tableau

    13 years of experience

    I have worked as a marketing and data analyst for 2 years actively and I have been CRM data projects lead for quite some time. So happy to help to visualize the right data in the right manner

Industries


  • Ride Sharing

    Sharing economy is now part of our lives and it was not there until recently. There is less ownership and more experience focus in our lives and I am proud to have worked in this sector as a CRM and Growth expert for many years.

  • Data Visualization

    Everyone loves and hates it! Data is a key word to skyrocket your business success let alone CRM. Acting as CRM data projects lead for so many years, let's debunk the mystery together and use the data in the most profitable way possible.

  • Car Sharing

    Sharing economy is now part of our lives and it was not there until recently. There is less ownership and more experience focus in our lives and I am proud to have worked in this sector as a CRM and Growth expert for many years.

  • A/B Testing

    Without A/B testing a campaign is like a coin thrown in the water, you do not know where the coin goes :). Not a favorite topic for many marketers but surely a vital one. I have built CRM strategy with iterative A/B testing in different verticals over a decade so happy to share that know-how and inspire you :)

  • Retail

    Whether with an app or not, retail has a different touch when it comes to CRM. With experiences both in traditional companies like Intel and an ambitious retail quick delivery service like Wolt, happy to share the wisdom about it all.

  • Consumer

    How can I spend 3 years of my life having a research masters in psychology and do not add here that as another expertise? Everything starts and ends with users. Do not forget growth, marketing is all vast, empty space unless it starts with emphatic, user-centric thinking about motivations, aspirations and painpoints of users.

  • Personalization

    Generic or blast comms are dead. Let me help you use the data in the most profitable way possible and achieve not only your revenue targets but build your product on happy customers!

  • CRM

    I spend over a decade in CRM since 2012 in different verticals from gaming to shared economy to e-commerce. There are many misconceptions and thus misuse of CRM and of course so many missed opportunities. Let's tackle together how we can carry your CRM operations and business growth to the next level.

  • Email Marketing

    "Email is not dead, it became smarter" one marketer said. It is true as our attention span decreased, e-mail marketing needs to be now more sophisticated and targeted. Happy to walk you thru the intrigue world of email marketing strategies to fuel your growth!

  • Gaming

    Gaming is a pioneer in digital app and tech world. It introduced fierce competition and first digital marketing concepts like engagement, retention, monetization in detail. With my ambitious experience at Peak Games managing a top grossing casual game and Softgames as the head of Product, would like to talk more about how to perfect the user journey you have. PS: I love hidden object and casual games and no shame about it :)

  • Consumer Research

    How can I spend 3 years of my life having a research masters in psychology and do not add here that as another expertise? Everything starts and ends with users. Do not forget growth, marketing is all vast, empty space unless it starts with emphatic, user-centric thinking about motivations, aspirations and painpoints of users.

  • Sharing Economy

    Sharing economy is now part of our lives and it was not there until recently. There is less ownership and more experience focus in our lives and I am proud to have worked in this sector as a CRM and Growth expert for many years.

  • Product Research

    Product research is a digitalized form of user insights. As a consumer researcher, I have run many usability and user research projects over the years, thrilled to share the wisdom.

  • Food Delivery

    One word thanks to me shaping CRM strategies for one of the most user centric food delivery app of all times: Wolt. I am proudly a Wolter and also an extremely engaged user

  • Marketing Automation

    Marketing automation is the future of not only CRM but for any business field. The smarter you use data, the more efficient your operations are while managing a personalized touch, the more you can make revenue smart & sustainable. Happy to address any queries about how to setup CRM and business strategies in an automated, smart manner :)

  • App Marketing

    I have +10 years of experience in diverse apps from gaming to e-commerce: Activation, engagement, retention, monetization (paywalls, subscription adoption), reactivation

  • Mobile Apps

    I have +10 years of experience in diverse apps from gaming to e-commerce: Activation, engagement, retention, monetization (paywalls, subscription adoption), reactivation

Experience

  • Wolt

    Global CRM Lead
    wolt.com

    Led a major CRM tool migration (Iterable), laying the foundation for scalable lifecycle automation across 30+markets. Owns the global CRM strategy for courier lifecycle across all markets with +2 team members. Implements segmentation & A/B testing best practices to improve campaign performance. Acts as a strategic CRM advisor across markets, supporting local lifecycle campaigns and data-driven product & growth initiativesLed a major CRM tool migration (Iterable), laying the foundation for scalable lifecycle automation across 30+markets. Owns the global CRM strategy for courier lifecycle across all markets. Implements segmentation & A/B testing best practices to improve campaign performance Acts as a strategic CRM advisor across markets, supporting local lifecycle campaigns and data-driven product & growth initiatives.

  • UMI/WeShare by Volkswagen Group

    Global CRM Manager
    volkswagen.de/de.html

    Evolved the CRM strategy from being newsletter driven to an omnichannel lifecycle marketing via email, push notifications, in-app messages, and the orchestration of the respective channels. Responsible for the strategy and implementation of lifecycle marketing campaigns tailored for user activation, retention, reactivation, upsell campaigns of all markets of WeShare. In charge of scaling & upselling our subscription service WeShare+ on top of the core WeShare business.

  • COUP Mobility of Robert Bosch GmbH

    Senior CRM Manager / User Researcher
    bosch.de/

    Responsible for the strategy and implementation of full-scale user activation, retention & referral lifecycle campaigns for Germany, France and Spain. Spearheaded integration of marketing tech infrastructure to launch Braze, a reputable marketing automation tool. Founder of User Research department at COUP to conduct in-depth interviews, surveys, field studies to guide product features & user-product fit.

  • Softgames

    Head of Product, Game Production
    softgames.com/

    Lead the games production studio, namely, Content and Graphics teams to ensure the best user – content fit & quality. Responsible for game portfolio management for multiple markets including Europe and Japan. Responsible for Content Management by regular content updates and A/B testing.

  • Peak Games

    Growth & Business Intelligence Manager
    peak.com/about

    2+ year experience in 6-digit User Acquisition (UA) campaigns of the casual game success 'Toy Blast’ in the US and Turkey. Responsible for internal CRM system integration & holistic CRM strategy for the title Toy Blast. Responsible for building up essential dashboards on Looker & Tableau (i.e., retention, revenue) via SQL. Responsible for A/B testing strategy in the Growth team.

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