Ignite XDS

Results

We measure success in EBITDA and valuation, not clicks.

We do not measure success by activity. We measure it by what changes inside the business.

Stronger revenue, healthier margins, clearer positioning, a better customer experience, more scalable systems, and a company that is worth more and easier to grow.

Proof Points

Selected client outcomes.

Our work has supported companies through revenue growth, digital transformation, operational infrastructure, sales enablement, and exit preparation. Out of respect for our clients and the terms we work under, we never name the companies behind these outcomes.

Industrial & Manufacturing

$16K → $1M+

Industrial eCommerce became a meaningful revenue channel.

A global controls company had a fragmented digital presence and an underdeveloped eCommerce channel. Ignite XDS helped support a global platform across 16 websites, 11 languages, and more than 100,000 SKUs. Annual eCommerce revenue grew from roughly $16,000 to more than $1M.

Growth Infrastructure

8K → 70K sq. ft.

Infrastructure scaled with the business.

An industrial automation manufacturer's rep grew from an 8,000 sq. ft. facility into a 70,000 sq. ft. facility. Ignite XDS supported the business with brand, website, customer portals, inventory systems, RMA systems, inspection tracking, strategic planning, and ongoing execution.

Industrial & Manufacturing

93 → 15,000 SKUs

Product complexity became easier to buy from.

An industrial valve company needed to make a complex catalog easier for distributors and end users to search, compare, and buy. Ignite XDS helped turn a limited online product experience into a structured digital catalog with roughly 15,000 purchasable SKUs.

Exit Readiness

$20M+ each

Positioning supported enterprise value.

A privately held Tier II automotive supplier had strong capabilities but stale relationships, unclear positioning, and plateaued growth. Ignite XDS helped clarify the advantage, rebuild the brand, launch a stronger website, equip sales and engineering, and support go-to-market execution. The two partners exited in just over four years and walked away with more than $20M each.

Customer Growth

200 → 400+ / mo.

Customer experience and data-driven outreach changed the growth curve.

A dealership with an established community presence needed a clearer growth plan, stronger brand consistency, better customer experience, and more strategic use of its database. Ignite XDS helped build the foundation, including brand updates, physical experience improvements, BDC support, segmented customer outreach, and ongoing sales reviews. Sales grew from roughly 200 vehicles per month to more than 400.

Consumer Goods

1 in 4 → repeat

A first order became a repeat-purchase engine.

A consumer-products brand with a strong product was winning first orders but losing most buyers before a second purchase, the pattern behind stalled D2C growth. Ignite XDS helped sharpen the brand story, rebuild the product and comparison experience, and stand up a segmented repeat-purchase engine across email, reviews, and post-purchase touchpoints. Retention moved off the roughly one-in-four D2C benchmark and repeat revenue became the growth driver instead of constant new-customer acquisition.

A note on how we present results: Much of our best client data is protected by NDA. Outcomes above are stated in results-first terms and, where a client is named, shared with permission.

Industry Depth

Built across complex industries, not simple categories.

The work looks different by industry, but the problem is often the same: the business has outgrown the way it sells, communicates, and delivers the customer experience.

Industrial & Manufacturing

We help industrial companies make complex capabilities easier to understand, easier to buy from, and easier to scale. This includes automation, controls, engineered products, fluid power, valves, distributors, and technical service providers.

Fluid power & automation depth · global eCommerce · 15,000-SKU catalogs · Tier II exit readiness

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Food Production & Distribution

We help companies with complex product lines, distributor relationships, repeat-order behavior, and operational constraints clarify how buyers discover, compare, and order from them.

Digital catalogs · ordering & customer portals · distributor buyer journeys

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Commercial Services & Trades

We help service-based companies connect brand, local visibility, customer experience, sales process, and operational follow-through, including the direct-to-consumer side of those businesses. This applies to HVAC, roofing, specialty trades, and multi-location service businesses.

Local visibility · lead quality · service & D2C experience · retention

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Restaurant Groups

We help restaurant and hospitality groups understand how AI, search, reviews, menus, event pages, and local content now influence guest decisions before they ever arrive.

AI & search visibility · The Invisible Table · menu & event structure · multi-location

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Consumer Goods & D2C

We help consumer and direct-to-consumer brands win in a crowded, price-sensitive, switch-happy market, turning a good product into a durable business through brand clarity, a conversion-ready buying experience, and a repeat-purchase engine.

Brand story & positioning · product & comparison experience · repeat-purchase retention · marketplace & search

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What Results Mean To Us

Better results come from better alignment.

We are not interested in vanity metrics. A report only matters if leadership can make better decisions. A website only matters if buyers understand the business faster. A campaign only matters if sales can convert the opportunity. A growth plan only matters if operations can support what is promised. That is why our results are tied to the whole system.