SEO Profile

Managing Director – performanceLiebe

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Patrick Tomforde, born in 1979, is a graduate in business administration and managing director of performanceLiebe GmbH & Co. KG in Buxtehude. Since founding the link building and off-page SEO agency in 2009, he has led the company with a focus on sustainable link development, Google rankings and visibility in AI search engines. Press reports and specialist portals describe him as an experienced SEO expert with long-standing practice in digital PR, outreach and strategic off-page marketing. As author of the specialist books "Link Building" and "GEO – The Practical Handbook for Visibility in the AI Era", and as a regular speaker at conferences such as SEO Day, he communicates complex topics in an accessible way. In interviews and podcasts he explains current debates on brand mentions, backlinks and GEO for Google and AI systems. Previously he proved his skills at various companies, including as head of an international e-commerce team. The performanceLiebe agency works with numerous small and medium-sized enterprises and offers services from backlink analysis and content marketing to GEO consulting. Together this presents a consistent picture of a hands-on entrepreneur and recognized industry expert in link building and modern search visibility.

CEO and strategic SEO consultant – DHEMANT Consulting GmbH

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René Dhemant is an independent strategic and technical SEO consultant and managing director of DHEMANT Consulting GmbH in Cologne. For more than 20 years he has optimized websites, shops, content and UI/UX – previously as webmaster and SEO lead at Host Europe, as senior SEO consultant at SISTRIX, and since 2017 with his own consultancy advising major market players across Europe at leadership level. He combines data-driven audits, technical expertise in crawling and information retrieval with economically oriented strategic consulting for major market players, e-commerce and SaaS. External media coverage positions him as one of the best-known and most economically successful SEO consultants in Germany and emphasizes his entrepreneurial mindset and value-oriented consulting without hourly rates. Press and conference profiles highlight his ability to convey complex topics such as AI-SEO, RAG systems and website infrastructure in an accessible way. Under the motto educate first, sell later he offers workshops, seminars and the SEO COMPENDIUM as a knowledge resource. Together this presents a consistent picture of an experienced consultant, speaker and lecturer focused on sustainable performance rather than short-term tricks.

SEO and AI expert and founding partner of WOXOW – WOXOW

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Timon Hartung is an SEO and AI expert and founding partner of the technology consultancy WOXOW. As a graduate business informatics specialist and experienced software developer, he combines technical engineering with over 15 years of strategic online marketing and has optimized hundreds of websites. For around two decades he has worked in search engine optimization and develops his own AI systems for SEO, GEO, and automated content production. On timonhartung.com he brings together services from technical SEO and AI optimization through GEO to international SEO, relaunch, and migration. As a columnist for W&V and Internet World and in specialist interviews, he explains AI, page speed, and GEO topics in an accessible way. Since 2011 he has regularly spoken at conferences such as SMX Munich, SEO Day, and SEO Campixx. Strategic consulting projects are handled through woxow.com; legally he can be reached via apexmedia – Johanna Hartung & Timon Hartung GbR.