Marline Henin
Marketing Strategist
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Marline Henin
Marline Henin is a Canadian marketing strategist and the founder of Henin Consulting, based in Toronto. She has over ten years of experience helping companies grow, reposition, and expand into new markets. She holds an MBA in marketing and strategic planning.
Henin began her career as an intern at a small-to-medium-sized business. Within five years, she launched her own consulting firm. Her work focuses on long-term strategy, customer behaviour, and brand alignment. One of her major projects helped a client grow revenue from $5 million to $30 million in under a year.
She is known for using both data and intuition to guide marketing decisions. Henin often challenges companies to rethink their approach to customer communication. She promotes the idea of “strategic empathy,” which involves understanding customer needs before developing messaging or campaigns.
Henin also works on voice search and conversational marketing. She advises businesses to use natural language, structured data, and question-based content to improve accessibility and engagement. Her strategies help companies adapt to changing user behaviour, including the shift from traditional websites to chatbots and voice tools.
She has spoken publicly about gender equity in consulting and the need for inclusive leadership. Henin mentors young professionals and supports charities for homeless children across Canada. She believes in balancing business results with social impact.
Henin continues to work with mid-sized companies across North America, helping them refine strategy, improve communication, and adapt to emerging trends in user experience and customer engagement.
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Marline Henin on Voice Search and Conversational Marketing: Preparing for the Next UX Frontier
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What does Marline Henin do?
Marline Henin is a marketing strategist and founder of Henin Consulting, a firm based in Toronto. She has over ten years of experience helping companies grow, reposition, and expand into new markets.
What is Marline Henin known for?
She is known for blending data and intuition in marketing decisions and for promoting the concept of "strategic empathy," which centers messaging on understanding customer needs first. She has also spoken publicly on voice search, conversational marketing, and gender equity in consulting.
Where is Marline Henin based?
Marline Henin is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Who does Marline Henin work for?
Marline Henin works for Henin Consulting, the firm she founded, where she serves as its Marketing Strategist.
Last updated February 20, 2026