5.0 on Google · For service businesses
Marketing that actually gets you customers
We build websites that work, then run the marketing that keeps the leads coming. Clear prices, no lock-in - just growth you can actually feel.
Strategy · Websites · SEO · AI & Automation
“We're already seeing a big influx in new leads and sales.”
Sound familiar?
You're brilliant at what you do. Your marketing just doesn't show it.
A post here. Some ads there. A newsletter someone started in January. A new logo when things went quiet. We call it Random Acts of Marketing - and it's the reason working hard at marketing so often feels like getting nowhere.
You're not bad at marketing. You've been sold Random Acts of Marketing.
Random acts add up to nothing - systems compound. We fix the order: find the leaks, make the plan, build the foundations, then grow. Whichever bit you need first.
See the framework we useThe whole point
Six months from now.
This is what changes when the Random Acts stop and a system takes over.
Marketing now
- Posting when you remember, quiet for months when you don't
- Enquiries sitting unanswered while you're doing the actual work
- No idea which marketing pays and which just costs
- Every new customer starts from a cold, hard slog
Six months from now
- Leads arrive while you're on a job - and get answered in seconds
- Google reviews grow on their own, week after week
- Content goes out on schedule whether you're busy or not
- One report a month tells you exactly what's working and what it costs
That's not a different business. That's your business, in the right order. Start with the free review.
What we do
Whatever you need first,
start there.
Some people want the full plan. Some just want a website that works. Every service stands on its own - and they're built to click together when you're ready.
Not sure where to start?
One call with us beats twenty tabs of research.
How it fits together
The plan, start to finish.
Review, plan, build, grow. Four steps that turn scattered marketing into a system that compounds.
Every step starts with the same thing: a free, honest review of where you are now.
Our work
Businesses like yours, growing.
Real clients, real words, real results - not stock photos and made-up numbers.
One site to unify three trades: electrical, fire and security.
Three trades that usually read like three different companies - unified into one clear offer for homes and businesses across Wigan and the North West.
3-in-1
electrical, fire & security, one offer
Matrix FSE
See the build
A credibility-first website for a civil engineering consultancy.
Drainage, highway and infrastructure design is bought on credibility. We built a site that gets a senior engineer's expertise across in seconds.
Seconds
to understand exactly what they do
ALD Design
See the build
A booking-first website for a 40-year family heating firm.
Family-run in Wigan since 1985 - with a website that finally says so, and takes bookings while they're on the tools.
1985
family-run since
F.G. Welch
See the build
Why the Portal
Why clients stay - without a contract making them.
Four promises we make to every client. They're not on a poster in an office somewhere - they're how the work actually gets done.
We'll tell you what you actually need
Even when it's cheaper than what you asked for. Strategy comes before tactics here - it's the difference between spending and investing.
Built fast, built to last
Websites and systems delivered in days and weeks, not quarters - with nothing to patch, update or pay for monthly.
You own everything
Your website, your data, your customer list. If we parted ways tomorrow, everything we built keeps working for you.
No contracts, ever
Everything monthly is monthly rolling. We keep clients by being worth keeping - which is exactly the pressure an agency should be under.
Kind words
Don't take our word for it.
“Amazing service, extremely good at what they do. Jamie is genuine, helpful, patient and clearly cares. I cannot recommend this business enough.”
“Jamie made building a website SOOOoooo much easier than other freelancers. His process from design through to deployment was flawless.”
“Thorough professionals in website design and marketing - they really know how to grow and scale your business.”
“Brilliant at pinpointing exactly what's wrong with a website and quickly making it 10x better.”
“As soon as the website was launched we received a lot more website enquiries. Efficient, easy to work with, and we got the result we wanted. Highly recommended!”
“We're already seeing a big influx in new leads and sales. We'll be working with them again and would highly recommend.”
“Delighted with the outcome of our website. They took our vision and turned it into a reality - I have no hesitation in recommending them.”
Behind the Portal
15 years of getting marketing to actually work.
The Marketing Portal was founded by Jamie Clarke, who's run marketing and web projects for service businesses for over 15 years. We're small on purpose - you deal with people who care, not an account manager reading a script.
15+
years in marketing
100s
of projects delivered
0
long-term contracts
Jamie Clarke · Founder
Is your website winning you customers?
Get a free web review and we'll show you what's stopping visitors becoming enquiries - and which fix to make first. No pitch, no pressure, no cost.
Every month of Random Acts of Marketing is a month your competitors compound.
Free · No obligation · No contracts, ever