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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.

  • No contracts, ever
  • You own everything
  • Prices on the page
Jamie Clarke, founder of The Marketing Portal
Jamie · Founder
“We're already seeing a big influx in new leads and sales.”
Luke Towning · Foot-Tech Academy

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 use

The 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.

Our work

Businesses like yours, growing.

Real clients, real words, real results - not stock photos and made-up numbers.

Browse all our work

Why the Portal

The honest agency your mates keep telling you to find.

We won't just build what you ask for

If a new website isn't what you actually need, we'll tell you - and point you at the cheaper fix. Strategy before tactics, every time.

No WordPress. No ongoing costs.

Fast, modern websites with nothing to patch, update or pay for monthly. Built in days, not months.

You own everything

Your website, your data, your customer list. No black box, no hostage-taking. Walk away tomorrow and it all still works.

No lock-in, ever

No 12-month contracts. We keep your business because the work is good - not because you're trapped.

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.”
NT N Tobin Google review
“Jamie made building a website SOOOoooo much easier than other freelancers. His process from design through to deployment was flawless.”
DF Doug Foley The Happiness of Pursuit Podcast
“Thorough professionals in website design and marketing - they really know how to grow and scale your business.”
SH Sean Honan Linked Growth
“Brilliant at pinpointing exactly what's wrong with a website and quickly making it 10x better.”
JK Jillian Kendrick Informed Marketing Solutions
“Jamie listened to everything we needed and tailored it accordingly. Incredibly patient with all the tweaks after launch.”
LT Luke Towning Foot-Tech Academy
“We're already seeing a big influx in new leads and sales. We'll be working with them again and would highly recommend.”
LT Luke Towning Foot-Tech Academy

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

Ready to make your marketing easier?

Get a free web review and we'll show you exactly where your quick wins are. 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