Social media, local SEO, website design, content, and paid advertising — one integrated strategy from a consultant who actually lives here.
Portland customers do their homework: they search, they check your Instagram, they read your reviews, and they decide before they ever contact you. Winning that moment takes more than a single channel. I'm Alvin Thomas, a Portland-based digital marketing consultant, and I make sure every place a local customer checks — Google, social, your website — tells the same convincing story.
What I Do
Strategy, content, and community management across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Show up when Portlanders search — on Google, in AI tools, and in 'near me' results.
Fast, mobile-first websites that turn local search traffic into calls and bookings.
Meta and TikTok campaigns targeted to the Portland metro — managed start to finish.
On-location shoots in the Portland metro, short-form video, and branded graphics.
Web copy, ad copy, and captions written in your voice — for humans and search engines.
Portland runs on neighborhoods and word of mouth — digitally as much as in person. A marketing strategy that works here is built around local search, community-minded content, and a brand that feels like it belongs. Being on the ground means I can shoot your content in person, see what your competitors are doing, and build for how this city actually buys.
Common Questions
Everything that gets you found and chosen online: social media, local SEO (Google Search and Maps), a website that converts, content, and paid advertising. Most Portland businesses don't need all of it at once — the first job is figuring out which channel actually drives your customers, then building outward from there.
Portland agencies typically charge $2,500–$10,000+ per month on retainer. As an independent consultant I scope to your actual needs — a local SEO and website project looks very different from full-funnel management. You'll get a clear proposal after a free intro call, with no pressure and no lock-in.
Yes — and for most local businesses it's the highest-leverage starting point. That means optimizing your Google Business Profile, building neighborhood-relevant content, earning local citations, and making sure your website loads fast and converts. When someone in your part of town searches for what you do, the goal is that you show up first.
Absolutely. I work with businesses across the metro — Beaverton, Hillsboro, Gresham, Lake Oswego, Tigard, and Vancouver WA — plus Seattle and the wider Pacific Northwest. On-location content shoots cover the whole Portland metro area.
Agencies split your account across an SEO person, a social person, and an ads person who rarely talk to each other — with overhead baked into the retainer. I run your digital marketing as one integrated strategy, personally. You get 10+ years of cross-channel experience, and if something isn't working we change it that week, not next quarter.
Just need social? Social media marketing in Portland goes deeper. Up north? Digital marketing in Seattle.
Tell me about your business and where customers are slipping through the cracks. The intro call is free, and you'll leave with a clear picture of what would move the needle.
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