Both banks blended into one budget
The westside, the eastside and Vancouver behave like separate markets. One combined budget hides which of them pays and sends clicks to crews stuck on the wrong side of a bridge.
City hub · Portland metro
Marketing for Portland firms working both banks of the Willamette and across the Columbia
Rain from October to May, heat spikes in August: Portland demand swings with the sky, and a good account swings its budget with it.
Portland demand runs along both sides of the Willamette and, for some firms, across the Columbia into Washington. HeyLead draws your service area first, decides with you whether Vancouver belongs in it, and builds search, ads, pages and reports around that line. Property, trade and cleaning owners get separate offers, so a heat-wave repair call never shares a form with a lease inquiry. We measure booked work in dollars. Ask for a free audit.
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What we do
Four services, planned across both banks of the Willamette
A Beaverton property manager and a Gresham plumber do not need the same reach, so every service starts from where you send your people.
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SEO
Pages and listings that appear when people nearby search Google for what you do.
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Google Ads
Paid search ads that reach people searching right now, reported against the calls and bookings they produce.
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Meta Ads
Facebook and Instagram ads for offers that need reach, including ads shown again to people who visited your site.
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Web and landing pages
Pages built to turn a visit into a call, form or booking.
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Call tracking and customer-system setup come with the work when you need them: analytics and crm integration.
Who we work with
Who HeyLead works with around Portland
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Property managers and agents working westside towns like Beaverton and Hillsboro who want owners and sellers to contact them directly
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HVAC, plumbing and pest firms whose vans split between the inner eastside and Gresham and cannot cross a bridge at rush hour for every job
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Cleaning crews covering Lake Oswego homes, westside offices and tech-park suites on tight access windows
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Owner-led businesses in Oregon or Clark County who want a marketing team instead of a directory listing
Industries
Property, trades and cleaning across the Portland metro
The three industries share a map but not an offer, so each gets its own pages and its own numbers.
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Real Estate and Property
Agents, managers and maintenance firms working the westside towns, the inner eastside and commercial space near the tech parks.
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Home Services and Trades
HVAC, plumbing and pest firms sorted by side of the river, with emergency calls kept apart from planned replacements.
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Cleaning Services
Office and home cleaning crews built around access windows, from Lake Oswego homes to Hillsboro suites.
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Focus industry
Where to start in Portland: Real Estate and Property
Which side of the river is your crew on? In Portland that question decides whether a Beaverton click is a booked job or a wasted one, and Vancouver adds a state line on top.
HeyLead is a marketing agency for owner-led Portland firms in real estate, home services and cleaning. We run Google search, Google Ads, Facebook and Instagram ads and web pages around the westside, the eastside, Gresham, Lake Oswego and Clark County, and we report results in dollars against booked work.
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- check_circle Zillow, RMLS (the local listing service) and Realtor.com treated as background, while we go after owners who need help
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The local picture
Marketing in Portland: what to know
Your market
What is different about Portland
Portland splits along the Willamette. The inner eastside is a grid of older lots holding bungalows, foursquares and small apartment buildings. The westside is tech parks and newer subdivisions in Beaverton and Hillsboro, strung along Highway 26.
Gresham anchors the east, and Lake Oswego sits to the south on its lake. Vancouver, across the Columbia in Clark County, is in another state, with Washington licensing and Washington sales tax. Oregon has no sales tax at all.
The rain from autumn to spring creates roof, drain and crawlspace work, and summer heat sends people looking for cooling in eastside houses built without central air. Zillow, RMLS and Realtor.com show listings across the metro.
Oregon and Washington broker licenses cover the property side, and Oregon CCB and Washington credentials cover the trades. HeyLead is the marketing team, not the license holder.
Your customers
How customers find you
Portland searches are full of place names: Beaverton HVAC, Hillsboro property management, Gresham plumber, Lake Oswego cleaners. The clicks worth buying come from people on a side of the river your crew serves, because a Vancouver homeowner who finds a Beaverton van is not a lead.
We separate the westside from Gresham and Lake Oswego, and treat Clark County as its own decision with its own license line. A good lead is a call or form that names the job and the suburb.
We leave out portal shoppers and job seekers. Reports show booked work, signed leases and closed listings by area, in dollars.
Our approach
How HeyLead runs it for you
The first job is an audit: your current ad spend, your Google Business Profile (the listing on the map), your tracking, and a written map of where your people can be by close of day.
Then we assign channels. Google Ads takes urgent searches, SEO and the Business Profile build neighborhood visibility, Meta Ads covers reach and follow-up, and landing pages carry one offer each.
Budgets begin on the side of the river you already work and cross the Columbia only if your crew and license allow it. Every call and form is tagged, so you can see which suburb produced booked work.
Building stock
inner eastside lots, westside tech parks, and Clark County stock
Portals buyers still use
Zillow, RMLS, Realtor.com
Proof on the page
Oregon and Washington broker licenses; Oregon CCB and Washington contractor licenses
Common mistakes
Common mistakes firms in Portland make
Listing traffic mistaken for demand
Zillow, RMLS and Realtor.com will always show listings to shoppers. Owner-led firms grow by being the first call for management, a sale or a repair, and those come from different searches.
A flat budget for a seasonal city
Autumn rain and summer heat move demand for repairs, cleaning and pest work. A flat monthly cap starves the peak weeks and wastes the quiet ones, and nobody notices until the calendar is empty or overbooked.
How it works
How we work with you, step by step
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Draw the map by bank and bridge
We mark the westside, eastside, Gresham, Lake Oswego and Clark County areas you can reach, and decide what stays off the account.
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Give each offer its own page
Repairs, replacements, sales, leasing and cleaning contracts each get their own page and form, so results are easy to read.
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Match each channel to the job
Google Ads for urgent searches, SEO and your Business Profile for neighborhood visibility, Meta Ads for reach, and pages to catch the click.
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Report by area and by season
Monthly numbers in dollars show which suburb and which month produced booked work, and budgets move to match.
Searches
What people search for
These are the searches your pages and ads are built around, and what each person is trying to do.
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| Portland property management | Owner comparing local managers, eastside or westside |
| Portland real estate agents | Seller or landlord picking an agent, not a portal browser |
| Portland commercial cleaning | Office or tech-park contract, not a one-off house clean |
| Beaverton plumber | Ready-to-hire trade search, typically on a phone |
Testimonials from HeyLead clients
Property, trades and cleaning firms we work with
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I've worked with HeyLead for over a decade. There is no one else I'd trust with lead generation and IT. I've tried others, to my detriment. If you want someone who is dedicated and trustworthy, you couldn't pick someone better.
Andrew Woodruff
CEO, Woodruff Property Management
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Our company 1800 CLEANER has worked with Martin for over two years now and we can attest he is one of the best. His technical knowledge in the SEO and online marketing space is second to none. But more importantly he cares. He listens and truly empathises with the client. The feeling of support that ensues is truly otherworldly. We have no hesitation in recommending him.
Michael Sweet
CEO, 1800 CLEANER
FAQs
Questions about Portland
Straight answers about local coverage, campaigns, pages, and how we measure demand in Portland.
Do you have a Portland office? expand_more
Not in person. HeyLead is an online team, so there is nothing to visit in Portland. We work with you by phone, video or email, built around the suburbs and licenses you actually operate in, and report in dollars.
Does Vancouver belong in a Portland campaign? expand_more
Sometimes. It depends on whether your crew or desk really serves Clark County and holds the Washington credentials that work needs. If not, we leave it out and keep the budget on the Oregon side.
How do Oregon and Washington differences affect the marketing? expand_more
License rules, tax treatment and housing stock differ across the Columbia, so pages and quotes should say which side they cover. Confirm the specifics with your accountant or the relevant licensing body.
Which listing sites shape the Portland market? expand_more
Zillow, RMLS and Realtor.com show listings for the metro. We treat them as background and put the effort into searches from owners, such as management, valuation and service calls.
Can we begin with one area, such as Beaverton and Hillsboro? expand_more
Yes. The westside alone is plenty of ground for a small firm. We add the eastside or Gresham when you have the capacity.
Which HeyLead services have Portland pages? expand_more
SEO, Google Ads, Meta Ads and web design each have a Portland page, and real estate, home services and cleaning each have an industry page. Pick the closest fit or combine several. The pages link to each other, so you can move between them.
What do you need from me to start? expand_more
Access to your Google Business Profile, ads account and website, plus the suburbs you serve and any license details you want shown. Tell us how many new jobs or clients you can take each week. We size the first campaign around that.