Marketing agency · Gold Coast

A Gold Coast marketing agency built for local service businesses.

We are based on the Gold Coast and we work with businesses from Southport to Coolangatta. Google Ads, SEO, socials, content and websites, run by one team that actually picks up the phone.

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Marketing in Gold Coast

We know the Gold Coast market.

The Gold Coast is one of the most competitive small-business markets in the country. Every trade and service business is fighting for the same searches, and the ones winning are not always the best at the job. They are the best at showing up. That gap is what we close.

We are not a Sydney agency with a Gold Coast landing page. We live here. We know the difference between chasing work in Robina versus Burleigh, why a Surfers Paradise storefront needs a different play to a Nerang workshop, and how seasonal the tourist-driven suburbs really are. That local read shapes every campaign we run.

A lot of Gold Coast businesses are being quietly overcharged by an agency that treats them like a line item, or they are stuck doing marketing themselves at 9pm after a full day on the tools. We built Cliqe to be the in-house marketing team you cannot afford to hire, without the overhead.

Cliqe founders Adrian Fowler and Lochie Burgdorf The team behind your marketing

We work with businesses right across the Gold Coast, including:

SouthportSurfers ParadiseBroadbeachBurleigh HeadsRobinaNerangHelensvaleCoolangattaMermaid WatersVarsity LakesPalm BeachCurrumbin
Real client wins

The numbers we ship to clients.

A snapshot of what we have delivered for Gold Coast and Australian service businesses.

+939%
Website visitors (GC electrical)
$13.32
Cost per click (GC electrical)
+323%
Google Business Profile views (solar electrician)
12K+
Monthly social views (solar electrician)

For a Gold Coast electrical contractor we lifted website visitors +939% and Google Business Profile views +160%, with 25+ leads in the first month at a $13.32 cost per click.

How we do it

Our approach to Gold Coast marketing.

01

Own the Gold Coast local pack

We rebuild your Google Business Profile with every relevant service category, weekly posts, and a review-request workflow, then back it with local citations across Australian directories.

Why it works: For "near me" searches, the map pack sits above the regular results. On the Gold Coast, where searchers compare a few businesses in seconds, the local pack is the single highest-leverage asset you own.
02

Suburb-level Google Ads

Campaigns segmented by suburb and intent, not one blanket "Gold Coast" campaign. Southport spends differently to Coolangatta, and your budget should follow the jobs that actually convert.

Why it works: Blanket geo-targeting wastes spend on low-intent clicks. Suburb-level structure means we can pour budget into the areas producing booked work and cut the ones that do not.
03

Content that looks like the Gold Coast

Real photo and video from your jobs and storefront, not stock. We shoot on-site so your socials and website look like your business, in your area, doing your work.

Why it works: Local buyers can smell stock imagery. Authentic, on-location content builds trust faster and gives Google fresh, geo-relevant signals every month.
04

A website built to convert

Fast, mobile-first sites with clear calls to action, suburb-relevant landing pages, and the technical SEO foundations that let everything else rank.

Why it works: Ads and SEO send traffic; the website closes it. A slow or unclear site quietly leaks the leads you paid to attract.
Go deeper

Services built for Gold Coast.

Google Ads on the Gold Coast

Google Ads management for Gold Coast businesses, set up and run around the work you actually want more of.

Read more: Google Ads on the Gold Coast.
Common questions

Gold Coast marketing FAQs.

Are you actually based on the Gold Coast?
Yes. We are Gold Coast locals, which means we can meet in person, shoot on-site, and we genuinely understand the local market rather than reading it off a spreadsheet.
How much should a Gold Coast business spend on marketing?
It depends on your margins, your competition and your growth goals. Anyone quoting a flat number without asking is guessing. Book a free marketing review and we will give you a straight recommendation for your situation.
Do you only work with tradies?
No. Trades are a big part of our work, but we also run marketing for professional services, retail and consumer brands across the Gold Coast and Australia.
How long until I see results?
Google Ads and Google Business Profile can produce leads within weeks. SEO compounds over 3 to 6 months. We are upfront about the timeline for each channel before you commit.
Am I locked into a long contract?
No lock-in contracts. We keep clients by getting results, not by trapping them in a 12-month agreement.
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Ready to grow your Gold Coast business?

Get a free marketing review. We will look at where you stand in the Gold Coast market and tell you honestly where the opportunity is.

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Lochie BurgdorfWritten by Lochie Burgdorf, Co-Founder, CLIQE. Last updated 20 July 2026.