About
We help businesses get found — wherever buyers are searching.
Marketing Codes started as a product studio that built software and then grew it. That combination — engineers who understand marketing, marketers who understand how systems work — is why we were early to AI search, and why our SEO is technically serious.
What we do
We run search visibility programmes for businesses whose buyers research before they buy. That means SEO — technical, content and authority — plus the newer disciplines of Answer Engine and Generative Engine Optimisation and platform-specific AI Visibility Optimisation for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. We deliver all of it as one programme, measured in one report, under a method we call The Shortlist System.
Where we come from
Marketing Codes began as an AI development studio and digital agency under one roof: one team that built the product and then marketed it. Over 500 projects later, we noticed the same thing in every growth engagement — the technical quality of a site and the clarity of its content decided whether marketing worked, and almost nobody was treating the two as one job.
When AI Overviews and AI assistants started answering buyers' questions directly, that gap became the whole game. Being recommended by a model depends on crawlability, entity data, structure and corroboration — the technical side — as much as on content and authority. We had both skill sets already. We focused the agency on search and AI visibility because it's where our background is an unfair advantage.
How we work
- One accountable team. A named lead who understands both your site and your market. No ticket queues, no hand-offs between departments.
- Plain-English reporting. What changed, why, and what we're doing next — rankings, AI mentions and enquiries in the same place.
- No lock-in. A first quarter to build the foundation, then rolling monthly. We keep clients by being useful, not by contract.
- No guarantees we can't keep. Search engines and AI models change. We commit to a measured programme and honesty about results.
- We implement. On WordPress, WooCommerce and Shopify we make the changes ourselves. On custom stacks we work with your developers.
Who we work with
Founders, CEOs and marketing leaders at B2B and SaaS companies, professional services firms, e-commerce brands and service businesses — typically companies where a single new client is worth real money and the buyer researches before contacting anyone. We work with clients in North America, the UK, Europe and the Gulf, and hold calls in your time zone.
Credentials
- 500+ projects delivered across development and growth engagements
- 5.0 rating on Clutch
- 98% client retention
- Headquartered in Portland, Oregon; working with clients worldwide
FAQs
Straight answers.
Do you still do software development?
Our roots are in development and we still take on builds for existing clients. The agency's focus is search and AI visibility, which is what this site describes.
Where are you based?
Portland, Oregon. We work remotely with clients across North America, the UK, Europe and the Gulf and hold calls in your time zone.
How do we start?
Book a strategy call. Before we speak we'll check how you currently appear on Google and in AI assistants for a few buyer questions, so the conversation starts with specifics.
Book a Strategy Call
Find out where you stand on Google and in AI search.
Tell us about your business and we'll come back within one working day with a time for a call and an initial read on your visibility.
- Free, no obligation
- Reply within one working day
- No pitch deck — just an honest conversation