Groundworks · Ramsey
HPM Groundworks & Surfacing
A YouTube advert for resin driveways, tarmac and block paving, with a voiceover by a professional voice artist.
2,163
visits to their website from the advert
Isle of Man · websites, plus YouTube, Facebook and Google ads
We build your website, make your advert and get it in front of people on the Island.
Below are websites and adverts for local firms, and how many people visited their website because of them.
535,000
views of the seven YouTube adverts we've made for Island businesses since September
6,815
visits to client websites from three YouTube ads, late September to mid October 2026
2,163
HPM Groundworks
2,009
Firstman Roofing
2,643
One Stop Roofing
Some recent examples
Tap any advert to watch it on YouTube, or a site to see it live.
Roofing · Douglas
Firstman Roofing
Built the whole website, with 58 photos of their own jobs, a before-and-after slider and a map of the areas they cover. Then made the YouTube advert to send people to it.
2,009
visits to their website from the advert
Roofing · Isle of Man
One Stop Roofing
Made a YouTube advert for their roof repairs, re-roofs and emergency callouts, then ran it to people on the Island only.
2,643
visits to their website from the advert
Gas engineer · Isle of Man
DT Gas
Every scene in the couch and boiler advert was drawn out first, then each picture was made to match. It took two weeks to put together.
Dean's website, a second advert for his two years' free servicing offer, and his Facebook adverts all come from Leadforge too.
114,000
views of the couch and boiler advert in 14 days
7 boilers
booked in one week from a Facebook advert
Restaurant · Ramsey
Taste of Thai
A YouTube advert made from the owner's own photos and kitchen footage, with a voiceover by a professional voice artist. Running now to people on the Island.
Dog walking · Douglas and Onchan
Waffles Dog Walking
Darren's own dog walking business, with the website and the advert both made by Leadforge.
See wafflesdogwalking.co.ukA few more websites
Your business next?
Send us a message
Real photos
We come out and take the photos ourselves
Every advert now uses real photos and video of your own work, taken on site wherever you're working.
The pictures come out sharp and wide enough to fill a YouTube screen, and the advert shows your own work.
If you're a roofer, expect to see us on the roof.
Introductions
We also put the right people together
Working with so many trades on the Island means knowing who's good at what they do, and who's after more work.
If you're a bigger building firm and you need a roofer, groundworker or gas engineer you can rely on, we'll introduce you to one we know.
If you're a smaller firm and you want work from the bigger builders, we'll try and get you sat down with them.
The meeting gets set up, and the rest is up to you.
What it costs
A new website
Designed around your business and your own photos, set up with Google, and hosted for you.
£1,700
A YouTube advert
We plan the advert, take the photos on site, make it and run it to people on the Isle of Man. At the end you get the figures and we talk you through how it went.
£400
plus £100 ad money, paid to Google
A Facebook advert
You don't need to spend £20 to £40 a day on Facebook. Most adverts do well on £3 to £5 a day. It's what's in the advert that counts, not how much you spend on it.
In the £300 a month
plus whatever you want to spend on the ad
Getting found on Google, every month
We keep working on your website and Google listing so you come up higher when people search for what you do. Your Facebook adverts are made as part of this too.
£300 a month
What clients say
"I'm now showing up on Google when people search for window cleaners on the Isle of Man, which has made a huge difference. I'm a lot busier than I was before."
"I'm not very technical at all. Everything was explained clearly and we built it together step by step over WhatsApp."
"Darren's been with me for the past seven months. We speak every week and he's never done me wrong. Business has picked up since he took over. That's all I need really."
"I trust Darren with my marketing completely. He's not done me wrong yet."
"Darren did my website and my marketing, and has done a YouTube campaign for me with another one on the way as we speak. Really great guy, love working with him."
I'm Darren
I'm a husband and a dad, and we live in Farmhill on the Isle of Man.
Leadforge Digital
Leadforge helps Island businesses get more work, through websites, adverts on Google, YouTube and Facebook, and showing up when people search. Clients are mostly in building, engineering, hospitality and professional services.
We also help firms find new work, by working out who they should be talking to and getting them in front of the people who make the decisions.
Leadforge is more than one person. Alongside me there are professional voice artists and other specialists we bring in when a job needs them. You still deal with me directly. A lot of clients are tradespeople, so most of it gets sorted over WhatsApp.
Before this
Over ten years in banking with Lloyds, looking after customers. It taught me to listen and to be careful with other people's money.
Waffles Dog Walking
Most days you'll find me out with a pack of dogs for Waffles Dog Walking & Home Visits, and I wouldn't change it. People trust me with their dogs and the keys to their house.
Games
There's a games side as well. Juno and the Dragon King, our first iPhone game, is out now on the App Store, with more on the way.
Want more people finding your business?
Send us a message on WhatsApp with what you do.
Always on call. Plenty of clients don't ring till 10 at night, and that's fine. Late-night brainstorming is half the fun.