What I Do

I help business owners get a clear picture of their digital situation. What is working, what is not, and what to do about it. No jargon. No sales pitch. Just a clear, honest assessment.

Some clients come to me because they have enquiries and sales but a nagging sense they are leaving money on the table. Others come because the pipeline has dried up and they cannot work out why. Either way, the starting point is the same: understanding what you have actually got.

My background is technical as well as strategic. I can read what is happening under the bonnet of your digital setup, not just the surface metrics. That matters when you are trying to understand why a site migration has damaged your organic rankings, or why paid spend is not converting the way it should.

About

I am Marcus Coles. I have been working in digital strategy for 25 years, first as a research scientist and then as an independent advisor operating through MediaSage Digital since 2006.

I work with business owners directly. Not through account managers or junior teams. You get my full attention and a straight answer.

My background is genuinely technical. I hold a PhD in Physics from the University of Southampton and completed a Technology Translator programme at Cambridge. That is not decoration. It means I can get into the detail of what is actually happening with your traffic, your tracking, and your conversion pipeline, and explain it in plain English.

I also run The Oak Sanctuary, a private healing space in Hampshire. I mention that because it says something about how I work. I am not interested in creating dependency. I am interested in building your capability and co-creating you something you genuinely own.