Pictured above: Clare McKee

The UK's newest marketing "dating agency" has launched a no-win no-fee scheme aimed at bringing together marketing and creative professionals with companies seeking their services.

Best Marketing Quotes offers companies looking for marketing services a free, one-stop selection process to find the right person or company for the job. Marketing professionals and agencies can register with Best Marketing Quotes and obtain leads, enabling them to pitch for work that suits their capabilities.

But whereas most lead generation agencies charge for leads, Best Marketing Quotes offers them absolutely free. No fee is payable unless the business is won, in which case a percentage of fees is negotiated.

Best Marketing Quotes - based in Brindleyplace, Birmingham - was launched earlier this year by Birmingham businesswoman and web marketing consultant Clare Mckee, who already runs two successful internet consultancies. Clare, aged 45, believes companies are crying out for a no-hassle way of recruiting the right marketing suppliers without endless searches and recruitment processes. Best Marketing Quotes will give them a manually selected shortlist of potential suppliers matched for their capabilities and areas of expertise.

"If a company is looking for a particular marketing service they can consult the internet or directories and find so much choice it ends up being no choice at all. Finding a supplier which precisely matches their needs is not easy," said Clare Mckee.

She added, "At Best Marketing Quotes we pre-select a short list of no more than four people who have been chosen because their expertise matches the client's needs. In a busy world this saves a huge amount of time and resource, and the service is completely free."

Best Marketing Quotes covers a broad range of marketing services, including internet marketing, market research, web design, copywriting, advertising, public relations, exhibitions, merchandise, promotions, point-of-sale materials, printing, direct mail and event management. Service providers register with the company and obtain leads when identified. 

Clare Mckee said, "Quite simply we bring clients and marketing companies together, building a marketing community, members of which can expect a high conversion rate because clients and suppliers are carefully matched. Whereas our competitors make a charge for these leads, we offer them completely free. Only if a supplier is successful in winning the business does a fee - based on the fees for the job - become payable."

Clare Mckee, who has an MA IN Creative Media Practice, runs two successful online internet marketing consultancies. Her background is in marketing, sales, customer relationships and advertising for a number of major companies.