Hello, nice to meet you

Our home is Doncaster East, in the heart of Manningham, and our clients are the businesses around us.

The cafés, trades, clinics and shops that keep Melbourne’s eastern suburbs ticking. We know the area because we live and work here too.

Lean by design, affordable for any size of business

We’re not a big agency, and we don’t want to be. We’re a small consultancy running a lean, optimised operation.

That keeps our overheads low and our pricing affordable, with clear monthly plans that suit a sole trader just starting out as well as an established business with several locations.

Milk Bar Marketing was founded by Lawrence Ladomery, who has worked in digital since 1998. We pair that experience with a small offshore team, and bring in trusted specialist partners when a project calls for them.

Why Milk Bar Marketing?

The milk bar was a fixture of Australian suburban life for much of the 20th century – a small, family-run corner shop selling the everyday essentials a neighbourhood needed. Bread, milk, lollies, a newspaper, a bag of chips. Nothing fancy, but always there when you needed it.

More than just a shop, the milk bar was a gathering point. Kids stopped in after school, locals caught up over the counter, and the owner usually knew your name. It filled the gap between the big supermarket and your front door – practical, personal, and deeply woven into the rhythm of daily life.

In many ways, as technology becomes more powerful and persuasive, I think that the world needs more milk bars.