Personal Portfolio

I don't know about you guys, but putting together a portfolio I am satisfied with is a task that I have never achieved. I have been thinking and reading a lot about portfolio websites and what they should look like and contain and most of the time I ended up making something that I doubted half-way before finishing it.
Right now, I am thinking I'll give it another try and go for a very simple and straight to the point design and more centred around getting potential clients to contact me rather than trying to impress with colours and mockups and all that.
Let me know your thoughts about this and I'll be posting my progress.
Thanks!