Social Media Marketing Agency in Montreal

Most of Montreal scrolls in French. A calendar that treats that as an afterthought loses the city's majority.

7SEA is a social media marketing agency for Montreal brands and service businesses: a monthly calendar you approve, planned around the city's two languages, with daily posting, DM handling and plain reporting.

In short

What is social media marketing in Montreal?

Social media marketing in Montreal is the work of serving a genuinely bilingual market. The French-first majority and the anglophone west of the city respond to different content, different humour and sometimes different platforms, and plans here are built by language from the start rather than translated at the end.

Businesses worked with

400+

Running social and ad programs

6 years

Google Partner and Shopify Partner

Partner

You own every account

No lock-in

Platforms

Platform mix for a Montreal business

We would rather run three accounts well than seven badly. Which three depends on your category and your city, not on which platforms are being talked about this year.

Platform Who it reaches Where it fits
Instagram Both language communities, all ages under 50 First platform for food, culture and retail
Facebook French-first neighbourhoods and family suburbs Stronger here than most big cities
TikTok Students and the francophone creator scene Second platform with real French-language reach
LinkedIn Tech, aerospace and professional services First platform for B2B
YouTube Shorts Researchers in both languages Explainers and process content

On the ground

What makes Montreal its own market

Language is strategy, not translation. A calendar planned in English and translated into French reads exactly like what it is. Plans here decide post by post which language leads, and brands serving the whole city run genuinely parallel content rather than mirrored captions.

Culture drives the calendar. Festival season, the Habs, terrasse summers and a nightlife economy give Montreal a content rhythm closer to a European city than to the rest of Canada. Hospitality brands that ride it outperform flat schedules badly.

The creative bar is high and the budgets are not. Montreal is full of designers, studios and agencies, so audiences are visually literate, while local businesses pay less than Toronto for everything. Smart, charming content beats expensive content here.

Where Montreal demand concentrates

  • Plateau and Mile End

    cafes, makers and the creative core

  • Old Montreal

    tourism, dining and premium services

  • Griffintown

    condo-belt services and fitness

  • Westmount and NDG

    the anglophone west's services and retail

  • Rosemont and Villeray

    French-first neighbourhood businesses

  • Saint-Henri

    food and the canal strip

  • Laval

    family suburbs and services

  • South Shore

    the Longueuil-side family corridor

What is included

What the social media management package includes, every month.

Community management is included rather than sold as an add-on, because an account with unanswered DMs is worse than no account at all.

  • Monthly content calendar for approval
  • Content pillars and tone of voice document
  • Video shooting and editing
  • Photography and retouching
  • Caption and hook writing
  • Hashtag and keyword research
  • Scheduling and publishing
  • Comment and DM replies
  • Story management and polls
  • Profile and highlight design
  • Creator and UGC sourcing
  • Monthly report and review call

And what we will not do

  • Buy followers or engagement
  • Join engagement pods
  • Repost the same clip to every platform
  • Report follower count as a result
  • Post AI slop to hit a quota
  • Chase a trend that does not fit the brand

Process

One month ahead, every month.

Nothing gets posted that you have not seen. The calendar goes out before the month starts, so approvals never turn into a daily interruption.

01

Audit and strategy

Current accounts, competitors and audience reviewed. Content pillars and tone of voice agreed.

Week 1

02

Shoot

A production day for the quarter's photography and video, planned against the pillars.

Week 2

03

Calendar

Next month planned out post by post and sent for approval in one go.

Monthly, in advance

04

Produce

Editing, design and copy for everything on the approved calendar.

Ongoing

05

Publish and reply

Scheduled posting, plus daily comment and DM handling in your brand's voice.

Daily

06

Review

What performed, what did not, and which formats are worth pushing into paid.

Monthly

Questions

Social media questions.

If yours is not here, send it. We answer these on the first call anyway.

How much does social media management cost in Montreal?

7SEA retainers in Montreal start at US$1,500 a month, scoped after we review your accounts, your category and how much content already exists. You approve the number before anything starts, and the contract is rolling on 30 days with no lock-in.

How many social media platforms do you manage?

We work across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Pinterest. Most brands run two or three of them properly rather than all six thinly, and which two or three depends on your category and where buyers in your city actually spend their time.

What type of content do you create?

Statics, carousels, reels and stories, mixed to suit the platform and the goal. Reels and short video do the discovery work, carousels explain and teach, statics carry offers and brand, and stories handle the day to day.

Do you use AI to design social media content?

Yes, as a production tool. The difference is the output: our AI work is finished to look like real photography and real design, not the obvious AI look most tools produce. You can review samples before committing.

We have no photos or raw content. Can you still run our social media?

Yes. Where raw content does not exist we build the calendar from AI-produced visuals and copyright-free stock, finished to match your brand. Once we have shoot material from you, it replaces that mix gradually rather than all at once.

What do we actually receive each month?

A content calendar approved before anything publishes, then 15 to 30 pieces of finished content depending on scope, scheduled and published, with comments and DMs handled daily and a monthly report on what moved.

What is your process for social media management in Montreal?

Audit of your accounts and three local competitors, a one-page strategy that settles the language plan first, then a monthly calendar you approve before anything posts. Daily publishing and DM handling in the languages your customers write in, and a plain written report.

How do local businesses get customers from Instagram in Montreal?

By being correct in both languages or honest about serving one. The French-first majority rewards brands that lead in French rather than translating, and the anglophone west responds to content made for it rather than at it.

Which social media platform is best for a small business in Montreal?

Instagram first for consumer categories across both communities, with Facebook unusually strong in French-first neighbourhoods and the suburbs. LinkedIn carries tech, aerospace and professional services.

Is social media marketing worth it for a small business in Montreal?

Yes, and often at a lower cost than elsewhere in Canada. The city is visually literate but less expensive than Toronto, so well-made content buys more attention per dollar here than in any other large Canadian market.

Send us the profile. We will send back a sample content plan.

A sample content plan built for your brand, with pillars, formats and a first calendar. Yours to keep whether or not you work with us.