Social Media Marketing Agency in Dublin

Dublin is a city of villages that can smell a sales pitch. Earning the slagging rights is the whole game.

7SEA is a social media marketing agency for Dublin brands and service businesses: a monthly calendar you approve, daily posting and DM handling, and reporting in plain English.

In short

What is social media marketing in Dublin?

Social media marketing in Dublin is the work of winning a city that treats itself as a collection of villages. Ranelagh, Stoneybatter and Phibsborough each run their own loyalties and their own slagging, the European tech headquarters along the docks add a dense professional audience, and the Dublin register, dry, self-deprecating and allergic to gloss, decides who gets taken seriously.

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 Dublin 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 The whole consumer city, village by village First platform for food, retail and life
LinkedIn The docks and the professional city First platform for B2B, among Europe's densest
TikTok Under-30s and the night economy Strong second here
Facebook Families, GAA clubs and parish networks Services and community reach
YouTube Shorts Visitors planning Dublin Discovery content travels worldwide

On the ground

What moves a Dublin account

The village is the unit of trust. Dubliners live locally: name Stoneybatter or Ranelagh correctly, show the actual street and keep the tone dry, and you convert where city-wide polish gets scrolled past with a comment attached.

Slagging is the house style. This audience built its identity on puncturing anyone who takes themselves too seriously. Self-deprecation, honesty about prices and a bit of craic outperform production value every single week.

The docks are a serious B2B audience. The European headquarters cluster gives Dublin one of the densest tech and professional audiences on LinkedIn anywhere, English-speaking by default and reachable by businesses that bother to show up properly.

Where demand concentrates

  • Ranelagh

    village premium, brunch and established services

  • Stoneybatter

    the independents and the new food wave

  • Phibsborough

    the rising northside mix

  • Portobello

    canal-side cafés and the young crowd

  • Temple Bar and the core

    the visitor economy

  • Grand Canal Dock

    the tech headquarters and B2B

  • Drumcondra

    families, GAA Sundays and local loyalty

  • Dún Laoghaire edge

    the seafront and family weekends

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 Dublin?

7SEA retainers in Dublin start at €1,250 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 Dublin?

An audit of your accounts and three local competitors, a one-page strategy agreed with you, then a monthly calendar you approve before anything posts. Daily publishing and DM handling, with a clear written report.

How do local businesses get customers from Instagram in Dublin?

By earning the village and keeping it dry. Name the area right, show real streets and real faces, price things straight, and this city rewards you with the kind of loyalty no ad budget buys.

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

Yes, done in the Dublin register. The city finds its food, trades and services through Instagram daily, and content that respects the audience converts a market with real spending power.

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

Instagram for almost every consumer category, with TikTok second for under-30s and nightlife. LinkedIn carries the docks and the professional city, unusually dense for its size.

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.