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Salt Water Digital

Salt Water Digital

A digital marketing agency businesses can trust
4.9

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

10-49

2014

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We’re a small but mighty team specialized in their specific service offering. We focus on local SEO, Google ads and web design and builds for small businesses.

Most Marketing Agencies Aren't Built for Small Businesses. We Are.

Bad agencies overpromise, underdeliver, and lock you in. You shouldn't need a lawyer to leave a marketing agency. And you shouldn't have to chase someone down to find out where your budget went. Small business owners deserve better and that's exactly the standard we hold ourselves to.

Why Small Business Work With Salt Water Digital

We're not an enterprise agency that squeezes small businesses into the bottom of the client roster. Every strategy we build, every campaign we run, and every dollar we manage is done with a small business budget and a small business owner in mind. This focus makes us better at what we do and more accountable to the clients who need it most.

  • You Work Directly With The People Doing The Work.

No account managers playing telephone between you and the actual team. When you have a question about your SEO campaign, you talk to your SEO specialist. When you want to know how your Google Ads are performing, you talk to the person running them. It's a level of access most agencies won't offer and one we think every client deserves.

  • Total Transparency. No Surprises.

You'll always know exactly where your budget is going and what it's doing for your business. We send clear, honest reporting that answers the questions you actually care about. 

  • No Long Term Contracts

We don't hold clients captive with long-term contracts. We'd rather earn your business every month than trap you into staying. If we're not delivering, you should be free to walk and we're confident enough in our work that we're okay with that.

  • Owner Operated

We've all experienced a home service business where the guy who owns the business shows up and does the work. He's got a few guys working with him and he's extremely knowledgeable and makes sure the job gets done correctly. That's us. Our local SEO lead and Google Ads lead own the company. Our web design lead has been with us for 10 years. We all have small teams to help us execute, but we make sure the job is done right.

Established in 2014, we have offices in Vancouver, BC, Kelowna B.C. and Calgary, AB, but we help clients all over the world make sense of the ever-changing digital landscape.

Client business size
Budget per project
$0 - $1,000
Project duration
  • Starting from 1-3 months
Geographic focus
  • Canada
  • United States
Languages
  • English
Success stories

Challenge

Budget is $1900/month. $1500/month is ad spend. A physiotherapy clinic came to us looking to increase inbound leads. This client has since opened up a second location and we manage both locations ads. An important note: Most of the budget has gone towards Google Ad spend (~$8000 of the $10,000).

Solution

Separating physiotherapy and acupuncture into dedicated campaigns ensured each service received budget allocation and conversion data, rather than allowing higher-volume services to dominate spend. Early optimization toward micro conversions (clicks to book) accelerated Google’s learning phase, while disciplined search term management improved traffic quality and maintained low CPCs

Result

Over a six-month period, this physiotherapy clinic generated consistent, high-quality leads on a modest $1,000–$1,500 monthly Google Ads budget by restructuring campaigns by service, implementing micro-conversion tracking through Jane App, and evolving bidding strategies from Maximize Clicks to Maximize Conversions. ~30–33% conversion rates, ~$2 average CPCs, approximately $58 cost per confirmed online booking, and 190+ tracked phone call conversions. Strong booking flow configuration and consi

Challenge

*We are still working with this client as of April 2026. *Budget is $700/month French Language Solutions is a Toronto-based language school that offers French lessons for all ages, from complete beginners to advanced learners. They came to us with a strong website and brand identity. However, this beautiful website was sitting in the abyss of the internet. They had virtually no presence in search engine results, and we saw an opportunity to fix that.

Solution

Despite offering excellent classes for people of all ages and skill levels, both in-person and online, all taught by native French-speaking professionals, they weren’t showing up against the competition. We implemented a strong local SEO strategy (link building, citation building and cleanup, GBP optimizaiton, reviews, service pages, location pages and high intent informational content.

Result

Increased monthly organic traffic from 319 to 1,546 (+385%). Increased rankings to top 5 for high-volume service & location-related keywords locally & nationally.

Challenge

*Budget is $1000/month A year ago we were contacted by a local boutique wine and liquor store. They felt like they weren’t getting much out of their existing SEO campaign and wanted to explore what we might do differently. I was extremely confident that we could not only reduce their SEO spend but also dramatically improve results. The existing company was publishing low quality blog posts and was paying little attention to their Google Business Page.

Solution

Their primary goal was simple. Increase foot traffic. They are conveniently located downtown, however they are in a major office tower and they don’t have a street facing storefront. Our customer wanted to make sure when office workers were searching for a wine store or a liquor store they would come up. Their existing SEO provider was doing very little to support their Google Business Page, so we had to change that. Despite carrying a truely great selection of wine and spirits and being far

Result

Increased monthly organic traffic from 400 to 800 (+100%) Increased Google Business Page interactions by 40% (~500/month) Increased Google Business Page views by 50% (~5k/month) Improved rankings for high intent keywords (ie: downtown wine store). Are consistently showing up in the LLMs for those same searches.

Reviews

5

The average rating is based on reviews from both Google Maps and Semrush.
Ellie De Leon
on
Feb 12, 2026

We’ve had a fantastic experience working with Salt Water Digital Marketing for our storage facility websites. Dan has been awesome to work with. We’re always in contact with him, and he’s quick to respond whenever we need something updated or have a question. Things don’t sit — they get handled. That’s been huge for us. Overall, everything feels smooth and easy. They do what they say they’re going to do, and they’re just genuinely great to work with. We’re really happy we chose them and would definitely recommend them to other storage operators.

Milenka Camacho
on
Dec 4, 2025

Salt Water Digital designed our website, and they did an amazing job! It looks clean, bright, and easy to navigate. Charlee and Jenn are wonderful, any time I need to make changes, they take care of them right away. We’re also working with them on SEO and Google Ads. The team is exceptional, and if they think something might not work for your business, they’ll tell you upfront. A very honest company.

Connor Moody
on
Dec 5, 2025

Dan’s team has been great to work with, both for their website design expertise and for our go to market strategy with our Google Business Profile and SEO. As we have opened in new markets, 100% of our new business has come from our online presence and we have Salt Water to thank for that. It has been a huge advantage having a responsive team for website updates along with thoughtful, strategic guidance on best practices. Thank you for the outstanding work!

Zachary Simon
on
Dec 24, 2025

The team at Salt Water Digital has been helping me grow my small business over the last few months. I'm already seeing excellent results thanks to their market research, SEO campaign, website building, and ability to create effective targeted ads. Would highly recommend their services.

natrisha sagris
on
Dec 9, 2025

The team at Salt Water Digital Marketing are great to work with. We started out with designing a website together and are now in year two of hosting and website updates. Quick, responsive, positive group. Thank you for your approach and continuity of sound service help. It really makes all the difference!

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