Consulting · Vancouver, BC

Digital Marketing Consulting

Clear advice on where your marketing budget goes, what is working and what to fix first, from an agency that has run campaigns since 2000.

Core Consulting Services

Where most engagements begin.

Marketing Audits

A full review of your website, search, paid media, social, email and tracking, ranked by impact and effort.

Strategy Development

Goals, budgets, channels and KPIs turned into a plan with owners and dates.

Vendor & Proposal Review

A second opinion on agency proposals, quotes, contracts and reports before you sign or renew.

Performance Monitoring

Ongoing review of results against the plan, with adjustments when the numbers call for them.

How an Engagement Works

  1. Listen

    Stakeholder interviews and a first look at your numbers, customers and competitors.

  2. Audit

    A structured review of every channel and the tracking behind it.

  3. Recommend

    A prioritized roadmap: what to fix, what to stop, what to start, and what each will cost.

  4. Support

    Help putting the plan into action, from briefing vendors to reviewing results each month.

What does a digital marketing consultant do?

A consultant diagnoses, plans and advises. The job is to look across every channel at once, find where money and effort are being wasted, and decide what the business should do next.

We can implement the plan for you or hand it to your own team, and it is written so whoever carries it out knows exactly what to do.

What is included in a marketing audit?

The audit is the foundation of every engagement. It examines:

  • Website performance, speed and the paths visitors take to become enquiries
  • SEO health, rankings and content gaps
  • Paid media efficiency, including search terms, wasted spend and bidding
  • Social media presence, content and paid social results
  • Email marketing and customer retention
  • Analytics and conversion tracking accuracy
  • Competitors' positioning, messaging and channel strategy

The output is a prioritized roadmap, ranked by likely impact and the effort each change takes, so you know what to do first.

How do you build a marketing plan?

We turn business objectives into marketing targets, then work backwards: which channels can reach the customers needed, what each will cost, and what has to be true for the numbers to work. Customer personas come from research and interviews rather than guesswork, and the customer journey is mapped from first search to repeat purchase.

The finished plan sets out timelines, budgets, owners and KPIs for every channel, and is built to be adjusted as results arrive. See building a twelve-month marketing plan you will actually follow.

Can you fix our analytics and conversion tracking?

Yes, and it is often the first thing we fix, because every other decision depends on it. We set up or repair Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager, define the conversions that matter, connect them to Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising and Meta, add call tracking where phone enquiries matter, and build dashboards that connect marketing activity to revenue.

With browsers restricting third-party cookies and privacy rules tightening, measurement increasingly relies on first-party data and modelled conversions. We set up tracking that holds up under those conditions, rather than numbers that look precise and are not.

How do you improve conversion rates?

By finding where visitors drop off and why. We analyze funnels, heatmaps and session recordings to locate friction on landing pages, product pages, forms and checkouts, then design A/B tests to remove it. Getting more value from the traffic you already have also lowers the cost of every lead you buy.

We also review the marketing technology behind the funnel (CRM, marketing automation, analytics and content management) and recommend the tools that fit your team and budget.

Who We Advise

  • Owners without a marketing lead who need senior judgement without a full-time hire.

  • Marketing managers who want an outside view before a big decision.

  • Companies choosing an agency or wondering whether the current one is delivering.

  • Businesses planning a rebuild or rebrand where getting the plan right first saves money later.

  • Fast-growing companies whose marketing grew channel by channel and needs pulling together.

  • Teams that do not trust their data where nobody is sure which numbers to believe.

Why Work With Us

Based in Vancouver, BC, working with businesses around the world.

In digital marketing since 2000

25+ years of digital marketing across search, social, advertising and web, so advice comes from having run the campaigns, not just read about them.

Senior-level, direct

You deal directly with whoever is planning and running your work, not an account manager relaying messages.

We can implement it

Because we also provide SEO, paid media, social media and web design, the roadmap can move straight into execution whenever you want it to.

Grounded in your data

Recommendations rest on your own numbers with the reasoning shown, so you can check the logic yourself.

At a Glance

West Coast Media Solutions Inc. is a Vancouver, BC agency that provides digital marketing consulting to businesses around the world. Engagements cover marketing audits, strategy and annual planning, analytics and conversion tracking, conversion rate optimization, marketing technology selection, vendor and proposal review, and fractional CMO support. Recommendations are grounded in your own data, with the reasoning shown.

Service
Digital marketing consulting
Provider
West Coast Media Solutions Inc.
Based in
Vancouver, British Columbia
Serving
Clients worldwide
In business since
2000
Includes
Audits, strategy, analytics, conversion optimization, martech, vendor review, fractional CMO
Format
Defined projects or ongoing advisory support
Approach
Based on your own data, with the reasoning shown

Consulting Questions, Answered

When should a business hire a digital marketing consultant?

Common triggers are marketing spend growing faster than results, a website rebuild or rebrand on the horizon, choosing or replacing an agency, or a team busy executing but unsure it is doing the right things. An outside review is most valuable before a large commitment, not after.

Do you only advise, or can you implement too?

Both. We can write the plan for your own team to carry out, or implement it for you through our SEO, paid search, social media, media buying and web design services, so recommendations move straight into execution.

How do you choose which tools and platforms to recommend?

On fit with your business, your budget and your team. Every recommendation comes with the reasoning behind it, so you can weigh it for yourself.

What is a fractional CMO?

A fractional CMO is a part-time chief marketing officer: senior marketing leadership for a business that needs strategic direction but not a full-time executive. The role covers setting marketing strategy, managing agencies and budgets, and reporting results to leadership. We provide fractional CMO support as an ongoing engagement.

Can you review a proposal or contract from another agency?

Yes. We review agency proposals, quotes, contracts and monthly reports, and tell you plainly what is included, what is missing, and whether the pricing and terms are in line with the market.

How long does a consulting engagement last?

It depends on the scope. An audit with a written roadmap is a defined project with a set end point. Strategy support and fractional CMO work are ongoing, and reviewed regularly against the plan.

Need Expert Guidance?

Tell us what is working, what is not, and what decision is coming up. We will tell you where we would start.

Or call (800) 959-4590