# MarketingAdvisor.ca > MarketingAdvisor.ca is a Canadian business consulting service, part of the Sedighi.ca and SAZ.ca group. Canadian owners hiring, paying or replacing a marketing agency, in every province and territory MarketingAdvisor.ca is part of the Sedighi.ca and SAZ.ca group of companies, a Canadian business headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, led by Ali Sedighi, MBA. Coverage: Canada. Contact: call or text (604) 632-4959, or email Ali@Sedighi.ca. There are no forms: call, text or email only. ## Key pages - [Home](https://marketingadvisor.ca/): MarketingAdvisor.ca helps Canadian owners hire the right agency, set a marketing budget from their own numbers, and check whether current vendors are earning their fees. - [Services](https://marketingadvisor.ca/services/): Pick the service that matches your situation: hiring for the first time, weighing a proposal, setting a budget, doubting a current vendor, or wanting someone to watch the work every month. - [Areas we serve](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/): We advise owners across Canada, in person or by video call, phone, text and email. What changes from region to region is the vendor market, the season, and a handful of rules on privacy, language and consumer protection. - [About](https://marketingadvisor.ca/about/): MarketingAdvisor.ca gives Canadian owners a buyer-side view of their marketing spend, drawing on 17+ years of agency-side experience led by Ali Sedighi, MBA. - [Results](https://marketingadvisor.ca/results/): Our published results come from home-heating companies. We show them as results from our HVAC work, and use each one to explain what a buyer should look for when judging any vendor. - [Pricing](https://marketingadvisor.ca/pricing/): Consulting from $175 per hour, projects from $3,500 and retainers from $2,500 per month, in Canadian dollars, plus the GST/HST of your province (GST and QST in Quebec). The first 30-minute conversation is free. - [FAQ](https://marketingadvisor.ca/faq/): Answers to the questions we hear most: what we charge, how we are paid, who owns your accounts, how long things take and what happens if you have been burned by an agency before. - [Contact](https://marketingadvisor.ca/contact/): Call, text or email to talk with a senior advisor about a proposal, a budget or a vendor you're unsure about. We usually reply within one business day. ## Services - [Agency oversight](https://marketingadvisor.ca/services/agency-oversight/): We act as your buyer-side marketing advisor month after month, reading the reports, questioning the numbers and keeping every vendor pointed at your targets. - [Agency selection](https://marketingadvisor.ca/services/agency-selection/): We run a structured search for your next marketing agency or freelancer, from the brief to the final contract questions, so you compare candidates on the same terms. - [Budget planning](https://marketingadvisor.ca/services/budget-planning/): We work out how much your business can sensibly spend to win a customer, then turn that into a monthly budget, a channel split and the targets that trigger changes. - [Proposal review](https://marketingadvisor.ca/services/proposal-review/): A fast, focused read of a marketing proposal or contract scope, so you can sign, negotiate or walk away with a clear head. - [Vendor audits](https://marketingadvisor.ca/services/vendor-audits/): An evidence-based review of your current marketing vendors: what the contract promised, what work was done, and what it produced in calls, enquiries and sales. ## Coverage - [Alberta](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/alberta/): Alberta's marketing market is split between Calgary and Edmonton, shaped by a long cold season and by its own privacy law. We help owners buy marketing that fits all three. - [British Columbia](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/british-columbia/): BC owners face more marketing vendors per business than almost anywhere in Canada, which makes a clear brief and a buyer-side review especially valuable here. - [Manitoba](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/manitoba/): Manitoba's marketing spend concentrates in Winnipeg, with smaller centres that behave very differently. We help owners set budgets and choose vendors that respect that split. - [New Brunswick](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/new-brunswick/): New Brunswick businesses sell to English and French speakers across three mid-sized cities and many small towns. We help owners hire and budget for that mix without overpaying. - [Newfoundland and Labrador](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/newfoundland-and-labrador/): Newfoundland and Labrador owners often hire mainland agencies that have never worked with island buyers. We help you test that fit and set a budget from your own numbers. - [Nova Scotia](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/nova-scotia/): Nova Scotia's marketing spend clusters in Halifax, while much of the province depends on seasonal and tourism demand. We help owners budget and hire for both. - [Ontario](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/ontario/): Ontario has more marketing agencies than any other province, and more ways to overpay. We help owners compare vendors on equal terms and set budgets from their own numbers. - [Prince Edward Island](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/prince-edward-island/): On PEI, everyone knows everyone, and marketing budgets are small by national standards. We help owners avoid paying big-city prices for work the island doesn't need. - [Quebec](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/quebec/): In Quebec, the first test for any marketing vendor is whether it can work properly in French. We help owners check that, alongside budget and scope, before they sign. - [Saskatchewan](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/saskatchewan/): Many Saskatchewan businesses buy marketing from agencies in other provinces. We help owners make sure those vendors understand smaller, relationship-driven local markets. - [Territories](https://marketingadvisor.ca/areas/territories/): Northern businesses often buy marketing from vendors who have never been north of 60. We help owners test that fit, respect local language rules, and keep budgets proportionate. ## Guides and articles - [Guides](https://marketingadvisor.ca/guides/): Three practical guides written from the buyer's side of the table. Use them to hire an agency, set a budget or check a current vendor, whether or not you ever work with us. - [Audit checklist](https://marketingadvisor.ca/guides/agency-audit-checklist/): Run this checklist a few months before your agency contract renews. It covers ownership, tracking, paid ads, search work, reporting, software and value, and needs no marketing background. - [Choosing an agency](https://marketingadvisor.ca/guides/choosing-a-marketing-agency/): Write a brief before you talk to anyone, interview three candidates with the same questions, score them on the same sheet, and settle ownership and reporting before you sign. - [Budget guide](https://marketingadvisor.ca/guides/setting-a-marketing-budget/): A good marketing budget starts from what a new customer is worth in gross profit, caps what you'll pay to win one, and is limited by how many customers you can actually serve. ## Optional - [Full text](https://marketingadvisor.ca/llms-full.txt) - [Parent company](https://sedighi.ca)