Montréal · SEM and SEO
SEM agency Montréal Montréal · SEM and SEO
SEM covers paid and organic. Iluma only does the organic half, and says so plainly before starting.
SEM agency Montréal: the short answer
A classic SEM agency in Montréal charges a retainer plus a commission on your ad budget. Iluma works differently: no media commission, no ad budget to feed, everything goes into intent pages, content and technical structure. If you want Google Ads alongside, we tell you which keywords deserve the spend and we keep the organic side. From CAD $1,600 a month, website included, 6-month minimum.
Query tracked monthly in Search Console : « agence sem montréal ». From CAD $1600/mo, website included, 6-month minimum.
SEM, SEO, PPC: what changes on your invoice
SEM includes SEO and PPC. In practice, most Montréal agencies call 'SEM' a Google Ads retainer with a 10 to 20% media commission. The day you cut the budget, the traffic disappears.
Organic costs more upfront and pays later, but the content stays yours. It is the only channel that keeps working after the mandate ends.
Our approach to search in Montréal
We start from your real Search Console queries, spot the ones sitting between position 8 and 30, and write one exact page for each. That is where the fastest gain sits.
Then we reinforce internal structure so those pages pull each other up, and we measure every month.
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