# Trades.Social > Trades.Social is a digital marketing and business consulting service for trades and home-service businesses in Canada. We are not a contractor and do not install, repair or service anything. Owners of roofing, plumbing, electrical, painting, landscaping, renovation and other non-HVAC trades businesses across Canada Trades.Social 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://trades.social/): Trades.Social helps Canadian trades businesses turn the work they already do into short videos and before-and-after posts that neighbours remember, without turning the crew into full-time content creators. - [Services](https://trades.social/services/): Most trades businesses should start with one filming habit and two platforms, then add paid reach once they know which posts work. Here is how to choose. - [Areas](https://trades.social/areas/): We work with trades businesses in every province and territory. Climate decides what you can film and when, and a few regions add rules about language and advertising. - [About](https://trades.social/about/): Trades.Social is a Canadian social media and marketing service for trades businesses, led by Ali Sedighi, MBA, and part of the Sedighi.ca and SAZ.ca group based in Vancouver. - [Results](https://trades.social/results/): Our published results come from HVAC marketing programs, not from social media alone and not from other trades. Here's what they show, and which lessons carry over. - [Pricing](https://trades.social/pricing/): Plans start at $1,999 a month on month-to-month terms, or $1,499 a month with annual billing. GST/HST applies at each client's provincial rate, and 30 days' notice is all it takes to cancel. - [FAQ](https://trades.social/faq/): The questions trades owners ask most before hiring help with social media, answered plainly: what it costs, how long it takes, who owns what, and what results to expect. - [Contact](https://trades.social/contact/): Call or text (604) 632-4959, or email Ali@Sedighi.ca. Our hours: Mon–Fri 9–6 Pacific. We usually reply within one business day. ## Services - [Before and after](https://trades.social/services/before-after-content/): Before-and-after posts are the strongest proof a trade can show. We build the system that makes them consistent, cleared with the customer and easy to reuse. - [Paid social](https://trades.social/services/paid-social/): Paid social works best for trades when it amplifies posts that already earn saves and messages, aimed at the postal codes you serve and judged on enquiries rather than likes. - [Platform playbooks](https://trades.social/services/platform-playbooks/): A platform playbook picks the two social apps that match how your customers decide, then spells out what to post on each, how often, and what to stop doing. - [Short video](https://trades.social/services/short-video/): We give your crew a simple shot list and filming routine, then edit, caption and publish the clips as Reels, Shorts and TikToks that show real work in your area. ## Coverage - [Alberta](https://trades.social/areas/alberta/): Alberta's trades work to a short, intense outdoor season and a long winter. Social media here is about banking strong summer footage and staying visible through the cold months. - [British Columbia](https://trades.social/areas/british-columbia/): BC trades work in two climates at once: a wet, mild coast and a colder Interior and North. Your filming calendar, and your social content, should reflect which one you're in. - [Manitoba](https://trades.social/areas/manitoba/): Manitoba trades face long, very cold winters and a Winnipeg-centred market. Good social media here combines a big summer filming push with steady, local posting all year. - [New Brunswick](https://trades.social/areas/new-brunswick/): New Brunswick is Canada's only officially bilingual province, and many trades serve English- and French-speaking homeowners in the same week. Your social content can reflect that. - [Newfoundland and Labrador](https://trades.social/areas/newfoundland-and-labrador/): Newfoundland and Labrador trades contend with wind, damp and a long heating season. Social media that shows local crews handling real conditions earns trust quickly. - [Nova Scotia](https://trades.social/areas/nova-scotia/): Nova Scotia's changeable maritime weather and tight-knit communities shape trades social media. Content that feels local, careful and consistent earns the most trust. - [Ontario](https://trades.social/areas/ontario/): Ontario has Canada's busiest trades feeds and some of its clearest rules about who may advertise regulated work. A Reel is advertising, so both matter. - [Prince Edward Island](https://trades.social/areas/prince-edward-island/): On Prince Edward Island, almost every customer knows someone who knows you. Social media's job is to confirm the good word, with real local work and careful respect for privacy. - [Quebec](https://trades.social/areas/quebec/): In Quebec, the first question for trades social media is language. Content aimed at Quebec customers must be available in French, and the RBQ licence shapes what you can promote. - [Saskatchewan](https://trades.social/areas/saskatchewan/): In Saskatchewan, word of mouth and Facebook still carry many trades businesses. Social media here works best when it looks local, posts steadily through winter and replies fast. - [Territories](https://trades.social/areas/territories/): In the North, trades social media is about trust and recruitment more than reach. Respectful, local, permission-based posts suit small, widely spread communities. ## Guides and articles - [Guides](https://trades.social/guides/): Three practical guides that cover the parts of trades social media people most often get wrong: permission, photography and keeping a posting habit alive. - [Shot lists](https://trades.social/guides/before-after-shot-list/): A good before-and-after is two photos taken from the same spot, in similar light, showing only the work. These trade-by-trade shot lists tell your crew exactly where to stand. - [Photo consent](https://trades.social/guides/customer-photo-consent/): Ask before you shoot, get the yes in writing, keep anything identifying out of the frame, and honour a change of mind. This guide turns those four rules into a routine. - [Video routine](https://trades.social/guides/trades-video-routine/): Most trades companies can post two or three short videos a week with about five minutes of filming per job and 30 minutes of office time. Here's the routine, step by step. ## Optional - [Full text](https://trades.social/llms-full.txt) - [Parent company](https://trades.agency)