Vive Social + Pr

What Vive Social + Pr does

Vive Social + PR (legal entity: Vive Social Marketing) is a privately held, boutique public relations and social media agency headquartered in Toronto with additional offices in Vancouver and Calgary, Canada. Founded in 2012, the firm delivers five integrated service lines: public relations, social media marketing, influencer marketing, content creation, and brand activations, serving primarily consumer-facing brands in food and beverage, apparel, skincare, hospitality, real estate, and nonprofit sectors across Canada and selectively in the United States.

The agency's operating model is professional services based, with revenue generated through project-based and monthly retainer engagements. A team of approximately 13 people, including account management, creative, events, account coordination, and three in-house photographers, executes campaigns end-to-end. The agency maintains a curated influencer roster across 12 content verticals and claims a deep media network across North America as a core asset. No proprietary technology platform, software, or AI/ML capability is disclosed; service delivery is human-capital-intensive.

Client engagements are documented through a public case study portfolio of 30+ brands including Puma, Harvey's, Kernels Popcorn, DUER, Nutrius, The Burger's Priest, Bootlegger Jeans, Blenz Coffee, Montana's, Aurora, Shangri-La, and Plastic Bank. Notable outcomes cited include a 5.5M+ reach campaign for Bootlegger Jeans, 1.5M+ engagements and 1.2M+ reach for Montana's, and 100+ influencers deployed for Blenz Coffee. Vive is founder-owned and operated under Shnane Liem with no institutional investment, parent company, or disclosed funding rounds.

Name

Vive Social + Pr

Legal name

Vive Social Marketing

Website

https://vivesocialpr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vive Social + PR is a privately held Canadian boutique agency offering public relations, social media, influencer marketing, content creation, and brand activation services to consumer brands across food and beverage, retail, hospitality, real estate, and nonprofit sectors in Canada and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Relations and Social Media Marketing Agency

NAICS

Public Relations Agencies (541820), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAAAAAE

Social Media Creative Agencies (Content & Community)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Advertising, Marketing & PR Services/Advertising Agencies (Full-Service/Creative)

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Social Media & Community Management (PR-led)

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Public Relations & Communications

SECONDARYMPAAADAJ

Digital PR & Social Media Communications

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Advertising, Marketing & PR Services/Public Relations & Communications Agencies

SECONDARYMPAAAHAG

Influencer PR & Seeding (Gifting/Press Kits)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Advertising, Marketing & PR Services/Influencer & Creator Marketing Agencies

SECONDARYMPAAADAB

Consumer & Lifestyle PR

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Advertising, Marketing & PR Services/Public Relations & Communications Agencies

Keywords

• Public relations agency
• Social media marketing
• Influencer marketing services
• Content creation agency
• Brand activation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Vive Social + PR generates revenue through providing professional marketing and communications services to brands. Services include public relations, social media management, influencer marketing campaigns, content creation, and brand activations. Revenue is project-based or retainer-based, typical of marketing agency models.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vive Social + PR is a boutique marketing communications agency that delivers integrated Public Relations, Social Media Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Content Creation, and Brand Activation services to consumer and lifestyle brands across Canada. The agency functions as an outsourced in-house marketing team, executing custom campaigns from strategy through to content production, media placement, influencer coordination, and on-site event management. The agency exclusively represents brands in influencer engagements rather than talent.

Product overview

Vive Social + PR is a full-service marketing and public relations agency offering a unified suite of integrated services. The agency's core offerings include Public Relations, Social Media Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Content Creation, and Brand Activations. These services work together as a comprehensive marketing solution, with the agency functioning as an in-house marketing team for clients. The company exclusively represents brands in all influencer partnerships and provides end-to-end campaign management from strategy through execution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Relations Services Strategic public relations services that create meaningful brand stories and secure media placements through relationship-building and narrative development, positioned to drive brand credibility and awareness.
• Social Media Marketing Social media management encompassing strategy development, content creation, brand identity building, and community engagement across platforms, tuned to trending conversations and culture.
• Influencer Marketing Influencer campaign management from concept to execution, including creator selection, partnership negotiation (exclusively representing brands), and multi-platform campaign coordination.
• Content Creation In-house content production including photography and videography, delivering strategically designed social and brand assets tailored to brand identity and current trends.
• Brand Activations Turnkey experiential marketing events and pop-ups including concept, design, execution, and on-site management for immersive brand experiences that connect audiences, media, and influencers in real life.

Quantifiable outcome

• Bootlegger campaign reached 5.5 million+ people; Montana's campaign achieved 1.5M+ engagements and 1.2M+ reach; Blenz Coffee worked with 100+ influencers reaching near 1 million impressions

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Weber Shandwick: Global communications agency with strong Canadian presence serving consumer and corporate clients. Overlaps with Vive on PR, influencer and integrated marketing for consumer brands but at significantly larger scale and as part of a holding-company portfolio.
• Dentsu Creative Canada: Canadian creative and social-media offering of global network Dentsu. Competes with Vive for integrated creative, social and influencer work for consumer brands but with substantially broader capabilities and holding-company resources.
• Edelman Canada: Canadian arm of global PR holding company Edelman. Competes with Vive for enterprise consumer-brand PR and social mandates in Canada but operates as part of a much larger global network with broader service lines.

Direct peers

• Citizen Relations: Boutique-to-mid-sized Canadian PR and social media agency with offices in Toronto and other major Canadian cities. Directly comparable to Vive in offering integrated PR, influencer and social services to consumer brands across Canada.
• Media Profile: Canadian PR and communications agency with a long-standing consumer-brand practice. Comparable to Vive in PR-led storytelling and brand activations for Canadian consumer clients, sitting in a similar mid-market agency tier.
• Tatch: Canadian influencer marketing agency managing creator partnerships and campaigns for brands. Directly comparable to Vive's influencer marketing service line and roster-based campaign model for consumer brands.
• Bloom Influence: North American influencer marketing agency running creator campaigns for consumer brands. Directly comparable to Vive's influencer marketing offering, with similar roster-based execution and brand-representation positioning.
• Touché!: Canadian PR and communications agency serving consumer and lifestyle brands. Directly comparable to Vive in mid-market Canadian consumer PR and social work, with a similar boutique-to-mid-sized agency profile.

Emerging players

• The Social Agency: Boutique social media and influencer agency working with consumer brands. Comparable to Vive's social-media-led service line and SMB-to-mid-market positioning, though typically more niche in scope than Vive's full integrated offering.
• Jelly Digital: Canadian digital and social media agency serving consumer brands. Comparable to Vive in social media management and content services, though typically smaller in scale and more digitally-focused than Vive's integrated PR-plus-activations model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vive-social-marketing-pr

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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