B2B energy marketing for the energy and industrial companies that built Alberta.

Twenty-five years of marketing into the sector that built Calgary, and we know the difference between marketing for energy buyers and marketing for everyone else.

Services built for Construction and Trades

We can help with your energy marketing programs. Blair & Co. is a Calgary advertising agency  company that helps engery companies, including oilfield services companies, midstream operators, industrial suppliers, specialty manufacturers, and energy sector firms that want to be remembered when procurement decisions are made.

We are not a 40-person firm that hands your account to a junior coordinator after the contract is signed. You work directly with two senior marketing professionals with 25+ years of experience building brands across Western Canada. Strategy and execution come from the same desk on every engagement.

We understand how energy buyers actually make decisions. You are not discovered through a typical marketing funnel. RFPs are issued and you need to already be on the shortlist. Sales cycles are long. Evaluators are technical. Procurement processes are structured and often complex. ESG and sustainability expectations continue to grow. From oilfield services branding to capability-focused websites to LinkedIn programs for technical leaders, we build marketing systems that reflect how this sector operates.

Our work spans upstream energy, midstream operations, oilfield services, industrial supply, and specialty manufacturing across Alberta and BC. We have worked through multiple commodity cycles and delivered hundreds of campaigns. This experience builds the kind of pattern recognition that only comes from being in the market as it evolves.

Every engagement is led by senior expertise. No handoffs, no layers, no wasted time. Just clear strategy, strong creative, and marketing that respects the technical buyer you are trying to reach.

Brand Identity & Strategy

B2B brand identity for technical companies. Logo, brand guidelines, capability documents, and the visual system that signals competence to procurement-led buyers. Built to age. Energy companies do not rebrand every three years and your identity should not look dated when you are still using it in 2032.

Website Design & Development

Capability-led WordPress sites built around your services, your projects, your safety record, and your technical expertise. Every page does double duty. Pre-RFP positioning for buyers researching your shortlist, and procurement-grade reference material for the team that will actually evaluate you.

Social Media Management

LinkedIn-led for energy. Founder, executive, and technical leadership content programs on the platform where Alberta energy buyers actually research suppliers. Ghostwritten, reviewed, and shipped without burning your team’s time. Selective Meta and TikTok presence where it earns its keep, not where it does not.

Advertising & Lead Generation

Targeted B2B campaigns built for procurement-led buyers, not consumer impulse. Account-based programs for high-value accounts, search campaigns around capability terms, and conversion tracking on the inquiries that turn into RFPs.

Content & Email Marketing

Technical articles, project case studies, capability brochures, and white papers that get cited by buyers six months before they call you. The long-cycle content infrastructure that makes you the company they remember when they are shortlisting.

Market Research & Strategy

Energy sector intelligence grounded in 25+ years of being on the ground in Calgary. Competitive landscape mapping, buyer persona research for technical evaluators, ESG and sustainability positioning, and the strategic thinking that makes campaigns work in a sector that runs on trust and reputation.

Take a look at our energy and industrial case studies.

Real results for energy and industrial companies across Calgary and Western Canada. Our case studies show how capability-led websites, LinkedIn programs, technical content, and trade show campaigns work together to position suppliers as credible, evaluated, and ready when procurement begins its search.

Each example demonstrates how we build marketing systems that withstand commodity cycles, align with procurement processes, and earn the trust that leads to renewed contracts and expanded scopes year after year.

SME

CALGARY'S MOST TRUSTED PLUMBING AND HEATING EXPERTS
SME is a contractor service company that started out as plumbing company in 2007. Looking to expand into the residential...

Services Provided Included:

  • Website Design
  • Website Programming
  • Copy Writing

Benarzi Law

FAMILY LEGAL SERVICES
Benarzi Law wanted to develop and promote their own legal aid alternative program. Aptly named The Legal Relief Program, the...

Services Provided Included:

  • Logo Development
  • Online Ad Development and Deployment
  • Website Design
  • Website Programming
  • Copy Writing

Mozaic

WE'LL FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE
A leading Edmonton brokerage Mozaic was looking for a complete brand refresh and marketing program. Over the course of several...

Services Provided Included:

  • Brand Consulting
  • Creative Services
  • Copy Writing
  • Online Ad Development
  • Offline Ad Development
  • Signage

Now Selling.

Take a look at our specialized service packages.

Energy marketing has changed. Buyers review your capability page before they call. Procurement teams search your safety record before shortlisting. ESG language is now a procurement requirement, not a communications add-on. Trade shows still matter. LinkedIn plays a larger role. The old playbook relied on capability brochures and trade show presence to carry the load. It does not reflect how technical buyers research, evaluate, and shortlist suppliers today. Many companies still use it and are quietly losing bids they once won on relationships alone. We had a choice. Continue with the same approach, or rebuild around how energy buying works now. Capability-led websites, LinkedIn programs for technical leaders, ESG communications that meet scrutiny, and content that is referenced well before the RFP is issued. We choose to build marketing that holds through commodity cycles, earns shortlists, and supports long-term client relationships in both strong and slow markets.
Project Based
Custom Marketing Services To Fit Your Needs

Choose the services you need, and we will provide a comprehensive quote and timeline.

Starting up
Marketing for Newco's and Startups

Everything you need to look like a real company on day one.

Fractional CMO
We Manage Your Day to to Day Marketing

Senior marketing leadership without the senior salary.

Same Day Quote

We know that time is of the essence, so tell us what you are looking and we will reach out for a quick call and have a quote over the same day once scope of work is discussed.

The Brief

The Brief is our monthly newsletter built for marketing and communications leaders at energy and industrial firms who want to stay ahead of how B2B marketing in this sector is evolving. No fluff. No generic best practices. No imported advice that does not apply in Canada.

We break down what is working in energy marketing right now. LinkedIn programs that earn procurement attention. Capability websites that meet technical scrutiny. ESG communications that stand up to investor questions. Trade show ROI that actually makes sense. Practical and applied, written for people who need to justify decisions internally.

Each issue covers real trends across Alberta and Western Canada, including commodity cycle signals, regulatory changes, procurement pattern shifts, and the strategies that move the needle for companies operating in this sector.

If you are serious about marketing into Alberta’s energy industry, The Brief keeps you informed, focused, and ahead of agencies that do not understand how this market actually works.

Questions energy marketers ask before they hire us.

We are marketing-fluent and sector-native. Twenty-five years in Calgary means we know the difference between upstream and midstream, the role of EPC contractors, why oilfield services are sensitive to rig counts, and how an energy procurement department actually picks a vendor. We do not claim to be petroleum engineers. We do claim to know how to communicate to people who are.

The companies that grow share through downturns are the ones that keep marketing while competitors go quiet. Costs are lower, attention is higher, and your buyers remember who showed up when things were hard. We have watched this pattern play out across three Alberta cycles and the result is consistent. The cost of being invisible during a downturn is usually higher than the savings.
Yes. We have been a registered vendor with multiple Alberta energy companies for over a decade. We understand insurance requirements, master service agreements, change-order processes, and the security expectations that come with working in this sector. We can be onboarded as a strategic vendor rather than a project-by-project contractor if that suits your procurement structure.
By being specific. Greenwashing happens when companies make abstract claims like “we care about the environment.” Honest sustainability communications make specific commitments, share specific metrics, and acknowledge what is still in progress. We help energy clients write the second kind. It earns trust with investors, with employees, and with the increasingly small number of customers who actually care.