Digital Marketing Agency for U.S. Businesses

Your customers are American. They search on Google in English, compare three vendors in 10 minutes, and increasingly ask ChatGPT or Gemini for a shortlist. As a digital marketing agency serving U.S. businesses, we see the same pattern everywhere. Whether you run a local business, a growing B2B company, or the U.S. subsidiary of a European or Canadian group, your marketing has to win in that environment.

Référenceur is a European digital marketing agency with offices in Belgium and Luxembourg and more than 15 years of experience. We don’t have a U.S. office: we work with U.S. businesses remotely, through video calls, shared screens, and monthly reporting. Our team is bilingual in English and French. Customer-facing content is written in native American English, while planning, reporting, and decisions can happen in English or in French. That makes us a natural partner for French-speaking founders and for subsidiaries that answer to a head office in Paris, Brussels, Geneva, or Montreal.

We hold a 4.7/5 rating across 107 Google reviews and work with Google, Microsoft Advertising, Semrush, and HubSpot as partners. Get a free assessment of your online presence in the U.S., and we will tell you where to start.

What We Do for U.S. Businesses

We cover every channel that generates leads and coordinate them under one plan. Each service has a national page and a page for each of the 25 cities listed below.

Web design: fast, conversion-focused websites in American English, with a French version when it serves your business.
SEO: technical SEO, local SEO, and expert content that ranks on Google in the U.S.
Google Ads and PPC: campaigns targeted by city, county, or ZIP code, with conversion tracking down to the sale.
Social media marketing: LinkedIn, Meta, YouTube, and TikTok content and paid social.
AI search optimization (GEO): visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews, plus ChatGPT Ads tests covered in our ChatGPT Ads guide.
Hacked WordPress site repair: malware removal, security fixes, and recovery with Google.

These channels work best together. Paid search data shows which searches convert, SEO builds on them, and one monthly report shows what each dollar produces.

How We Work With U.S. Companies

Our process is the same in every city; only the targeting and the local market change. Timelines are indicative and confirmed after the free assessment.

Market and current-state assessment: website, Google rankings, ad accounts, social channels, security, and tracking, presented on a video call.
Prioritized plan: the channels to activate first, based on your margins, sales territories, and budget in U.S. dollars.
Execution in native English: pages, content, campaigns, and tracking, with a French version where it is useful.
Monthly steering: one report, decisions explained in plain terms, budget shifted to what performs.

We schedule meetings at times that work for both time zones, usually in your morning on the East Coast and early in the day farther west. Between meetings, written updates keep projects moving.

Our U.S. Locations

We have written dedicated pages for 25 U.S. cities. Each page describes the local economy, typical business profiles, and how we adapt a specific service to that market. Start with the digital marketing page for your city: it links to every local service.

Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

Texas and Louisiana

Midwest

West and Southwest

Based somewhere else in the U.S.? We work remotely with businesses across the country. The method stays the same; only the targeting changes. Tell us where you sell, and we will adapt the plan.

Serving French-Speaking Businesses Across the U.S.

French speakers who do business in the U.S. are more numerous than many people think. According to Le Petit Journal, 168,259 French citizens were registered with French consulates in the U.S. as of December 31, 2025, making it the second-largest country for registrations after Switzerland. Belgians, Swiss, Quebecers, Haitians, and entrepreneurs from French-speaking Africa add to that community, and many of them run or manage American companies.

French also has deep historical roots in parts of the country. In Louisiana, the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) was created by law in 1968 and is based in Lafayette. Louisiana became an observer member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie in 2018. Estimates of French speakers in the state vary by source; The Advocate put the number at roughly 120,000 in 2023.

New England carries another French-speaking heritage. About 720,000 French Canadians emigrated to the U.S. between 1870 and 1930, according to the Franco Center as reported by CIC News in June 2026. Many settled in the mill towns of Maine and the surrounding region. In Lewiston, Maine, the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine estimates that about 60% of residents have French-Canadian ancestry. Vermont and New Hampshire, close to Quebec, also trade heavily with the province.

For these businesses, a bilingual partner is practical, not symbolic. Your customers read native American English, and your leadership gets nuance in French. When it makes sense, we add French pages for partners, families, or a heritage audience, and we keep them from competing with your English pages on Google.

The rules differ from Europe as well. There is no single federal privacy law in the U.S.: states set their own rules, such as the CCPA, as amended by the CPRA, in California. The CAN-SPAM Act governs commercial email, and data breach notification duties vary by state. We take these into account in our work; this isn’t legal advice, so check your obligations with your attorney.

Why U.S. Businesses Work With Référenceur

One project lead who coordinates website, SEO, Google Ads, social media, AI search, and security.
Native American English writing for your customers, with French available for your team or head office.
Honest positioning: no U.S. office, no U.S. clients claimed, no guaranteed rankings, and prices only after a free assessment.
Proven work for European clients such as Lupulus, Menuiserie Rosen, Auto-école Georges, and Isolpur, presented in our case studies.

Have a project in mind or a question? Let’s talk. Get a free assessment of your website, Google visibility, and campaigns, with a prioritized plan for your city.

U.S. Digital Marketing FAQ

What Does a Bilingual European Team Add Over a Local Agency?

A local agency knows its city well. We bring the same tools and methods, plus a bilingual team that understands European and Canadian parent companies. If you sell to Americans but report to a head office abroad, that combination saves time and avoids misunderstandings.

Which Languages Do You Write In?

American English for your U.S. customers, and French for your head office, partners, or French-speaking customers. We recommend the combination that serves your business, page by page.

How Do You Handle Time Zones?

We set regular meeting slots at times that work for both time zones, usually in the morning on the East Coast and early in the day farther west. Belgium is typically six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time. Written reports keep things moving between calls.

What Budget Should We Plan For?

It depends on your goals, your city, and the channels you choose. The assessment is free, and the proposal that follows is in U.S. dollars, channel by channel. We don’t guarantee rankings or sales volumes, but we measure everything.

Do You Work With Businesses Outside These 25 Cities?

Yes. The 25 city pages reflect markets we have researched in depth, but we work remotely with businesses anywhere in the U.S. and adapt targeting to your territory.