Launching Nanit in Quebec With a One-on-One Media Day

Nanit makes smart baby monitors and sleep tools that help parents understand how their children sleep. In 2025 the brand wanted a stronger footing in Quebec, a French-language market with its own media, its own creators and its own retailers.

Swerve planned and ran a one-on-one media day in Montréal with Nanit’s sleep expert. Then we kept the conversation going with Quebec creators for months afterward.

Results at a glance

For Nanit, a smart baby monitor brand, Swerve ran a one-on-one media day in Montréal in October 2025 and a creator program across Quebec, producing 9 expert meetings, 5 French-language media stories and 19 creator sample requests.

9one-on-one media and creator meetings
5earned media stories
19creator sample requests
Caméra Nanit au milieu des fleurs à la journée de presse Nanit à l’hôtel Vogue de Montréal
Crib and mobile set up in the Nanit media suite at the Vogue Hotel, Montréal

One Expert, Nine Conversations

Nanit gift bag with a Clément gift card at the Nanit media day in Montréal

The Challenge

Quebec parents follow French-language outlets and creators who rarely pick up an English-Canadian launch. Nanit needed those voices to try the product and hear the science first-hand. It also wanted to support Clément, a key Quebec retailer for the brand.

Our Goals

Goal 1. Introduce Nanit to Quebec’s parenting, lifestyle and tech media.

Goal 2. Book at least eight one-on-one meetings with Nanit’s sleep expert.

Goal 3. Turn those meetings into French-language coverage and creator content.

Program Highlights

The Program

On October 1, 2025, we hosted a deskside day at the Vogue Hotel in Montréal. Each guest had 30 minutes with Dr. Natalie Barnett, Nanit’s Vice President of Clinical Research. They talked about the new NextNap feature, Breathing Wear and the sleep science behind the brand.

We styled the suite with florals, Nanit latte art and light bites, and sent every guest home with a Clément gift card, which tied the visit to a store where Quebec parents can buy the product. Alongside the event, we ran creator outreach across the province and managed product samples for Quebec creators from June 2025 to January 2026.

Caméra Nanit Pro sur une tablette de chambre de bébé
The Nanit media suite at the Vogue Hotel in Montréal

The Details

  • Thirty-minute one-on-one meetings with Dr. Natalie Barnett: nine on the day, one virtual
  • Guests from 7 Jours, VERO Magazine, Noovo Moi, Branchez-Vous, Le Bêta-Testeur, Geeks and Com’ and Geekbecois, plus three creators
  • Branded latte art, florals and light bites at the Vogue Hotel
  • A Clément gift card for every guest
  • Briefing book and run of show for the Nanit team
  • Ongoing creator outreach and sample management across Quebec
Crib and mobile set up in the Nanit media suite at the Vogue Hotel, Montréal
Caméra Nanit au milieu des fleurs à la journée de presse Nanit à l’hôtel Vogue de Montréal

The Results

By January 2026, the program had delivered:

Event:

  • 9 one-on-one meetings on the day, against a target of 8, plus 1 virtual
  • 6 media and 3 creators

Coverage:

  • Noovo Moi product review
  • Geeks & Coms and Branchez-Vous features
  • Le Bêta-Testeur interview with Dr. Barnett
  • 7 Jours holiday gift guide, with a link to nanit.ca
  • Combined monthly audience of the five outlets: 2.7M+ unique visitors

Creators:

  • 19 sample requests from Quebec creators
Caméra Nanit Pro sur une tablette de chambre de bébé
Nanit gift bag with a Clément gift card at the Nanit media day in Montréal
The Nanit media suite at the Vogue Hotel in Montréal