When Jonathan Dickey started CGMIMM in June 2007, getting a small business noticed online already meant competing against companies with far bigger budgets and whole teams behind them. The local shop, the family-run service, the one-person practice — they were getting outgunned by the very platforms that were supposed to connect them with customers.
The mission then is the mission now: help the small business owner succeed online. Not by handing them one more tool to learn, but by building the things they actually need — to get found by local customers, to earn trust, and to grow — in one place, at a price and a simplicity that works for a small business.
Over the years that mission grew into a search engine and a full marketing platform — search, member profiles, reviews, ads, a website builder, and a suite of marketing tools — all pointed at the same goal we started with.
What we believe
Local businesses are the backbone of every community, and they deserve the same reach the big brands have. Our job is to level that field — to make showing up, getting chosen, and growing online something a small business owner can actually do.