For business owners
Customers are asking AI who to call. Make sure it knows your name.
People don't scroll ten search results anymore. They ask Google, ChatGPT or their phone "who's the best plumber near me?" and get one short answer with a few names. Those names come from what's written about businesses online. The Company Chronicle writes your business into that story.
What changed
For twenty years, getting found meant a website, a Google listing and maybe some ads. You could buy your way onto the page.
Now the first thing many customers see is an answer, not a list. An AI assistant reads what's published across the web, decides which businesses it can describe with confidence, and names a few. If nothing solid has been written about your business, you're not in that answer, no matter how good your work is.
Why great local businesses get left out
Most independent businesses have the same problem: a listing with a name and a phone number, a few reviews spread across different sites, and a website that says very little. That's not enough for a machine to recommend you.
AI tools look for clear, consistent, well-written facts: who you are, what you do, where you do it, who you do it for and why people choose you. Chains have whole marketing departments producing that. The family-owned shop down the street usually has nothing. That gap is exactly what a Feature Package fills.
Be part of the answer
Articles about your business, your town and your niche give Google and AI assistants real material to draw on when someone asks for the best in your area.
It keeps working
An ad disappears the day you stop paying. Your articles stay published and keep working for you, month after month.
Kept up to date
New service, new location, new award? We update your coverage as your business grows, so what people find is always current.
Your story, told right
Our editors write everything from a short interview with you. You don't write a word, and nothing goes live until you approve it.
Credibility you can show
A "Featured in The Company Chronicle" badge for your website and links you can share with customers and on social media.
Every page leads to you
Your phone, website and map on every article, so a reader can reach you in one tap.
Built the way machines read
Structured business data, the same name, address and phone everywhere, and articles linked to each other and to your listing.
Tied to your verified listing
Your CheckThisBiz listing is verified, marked as featured and connected to every article in your package.
Why it pays to go first
This is new. In most towns, in most niches, almost no independent business has real editorial coverage built for AI search yet. That won't last. The businesses that get clear, complete coverage first are the ones these tools learn to name, and every business that waits ends up competing against the one that didn't.
When a customer asks for the best taco spot, roofer or salon in your town, you want to be the business the answer can describe.
What it costs
The Feature Package is priced for independent, locally-owned businesses, not corporate marketing budgets. There's no ad auction and no bidding against the big guys. We'll walk you through everything on a short call.
The honest part
No one can promise what Google or any AI assistant will say. Anyone who guarantees you a #1 spot is selling something they can't deliver. What we do is give those tools the clearest, most complete and most consistent picture of your business, on a publication built to be read by them. That's the part you control, and it's the part most of your competitors haven't done.
Questions owners ask
What exactly do I get?
A company feature article, a founder interview, a local spotlight page for your town and niche, articles on the services you want more customers for, a featured and verified CheckThisBiz listing, and a share kit with a badge for your website. See the full package.
Do I have to write anything?
No. We do a short interview with you and our editors write everything.
Do I get to approve it?
Yes. Nothing is published until you've read it and said yes.
Do the articles stay up?
Yes. They stay published, and we keep them updated as your business changes.
Will this put me at #1 on Google or ChatGPT?
No one can honestly guarantee that. We give search engines and AI assistants clear, consistent, well-written facts about your business, which is what they rely on to recommend anyone.
Are the articles labeled?
Yes. Paid features carry a small "Sponsored" label, as advertising rules require. Readers and search engines still see real, useful information about your business.
Who is this for?
Independent, locally-owned businesses. We don't feature national chains or franchises.
How much does it cost?
It's priced for small local businesses. Send us your info and we'll walk you through it on a quick call.
Be the business people find first.
Send us four quick details and we'll contact you. Nothing to write, nothing goes live until you approve it.
While you are here
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