One business per category · One community at a time

Stop competing for attention.
Become the only recommendation.

Good Neighbours finds one exceptional business in each category, backs them with storytelling and distribution, and recommends them — exclusively — to their community. No competitors. No algorithm. Just a clear recommendation.

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Selecting one business per category. Across every community in Canada.

Why this matters

The best businesses don't always get found. The loudest ones do.

There are exceptional local businesses in every town across Canada. Skilled tradespeople. Thoughtful chiropractors. Contractors who show up when they say they will.

They have loyal clients. Strong word of mouth. A reputation built over years.

But online? They sit in the same list as everyone else — no way to distinguish earned trust from a paid ad.

The businesses that get found most aren't always the best. They're the most aggressive. More ad spend. More review chasing. More noise.

You've built something genuinely good. The problem isn't that nobody knows you. It's that the system was never designed to say so.

"When you ask a friend for a plumber, they don't send you twelve names. They say: Call Mike. He's the one."

The model we're building — at national scale
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Great recommendation creates action. A long list creates paralysis. We give people exactly one name.
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Algorithms, auctions, or pay-to-appear. Just one clear recommendation, backed by genuine vetting.
The trust that builds when your entire community knows exactly who to call. That's compound authority.

What partners receive

This isn't a listing. It's a full partnership.

Selected businesses get a complete, maintained presence — built and run by our team. Every month. Not a one-time feature.

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Exclusive Category Recommendation
You become the single business we confidently recommend in your category for your town. No competitors beside you. No rotating sponsors. Ever.
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Optimized Good Neighbours Profile
A dedicated profile showing who you are, what you do, and why we recommend you — with your phone, email, website, and socials clearly accessible.
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Written Recommendation Content
Each month, our team creates written content about your business — framed as a genuine recommendation, not an ad. Structured for AEO so your name comes up when people ask AI tools who to trust locally.
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Recommendation Videos
We produce recommendation-style videos about your business — different formats that show who you are, what you do, and why locals trust you. The kind of content that feels like a neighbour talking, not a brand.
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Daily Local Distribution
Your recommendations are shown daily to people who live locally on Facebook and Instagram. In the first 30 days alone, partners see 300+ profile visits and 10,000+ video plays — and it keeps building from there.
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Simple Monthly Reporting
Clear reporting showing how many local people are seeing your recommendations and how often your profile is being visited — no jargon, just the numbers that matter.
$599

Pricing

$599
+ HST / month
No contracts

Intentionally affordable.
Deliberately valuable.

Most agencies charge $1,500–$2,500 a month — plus ad spend on top. Most local businesses can't afford it. The ones that try rarely see what was promised.

At $599 we deliver more. That's possible because of how we've built the company — harnessing technology and systems to do what agencies charge a premium for.

In your first 30 days: 10,000+ video plays. 300+ profile visits. All from people who actually live in your community. By 90 days those numbers are compounding — and so is the trust.

This isn't a single ad we just hope works. It's presence that compounds. Someone sees a video. Next month they visit your profile. A month later a friend mentions your name. When they're ready, you're the one they call.

$7,200
Full year. Less than the cost of a single billboard — which nobody you know actually looks at.
$0
Ad spend required. Distribution is included — 10,000+ video plays and 300+ profile visits in your first 30 days, from local people only.
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Business per category, always. No competitor can buy their way in. Your spot is yours alone.
Apply to Be Considered → We review every application personally. Not everyone is selected.

What the content looks like

A proven video framework that actually gets watched.

We've built a proven framework for recommendation videos that people actually watch. Every month, your business gets fresh content in multiple styles — here are three examples of what that looks like.

The Referral
Format 01
The Referral
A direct-to-camera recommendation — someone in your community saying exactly who to call and why. The digital version of a trusted neighbour passing along a name.
The Profile
Format 02
The Profile
B-roll of your business in action — what you do, how you work, why people choose you. Shows the community exactly who you are without feeling like a commercial.
The Review Amplifier
Format 03
The Review Amplifier
Your best Google reviews read aloud and brought to life — turning written social proof into something people actually watch, share, and remember.

Three examples of many. Every month, your business gets fresh content in different styles — new angles, new hooks, always the same message: you're the one to call.

How it works

Rigorous on the inside. Effortless on the outside.

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We vet.

We research reputation, quality, consistency, and community standing. The bar is real. Most businesses don't clear it. That's the point.

We review your online presence, client feedback, and do a direct interview before any recommendation is made. Being selected means something.

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We build your presence.

We create your profile, write your story, and produce the first round of recommendation content — framed the way a trusted neighbour would actually speak.

Written content, recommendation videos, and your full Good Neighbours profile — crafted by our team and approved by you before anything goes live.

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We keep showing up.

Every month, new content. Daily local distribution on Facebook and Instagram. Monthly reporting. We don't publish and disappear — we stay on it.

Your position compounds over time. The longer you're the recommendation, the more naturally people think of you first.

Exclusivity creates clarity.

Our recommended businesses don't share a category with competitors on our platform. They own it. That ownership is what makes the recommendation mean something.

There is no bidding war. No sponsored placement. No tier that lets someone jump the queue. The queue doesn't exist. There's only the recommendation.

Once a category is filled in your community, it's closed. That position belongs to one business, for as long as they want it.

That kind of local authority is something no ad budget can buy. And it compounds over time.

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Business per category, per community
No auction No algorithm No pay-to-appear Full category ownership No long-term contract

Being chosen means something
because not everyone gets chosen.

Real partners. Here's what businesses that have been recommended say about the difference it makes.

★★★★★
"What I liked about Good Neighbours is that it's built around recommendation, not advertising. Being the only business in my category immediately stood out. For me, this feels like a long-term brand asset, not a campaign."
Long-term brand positioning
Jennifer Walker CFP, CEBS, CHS, RIS, MFA‑P, EPC
Carruthers Walker Financial  ·  Aurora, ON
★★★★★
"Being the only fitness studio recommended in Newmarket isn't just good for business — it changes how the community sees you. People aren't choosing between options. They're being told: this is the place. That's a different conversation entirely."
Changed how the community sees us
Joe Derochie
Owner, Orangetheory Fitness  ·  Newmarket, ON
★★★★★
"What's different about Good Neighbours is how they talk about you. It's not an ad. It's a recommendation — written and delivered the way a neighbour would actually speak. That kind of trust doesn't come from a boosted post. It compounds over time."
Trust that compounds
Mike Cartwright
Main Street Realty  ·  Newmarket, ON
★★★★★
"There are a lot of accountants people could call. What I didn't want was to be listed alongside them and hope someone picked us. When someone in this community is looking for an accountant they can trust, there's one name that comes up. Ours."
Only name that comes up
Maria Vitoria Costa
TaxPartners  ·  Aurora, ON

Growing town by town. Deliberately.

Each community gets the same rigour and the same commitment as the first. We don't expand quickly. We expand carefully.

Newmarket
Live now →
Aurora
Live now →
Barrie
Coming soon →
Whitby
Coming soon
Richmond Hill
In progress
+ Every province
National vision

Once a category is filled in your community, it's closed. There's no waitlist.

One business per category.
It could be yours.

We're selective — but that selectivity is exactly what makes it worth having. If you've built something genuinely worth recommending, we want to hear about it.

Apply to Be Considered →
No application fee
Reviewed personally — not automated
No long-term contract if selected

We review every application personally.
Not everyone is selected. That's what makes it real.

Book a call

Not ready to apply yet?
Just talk to us.

Book a 20-minute intro call with the Good Neighbours team. No pitch, no pressure — just a conversation about your business and whether this is the right fit.

We only work with one business per category per community — so if you're curious whether your category is still open, this is the fastest way to find out.

20 minutes
No commitment required
Find out if your category is available