TMI Agency is a marketing intelligence firm for the local businesses and personal brands that need to be found and chosen — across healthcare, food and hospitality, home services, professional services, retail, fitness, auto, personal services, education, and more. We were built for the shift already underway: customers asking AI for the shortlist before they ever open a tab.
Built for any local business or personal brand whose customers find them through search and AI. The list below is illustrative, not exhaustive — if you don't see your sector here, you're still in scope.
Dental practices, medical spas, chiropractic offices, veterinary practices, optometrists, physical therapy, dermatology clinics, mental health practitioners, audiology, specialty medical practices.
Hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, tattoo studios, massage therapy, day spas, permanent cosmetics, dry cleaners.
Restaurants, bars and breweries, cafes, catering services, hotels and B&Bs, wineries and distilleries, food trucks.
Auto dealers, auto repair shops, body shops, detailing services, tire shops.
General contractors, roofers, HVAC, plumbers, electricians, landscapers, pool services, pest control, cleaning services, painters, flooring, window and door companies.
Law firms, accountants and CPAs, financial advisors, insurance agencies, real estate agencies and agents, mortgage brokers and loan officers, title companies, architects, engineers, travel agencies.
Boutique retail, jewelry stores, furniture stores, florists, specialty food stores, independent bookstores, pet stores, sporting goods, gift shops.
Gyms, yoga and pilates studios, personal trainers, martial arts studios, dance studios, CrossFit boxes.
Daycares and preschools, tutoring centers, driving schools, music schools, test prep, after-school programs.
Photographers, wedding services, event planners, DJs, custom apparel and printing, funeral homes.
Coaches, speakers and authors, influencers and content creators, solo specialists in any of the sectors above.
Don't see your sector? Send a brief — we work with any local business or personal brand that needs to be found and chosen.
TMI was founded by an operator who came up in research and growth — not the consulting industrial complex. The firm runs on a research methodology that does the heavy reading, so judgment can do the rest. We deliver in days what traditionally takes much larger teams months.
Every report is researched and verified before it ships. No shortcuts.
The agencies guessing about AI answers will be the ones explaining their numbers a year from now. We'd rather be the ones reading them out.
Customers used to start at Google. Now they ask ChatGPT or Claude or Perplexity, and the AI names two or three local businesses. If you aren't one of them, you aren't on the shortlist — you're not even in the conversation. The same shift is happening on Google itself, where AI Overviews now answer the question above the search results.
The brief is four short questions. A partner reads every one.