I've been using CGI Communications for years to help me with my website, SEO, and online reputation management. Honestly, they have been great to deal with. I am kept up to date on important online algorithm changes, often before they happen. They have been prompt in getting back with me regarding inquiries they may not know the answer to at the time. My website's traffic has improved. I have also gathered close to a hundred reviews (most of them positive) with their guidance. My account managers, Caitlin and Maeve, are absurdly helpful. They are among the best I've worked with across any industry. I wish my own staff could be a efficient and knowledgeable. If you feel you could use some help with your website or online reputation, you'd be hard pressed to find a company as good as CGI Communications. read more

Attended a sales call and it was incredibly unprofessional. The VP Jim Podanoffsky never introduced himself, joked about my name, then attempted to belittle me on a group call by asking quiz questions. Never experienced anything like this in my life. The call was also a bait and switch for the whole team. We were expecting to talk about something entirely different, and then he tried to pitch SEO/AEO services. read more

I know a coworker who had a terrible experience working for CGI Digital. Seems as if they do not respect their employees or give enough time and energy to train them properly for the job. Please proceed with caution when considering working for CGI. Sounds like their leadership needs a real reorg! read more

Don't walk..run from this company! Signed on in April of this year because the product they offered (Reviewtube) sounded like a great idea. Six months later over $3000 spent, multiple calls made to cancel, not one review done and basically told me they would do nothing read more

I have been with CGI Communications/Next Ad Agency for several years. They have always delivered what they promised at a reasonable price. They designed an effective website and have been providing good SEO/SEM services since. Caitlin Moon is my account rep and she is talented and genuinely concerned about the success of our campaign. read more

CGI has made the social media part of my life easier and more up to date! I was offered in my package: a web commercial and website design. Running our own business calls for us to wear many hat. CGI took the website and helped me to build a better place for our customers to find us and see what we do. I can't wait to experience the commercial! read more

We've been with this company for a few years. We started with their company managing our SEO, and have recently added more services to having them manage our website. They are very attentive and listen to what we are looking for. There is always someone available for any issue and they will guide you and help you to the end until it is resolved. We are fortunate to work with them! read more

I hired them on through our local City Services to have them make videos to put up for business owners on the City's Website. Coordinating with them was atrocious. I had to call them repeatedly to find out what is happening. Did my video EVER GO UP? It has been YEARS since we finished the project. BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WE WERE CONTACTED ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE MATTER. Oh yes we were, we were contacted again to see "As a Premium Client" that they love us as a valued customer and they would like to do business again. If THIS is how a PREMIUM MEMBER is treated, I'd hate to see how they treat a Basic Member. Spending 4 figures for literally crappy service. I have never seen ANYTHING Posted online for us, for the work that was done by them. Take the hint...PASS THIS COMPANY BY. You Will Do Yourself A Favor. You can then save your money for a PROFESSIONAL that truly values you as a customer and NOT JUST LOVE YOU FOR YOUR POCKETBOOK. read more

This company since the beginning has step by step the process for me. They have been very patient with me with changes and challenges that I gave them. Every time I email or call I get an immediate response back. One hundred percent this company is fantastic for customer service and quality of work. I feel confident continuing with their serves. Thank you! read more

I'm very happy with all the service provided and the people that I worked with. Karen was so professional throughout the entire process; they sent an amazing and patient videographer, and everyone is more than willing to work with you to make sure your videos come out just how you want it. I can't wait to see our commercials on TV and to hear the feedback from current and potential customers. read more

This company is only interested in harassing you daily in an annoying attempt to make a sale. They call us 2 -3 times per day attempting to convince us to advertise on their "emergency magnets" for our area. We have repeatedly told them we are not interested, yet the insist on speaking with every person in our office. read more

CGI communications is a great place to get a video of your business. Ryan and Christian take the time to help you go through your video make sure it's perfect and show you all the different ways to share it on social media thank you guys read more

STAY AWAY FROM CGI!!!! They are out for your money and will do anything to get you to sign a BS contract especially if you are out of state! I signed this contract in the beginning of April of 2016 to film our company and advertise it on our nearby local city website. They had subcontracted another guy to come and record our video which I was very disappointed in when we received the finished product. I could have made a better video on my phone. I waited patiently (7 months) to hear back from the city to see if they had posted the video on their site yet, come to find out, they had cancelled their contract with CGI in the middle of April! CGI decided not to inform us or even offer our money back! REALLY?! After we spent over $3,200 for the most simple service and we receive absolutely nothing...? After many calls back and forth with the company to figure out what exactly is going on, I finally got a hold of the vice president (Chris) who said he could not give us a full refund. He only offered a 50% refund, copyrights to the video and more of his companies services which I respectfully declined due to the lack of communication, avoidance of our calls, and poor customer service. Every time I called in to the office and asked for Chris or another manager the lady at the front desk would say "let me check" and put me on hold for over 15 minutes and/or say "No one is in right now. I'll take a message and have him call you tomorrow." No one called me back. I hired my attorney to send a letter informing the company we were serious about getting our money back. He had 10 days to respond, which of course he never did. We are now taking further legal action as he is still avoiding our calls. This all could have been avoided if the owner of the company answered the phone and took care of their customers. read more

CGI does excellent work promoting municipalities and communities across the country. They also specialize in growing local businesses and building an outstanding online presence. Highly recommend! read more

CGI Communications is an incredible company to work with for any business owner. Between the video production they've done and their SEO services, I couldn't recommend them enough. Their team is refreshing to work with and full of creative ideas. We're used to working with companies that only meet when it's time to renew each year... But that's not the case with them. They value our input and communicate throughout the year. read more

Made promises they couldn't keep. Said they were working with City of Lynnwood doing a website for them. My business is located IN Lynnwood and thought it would be a good idea to be an advertiser on the page. Well supposedly Lynnwood cancelled their contract and CGI has lost $50k because of cancellation. They offered to put me on another city website, but that's not the one I was interested in. We asked for our money back, even hired attorney to let them know we were serious. They offer to give us back 50% of what we paid OR some other services their company provides. Since they are not located in my state I have no power to collect...I have looked at other complaints on the website and there are some similar complaints in other states about CGI 'working with a city or chamber websites' but contracts falling through. read more

They called me this morning despite my number being on the "do not call" list. Telemarketing calls are annoying, please stop.

I can't say enough great things about this company. I've worked here for a decade now and this is a great company to work for. I'm proud to call CGI Communications my home and family. I'm extremely proud of the products and services we provide to our clients and the communities we work with. read more

Beware of this company. They over promise and under deliver. I was very unhappy and I wrote to cancel the service. They are telling me I cannot cancel and must pay the entire contract and even threatening to take me to collections. Do NOt do business with this company that will not stand behind their product and services.I still do not see their services posted on the City Website they promised over a year ago. read more

Incredibly helpful in establishing a good website and online reputation. Lots of good followup and advice.

CGI has been a great company to work with. They just built our new website and I am very happy with how it turned out. I look forward with continuing a relationship with CGI in the future. Their staff is also great!! read more

They did a video for our rehab facility, to be honest our videos taken from our smart phones look better and have more graphics/content. And to top it off they charge you additional to have keep your footage. An hour worth of footage for a 60 second clip. Save your money read more

they don't take no for an answer. no matter how nice you were on the phone to them, they don't stop calling! had to block their number because they called 7 times in a row. read more

Be Careful! These people don't answer their phones, don't stand behind their contracts, are rude and unprofessional! Our account is less than two weeks past due and they sent us to collections with lies about the balance and problems. We have paid them over $2500 and only owe them $750, with a past due amount of $255. The collection agent that just called indicated that we have a past due balance of $2530! The reason that there is any past due amount is because our credit card number changed and when the account rep called to update the credit card number he indicated that we were not allowed to use the video until the account was paid in full. This contradicts the contract. When this was pointed out to him he became loud, defensive and argumentative. What this company had promised and what they have delivered are at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. The quality of the video is lousy with poor quality images. The editing process had to be lead by my staff because their original cuts had children yawning and picking their noses, showed mostly the back of children's heads, and repeated scenes. From there we were told that this video would be front on center on the chamber web site. This is also not the case. In my opinion CGI has broken every aspect of their contractual agreement. We have paid them over $2500 and all we have received is a poor quality video, which cost us four hours of labor from our marketing team, posted in a poor location of the chamber site, and a lot of inappropriate attitude from aggressive sales and administrative employees. I have contacted the chamber who was in touch with a rep. trying to work on a resolution. I am unsure why they have sent us to collections and feel as though this is just another indicator of the lack of integrity this company has. read more

they make promises and never deliver. They will run you out of business waiting on them to do their job!!

Incredibly expensive for a mediocre youtube video. Do not expect to have any rights to your own video unless you want to pay about $7,000 more on top of the $15,000 fee of making the video. Salesman made my employee uncomfortable by showing here near naked photos, when he had her alone in her office, of a girl on his phone saying that she looked like her. I could go on, but it's not worth the time. Just don't use this company. You could pay me $3,000 and I would make you a video 10 times as professional and modern than CGI and, naturally, you'd have all the rights to YOUR video. read more

They created our new website and video for our business. Shannon and her team keep us up to date on how our business is doing on numerous advertising websites. She has always followed through on any and all requests to update our website and information to keep everything current. She meets with me quarterly to go over everything. They have made keeping our social media current so much easier for me. I can't say enough positive about Shannon and her team that we work with. read more

Similar experience to what others have stated here. This company talks a big game, delivers literally no work product, ignores you if you try to cancel the contract, then takes you to collections if you stop payments. That Chamber of Commerce or City website video they promised you? That doesn't exist, and they are going to keep charging you anyway. read more

We worked with this company on a promotional video for our company. From the beginning, they were responsive, communicative and professional. In planning, they made sure to include our thoughts and ideas with their professional advice, ensured that we had all our props and people lined up for the shoot days, were flexible yet with a timeline in mind, and produced a professional and beautiful video. We enjoyed working with them and I am pleased with their service. While some folks may feel overwhelmed with too much communication, I feel it is invaluable in a situation like this and am extra happy that they were so on it with communicating through every step in the process. read more

CGI is one of the most organized, efficient companies. I received all information and services in a timely fashion. Each representative was polite, knowledgeable, and friendly. In the end, the video was perfect and, without a doubt, will assist in the growth of my company. read more

Caitlyn has been a great help with getting my company the exposure for more customers

I am a video producer. In early July 2014 I answered a Craigslist ad from CGI Communications; they were looking for a video shooter. The payment they offered for two gigs was weak (about $70 an hour), but it was work (albeit 10 hours of driving). I took it, trying to ignore the fact that their contract says they take up to 2 months to pay. In addition to a weak hourly rate, they do not pay anything for drive time, and they require you to log the tapes, but they pay $0.00 for your time in logging tapes. That basically cuts the $70/hour rate by 33% to 50%, depending on how thorough you are in logging tape. I am quite thorough, so I worked for way less than $35 an hour, when you add-in the 10 hours of unpaid drive time. The CGI rep assured me that 2 month payment was worst case, and that he'd try to push it through in 6 weeks (what a guy!). Well, it's been 9 weeks and I still am out the gas money for 10 hours of driving, and they haven't paid for the shooting either. The total amount CGI has paid me is $0.00. Last week, CGI said they feel bad, and they will rush payment to me. This week, I find out that means they will put a check in the mail to me in 3 weeks. They are in clear default of their own contract, and in no hurry at all to pay me. At this point, I'm thinking I may not be paid at all. After they missed their 2 month pay date, I got worried there was something wrong with the 7 DVDs of raw tape I sent. So I spoke with the two end-users. Both were satisfied with the work I did, and both said CGI was using the tape. Both had already seen an edited version. So I know CGI is using my work, just not paying for it. CGI says one of their missions is to treat freelance shooters well. You tell me. Are they treating me well? This company has treated me with arrogance... and worse. If CGI ever pays me, I will log back in here and update this website with that fact. SO far, no money. read more

Great company with great leadership. They truly promote the best attributes of municipalities across the country with top notch video production. I've been employed at CGI for 2 years and I have firsthand experience with how they've helped my aunt's business in Solano County, CA. She is now exposed to a larger customer base and they've improved her online visibilty tremendously. They treat ever client with the same respect and have built a great foundation. read more

CGI does some amazing things for businesses all over the U.S!

We just switched to CGI and have been very pleased. We are looking forward to see how their efforts and our work together will enhance our visibility in the community. read more

This is a over rating. What part of do not call back did you not understand? My mayor never heard of you. Stop calling!!! I think your full of it. So stop stop stop. read more