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Industry Supplier Update – April

Everyday Yellow Pages concludes agreement with Front Door Insights to provide interactive Mobile Marketing solutions for their print directories

Front Door Insights LLC., the leading provider of Short Code enabled Mobile Marketing solutions for the independent Yellow Page directory publisher community, has announced that it has signed an agreement to license its software and associated suite of services to Everyday Yellow Pages, based in Arlington, Texas.    

Front Door Insights’ platform includes an industry leading suite of services and intuitive web-based software that is easily White Labeled and re-branded for seamless reselling opportunities.  Resellers have the opportunity to set their own customer pricing, offer an online payment gateway and bring an increasingly important mobile and digital product range to their existing customer base.

“We’ve been researching and seeking new technology that will help our Company and customers thrive in the new digital local search landscape and we’re very excited to start implementing Front Door Insights’ mobile marketing solutions very soon,” stated Todd Baldwin, President of Everyday Yellow Pages.

Customized “call to action” graphics have been developed by Front Door Insights specifically for print resellers.  The “call to action” graphics create instant interactivity when incorporated into traditional print advertising.

Additional information on Front Door Insights is available on www.fdinsights.com and www.frontdoordailydeals.com or contact Tom Tolbert at 888.632.1049 or tom.tolbert@fdinsights.com

Front Door Insights concludes agreement with Consolidated Communications to provide interactive Mobile Marketing

Front Door Insights LLC., the leading provider of Short Code enabled Mobile Marketing solutions for the independent Yellow Page directory publisher community, announced that it has signed an agreement to license its software and associated suite of services to Consolidated Communications Directory Services, based in Conroe, Texas.    

 “The addition of Front Door Insights’ mobile marketing services to our product offerings will immediately bring added value and viability to our existing print advertising products.  The ability for our customers to have a short code enabled Ad can only help their business and enable them to stay connected to their customers throughout the year,” stated Jim Bristow, Vice President of Directories at Consolidated Communications Directory Services

Customized “call to action” graphics have been developed by Front Door Insights specifically for print resellers.  The “call to action” graphics create instant interactivity when incorporated into traditional print advertising as well as our online directories. . “We are very excited to have a great company like Consolidated join the other 10 publishers using our mobile marketing platform” stated Tom Tolbert, CEO of Front Door Insights.

Additional information on Front Door Insights is available on www.fdinsights.com and www.frontdoordailydeals.com or contact Tom Tolbert at 888.632.1049 or tom.tolbert@fdinsights.com

Reviews Say Call Tracking Is In: Yelp Selects Telmetrics for Call Measurement

Proving the relevance of call metrics for any digital media, Telmetrics, the leading provider of advertising call measurement solutions, has announced that it has been selected by Yelp, the community-led local search and reviews site.

Yelp, which receives more than 45 million monthly visitors and has more than 16 million reviews, will use Telmetrics’ call tracking solutions to help measure the volume of phone calls the site is driving to Yelp-listed businesses.

“We look forward to working with Telmetrics to better understand the impact and value that Yelp profile pages can deliver to businesses,” said Lemar Hight, director, business operations and finance.

Telmetrics’ call measurement products validate the performance of local search advertising for hundreds of thousands of SMBs and national franchise locations. In addition, call counts from unique phone numbers can be analyzed for operational efficiencies, lead generation insights and ad program optimization.

“We are very excited to be working with Yelp, one of the premier names in today’s local advertising market,” said Bill Dinan, president of Telmetrics. “With Yelp and Yelp Mobile’s traffic numbers continuing to grow, call measurement will offer greater visibility into the high quality leads that Yelp generates.”

For more information, visit www.Telmetrics.com.  

Webs and Ziplocal Partner to Bring Mobile-Optimized Websites and Custom Facebook Pages to Local Businesses

Webs (http://webs.com), the popular, do-it-yourself suite of web, social and mobile presence solutions for small businesses, today announced a distribution partnership with U.S. local search company Ziplocal and its sister company, ImmersiFind, a local search platform used by directory and newspaper publishers worldwide. The agreement will allow Ziplocal and ImmersiFind to provide their small business advertisers with greater online presence through custom websites and Facebook fan pages.

Ziplocal, with a sales force of more than 750 people, sells results-focused advertising solutions to local businesses, who are increasingly interested in expanding their digital presence. ImmersiFind is a local search platform used by Ziplocal and many other directory and newspaper publishers worldwide. They will use the Webs platform and its powerful suite of tools to sell custom-designed websites that are also optimized for mobile devices, and Facebook pages to their advertising customers. Webs will be private-labeling their solutions so local businesses can continue to seamlessly maintain editorial control over their online presence through a simple and effective solution.

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Ziplocal Introduces Ad Network for National Brands with Local Footprints

Ziplocal today announced the launch of its LocaLeads Ad Network. Providing national brands and advertising agencies with one-stop access to hyper local, results-based advertising opportunities, the LocaLeads Ad Network will harness a network of print publishers in more than 1,000 markets across the country. 

The LocaLeads Ad Network leverages a pay-for-results model that provides expert-verified leads for advertisers seeking to reach local audiences through a national partner. The online and mobile ad network, which launched late last year, is enhanced with the addition of print directories and media publishers on the ImmersiFind platform and gives these publishers access to national ad content and new income through Ziplocal’s revenue-sharing model.  

Under the LocaLeads model, ads are distributed throughout the network and published in local media with a unique call tracking number (CTN) for the consumer. The unique CTN ensures advertisers only pay for verified sales leads and the revenue generated is shared by LocaLeads with the media outlet that published the ad.

“We have reinvented the print industry by changing the delivery model,” said Olivier Vincent, CEO of Ziplocal. “The LocaLeads Ad Network brings our proven pay-for-results model to all media – online, mobile and now print.”

For more information, visit www.localeads.com.  

Fry Communications Installs Additional Saddle Binder

Fry Communications (www.frycomm.com) has begun installation of a new Muller Martini Primera saddle stitching system. This state-of-the-art stitcher brings the highest levels of automation and reliability to this binding process. It will begin running in June of 2011.

“This continued investment in our core print business demonstrates our commitment to bringing the latest technology to our customers,” said Steve Grande, Fry’s VP of Sales. “Adding another Muller stitcher to our existing stable provides additional flexibility and cost-effective binding options for customers of all sizes.”

Industry Supplier Update – January

Following is a collect of recent news from industry suppliers:

Local Book Publishing selects Front Door Insights

Front Door Insights LLC. announced that it has signed an agreement to license its software and associated suite of products to Local Book Publishing, based in Midway, Utah.

“We are very excited to have a company like Local Book Publishing, who is widely considered one of the best Yellow Pages publishers in the country, join our platform. We look forward to working together with Local Book to provide their advertisers with new digital media tools and increase the value of their advertising proposal.” stated Tom Tolbert, President of Front Door Insights.

Front Door Insights’ platform includes an industry leading suite of services and intuitive web-based software that can be re-branded for seamless reselling opportunities. Front Door Insights customized “Call to Action” graphics have been developed specifically for print resellers.  These graphics create instant interactivity when incorporated into traditional print advertising and online directories.

“We have been looking for a product that supports and extends the reach of our print product in the digital media space. I believe that Front Door Insights combines their experience in Yellow Pages Publishing with their platform making them the ideal mobile marketing solution for Print Directory Publishers.” stated Bryan Willets, President of Local Book Publishing.

Localeze Makes Searching for Local Business Tweets Seamless by Integrating with Twitter’s New Places API

Localeze announced that with Localeze’s extensive database of persistent ID (PID) numbers, developers working with Localeze can now easily integrate Tweets about a location within their app providing users a more dynamic and social location-based experience.

By using Localeze’s PID numbers, partners can quickly retrieve all Tweets related to a place, giving users more local context about a business. Previously, developers had to search for Tweets, which was a laborious and manual process.

“Our relationship with Twitter enables sharing of geo-tagged content with developers utilizing the Localeze persistent ID, encouraging the proliferation of contextual content,” said Jeff Beard, president, Localeze. “Our local search platform partners continue to benefit from our trusted business data as it becomes the common language for major search and LBS apps.”

With the widest distribution of standardized content to online, mobile and social search platforms in the industry, developers can access the largest set of verified, enhanced business listings data actively managed by local businesses themselves.

Videobar Increases Video Ad Views and Ad Sales for Online Directories

The Videobar, an online advertising unit that plays up to six video ads and increases online advertising revenue for online directory publishers has been introduced by WebShoz, Inc.

The Videobar which can be configured numerous ways, is typically deployed to offer premium placement of video ads at the top of a directory category such as lawyers, restaurants or doctors. It enables the viewer to preview six video ads by simply mousing over each of the thumbnail images. A click on any chosen video will link the buyer to the advertiser’s profile page, website or whatever page the directory or advertiser has chosen.

This same solution can be used to bring video ads to e-commerce sites “above the fold”, helping consumers to shop faster.  Finally, search engines can also deploy the software to bring videos collectively to the top of results with a sneak peak opportunity before committing to a click.

WebShoz is also offering free video ad production to encourage more advertisers to benefit from the Videobar.

“The patent pending Videobar will raise awareness of online video ads and increase the number of video ads played meaning added ‘hits’ to significantly boost leads for advertisers and income for online publishers”, says Alexandrea Day, President and CEO of WebShoz.

Click here to visit a live demo and run your mouse over the thumbnail visuals.

“This is a game-changer when it comes to video ads on the web, particularly for small businesses”, she adds.

“Until now video ads were buried in listings, or appeared one at a time in a banner or linked to, from within a display ad. Now the viewer has a menu of video ads with live-action and previews. The viewer has more opportunities to choose their vendor and the advertisers have more opportunities to impact the viewer. Meanwhile, the publisher is seeing more clicks and more revenue,” said Frank Rocco, WebShoz VP Marketing & Sales.

The first Videobar has just been launched in the SureWest Directory.  And with the Videobar’s ability to draw more attention to video advertising for SMBs, a corresponding spike in video ad sales and a wide network of directory clients is expected. WebShoz plans to expand that network of publishers making video ads available to all its publisher members and also to distribute video ads outside the network and throughout the web.