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Sep 17
2008

DMS ’08 Keynote: Briggs Ferguson, President, Idearc Internet

Former Citysearch President Briggs Ferguson, who took the helm at Idearc Internet and its Superpages.com flagship about five months ago, said during a keynote at Kelsey’s DMS show in Atlanta that he sees tremendous potential for the Yellow Pages industry. “It should be much bigger than it is today. At the very least, we get …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Local Search, Mapping, Yellow Pages

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Sep 16
2008

DMS ’08 Keynote: Marc Tellier, Chairman, YPG Group

YPG Group of Canada, which is widely considered as one of the best positioned Yellow Pages companies in the world, will continue to focus on manning its sales channel, resisting efforts to rely too heavily on self serve solutions, according to YPG Chairman Marc Tellier. “Search engine companies will privately admit self service isn’t working,” …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Sales Channels, Yellow Pages

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Sep 16
2008

Howard Owens on Why Local Remains Vitally Important

Gatehouse’s Howard Owens , in a must-read post, defends the future of local services online, noting that the Internet is now key to building real world communities, not a barrier. I think back to the creation of GeoCities, when founder David Bohnett said his creation of personal home pages was a liberator for many people …continue reading »

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Sep 16
2008

DMS ’08 Keynote: AT&T Advertising and Publishing Head Frank Jules

AT&T Advertising and Publishing President Frank Jules, who has held the top slot for a year, said at Kelsey’s Directional Media Strategies conference in Atlanta that his business is “changing dramatically,” and laid out a prescription for Yellow Pages growth. The prescription is heavily dependent on success of AT&T Publishing’s efforts on the Internet, which …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, HyperLocal, Misc, Mobile, Video, Yellow Pages

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Sep 16
2008

DMS ’08: Are YP Sales Better Off as Quasi-Free Agents?

A philosophical debate has broken out at Kelsey’s Directional Media Services conference in Atlanta. At issue is whether Yellow Pages sales people prefer the new third party reseller approach that makes every sales person an entrepreneur, representing the interests of their clients; or the warm embrace and discipline of established Yellow Pages companies. In this …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Sales Channels, Yellow Pages

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Sep 11
2008

Kelsey ‘DMS’ Show Next Week in Atlanta….

Kelsey’s Directional Media Strategies is next week in Atlanta, and there is going to be a lot of coverage here, and even more on The Kelsey Blog. My own role is to interview Sonia Survanshi McFarland, the Google vet who recently became Yelp’s head of business development. I’m also moderating a really good vertical panel, …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Sep 10
2008

InsiderPages GM: ‘We’re Thriving As Part of Citysearch’

When InsiderPages was sold to IAC’s Citysearch, it seemed like it was probably a distress sale. Many of the Yellow Pages/ratings and review sites of 2004-2006 were falling apart at the same time. Since then, however, InsiderPages appears to have thrived. “We are profitable and growing every month,” says General Manager Eric Peacock. “I can’t …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Sales Channels

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