Paul Levine Joins Zvents Board of Directors
2008-07-15 07:24:00
Paul Levine Joins Zvents Board of Directors
AdBrite Executive and Former Yahoo Local GM Brings Depth and Expertise to Zvents Team
SAN MATEO, CA–(EMWNews – July 15, 2008) – Zvents, a local search and advertising network featuring
event listings to promote local businesses, today announced that Paul
Levine, Vice President of Marketing of AdBrite, has joined Zvents’ board of
directors.
“We’re very pleased that Paul has joined our board,” said Ethan Stock,
Zvents CEO and co-founder. “Paul’s considerable experience in local search
and local advertising will help us enhance user satisfaction and merchant
adoption across the Zvents Media
Network. Paul’s years leading Yahoo!’s local efforts and his current
position at AdBrite give him unique insights into search, advertising, and
consumer behavior within a local context.”
Zvents is a local search and advertising network of hundreds of web and
mobile partners featuring event listings to promote local business. Using
unique technology that enables location- and time-based search for
businesses and events, Zvents helps millions of people find local
businesses and discover things to do. Thousands of local merchants use
Zvents’ free and paid listings products to submit local events and
activities, thus promoting their businesses and providing unique and
hard-to-find local content to users throughout Zvents.
“Zvents has all the elements necessary to build a substantial business in
local: an impressive technology platform, a top-tier distribution network,
and an active merchant community generating unique local content,” said
Paul Levine. “I’m excited to work with Zvents’ outstanding board and
management team to help fuel the company’s future growth.”
Paul Levine is the Vice President of Marketing at AdBrite, The Internet’s
Ad Marketplace, where he is responsible for the company’s marketing, public
relations, and customer operations. Prior to joining AdBrite, Levine was
Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo! Local, where he ran Yahoo!’s
yellow pages, local search, maps, events, classified, and real estate
properties. At Yahoo!, Paul oversaw the launch of Yahoo! Local, grew it to
become the internet’s leading local content property with over 20 million
monthly users, and led the company’s local advertising partnerships and
strategy.
ABOUT ZVENTS
Zvents is a local search and advertising network of hundreds of web and
mobile partners, featuring event listings to promote local business. Using
unique search technology, which enables location- and time-based search for
businesses and events, Zvents provides users with a compelling search and
discovery experience, while enabling local merchants and advertisers to
effectively promote their businesses. Zvents connects local businesses
with millions of monthly users in diverse categories including music,
movies, restaurants, sports, retail shopping, and community. The company
aggregates rich business and event information from web sites,
user-contributed content, and 3rd party sources, and integrates
high-quality partner editorial content with its search index. The company
is a leader in local search relevance and is the main sponsor of the
open-source Hypertable project.
For more information, visit www.Zvents.com.
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