Posts Tagged ‘Dex One’

New Online Destinations Create Local Marketing Opportunities For Small Businesses

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

In my article posted on Search Engine Land this week, I discuss how advances in digital offerings are presenting small businesses with a growing range of possibilities for where to spend their ad dollars. Additionally, I discuss how owners these days are faced with the difficult task of determining how to link old and new initiatives into cohesive strategies that deliver the strongest rates of return for their businesses.

Since the start of the year, we’ve shared announcements from several major Yellow Pages companies including SuperMedia, Dex One Corp., The Berry Company, and Yellow Pages Group about new services, partnerships, and acquisitions that provide small business with the means to combine the most recent digital marketing possibilities with traditional print and online options that they’ve used for years.

Today, it’s not just about Internet Yellow Pages, which millions of small business already know and use. I’m also talking about new vertical web sites including digital coupon sites, shopping comparison sites and user review sites that are among the latest drivers of local leads and are increasingly being added to the portfolios of various Yellow Pages companies.

For my thoughts, check out my Search Engine Land column here.

Dex One Partners with Yelp to Provide Consumer Feedback on Its Listings

Thursday, March 4, 2010

When Dex One emerged from bankruptcy last month, the Yellow Pages provider said it would further develop its hybrid range of advertising solutions including online and mobile search, print yellow pages directories, voice-search platforms and pay-per-click networks.

Yesterday, the company took another step in that direction by announcing a new agreement with Yelp, the popular local business review site, to provide consumer feedback on its local search listings.

Starting next month, DexKnows.com’s approximately 500,000 small business clients will begin seeing Yelp-branded content—including ratings and reviews written by the Yelp community—appear within their individual local businesses listings. The Yelp content will complement the existing user-generated content already provided by DexKnows.com users.

User review sites such as Yelp are very popular with consumers. Consumer opinions posted online are among the most trusted forms of advertising, second only to recommendations from personal acquaintances, according to the Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey released in July 2009.

For more, check out the press release by clicking here.

R.H. Donnelley Emerges from Bankruptcy as Dex One Corp.

Monday, February 1, 2010

We’re excited to share news that Yellow Pages publisher R.H. Donnelley, which we heard last month was close to exiting bankruptcy, has announced its emergence from Chapter 11 protection as the new Dex One Corporation.

In a press release this morning, the company introduced a new board of directors and its listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “DEXO.”

Dex One chairman and CEO David C. Swanson stressed his company’s plans to further develop a hybrid range of advertising solutions including online and mobile search, print yellow pages directories, voice-search platforms and pay-per-click networks.

“We selected the Dex One name because it clearly communicates who we are and what we do – Dex, your trusted marketing partner for over a hundred years, and now, your One stop shop for getting your business exposed to active buying consumers whether they’re searching our robust suite of Dex products or on other major search sites or search engines,” Swanson said.

As we’ve noted, Dex One currently lists 11.5 million businesses online through its DexKnows.com Web site, supplies content for YellowPages.com, and has deals with search engines such as Google and Yahoo. The company is also beginning to offer online video advertising and reputation management for companies seeking to improve their online customer reviews.

For more information, read the full release here.