Posts Tagged ‘Yodle’
Rolling Out the New Yodle.com
Kristen Connor, Vice President, User Experience • March 16, 2012
We were thrilled to launch the new and improved Yodle.com last week after an extensive design and development process. I had the pleasure of leading the website project from initiation through to completion, and am very proud of the Yodle User Experience team’s accomplishments. I believe (and hope) that the new website will resonate with customers, prospects, employees, job seekers, media and investors. I’m particularly excited to have incorporated responsive web design into the new website, which utilizes one
Yodle Adds New Members to the Team Every Month to Keep Up with Demand
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • February 16, 2012
Since Yodle’s acquisition of ProfitFuel in May of 2011, the company has continued to grow at a significant pace. We have added personnel across all parts of the business to further increase the value that we’re delivering to our customers. Additionally, our recruiting efforts have included hiring new members to our sales team every month to meet the growing demand for Yodle’s local online marketing solutions. A large part of this process has been driven by Yodle’s Sales
Yodle Wins Lead 411 Hottest Companies in New York City Award
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • February 9, 2012
Lead411, a provider of information, news and research about U.S. companies and their executives, has recognized Yodle as one of the hottest companies in New York City in 2012. Yodle is one of 73 companies recognized by Lead411 in New York City. Yodle is proud to be among other companies who also received the exciting “Hottest Companies in New York City” award, such as Tumblr, Ideeli, Etsy, and Buddy Media. The purpose of the “Hottest Companies in New York
Yodle CEO Selected as Speaker in Stellar Lineup for 2012 Local Advertising Conference
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • January 27, 2012
Yodle CEO Court Cunningham has been selected to speak at the 2012 Local Advertising Conference in New York in March. The conference brings together online advertising professionals who are looking to learn from leaders in the local space. In addition to talks from 50 speakers, four workshop sessions will be held focusing on organizational structure, sales strategies, and revenue performance. The conference is hosted by Borrell Associates, an advertising research and consulting firm that assists local
Yodle Partnership with Rogers Takes Things International
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • January 18, 2012
Yodle announced today an exclusive agreement with Rogers Communications. Rogers is the largest provider of wireless voice and data communications in Canada, as well as a leading provider of cable television, high-speed Internet and telephony services.
Yodle Austin Supports CASA
Angela Dunham, VP, Training and Quality • December 21, 2011
I’ve lived in Austin for 21 years. Over those years I have seen the city grow dramatically. The downtown skyline is filled with buildings that did not exist a decade ago, freeways now run in places where there were two lane roads, celebrities live and work in a city few had heard of when I moved here. Despite all this change one thing has remained the same throughout the years and that is the spirit
Yodle Scottsdale Supports St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance
yodle • December 12, 2011
Scottsdale was recently ranked as one of the most charitable cities in America. As one of the fastest growing companies in Scottsdale (five employees in 2008 to 145 today), the team here in “YodleDale” also feels a responsibility to continue this tradition of giving back to our community. In addition to the many charities and organizations with which our individual YodleDalers are involved, we have chosen St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance as our designated charity for
Yodle Scottsdale Plans to Double Employee Count
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • December 8, 2011
It’s no secret Yodle is growing! Earlier this year, Yodle ranked #21 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ 2011 list as a fastest growing company in North America. Yodle also ranked in the top 150 on the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 list. You can read more about Yodle’s achievements here. Yodle’s success is what enabled the acquisition of Austin-based ProfitFuel Inc. in May of 2011. Since then, Yodle has continued to add more team members to our stellar
Yodle Ranks #26 on Forbes’ List of America’s Most Promising Companies
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • December 2, 2011
Forbes released their list of the 100 most promising young companies in the U.S. and Yodle is honored to rank #26! The list spotlights 100 privately held up-and-comers with compelling business models, strong management teams, notable customers, strategic partners, and investment capital. Yodle is proud to be recognized as one of the country’s rising stars with serious growth potential. Earlier this year, Yodle celebrated Inc. 500 and SAI 100 recognition as a fastest growing company and most valuable startup,
Amazing Careers: Yodle Austin Info Sessions
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • November 10, 2011
Every other Tuesday, Yodle hosts an Info Session for job seekers in Austin to learn about an amazing career in sales. Yodle is growing quickly and we’d love to see if you’ve got what it takes to join our world-class team! It’s an exciting time right now in the online marketing space! The industry will continue to flourish as businesses focus more of their efforts online because, well – that’s where you reach consumers.. If you’d
Yodle Ranks #35 on the Lead411 Technology 200 List
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • November 9, 2011
For the second year in row, Yodle has made it onto the Lead411 Technology List. This year, Yodle ranks #35 on the Technology 200 list, which spotlights 200 of the top companies with the highest revenue percentage growth from 2008 to 2010. In the past, the Technology List focused on the top 500 companies but this year they decided to filter the list down to focus on the cream of the crop. To evaluate what
Yodle Ranks #21 on Deloittes 2011 Technology Fast 500
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • November 7, 2011
Recently, Yodle ranked as the 21st fastest growing company in North America. Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ is an annual ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Yodle is proud to be recognized with this honor, and views it as an affirmation of the hard work Yodle employees have put in to drive great local online marketing results for small businesses across the country. As further evidence
Yodle at NYSE for the SA500
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • October 19, 2011
This past Saturday, Yodle attended the SA500 (or Silicon Alley 500), a top engineering recruiting event on the East Coast that brought together 500 top engineers to meet 50 of the best East Coast technology companies. The SA500 was formed in response to the opinion that, in order to build an outstanding and competitive tech company, the West Coast was the place to be. Clearly, there are highly desirable tech firms headquartered in the northeast – Yodle
Yodle Ranks #44 on World’s Most Valuable Startups List
Alisa Adler, Marketing Manager • October 7, 2011
Yodle ranked #44 on the recently released 2011 Digital 100: The World’s Most Valuable Startups list, published by Business Insider. As if that wasn’t enough reason to celebrate, Business Insider considers Yodle the sixth most valuable internet startup in New York! These are both great honors that we are excited to announce. At Yodle, we are thrilled to be among innovative companies like Tumblr, Buddy Media, Foursquare, Facebook, and Etsy who are also being recognized for their
Yodle and Servicemaster and Richard Petty
yodle • June 15, 2011
This week, Yodle attended the ServiceMaster Clean convention in Memphis, TN with a very special guest; Richard Petty! Yodle has been working with ServiceMaster Clean for more than 3 years now and attends the annual convention every year to talk about local online marketing. This year, legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty was the guest of honor at the convention. As you can see from the picture, Richard spent some time hanging out in Yodle’s booth.
Exciting News from Yodle
Court Cunningham, CEO • May 16, 2011
I am proud to announce that Yodle has completed the acquisition of ProfitFuel, the largest provider of SEO services to local businesses in the U.S. Yodle now becomes the largest independent provider of local search marketing in the U.S., with a client base topping 21,000 and an elite staff of more than 450 sales and service professionals. With this acquisition, our goal stays the same,: to change the game for small businesses by making online advertising
Yodle Mentors the Future of Technology with Micro Internship Program
Laura Tolentino • April 25, 2011
Last Thursday, Yodle’s NYC office was visited by seven 7th graders from a local Long Island Middle School, St. Phillip & James School. The 7th graders, also known as the Micro Interns, learned about life at a start up by spending time with Yodle employees in various departments including Client Services, Web Dev, Marketing Ops/Optimization, Product Management, Design, Software Engineering, QA and IT. They asked great questions and got some hands-on experience with our website templates, QA, HTML coding
Yodle Launches Display Advertising
yodle • March 8, 2011
Yodle is proud to announce the addition of a third offering to our product suite! Yesterday we launched Yodle Display, a display advertising product geared towards Franchise and Multi-Location companies. You can check out the full press release here for more details. In a nutshell, Yodle Display delivers high impact branding and leads using a proprietary algorithm and advanced targeting methods.
Come Discover Yodle at our Open House & Career Fair in NYC
yodle • February 1, 2011
Looking for a sales role in NYC? Come and “discover Yodle” to see if you’ve got to be part of our team. Join us on February 17th in our NYC Headquarters for presentations, meet & greet with some of the current Yodle sales team and interviews for our open jobs. 5pm-8pm. No advance RSVP required. Please remember to bring a resume!
Interview with John Jantsch, Creator of Duct Tape Marketing
yodle • October 5, 2010
Yodle recently interviewed John Jantsch, the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Coach Network that trains and licenses small business marketing coaches around the world. His blog was chosen as a Forbes favorite for marketing and small business and his podcast, a top ten marketing show on iTunes, was called a “must listen” by Fast Company Magazine. Check out the interview below!
GUEST POST: SMBs Don’t See True Value of Clicks
Matt Booth, SVP & Program Director, BIA/Kelsey • September 8, 2010
Here’s the thing about small businesses marketing expectations. SMBs view telephone calls and in person visits as the most important indicators of a successful marketing campaign. If you’re not delivering these to small business clients, you should expect them to look elsewhere for their marketing services. BIA/Kelsey has been tracking small business sentiment and spending patterns for more than a decade via our Local Commerce Monitor (LCM), an annual survey of 1,000 small businesses (SMBs)
Yodle CEO Court Cunningham Named a Finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
yodle • June 1, 2010
Yodle’s CEO Court Cunningham has been honored with the exciting title of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Finalist! This is his second year as an honoree. Court said ” “This award recognizes the contribution of the entire Yodle team that has propelled the company to exceptional growth and success year after year,” said Court Cunningham, CEO of Yodle. “I am extremely proud of what we’ve accomplished this year including the successful launch
Introducing Local Online Advertising for Dummies
Court Cunningham, CEO • April 13, 2010
Back in 2007, I was having a conversation with a colleague of mine here at Yodle who was commenting to me on how much contradictory information was on the Internet regarding how a local business should advertise themselves online. “No wonder so many of the local businesses that come to us for help are confused and frustrated with online advertising,” my colleague said. Right then the thought dawned on us that there was no one
Yodle Announces New Partnership with Berry!
yodle • April 1, 2010
Earlier this week, Yodle announced a very exciting new partnership with The Berry Company to help hundreds of thousands of local businesses find new customers online. Check out the press release for all the details.
Yodle Selected as On Media Top 100 Winner
yodle • January 14, 2010
We are very excited to announce that Yodle has been selected by AlwaysOn for this year’s OnMedia 100 list. Check our press page for the detailed press release or visit the AlwaysOn website for a list of winners.