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Directory Driven Commerce
2005 Virtual
Conference
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Sponsored by
– Association Partners –

The Association of Directory
Marketing's mission is to grow advertiser's businesses and, in
turn, industry revenues by maximizing the value of directory
advertising. ADM is the only association focused 100% on the national
yellow pages channel. Our staff works closely with CMRs to maintain and
grow revenue and represents CMRs' interests to directory publishers. ADM
Member roster includes: Certified Marketing Representatives/Agencies,
Publishers and Suppliers.
The Association of Directory
Publishers (ADP) is the international trade association founded
in 1898 to promote the establishment and maintenance of the highest
standard of quality and service in directory publishing. It provides to
its members industry-relevant communications, content-rich meetings and
conventions, research, legal and legislative support, and various other
programs and services. ADP membership today includes more than 135
directory publishers, and some 90 other associates who supply goods and
services to those publishers. ADP members are recognized by consumers
and advertisers alike for their innovative products, emphasis on
customer service and competitive pricing. Their presence and expanding
prominence in the marketplace guarantees both consumers and advertisers
access to user-friendly, value-added products that are shaping the
medium.
The Yellow Pages Association (YPA) is
the association of publishers, marketers and suppliers responsible for
producing Yellow Pages directories in more than 20 countries. Originally
founded in 1975 as the National Yellow Pages Service Association
(NYPSA), the Yellow Pages Association is instrumental in leading,
serving, growing and advocating on behalf of a print and electronic
media industry valued at more than $26 billion worldwide ($14 billion
U.S.).
Association members include Yellow Pages publishers, who produce
leading-edge electronic products and deliver Yellow Pages directories to
100 percent of U.S. homes with telephones -- and who account for more
than 90 percent of the Yellow Pages revenue generated in the U.S. and
Canada.
Members
also include the industry's international, national and local sales
force, certified marketing representatives (CMRs) and associate members,
including Yellow Pages advertisers, vendors and suppliers.
– Conference Sponsors –
Acxiom Corporation
(Nasdaq:ACXM) integrates data, services and technology to create and
deliver Customer and Information management solutions for many of the
largest, most respected companies in the world. The core components of
Acxiom's innovative solutions are Customer Data Integration (CDI)
technology, data, database services, IT outsourcing, consulting and
analytics, and privacy leadership. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is
headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout the
United States, and in the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Japan.
For more information, visit http://www.acxiom.com/.

Amdocs provides information
solutions to the leaders of the communications and IP industry
worldwide, offering Amdocs Clarify CRM, billing and order management
systems for communications providers, and business support systems for
directory publishing companies.

AudioVu is an advertising
services company that specializes in optimizing website performance
through complementary audio programming tied to individual website
pages. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Information Technologies LLC, the
company was founded by Lawrence I. Norber, former President of
Sold-on-Hold Communications, one of the nation's largest "on hold"
advertising companies.
Professionally
constructed AudioVu programs linked to website pages increase the
frequency and retention of marketing messages, slogans, etc. AudioVu
applies the basic tenets of successful marketing, creatively presenting
your companies advertising message through the dynamic dimension of
sound, creating message frequency, retention and action, multiplying the
power of your website.

Call Genie is a
developer of voice technology applications, specializing in building
comprehensive interactive speech recognition solutions for the directory
services industry.
Call Genie offers
customized, location-based, enhanced voice directory solutions that
allow consumers to locate, obtain information and connect with business
and service providers. Call Genie takes leading technologies from both
the Internet and telephony worlds and integrates them to deliver a
unique voice-web solution.
Call Genie partners
with the print and digital directory services business. Call Genie has
harnessed not only the technologies, but the broad based business
strategies and plans to create a new service offering that leverages
existing directory services assets. Call Genie is in the business of
revitalizing and bringing a new perspective to the directory services
industry by creating new profitable lines of business.
Los
Angeles-based CallSource delivers a call measurement system
that currently tracks over 60,000 incoming phone numbers by advertising
source. Clients include many top traditional media and online
advertisers. The company delivers detailed reporting and analysis to our
clients on advertising and telephone sales efficiency. CallSource was
founded in 1996 and has 45 employees.

DCCI is the
industry-standard for telephone-based call measurement services (CMS)
serving Yellow Pages publishers, Certified Marketing Representatives and
major advertisers across North America. DCCI’s advanced, nationwide
telecommunications network gives print and internet advertisers the
power to track and analyze customer response to advertised local and
toll-free telephone numbers. For over 15 years, DCCI’s detailed call
tracking and reporting solutions have been an integral component in
proving the true ROI delivered by Yellow Pages, the internet and other
media advertising. DCCI is committed to the research and development of
technologies and services that prove advertising performance. In 2003,
DCCI was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 50 Best Managed Companies in
and requalified for this distinction in 2004. DCCI received an Award of
Excellence from the Yellow Pages Association in 2003.

eStara Push to Talksm, the most powerful
online customer contact solution on the market is driving new revenue
opportunities for online directories. Push to Talk voice-enables
directory searches and store locator results giving online visitors the
power to push a button and speak with a company representative right
from an online listing. eStara Push to Talk delivers real-world results
for customers including Continental Airlines, J. Crew, Club Med,
FirstUSA and Sprint. Experience the quality of eStara web voice at http://www.estara.com/.

Fast Search & Transfer™
(FAST™) creates the real-time search and filter technology solutions
that are behind the scenes at some of the world's best known companies
with the most demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable
integrated technology platform spans both Internet and enterprise
customers, and elevates search to unprecedented levels. FAST closes the
gap between information and action, connecting people to the relevant
information they seek regardless of medium, in turn driving revenue and
reducing total cost of ownership by effectively leveraging IT
infrastructure for our clients and world-class partners.

Geosign is a
data provider for the Internet, specializing in local search data and
local search solutions. Geosign has a portfolio of patent applications
for its unique technology and business methods in the local search
arena. Geosign products include FranDat, a
database of all US franchises with attributes such as hours of
operation, credit cards accepted and drive thru presence. Geosign also
provides all the data for http://www.truelocal.com/; an extremely powerful local
search engine.

Innovectra is
the only full service local search media company, and the first to
deliver an integrated electronic Yellow-and-White pages directory
platform. Innovectra provides a complete suite of interactive online
media products and services that “profitize” local search, including
ActivDirectory, a technology-driven platform that quickly converts print
products into a high-quality local search format and ActivSearch, an
innovative local search technology platform providing: content-based
mining, extraction and classification; complete local search with
single-box “find”; print ad presentation and robust, multiple language
naturalization. ActivChoice empowers users with simple, selectable Look
and Feel and Search Engine Listing viewing options. Innovectra Media
Development Services provides guaranteed circulation development, usage
marketing and advertising sales. Innovectra is an indispensable partner
to major publishers in North America, Europe and other regions. For more
information visithttp://www.innovectra.com/
Interchange was established and incorporated in
March 1999. Originally beginning with just three employees, the company
filed its first provisional patents for its ePilot search engine in
August 1999. Interchange spent the next several months developing
business systems before the official public release of ePilot in
November 1999. Today, ePilot is a highly rated pay-per-click search
engine and Search Distribution Network. ePilot’s active sales and
business development force achieved strong 2003 monthly revenue growth
through the aggressive addition of advertisers and search distribution
partners to our network. The universal growth of our business has
allowed us to further develop our exchange-based distribution
infrastructure to serve more syndicated partners and cultivate
additional revenue streams.

In 2005,
Aptas, ISx and YP Solutions merged their strong legacies of technology
innovation and experience in the Internet Yellow Pages, directory
assistance and mobile vertical markets to form Local Matters, Inc. The
new entity offers user-centered content enhancements and search
functionality that help connect and build relationships between
consumers and locally targeted advertisers.
Local Matters brings
together some of the most experienced and knowledgeable people in the
industry. Our team brings deep experience with leading companies in
Internet search, Yellow Pages, DA, Mobile, Map Publishing, Interactive
Agencies and Media Businesses. This knowledge leads to our focus on
practical and scalable solutions explicitly designed for business
impact. Local Matters' user-centered content methods transform existing
data into highly relevant and organized content, enabling the rapid and
scalable deployment of local search solutions.

LOCALEZE is the national brand and local merchant content
management Forum.
We make local search
relevant by helping consumers discover and connect with local merchants
and national brands by organizing and enriching Yellow Page content.
Additionally, we provide merchants and agencies with customized
analytical tools and content management for the purpose of turning
relevant local search into direct revenue.

OKS has for over 20 years
been a provider of actionable business intelligence data and information
solutions for the world’s brightest information businesses. As an
acknowledged leader in the directory sector and data services market;
OKS enables the local online and offline publishing industry access to
strategic time-sensitive business listings and ad/image
records.
The high priority
placed on data accuracy and more robust listing information ultimately
drives the OKS GROUP’S business intelligence capturing process. Matching
advertisements and (UDAC) codes/pricing, SIC & Geo Codes with all
addresses is standardized. OKS’ business model is a one-stop access to
critical data integration of business records.
OKS currently offers
several electronic output formats including XML tagged data; employing
the most accurate method for converting hardcopy and web content into
value added, searchable databases. OKS also offers affordable in-house
telephone verification of any Yellow Page data, its usage patterns and
related services should this be required.
Working with OKS
Group you'll have timely information that enables you to raise business
performance, build customer loyalty and create sustained competitive
advantage. Discover for yourself how different our approach to data can
be. Further information visit www.oksgroup.com
StandardCall, a division of Who's Calling, is the call
measurement solution that provides traditional and interactive
publishers with proof of performance information that demonstrate the
value of their advertising. StandardCall provides ad tracking services
to Local and National Advertisers, CMR’s, Advertising agencies, Yellow
Page publishers and Media. With local online search becoming more
important to the Yellow Page industry, Who’s Calling now provides
multiple online solutions to fit your business model.

Offering
award-winning experience, SRI
International delivers value and Best Practice solutions for
complex problems. Experience the difference.
The people of SRI
Intenational have built, designed and developed thousands of systems,
applications and solutions. You want experience that counts, that
exceeds expectations and is backed by a solid infrastructure. Join the
many that have chosen SRI International for solving their most critical
needs.
Our proven approach
leverages its diverse practices in Consulting, Application Development,
IT,Telecom, Large-scale Project Management, Total Quality and Business
Process Outsourcing.
The hallmark of our
capabilities is our balance of international and local project
execution. The success of any multi-national initiative often lies in
understanding the impact of change on the local level. Through strategic
partnerships, we at SRI International strive to merge a local,
customer-centric focus with a multi-national vision.

TrafficLeader
specializes in driving quality traffic to your Web site from the Web's
most visited search engines, and optimizing your listings in those
engines to maximize your return on ad spend (ROAS). The bottom line:
Through its trusted relationships with major search engines,
TrafficLeader brings clients targeted search engine clicks and sales
they would otherwise be missing. Incorporated in January 2000,
TrafficLeader has evolved from a small, Natural Search Engine
Optimization (SEO) firm into a leading search engine marketing company,
offering Feed Management, SEO, bid management, and feed management
services. Customer service, search engine relationships, proprietary
technologies, and years of experience help our clients to reach and
exceed all of their search engine marketing
goals.
Verizon Information
Services
is the world’s leading print and online directory publisher and a
content provider for communications products and services. The largest
directory publisher in the world, Verizon has annual revenues of more
than $4.1 billion and publishes nearly 1,200 U.S. Verizon SuperPages
directories and 400 international directories with a total circulation
of approximately 142 million copies worldwide.

YellowPages.com LLC is a
joint venture operation of SBC Directory Operations and BellSouth
Advertising and Publishing Corporation. Formed in late 2004, the company
currently operates three leading Internet Yellow Pages sites -
SMARTpages.com, RealPages.com and YellowPages.com. The YellowPages.com
distribution network provides exposure to more than 70 million monthly
consumer business searches. In late 2005, the three sites will merge to
form a premier Internet Yellow Pages site at the URL
www.yellowpages.com. SMARTpages.com local advertising is sold by SBC
Yellow Pages. RealPages.com local advertising is sold by BellSouth
Advertising and Publishing
Corporation.
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