CityVoter CEO Josh Walker to Speak at The Kelsey Group’s Upcoming ILM:07 Conference
Boston, MA (Nov. 14, 2007) - CityVoter Inc., the premier destination for consumers to discover their best local businesses and provider of exclusive metro guides for leading media companies, today announced that CEO Josh Walker has been invited to speak at The Kelsey Group’s Interactive Local Media 2007 (ILM:07 conference, Nov. 28-30 in Los Angeles, on the subject of local social media.
On Nov. 30, day three of ILM:07, Walker will participate on a panel titled, "Injecting ‘Social’ into Local Media." He and other panelists from the Los Angeles Times and Pegasus News will examine the social media opportunities and challenges for newspapers, TV stations, and search engines.
"ILM:07 is one of the premier industry gatherings for companies in the local online media space," said Walker. "I look forward to sharing the CityVoter perspective on local social media and how to engage SMBs in the online marketing opportunity."
CityVoter’s metro guides offer local businesses a free online presence and easy-to-use tools to manage their listings, saving them time and money and increasing their exposure to an increasingly savvy consumer base. In addition, each guide offers a list of the best local businesses, which is determined by the local community through an annual "best-of" contest in which visitors nominate and vote for their favorite businesses. The guides offer reviews and photos posted by customers, enhancing the value of a local business listing—both for the business and for those searching for detailed local information.
ILM:07 is The Kelsey Group’s annual conference devoted to digital media with a local focus. This event provides a 360-degree view of the local marketplace, covering a range of important topics, including local search, Internet Yellow Pages, vertical directories, Internet video, online classifieds, social media and mobile search.
About CityVoter, Inc.
Founded in 2005, CityVoter, Inc. helps consumers find the best local businesses in their cities. Millions of locals visit CityVoter.com and its partner-branded metro guides daily to search, nominate, vote for, and comment on their favorite businesses. CityVoter builds its image-based metro guides for major media companies like Fox, McGraw-Hill, Hearst-Argyle and Post-Newsweek, to enhance the local relevancy of their websites and strengthen their relationships with their local communities. These guides are the premier destinations for local commercial content, featuring descriptions, photos, videos, maps, and customer comments about the top local businesses. Each partner-branded metro guide features a “best-of” contest to discover the best local businesses, as chosen by the local community. Rich photo galleries give visitors a storefront view of local shops, bars, food, products, clothing and more. The CityVoter.com destination site provides valuable answers to consumer-posted questions that enable visitors to weigh in with their choices for the best their city has to offer. To learn more about CityVoter, CityVoter.com and CityVoter’s partner-branded metro guides, visit www.cityvoter.com.
Contact:
- Caralyn Quigley
- CityVoter, Inc.
- 617.741.3100 x150
- Eileen Pacheo
- Tango Group
- 781.556.1026

