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Tech Veterans Join Yodle Team

Published Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Online advertiser brings in key additions from Mzinga and Open Integrity

Company sees 700% year-over-year revenue growth

New York, NY (August 20, 2008) – Yodle Inc., a leader in local online advertising and lead generation for local businesses, announced new additions to the Yodle team and Board of Directors. Paolo Narciso from Open Integrity and Rick Faulk from Mzinga joined Yodle this week to help local businesses across the country connect with new customers through the web.

Paolo Narciso joins Yodle as the Vice President of Client Services, responsible for driving customer satisfaction. Prior to Yodle, he was the CEO of Open Integrity, a leading web development and customer service company with over 1,000 Web developers and customer care specialists. Over the course of his twenty years in customer service, Paolo has managed a number of large customer service organizations in the U.S., Asia and European markets for clients such as Microsoft Corporation, Gateway Computers, Hewlett-Packard, and Bellsouth.

Rick Faulk, President and CEO of Mzinga, joins Yodle’s Board of Directors and brings more than twenty years of experience in executive management, sales, and marketing. A nationally recognized high-tech executive and entrepreneur, Faulk has served in leadership positions at some of the most successful companies in the high-tech industry including Cisco, WebEx, Intranets.com, PictureTel and Lotus Development.
“With Rick joining our distinguished Board of Directors, and Paolo giving our already impressive client services team a considerable boost, we will be even better poised to take Yodle to its next level of growth in the years to come. We are pleased to welcome both Rick and Paolo to the Yodle team,” said Court Cunningham, CEO of Yodle.

Yodle’s approach to simplifying online advertising for local businesses has driven 700% year-over-year growth. In August 2007, Yodle had approximately 50 employees and by August 2008, reached approximately 175.

About Yodle
A leader in Local Online Advertising, Yodle makes it simple and easy for local businesses to get new customers and phone calls. Yodle offers a more measurable and modern alternative to the outdated Yellow Pages, previously the standard for small business advertising. With a team of internet marketing experts and industry leading online advertising technology, Yodle connects local business with the consumers seeking out their services on the web. The company is headquartered in New York, NY with a presence in 18 major cities across the United States. Yodle has hundreds of employees helping thousands of local businesses. To find out more about Yodle, go to http://www.yodle.com/.

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