Directories are still the best way to find people, places and businesses. With the most accurate and comprehensive local content, directory publishers enjoy a strategic advantage as consumers increasingly turn to mobile phones and the Internet to search for information and to make purchases. With its 25-year track record as a world leader in information and search services, Local Matters is helping directory publishers leverage their advantage, expanding their businesses beyond the traditional print and Internet models.

The FlexiQ platform is designed to enable directory publishers to quickly and cost-effectively introduce a new generation of services that leverage the strength of their local content and well-established relationships with advertisers.

Directory publishers use FlexiQ to make their content accessible to live operators in a call center, in addition to Internet-based and wireless messaging solutions. Features of the FlexiQ platform include:

• Online collaboration tools for the provisioning and administration of yellow pages

• Combined data administration and online search engine

• Search capabilities that are keyword-based, advertisement-related and/or category-based, enriched by locale and locality-based search filters

• Presentation of advertisers based on ranking and premium placement models

• Full integration of yellow pages call center and mobile messaging service technologies to deliver information to consumers using SMS, MMS, and future messaging modalities.

Contact us at sales@localmatters.com to learn more about Solutions for Directory Publishers.