FoundLocally.com adds Coupons and News Announcement features to Business Listings

Released on = September 26, 2005, 2:21 pm

Press Release Author = FoundLocally.com Media Inc

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = FoundLocally.com has added two significant features to help over 90,000 retailer outlets, businesses and non-profit organizations reach an audience of 6 million annual visitors in a cost-effective manner, with coupons and news items.

Press Release Body = FoundLocally.com has added two significant features to help over 90,000 retailer outlets, businesses and non-profit organizations reach an audience of 6 million annual visitors in a cost-effective manner, with coupons and news items.

FoundLocally.com's Coupons can be used by businesses to post discounts and/or manufacturer's rebates on products or services, as well as for general sale announcements by stores and retail chains. This is expected to be popular with retailers, professional services, and restaurants offering introductory discounts. The new features build on the existing searchable business database, integrated with an events calendar and a job & volunteer opportunity listings. An efficient Power User module can "clone" a coupon to multiple locations in a chain managed by a Registered User. Coupons are searchable by consumers by title, store or keyword, and can be sorted in several user-defined ways to enhance functionality. The New Announcements feature enables businesses and community groups to post news releases and newsletters as part of their listings in FoundLocally.com's database. This feature is expected to be popular with businesses wishing to community not only with their customers but also to the general community, and provide an unfiltered and unedited version of an organization's achievements. News is searchable a number of ways, including by keyword.

FoundLocally.com has also streamlined the Login procedure and login help. With 90,000 businesses added over the years, many users have forgotten the login and password they used to register their organization. The site has added a "Forgot My Password" hint feature, which e-mails login information back to a Registered User's e-mail address. For those who cannot retrieve their login info, they can use the new "Claim This Listing" feature.

About FoundLocally

FoundLocally has 19 in-depth local information sites for major cities coast to coast, and reaches 6 million visitors a year. Communities include Victoria , Vancouver , Fraser Valley , Okanagan-Shuswaps, Rockies, Calgary , Edmonton , Saskatoon , Regina , Winnipeg , Thunder Bay , Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury , Niagara Falls , Ottawa , Fredericton , Charlottetown , Halifax , and St John's . The site provides detailed editorial information about a community, its government, consumer shopping, business-to-business, recreation, entertainment and sports, as well as travel in & around the community. The context-sensitive business directory helps consumers find local providers of a product or service, narrowing their search by community, part of town, postal code, or even by street. The site was launched in 1999. Web Site = http://www.FoundLocally.com

Contact Details = Mark Ruthenberg, General Manager

(403) 245-2194 mark@FoundLocally.com