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It's the million pound man

5th November 2010

Michael Lewis of Thornaby has a million reasons to celebrate having received a special award from his employers Infoserve for being the first person to break through the £1m sales barrier.

The Darlington-based online local search and business directory specialists held an Oscar-themed awards evening at the Tall Trees Hotel in Yarm, to acknowledge the excellent performances of its team members following a record sales year.

In addition to awards being given to several employees for customer care, team effort, commitment, and sales performance, Michael was presented with a special gift of a £1000 made to measure suit from a top class London tailor for achieving the million pound milestone after just six years with Infoserve.

Speaking about his achievement, Michael said,

“When I joined Infoserve I knew very little about the way companies could use the internet to market themselves.

“However thanks to the quality training and mentoring I received I was soon able to help businesses be found easily and cost-effectively by local people looking for their goods and services online.

“We also supported by a team of about 50 people developing new products and creating programmes to ensure our customers stay one step ahead of their competitors.”

Sales director of Infoserve, Mark Riley, is delighted with Michael’s achievement.

“It was great to present Michael with the award in front of 75 of his colleagues. We have a great atmosphere in the office and they were all delighted for him.

“Michael is also testament that with the right training and mentoring people can develop a successful career in telephone sales.”

For further information, please contact:

Peter Downey
Source Marketing Communications
Tel: 0113 380 1644
Email: peter@sourcemc.co.uk

Key appointment made as Infoserve adds 30 new staff.

3rd November 2010

Tom Martin has joined Leeds-based Infoserve, the online business directories and local search specialist, as operations manager to assist with its rapid growth and product development strategy.

The appointment follows the recruitment of 30 people in Leeds in just two months.

Six new personnel in production, software development and copywriting have been recruited at the Leeds Bradford Airport head office, while 24 media sales executives are now working at the new sales operation, which opened in The Calls at the beginning of September.

In the newly created role, Tom Martin will be reporting to the operations director, Derek Oliver, and be primarily responsible for the leadership of the business’ operational functions, including technical, IT and software development.

He joins from Wetherby-based software development company, iQ Business where he was IT project manager. Prior to that he was responsible for a number of IT support roles at Nuffield Health.

Derek Oliver believes Tom’s appointment is key to enabling Infoserve to progress to its next stage of development.

“With the addition of 30 people at the new Leeds office and ongoing recruitment in our Darlington operation, we now have approximately 150 sales people,” he said.

“To cater for the significant increase in new business generated by additional personnel it is essential we maintain and regularly improve the systems we have in place. Furthermore if we are to stay ahead of our competitors we need to continually introduce innovative products to ensure our customers take advantage of the rapid growth in online search.

“Tom will be using his skills and experience to oversee the various operational functions to ensure we remain at the forefront of technology.”

Photograph: Tom Martin, Operations Manager, Infoserve

For further information, please contact:

Peter Downey
Source Marketing Communications
Tel: 0113 380 1644
Email: peter@sourcemc.co.uk

Infoserve Group PLC today announced the release of a new website product aimed at giving businesses visibility, quickly through the major search engines.

1st November 2010

The new KeySite product has been introduced to compliment the existing range of website products Infoserve has to offer.

KeySites combine elements from a series of products including; SEO, a professional website design, an easy to use content management system and traffic statistics. Creating a high profile web presence that can be live and ranking in a matter of days.

The KeySites focus on specific products or services that a business has to offer, enabling targeted traffic specifically for the key revenue generators a business wants to be found for through the search engines.

A user friendly interface enables businesses to measure their KeySites results through traffic Statistics and keep it up to date through a simple content management system, that even the most technically challenged will find easy to use.

If you are interested in finding out more about Infoserve’s KeySites please call 0845 36 77 500.

Examples:

Infoserve Ltd. Registered in England & Wales, Number 5750143. Registered Office: South Side Aviation, Leeds Bradford Int'l Airport, Leeds, LS19 7UG
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