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TurnHere Partners With Kudzu.com to Offer Online Video Services for Local Service Providers
Interactive Web Site Brings Local Businesses to Life Through Authentic, Narrative Videos
| Source: TurnHere
EMERYVILLE, CA--(Marketwire - April 8, 2008) - TurnHere, Inc., the leading online video
solutions platform, today announced a new partnership with Kudzu.com, an interactive Web site that
connects ready-to-buy consumers with local businesses to create engaging online videos that showcase the
providers' expertise and allow viewers to connect with and learn more about
local merchants.
Kudzu.com provides the proven tools to help local businesses experience
growth while quickly connecting consumers with the trustworthy, recommended
resources they need. Online video is
a valuable asset for the site as it gives consumers a behind-the-scenes
look at local businesses and the philosophies and personalities of
individual business owners. Kudzu.com can offer this service to its
participating businesses in a very cost-effective way, enabling them to
take advantage of the benefits of online video. TurnHere has a proven track record in
creating professional videos for local service providers such as plumbers,
electricians, doctors, mechanics, party planners and more.
"By supplementing our Kudzu.com listing with video, we can really showcase
the care and detail that goes into our cleaning service," said Anna
Zanthos, owner of Persnickety Cleaners. "Highlighting our business and the
people that make it successful is a valuable marketing tool that helps
potential customers make the decision to call on us ahead of our
competitors."
"Partnering with TurnHere adds
another dimension to the breadth of services we offer to our listed
companies," said Edward Rosenfeld, director of business development for
Kudzu.com. "Kudzu.com focuses on giving businesses the tools they need to
tell their own stories. Consumers use this information to make important
hiring decisions, and video provides a memorable and compelling addition to
a robust business profile."
"Kudzu.com is well known for providing the type of information that helps
its users choose the best service providers for their needs. The addition
of video to business profiles, in conjunction with existing features like
service descriptions, photos, special offers and customer reviews, will
make the information even more compelling and create a greater yield for
those service providers that feature online video," said Morgan Brown,
director of marketing of TurnHere. "Increasingly, companies are realizing
the power of online video to tell authentic and engaging stories and
generate real business results. With our network of locally based
filmmakers across the world, we are uniquely suited to create high-quality
video for Kudzu.com advertisers in just days."
About TurnHere, Inc.
TurnHere, Inc. is a leading platform for online video production and
provides studio-quality Internet video advertising and Web distribution for
companies in a wide range of industries including media, publishing,
travel, local and real estate. The company leverages its growing network of
more than 3,200 professional filmmakers across more than 50 countries to
create affordable Internet videos that deliver emotionally engaging and
authentic content to the right audiences. With deep backgrounds in media
and video production, TurnHere works with customers on creative treatments
to help produce effective venues for building online traffic. Founded in
2005, the company is privately held with headquarters in Emeryville,
California, and offices in New York. www.turnhere.com
About Kudzu.com
In the South, the Kudzu plant is legendary because of its fast, virtually
unstoppable growth. Like its namesake, Kudzu.com provides the proven tools
to help businesses experience tremendous growth while quickly connecting
consumers with the trustworthy, recommended resources for home, health and
other services they need. During 2007, a total of six million jobs were
performed because of Kudzu.com and over 13 million businesses are already
listed as the company expands to key markets nationwide. Kudzu.com combines
an entrepreneurial mentality with strong business acumen and resources as a
subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, one of the nation's leading media companies.
Cox's other businesses include Cox Communications, Manheim, AutoTrader.com,
Travel Channel, Valpak and other prominent newspapers, TV and radio
companies. For more information, visit www.kudzu.com.