Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal announced Wednesday that the firm has expanded into Canada, and opened up a new sales office in Toronto for its online marketing services. The venture-backed firm, which helps small and medium sized businesses place Internet advertising, said that its first Canadian location will cater to local businesses in the Greater Toronto area. ReachLocal helps businesses place pay-per-click The new office will be headed by Alyn Glazerman. The firm is backed by more than $67M in funding from VantagePoint Venture Partners, Rho Ventures and Galleon

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal filed for an IPO this morning, saying that it is looking to raise up to $100M. Accoriding to ReachLocal, it had net income of $11.6M ReachLocal is backed by such firms as VantagePoint Venture Partners, Rho Ventures, and Galleon Group. ReachLocal The firm's IPO is being underwritten by J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, citi, Piper Jaffray, Needham & Company, and Broadpoint.Gleacher.

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which operates a service to help small and medium sized businesses place online advertising, said this morning that it is adding a online display advertising product to its mix. The firm said its new offering, ReachDisplay, will help local advertisers place online visual display ads on multiple web sites. ReachLocal The service is an expansion of the firm's existing services, which are focused on keyword-based search advertising and related tracking and analytics of those ads. The firm is backed by $67.9M

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal said late Tuesday that it has expanded into the United Kingdom, and opened up a new office in London. ReachLocal, which provides services that help local businesses buy search engine advertising, said it has launched ReachLocal UK Ltd., ReachLocal's paid search ads are placed in Google, Yahoo!, which will offer its local online marketing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses in the UK. MSN, and other search engine, to generate leads for local businesses.

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small businesses buy search engine advertising, has inked a strategic alliance with Google in the United Kingdom, the firm announced today. ReachLocal said that it has become an "Authorised Reseller" of Google's AdWords in the UK, through its UK site, ReachLocal UK . ReachLocal opened up its UK office in London in November, The company already provides similar services in the United States, and also recently opened an office in Canada. ReachLocal is venture backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Rho Ventures and

Magazine’s “Inc 500″ list is it helps to identify all of those big, private companies — who, in another world, might have been public. ReachLocal One of the interesting things about Inc. It’s interesting to note the large number of Southern California firms with very big revenue numbers who are private — in fact, if you sort the Inc.

This brilliant business model has grown fast and has helped many companies grow their revenue. To generate phone traffic, we tried ReachLocal. Today I met with Jason Spievak, CEO of Ring Revenue.  Jason is another local Santa Barbara CEO and we had a great chat about Make It Work, Ring Revenue, Affiliate Marketing and life in SB. He’s a great guy and taught me a bunch of new things

Wherever customers are online, ReachLocal helps businesses find them with the broadest reach of local digital media, a dedicated force of local Internet Marketing Consultants, and technology that continually optimizes results. A stealth internet advertising / publishing renaissance is quietly happening in Southern California 10 years after the dot com bubble burst. Any investor who tells you its hard to build management teams and big companies in Southern California is disconnected from the real markets.

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