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Zvents 2010 Year in Review: Record growth and product innovation
SAN MATEO, CA, Feb. 1, 2011 - Zvents, the leader in local events discovery and promotion today announced record growth in 2010 with 11 million monthly unique users, more than 140,000 event promoters and 300 media partners across the US.
"2010 was a busy and exciting year marked by traffic and engagement growth and product innovation" said Ethan Stock, CEO and founder of Zvents. "We've seen the rapid expansion of our entertainment network into Mobile and the Facebook ecosystem, as well as strong growth of our web audience."
In September 2010, Zvents launched a new Facebook application for local events and entertainment and now provides users access to more than 600,000 event listings within Facebook.
Among the many accomplishments of the Zvents team in 2010 is the continued growth of the Premium Listings advertising product, launched in 2009 and now seen as a default advertising solution for many regional and national entertainment advertisers. Current national advertising partners include LiveNation, AEG, and Cirque Du Soleil.
Local online advertising, estimated at $12 billion in 2010 is expected to be a driver of overall online advertising growth in 2011 and beyond. Entertainment advertising represents a large and growing opportunity.
Overview of Zvents accomplishments in 2010:
- 11 million monthly uniques
- 140,000 self-serve event advertisers
- 3 million events listed in 211 Cities across the US
- 600,000 events a month available within Facebook via the Zvents Facebook app
About Zvents:
Zvents is the leading producer of entertainment guides online, helping more than 11 million monthly users find fun and interesting things to do in their area while helping thousands of event advertisers increase attendance at their events. More than 15,000 advertisers work with Zvents every month to promote a wide range of local events and activities, including live music, performing arts, sporting events and community activities. In addition to its own branded destination site Zvents.com, Zvents produces online entertainment guides for 300 media partners, including major national sites and brands such as AT&T's Yellowpages.com and YP.COM, Microsoft's MSN and Bing properties, as well as premier local media brands such as SFGate, the Denver Post, Seattle PI, Boston.com, the Dallas Morning News, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, New York Daily News, and the Orange County Register.