Leicester, United Kingdom (PressExposure) April 24, 2010 -- The CityLocal franchise for Isle of Man is now being launched by Richard and Karl. Richard Delaney was interested in franchise opportunities for years within the online sector and had spent a lot of his time searching for the right business. Richard says "When I came across CityLocal, it really intrigued me after seeing what else is out there".
Richard continues "CityLocal's offering is different from other opportunities. What interested me mostly was how CityLocal combined the best features from other similar directories and portal sites and amalgamated them onto one, easy to use site. Effectively CityLocal does not do anything new but instead they just do it better."
Richard's career history has been very varied. Up until 2006 he was the Offshore Sales Manager for British Telecom covering the Isle of Man, Jersey & Guernsey. Since then he changed his career path and has owned his own landscaping company, Natural Landscapes Limited, for over 4 years.
To add to this between 2001 and 2005, he also owned a nightclub on the Isle of Man but has always have had an affinity for IT & technology hence his return to this sector.
Karl Millar, Richard's business partner in CityLocal, also has a similar background in technology. He works for the Isle of Man Government in the technology division and is a qualified engineer for Apple Computers. Previous to this Karl held another post with the Government in the Education division. Karl's sales background stems from his time with a local IT service provider almost ten years ago which was where they both met.
Richard continues "The market is very competitive and there are many choices for the customer that offers a return on investment for them. However, CityLocal is so much more than a business directory which makes us stand out against our competitors.
We can promote CityLocal as a local internet portal for our territory with a site that carries relevant, up-to-date information and features which makes the site a key utility for residents and used on a daily basis. It is this daily site traffic that we need to sit us apart from our competitors as businesses and organisations will want to advertise their services on sites that are used by their potential customers.
It is these features coupled with the intensive, ongoing future site developments and of course us, the franchisees that will push CityLocal to become the No.1 local information hub and business directory in the UK, Ireland and Isle of Man!"
"The training offered is well structured and balanced. Being from IT backgrounds, Karl and I are both reasonably advanced but still learned very much about SEO and how this system works for CityLocal and what we need to do to achieve these results. But I don't think that the training stops after these sessions and there is much more for us to learn in the coming days, weeks and beyond."
"It was a pleasure to speak with Zak & Sarah and they both were swift to respond to any queries I had in the run up to purchasing the franchise. Upon our initial visit Nazir was very helpful in answering our questions and it was after this meeting that we decided that we would go ahead with the opportunity."
"We are looking forward to the challenges ahead with this opportunity. Like with any new business we have to establish ourselves fast. There is so much scope with CityLocal with additional revenue streams such as SiteLocal - CityLocal very own website building service - and the Door Drops that we can offer our customers. We believe in and understand the product and service that we are selling. We understand that personality is extremely important as people buy from people and we both are looking forward to a bright future with CityLocal."
With close to 150million hits in 2009, CityLocal is positioning itself to be the most powerful online and offline business model in the UK. There has been a huge investment in the business already and there is a further serious financial injection being made for its new launch in summer 2010. This will make CityLocal the number one local business promotion company in the UK and Ireland.
If you are interested in discovering how you can be your own boss in an exciting market place, go to http://www.citylocal.co.uk/businessfranchise/ and email franchise@citytlocal.co.uk or call 08448 844 815 today to find out more.