The Local Life

Providence, RI, February 1, 2010 — Providence Media, a rapidly expanding Rhode Island-based company that publishes five publications, announces a new partnership with TheProvidenceLife.com, an internet company with operations in Connecticut, New York and the Washington D.C. area. Both companies are joining forces to provide a dynamic, interactive and hyperlocal website for the city of Providence. Sales support will be supplied by Providence Media while the technical expertise will come from The Local Life, which currently operates websites in eight East Coast cities.

Providence Media has been producing free regional lifestyle magazines for 35 years, starting with the publication of East Side Monthly in 1975. Providence Monthly, the flagship title for the media group, was added in 1997. The real growth, however, has occurred in the past two and a half years. Providence Media has launched three successful new magazines: SO Rhode Island, which covers the southern part of Rhode Island from East Greenwich to Watch Hill; The Bay, a monthly publication that covers the East Bay from East Providence to Portsmouth and into Southeastern Massachusetts; and In Providence, the publishing group’s first foray into the tourist market. With combined monthly circulation of over 70,000, the media group has more than doubled its size in the past two years.

Originally launched in 2007, TheProvidenceLife.com has been redesigned to incorporate the new content accessibility while adding an interactive, user-friendly, advertiser-driven platform that has proven successful in Stamford and New Haven, Connecticut, Saratoga Springs, New York and four cities in the Baltimore-Washington area. The site highlights the arts, entertainment, shopping, and dining scenes in Providence.

For additional information on the new joint venture, contact Jeanette St. Pierre, Publishing Director for Providence Media: jeanette@providenceonline.com or 401-521-0023; or George Ehinger, Managing Director of The Local Life: george@thelocallife.com.

The Providence Life
Local Territory Manager

Job Description:

TheProvidenceLife.com, the premier online guide for people looking to shop, dine. stay or play in Providence, is looking for an outgoing, fun, results oriented, sales executive to join our team on a part time (2-3 days/week) basis as our Local Territory Manager. The ideal candidate loves living in Providence, embraces the power of the internet as a business and social networking tool, and either has or is eager to build relationships with the owners of Providence’s restaurants, shops, hotels, and businesses.

As our Local Territory Manager you will continue to make TheProvidenceLife.com an essential part of the community by 1) helping existing and new accounts use our advertising platform to tell their story to active buyers, 2) reaching out to community organizations, artists and musicians to help populate our events calendars, and 3) by working with our corporate marketing team to develop fun, community building contests, promotions and email campaigns.

Who would excel at this job? If you really love Providence and all it has to offer locals and visitors alike, you understand and embrace the internet as an advertising and community building platform, and you thrive on meeting people and building relationships with local business owners, then this job would be a good fit for you. In addition you have a natural insinct for marketing and communication, you can work indenpendtly and you are able to set your own priorities.

Preference given to applicants with the following qualifications:

• Strong ties to Providence via community involvement
• Restaurant or retail management experience
• Sales or teaching experience
• Ad sales experience-especially internet based
• Proven ability to work independtly
• Natural instinct for marketing and communication and good instincts for words, images and ideas that make people act.
• Most importantly you want to help locally owned businesses succeed and Providence thrive.

Compensation—position is heavily commission based but there is a strong revenue history and good account base. Details provided to qualified applicants.

Contact: Please email your resume and qualifications to george@thelocallife.com .