Posts Tagged ‘directory’

Top 5 ways Yellow Pages Group informs Canadians of its opt-out program

Top 5 ways Yellow Pages Group informs Canadians of its opt-out program

How do you look for the phone number of your local plumber? Is it on your mobile, on your computer or in the phone book? As Canadians are now looking for information on local businesses and people in a variety of ways, YPG offers the choice to Canadians to opt-out of receiving the print directory. When launched in 2009, YPG was one of the first directory publishers internationally to offer such a program. In a context where a majority of Canadians continue to use our print directory, one of our challenges is to inform online savvy Canadians that if they no longer need a print directory, they can opt-out. Here are the top 5 ways we are using to achieve this objective. Read More

How is the Yellow PagesTM Print Directory Distributed?

How is the Yellow PagesTM Print Directory Distributed?

At YPG, one of the toughest jobs is the distribution of the print Yellow PagesTM directory. I have tried it out several times and fully appreciate how difficult it is. It’s not only a physical feat of strength but also demands focus and attention to determine the right amount of books to be delivered to the right address based on our delivery records. Read More

Today’s Moment of Honesty

Today’s Moment of Honesty

It hurts to work at YPG today. You heard me. It hurts to see our stock price “plunging” or “sinking”…to quote some colourful media headlines. We all feel the pain as both employees and investors. Trust me. It was a day filled with water cooler discussion around here. We are not immune. It hurts us... Read More

Five Minutes or Less…what it takes to opt-out

Five Minutes or Less…what it takes to opt-out

Where am I going with this? Well, as a YPG employee, I’m often told by people that they are tired of receiving the phone book since they never use it. In their opinion, it doesn’t make sense that it is still delivered every year…. it’s a waste of paper... nobody uses it anymore, and so on and so forth….see a pattern here? So why not take action immediately? If you don’t want the book, Take a brief five minutes and opt-out of the directory delivery list at: delivery.ypg.com Read More

It’s here! Our blog is finally going live!

It’s here! Our blog is finally going live!

We’re very excited and quite eager to start what will be a new journey for YPG. We’ve never had a company blog before, and now is the time to get to it and give a voice to the talented people internally that have something to say. YPG is a formidable organization. I’ve grown and learned... Read More