ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo is a vertical search engine focused on people, companies, and the relationships among them.
Overview
Zoom Information Inc. was founded by Jonathan Stern in 2000 as Eliyon Technologies. The company’s investors include Venrock Associates and Skeetnut Capital.[1]
The site powers people searches for Amazon’s A9.com and Business Week. ZoomInfo also allows users to collaborate in the construction of its content by contributing information to their own profiles or building new ones where none exists. Their database holds 95 million profiles of business professionals and 7 million company profiles. The features of their site allow users to search based on name, company, location, and vertical segments to generate leads.
The company drew around 4.5 million monthly users and generated circa $12 million in revenue from its fee-based and subscription services in 2007.[2]
Products
- ZoomInfo Pro
- ZoomInfo for Salesforce
- ZoomInfo Data Services
Competition
Zoominfo's competitors are sites such as BoardEx, InsideView, Spoke (website), Hoovers, Finderio.com and InfoUSA, and Lead411
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ ZoomInfo investors
- ↑ ZoomInfo expands into Web search for businesses - Reuters April 2, 2007
References
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- "ZoomInfo Announces Free Tool for Job Hunters". MarketWire.com. Dec 8, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- "Why the web world matters". The Lawyers Weekly. May 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- "ZoomInfo Provides Free Sales Prospecting Tool to Small Businesses". InfoToday.com. May 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- "ZoomInfo Zooms Marketers to Prospects". SemanticWeb.com. Dec 4, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
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