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April 25, 2006
 

SMALL BUSINESS EXPERT DANIEL KEHRER JOINS BUSINESS.COM

Leading B2B Search Engine Appoints Popular Business Columnist as Content Editor

Santa Monica, Calif., April 25, 2006 – Business.com, the leading search engine designed and organized for business, today announced the addition of Daniel Kehrer as Content Editor. Kehrer is a top business editor, columnist and author with more than 20 years of business publishing experience.

Kehrer joins Business.com from his own business publishing venture, BizBest® Media, Inc., for which he writes a nationally syndicated column on small business. Kehrer's business books including Doing Business Boldly: The Art of Taking Intelligent Risks, Save Your Business a Bundle and 12 Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement, have been published in four languages worldwide. 

"We are very pleased that Dan Kehrer is joining the Business.com team," said Jake Winebaum, CEO and Co-Founder, Business.com. "Dan has been helping small businesses during his long career as a journalist, writing about every aspect of business, management and entrepreneurship. His experience and perspective will help make Business.com even more useful to our audience of small business decision makers."

"With my focus on creating resource-based content for a small business audience, and Business.com’s unrivaled position as the leading business search engine, it was only a matter of time until we joined forces to create the most compelling experience for professionals," said Dan Kehrer, Content Editor, Business.com. "I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to offer the best of the Web’s business-related content to help small business owners grow their companies."

Kehrer helped execute the launch of several national magazines focused on small business, entrepreneurship, banking, global finance and personal finance, including Maggie Award winners MyBusiness and Emerging Business. He has produced and developed online content, written for major magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Time and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, and has received numerous editorial and design awards.

Previously, Kehrer spent 10 years as a partner in Group IV Communications, Inc., where he helped create, edit and manage custom business publications for major corporations including Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, and Chase Manhattan.

Kehrer received his BA in Journalism from Marquette University and did graduate studies at American University in Washington, D.C. His business writing has reached millions of readers and he is a frequent guest on business-related radio and television programs.

About Business.com:

Business.com (http://www.business.com) is the leading business-to-business search engine, directory and online ad network. Founded in 1999, Business.com was recently named to the Inc. 500 and BtoB Magazine Media Power 50. The company’s investment partners include Benchmark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Reed Business Information and McGraw-Hill.

Media Contact:

Colleen Campbell
Slack Barshinger
312.970.5881
colleen.campbell@slackbarshinger.com

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