History of Your Town Yellow Pages
- February 2003
- Your
Town Yellow Pages LLC is formed by CW & Benita Roberts and the first
directory; Carrollton, Addison & Farmers Branch, is launched. CW
Roberts brings with him over 30 years of sales and management experience
including the yellow pages industry since 1986. CW was a top performer
with GTE Directories (now Verizon) and a Grand Master at Transwestern
Publishing from 1999-2003. Benita Roberts brings with her an extensive
sales and management background in both yellow pages and other industries. Benita
owned her own photography company for years. In
addition she was a Grand Master at Transwestern Publishing from 2001-2003.
- July 2003
- Your
Town Yellow Pages announces the start up of the Park Cities Directory.
- November 2003
- The 1st Edition of Carrollton, Addison & Farmers Branch is published
to rave reviews from the marketplace.
- June 2004
- Your
Town Yellow Pages partners with Jack Furst of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.
- July 2004
- Industry
veteran Scott Tracht joins Your Town Yellow Pages as Vice President of
the East Texas Division. Scott brings over 10 years of sales and
management experience in the print and Internet yellow pages industry. Scott
launches Kaufman-Van Zandt, Lake Tawakoni and the Lake Fork directories.
- January 2006
- Your
Town Yellow Pages publishes the first edition of the Plano, Allen, Frisco & The
Colony directory, becoming the first Independent publisher to closely
match the coverage area of Verizon.
- March 2006
- John
Woodall takes an equity position in the company, partnering with CW and Benita Roberts and Scott Tracht. John brings over 20 years
of experience in the yellow pages with executive management
roles with Pacific Coast Publishing, YP Tel, Worldpages.Com and Phone
Directories Company.
- April 2006
- Your
Town Yellow Pages launches 6 new directories: Lewisville, Garland,
Denton, Paris, Mt Pleasant, & Tyler.
- September 2006
- Your Town Yellow Pages launches 2 new directories: Sherman-Denison-Bonham & Cooke
County and surrounding areas. In addition, the towns of McKinney,
Anna, Melissa, Princeton are added to the Plano,
Frisco, Allen & The Colony
directory.
- November 2006
- Your Town Yellow Pages launches 2 new directories: Wise & Montague Counties, and NW Tarrant County.
- December 2006
- Your Town Yellow Pages is pleased to announce they have been selected as the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce's 2006 Business of the Year. The Company's growth and employee satisfaction, along with phenomenal sales performance contributed to this outstanding accomplishment.
- January 2007
- Industry maven James Roberts takes an equity position with the company, partnering with CW and Benita Roberts, Scott Tracht, & John Woodall. James brings over 19 years of experience in the yellow pages with Verizon, formerly GTE.
- February 2007
- Your Town Yellow Pages launches 3 new directories: SW Tarrant County & surrounding areas, West Fort Worth & surrounding areas, and Longview & surrounding areas.
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