SBCC's Scheinfeld Center Presented “A Conversation with Brian Coryat”

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 16, 2012 - Santa Barbara, CA - November 16, 2012 -- Santa Barbara City College’s Scheinfeld Center presented “A Conversation with Brian Coryat” as part of its Enlightened Entrepreneurship Series. Brian Coryat (Google+ (https://plus.google.com/106695401677275613843/posts))  was the Founder of ValueClick and is the current Founder and CEO of Local Market Launch in Santa Barbara.

At this event, Brian discussed coming to Santa Barbara and quickly realizing that he needed to start  his own business if he wanted to be able to provide for his family. Brian told the story of his first businesses which started in his garage. After some successes, Brian then founded ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) which he later took public.

Brian is now onto his newest venture, Local Market Launch, a company focused on Local Search Optimization (http://localsearchoptimization.com/) and Internet Business Listings. As Brian stated, “Local Market Launch aims to provide a suite of tools for the local business owner to effectively market themselves online in local search results.” Local Market Launch was founded on 1/1/12 and is currently ranked the #2 Local SEO Company on the internet by TopSEOs.com.

"The Enlightened Entrepreneurship Series is offered as an experiential component of the Scheinfeld Center’s academic program,” said SBCC's Scheinfeld Center's director Melissa Moreno. “Our series gives students and our community access to highly successful and unique local entrepreneurs and innovators which we hope infuses inspiration and motivation in new entrepreneurs and existing business owners.”

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Local Market Launch is dedicated to providing the highest quality tools to help local businesses get found online. Their flagship service, Local Search Optimization, provides directory listings necessary for a business to have an outstanding online presence. Their other products include reputation management.

For more information about Brian Coryat visit LocalMarketLaunch.com. You can also connect with Local Market Launch on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/localmarketlaunch), Twitter (https://twitter.com/LocalSearchOpt) and Google+ (https://plus.google.com/110600874349572884578/posts).