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Spotzer hires McKinsey veteran as CFO

Bouke Marsman Joins Rapidly Growing Online Presence Pioneer

Amsterdam (December 19th, 2011) – Amsterdam based Spotzer Media Group  (www.spotzer.com) today announced McKinsey & Co consultant Bouke Marsman has joined as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Spotzer Mr. Marsman  worked for seven years with McKinsey & Company, most recently serving as a junior partner focusing on corporate strategy and M&A.  Previously he worked at Arthur D. Little for three years.

In addition to financial management, Mr. Marsman will have responsibility for strategic planning, human resources and corporate development for the five year old group that helps small and local businesses achieve high Google rankings through the creation and distribution of rich content across the web, video, mobile and social media.

“We are thrilled to welcome Bouke,” said Spotzer founder and CEO Andrew D. Klein.  “The caliber of his skills and his McKinsey strategy experience will benefit Spotzer greatly as we continue to develop new products and expand our sales channels and markets. “

“Every day more and more people are searching online for products and services,” added Mr. Marsman.  “Businesses seeking growth naturally are following consumers and rapidly shifting  traditional yellow page and print budgets to effective and affordable online presence services, which is exactly what the talented team at Spotzer has pioneered.”

“After working for years counseling senior executives of large corporations” Mr. Marsman added, “it is exciting to have an executive role at Spotzer and support small and local businesses to grow online”

About Spotzer

Spotzer Media Group (www.spotzer.com) provides small businesses with full service solutions for creating and maintaining online content that search engines and social networks reward with high exposure. The company’s solutions feature websites, videos, mobile sites and social media, with all packages including a combination of upfront creative services and ongoing services to refresh, redistribute and further optimize material to improve search rankings.

Based in Amsterdam and with offices in New York and Melbourne, the technology powered agency has produced online presence for more than 50,000 satisfied small businesses in 16 countries.  The company was founded in 2006 by serial Internet entrepreneur Andrew D. Klein and is backed by US and European venture capital investors, including Sierra Ventures, Cyrte Investments and SV Angel (Ron Conway.)

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Contacts for Spotzer

Inka Laukkanen

+31 20 305 4115

ilaukkanen@spotzer.com