ATLANTA, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorVillage is pleased to introduce Greg Blandford as the new Director of Business Development. "Greg brings much needed talent to our team," says InvestorVillage Co-Founder, John Kidd. "With more than 14 years of relevant work experience, Greg will manage our sales initiatives, as well as identify and stimulate strategic relationships with our growing user base."

"I'm excited to come on board at such a pivotal point in the company's history," explains Blandford. "InvestorVillage is attracting a highly coveted demographic comprised of educated, affluent, self-directed investors. My near term goal is to establish relationships with quality advertisers so that we can serve up relevant ads across a variety of industries, including financial services, travel, luxury goods, and more. Longer term, I'm looking to build bridges between our site users and the various business and investment opportunities they express interest in."

Blandford's hiring follows the third consecutive month of solid growth for the popular investment research and discussion site. Since mid-July, the InvestorVillage traffic ranking has been steadily climbing, last month breaking into the top 10,000 sites for the first time, as reported by Alexa.com, a service that tracks traffic and usage trends for more than 16 million sites across the Web. InvestorVillage currently attracts over 30,000 daily users who visit the free finance site for in-depth discussion and debate of their favorite stocks.

The company attributes its burgeoning popularity to personalized customer service, as well as balanced, attentive message board management and a host of user-friendly features. "I will be the first to admit we caught a lucky break back in mid-July when Yahoo! Finance(R) upgraded its site, triggering a wave of comparison-shopping by stock message board users. We have been thrilled to learn from many of them how much they like what we have to offer at IV," says Ralph "Blue" Kidd, Co-Founder of InvestorVillage. "I believe our continued success is in large measure the result of listening carefully to our site users and giving them what they ask for as quickly, efficiently, and professionally as we can. With Greg's help on the revenue side of the business, we are positioning ourselves for market leadership and longevity."

About InvestorVillage

InvestorVillage was inspired by the vision of a tight-knit community of fellow investors capable of researching stocks and willing to share their due diligence with other investors. With a focus on attracting serious investors and maintaining civilized forums, InvestorVillage is quickly becoming the most engaging and informative stock discussion community on the web. Our site will continue to evolve based on member feedback and investor needs. For more information, please visit us at http://www.investorvillage.com/.

CONTACT: Sima Patel, Chief Operations Officer, +1-404-584-0108, or
sima@investorvillage.com, or advertising inquiries, Greg Blandford,
+1-404-437-7360, or greg@investorvillage.com, both of InvestorVillage

Web site: http://www.investorvillage.com/