JAZD & Grand View Media Group Announce the Grand Opening of WaterandWastewaterDirect

Andover, MA, June 8, 2011  - JAZD Markets, the leader in online B2B directory-driven marketplaces, along with premier B2B media partner Grand View Media Group, is excited to announce the global launch of WaterandWastewaterDirect Marketplace - the first fully-integrated B2B directory dedicated to serving the water and wastewater industry available at www.jazdwater.com/waterwastewaterdirect.

The WaterandWastewaterDirect Marketplace is opening with over 2,700 suppliers and 56,000 products and services for water technology buyers to compare. A state-of-the-art interactive experience for the global water and wastewater industries’ buyer combines comprehensive supplier listings with detailed company and product information, whitepapers, videos, blogs, and an easy-to-use Request-a-Quote function.  The Directory covers industrial and municipal water applications with products and services that span water treatment, storm water, wastewater, piping/valves, pumps, water software, analysis, sampling and more with a total of over 1,000 different product and service categories.

“The launch of WaterandWastewaterDirect is a perfect extension of the Processing, Water Technology and Flow Control brands,” said Jamie Bedard, Founder and CEO at JAZD.  “Working with the Grand View Media Group, we are able to provide their audience a full range of research, purchasing, education and networking tools.” Grandview’s highly targeted audience of water related buyers spans their B2B publishing brands of Processing, Global Processing, Flow Control and Water Technology.

 “Through our partnership with JAZD we can offer our worldwide audience a robust, and cost-effective directory solution,” said Barry Lovette, Vice President and General Manager, Grand View Media Group, EBSCO Industries, Inc.  “WaterandWastewaterDirect delivers an outstanding way for our top water industry suppliers to connect with a highly targeted client base right when they are making their purchasing decisions. The Directory drives supplier brand awareness and fills the pipeline with leads for their business.”

About JAZD Markets:
JAZD is the leading B2B directory-driven marketing-as-a-service company for B2B publishers, headquartered in Andover, MA.  JAZD combines directory placement, display advertising, lead generation, content integration, social media and vertical search into an innovative directory platform where advertisers can measure and optimize the value from their online marketing spend. Learn more about JAZD at http://www.jazdmarkets.com.

About Grand View Media Group
Grand View Media Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, a multi-billion dollar international conglomerate based in Birmingham, Ala. Grand View Media Group specializes in consumer and business-to-business magazines, as well as custom publishing. The company currently publishes 15 titles and three directories covering the outdoors and business-to-business markets. Learn more at http://www.gvmg.com/.