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| company_name = [[Company_Name:=Industrial Quick Search]]
| company_name = [[Company_Name:=Industrial Quick Search]]
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| founder =
| founder =
| location = {{flagicon|US}} [[City:=Grand Rapids|[[Directory:Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]]], [[State_Name:=Michigan|[[Directory:Michigan|Michigan]]]], [[Country_Name:=United States|[[Directory:United States|USA]]]]
| location = {{flagicon|US}} [[City:=Grand Rapids|[[Directory:Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]]], [[State_Name:=Michigan|[[Directory:Michigan|Michigan]]]], [[Country_Name:=United States|[[Directory:United States|USA]]]]
−| key_people = [[Key_Person1:=Mike Meiresonne|[[Directory:Mike Meiresonne|Mike Meiresonne]]]], [[Key_Person1_Title:=Owner|Owner]]<br>[[Key_Person2:=Janet Pratt]], [[Key_Person2_Title:=VP|Vice President]]
+| key_people = [[Key_Person1:=Mike Meiresonne|[[Directory:Mike Meiresonne|Mike Meiresonne]]]], [[Key_Person1_Title:=President|President]]<br>[[Key_Person2:=Janet Pratt]], [[Key_Person2_Title:=VP|Vice President]]
| industry = [[NAICS_Code1_Title:=Web Marketing|[[Web Marketing]]]]<br>[[NAICS_Code2_Title:=Online Directory Listing |[[Online Directory Listing]]]]
| industry = [[NAICS_Code1_Title:=Web Marketing|[[Web Marketing]]]]<br>[[NAICS_Code2_Title:=Online Directory Listing |[[Online Directory Listing]]]]
| products = <!-- Online directory listing services, SEO, web marketing, industry information and resources. -->
| products = <!-- Online directory listing services, SEO, web marketing, industry information and resources. -->
−| revenue = 0-1 Million
+| revenue = 4 Million
−| num_employees = [[Employees:=-25|-25]] (2009)
+| num_employees = [[Employees:=20|20]] (2009)
| contact = [[Address:=1500 E. Beltline]]<br>Grand Rapids, [[State_Code:=MI]] [[Zip:=49506]]<br>[[Phone:=877-977-5377]]<br>[[Web:=www.iqsdirectory.com, www.industrialquicksearch.com|[http://www.iqsdirectory.com Industrial Quick Search directory homepage]]]
| contact = [[Address:=1500 E. Beltline]]<br>Grand Rapids, [[State_Code:=MI]] [[Zip:=49506]]<br>[[Phone:=877-977-5377]]<br>[[Web:=www.iqsdirectory.com, www.industrialquicksearch.com|[http://www.iqsdirectory.com Industrial Quick Search directory homepage]]]
| reference = <!-- Reference items help facilitate search engine optimization (SEO) -->[[NAICS]]: [[NAICS_Code1:=54181]], [[NAICS_Code2:=54184]]<br>[[Attribute:Region1|Region]]: [[Region1:=Midwest|[[Directory:Midwest|Midwestern United States]]]]
| reference = <!-- Reference items help facilitate search engine optimization (SEO) -->[[NAICS]]: [[NAICS_Code1:=54181]], [[NAICS_Code2:=54184]]<br>[[Attribute:Region1|Region]]: [[Region1:=Midwest|[[Directory:Midwest|Midwestern United States]]]]
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== History ==
== History ==
−IQS was founded in 2002 by Mike Meiresonne, an experienced business-to-business Salesperson and a former Sales Representative for [[Thomas Register]]. The company quickly rose to become a primary competitor in the online directory industry and has kept up with larger service providers<ref name="InfoCommerce Report">[http://www.industrialquicksearch.com/PDF/Bigcompetitorsapproach.pdf IQS Takes on Big Competitors with a New Approach] originally published in ''InfoCommerce Report'' February 2004</ref> such as [[ThomasNet]], [[GlobalSpec]] and [[KellySearch]]. IQS originally used its individual domain sites to gain visibility on search engines, before Google had developed the capacity to spider directories and databases; when Google’s search capacities increased, the IQS Directory was introduced to enhance online visibility.
+IQS was founded in 2000 by Mike Meiresonne, an experienced business-to-business Salesperson and a former Sales Representative for [[Thomas Register]]. The company quickly rose to become a primary competitor in the online directory industry and has kept up with larger service providers<ref name="InfoCommerce Report">[http://www.industrialquicksearch.com/PDF/Bigcompetitorsapproach.pdf IQS Takes on Big Competitors with a New Approach] originally published in ''InfoCommerce Report'' February 2004</ref> such as [[ThomasNet]], [[GlobalSpec]] and [[KellySearch]]. IQS originally used its individual domain sites to gain visibility on search engines<ref name="Spiral Brushes Memo">[http://www.scribd.com/doc/12873537/Mike-Meiresonne-IQS-FINDINGS-OF-FACT-CO Testimonial] from Spiral Brushes, Inc.</ref> such as Google, which could only search static HTML pages; in 2004, when Google’s search capacities increased to include dynamically driven pages, the IQS Directory and its child pages were introduced to enhance online visibility.
−== Products and Recent Service Additions ==
== Products and Recent Service Additions ==
