About Us

FoundLocally has built a chain of 30 locally-focussed community portals across Canada, as well as targetted portals TransCanadaHighway.com and MovinginCanada.com for the travel and the real estate sectors. These sites attract an ever-growing web-savvy audience of 15 million visitors a year. Even more intriguing is, our traffic was generated without any traditional media, just "word of mouse" and word of mouth.

Did You Know? Businesses--large and small-- and community groups can take advantage of FoundLocally's FREE LISTINGS in our high-traffic itneractive business directory. To do this, click on your FoundLocally.com Community and then "Free Listings". Only local (ie "bricks & mortar") businesses qualify for a free local listing. If you are part of a larger organization (ie a chain), just add the first one, and contact us to find out how WE will clone your other locations to our directory for you, at no cost!

FoundLocally.com Media Inc. began in 1999 to develop a Calgary community information portal, quickly expanding to seven cities and now reaching coast-to-coast. We help local businesses reach local consumers, against global competitors aided by global portals.

Mark Ruthenberg brought together the resources to start FoundLocally, with the vision of creating affordable internet marketing opportunities for small business and community organizations across Canada, and providing first-rate family-friendly, school-friendly and office-friendly Internet content and resources. The unique business model enabled FoundLocally to expand and grow each year without any andditional capital or debt since its founding (see Alberta Venture, October 2007).

Canada's leading Internet advertising bureau, 24/7 RealMedia, has represented FoundLocally to national advertisers (and their ad agencies) since 2000.

FoundLocally also develops web sites using our unique Zero Maintenance Design Philosophy, which speeds development, reduces site upkeep, and lowers costs.