LAS VEGAS — Timeless Communications, publishers of PLSN and FOH magazines, has made their Event Production Directory, the most widely distributed production directory of its kind, available online at www.EPDweb.com. The Web version of the ultimate production guide contains all the information found in the print version, along with several enhancements made possible by the power of the Web.
“It’s a quantum leap forward,” said Terry Lowe, publisher of the Directory. “The EPD has instantly become the industry’s preeminent search engine. All the information in the EPD is now online, and fully-searchable — not just by company, but by city, state or even a specific piece of gear.
Users at www.EPDweb.com can still look up information on a company from any Web-enabled device, but the true power of EPDweb.com comes in its search capabilities. On the road, it’s hard to know who around you has the gear you need. With EPDweb.com, users can search the directory based on their location — What audio rental shops are there in Milwaukee? — or even on a specific piece of gear — How many audio shops in Milwaukee carry the desk I need for tonight’s show? EPDweb.com can tell you, and even give you a map to the company. And this is possible across all the listings in all the categories of the EPD: Sound Lighting, Staging and Rigging, Pyro, Lasers, Video — everything.
“There is nothing like this online, anywhere,” said Timeless Communications’ editorial director Bill Evans. “Not only can this database literally save your show by helping you find that mission-critical piece of gear, but it can also drive your rental business. Because it’s Web-based, companies can add their listings and update their inventories anytime.”
Companies can log in to the EPDweb.com interface and add themselves as a listing at any time, immediately adding themselves to this powerful search engine. They can then add as much of their gear inventory as they’d like from the extensive online library. Even better, if they don’t see a piece of gear in the library they’d like listed, they can add it themselves, to be sure their listing is complete. Gear, location and contact info can all be updated at the click of a button. The more detailed the listing, the more users can harness the power of EPDweb.com for their benefit.
“This is the central repository of production information for our industry,” said Lowe. “Event producers, production managers and promoters will be able to use EPDweb.com to solicit bids for their events. Not only that, but rental and staging companies can leverage EPDweb.com to find cross-rental partners. The possibilities are limitless.”
EPDweb.com is now live, and it gives you all the power of the EPD, and more, wherever you are.
For more information, please see www.EPDweb.com.
