About the Magazine
We don’t list local experts. We recognize them.
Local Experts Magazine is a professional publication that features trusted local experts across a wide range of industries: attorneys, lenders, dentists, contractors and other specialists. Each one is recommended through a network of respected peers and industry professionals. Through in-depth profiles and educational spotlights, we help readers connect with professionals who have earned the confidence of the people who know their work best.
How an expert is featured
Earned, not bought.
- 01Recommended
Featured professionals come to us through a referral-based network of respected peers and industry professionals.
- 02Interviewed
We sit down with each expert and build the story from their own words, their work and the clients they serve.
- 03Checked
Before anything is published, we check the facts we print, and the expert reviews and approves their feature.
Meet the editors
The people behind every issue.
Richard Roy
Publisher & Editor
Richard has spent more than 25 years helping local businesses get found online. He runs Market Share Media and leads the technical side of Sytec AI, the company behind Local Experts Magazine. He oversees every feature from the first interview to publication, with one standard: get it right before it goes out. He is also a co-author of SearchShift: Thriving Online, a book on how AI is changing search, available on Amazon.
Randy Van Ittersum
Editor
Randy is Richard’s partner at Sytec AI and is often the first person a featured expert talks to. He believes the professionals worth recommending are the ones who tell you the truth before they tell you the price, and he holds the magazine to the same rule. If a feature isn’t the right fit, Randy will say so. Randy is also a co-author of SearchShift: Thriving Online, available on Amazon.
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