No. 9520
Supplier Finder
The following organizations have Web sites designed to help companies find suppliers in their fields.
BUSINESS ON THE INTERNET
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- Internet.com is a comprehensive site that provides global real-time news, information and media resources for the Internet industry and information technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. The site offers Buyer's Guides for ISP's, ASP's Web hosts, and Web designers.
DIRECT MARKETING
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- Dma.org. is the Web site of the Direct Marketing Association, offering information on resources, conferences, workshops, seminars, research, an online bookstore, a job bank, and more. Go to http://www.the-dma.org.
- Lists: These companies offer you the ability to download databases via the Internet:
EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION
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The Incentive Federation. Comprising the leading associations, trade shows, and some of the top suppliers in the incentive field, the Federation monitors federal regulations affecting the industry, conducts research on use of incentives, and manages the Incentive Promotion Campaign, the industry-wide effort to promote professional use of incentives. Call 908-233-4009; e-mail hhenry333@aol.com.
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Promotion Marketing Association. The leading association in the field of marketing and promotion services, its Web site offers extensive links and how-to and reference information on the business. Call 212-420-1100; go to http://www.pmalink.org.
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Association of Retail Marketing Services. Members include suppliers of incentive services to retailers and direct marketers from a broad spectrum of industries.ARMS conducts research on retail marketing and has an annual trade show of retail marketing suppliers, along with a newsletter that tracks promotions and legal developments. Call 732-842-5070; go to http://www.goarms.com.
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Incentive Marketing Association. IMA promotes the use of incentive programs as effective tools. Membership includes manufacturers, representatives, distributors, incentive houses, gift certificate suppliers, and marketing agencies. Holds annual education programs at trade shows. Call 630-369-7780; go to http://www.incentivemarketing.org.
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Incentive Promotion Campaign. IPC directs an industry-supported effort to promote the professional use of incentives to industry at large. It manages the industry Web site and conducts a marketing and public relations campaign. Call 800-832-9932, ext. 240; go to http://www.incentivecentral.org.
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Promotional Products Association International. Serves suppliers and distributors of promotional products, many of which also handle premiums. Has trade shows, a magazine, Web services, and education programs. Call 972-252-0404; go to http://www.ppai.org.
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Association of Promotion Marketing Agencies Worldwide. Provides members, primarily executives at promotion marketing agencies, with professional support, management development, research, and a forum for the exchange of ideas. Call 203-325-3911; go to http://www.apmaw.org.
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Incentive Manufacturers Representatives Association. Represents factory-direct salespeople in the incentive business, along with manufacturers. IMRA publishes a handbook for suppliers, conducts an annual marketing conference, and offers a free directory of incentive representatives. Call 703-610-9021; go to http://www.imra1.org.
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Society of Incentive & Travel Executives. Offers educational programs for users and suppliers of incentive travel. SITE provides literature on the use of incentive travel, as well as a compilation of research. Call 212-575-0910; go to http://www.site-intl.org.
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The Employee Involvement Association (EIA) is an international organization serving professional managers and administrators by providing quality educational programs, publications and networking opportunities. The role of Employee Involvement is a keystone of organizational development through the empowerment of people using team-building and suggestion-gathering methods. Call 515-282-8192 or go to http://www.eianet.org/.
EVENT MARKETING
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- Sponsorship.com: International Events Group (IEG) has a home page featuring information on their conferences/workshops, a Job Forum, links to related sites, etc. IEG Sponsorship Sourcebook describes companies that participate in sponsorships. It lists over 4,000 sponsors, 300 advertising, public relations, and marketing agencies, and 1,600 sponsorship opportunities.
- Three other Web sites cover the event business, with some information and search capabilities. Go to http://www.eventsource.com or http://www.event-planner.com or http://www.eventweb.com/.
INCENTIVES
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- Incentivecentral.org is a true portal to the incentive business sponsored by top associations involved with incentives and by leading suppliers. Incentivecentral.org was created to provide business management with objective and thorough information on all aspects of the incentive industry, including critical issues, resources, case studies, incentive benchmark tools, and how-to and reference articles.
- IncentivesAtWork.com is a joint initiative of Incentive and Potentials magazines. This comprehensive site includes information on the status of the industry, how to motivate employees, increase company productivity, and generate new business. There is also a section on incentive travel, plus job market sources, suppliers, event calendar, and industry resources.
- Motivationshow.com has probably the largest database of merchandise suppliers devoted to the incentive and corporate gifts business.
INCENTIVE TRAVEL
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- Site-intl.org is the Web site of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives, and lists well over 1,000 companies active in the incentive travel business throughout the world. Companies using incentive travel and motivational meetings will find that SITE members generally understand the needs of corporate buyers more than nonmembers.
- IncentivesAtWork.com is a joint initiative of Incentive and Potentials magazines. This comprehensive site includes information on the status of the industry, how to motivate employees, increase company productivity, and generate new business. There is also a section on incentive travel, plus job market sources, suppliers, event calendar, and industry resources.
- MeetWeb.com features a multilingual Supplier Databank containing information on more than 10,000 service providers to the meetings industry worldwide.
- Mmaweb.com offers some information and search capabilities.
- Mim.com offers some information and search capabilities.
- Motivationshow.com has a large database of companies dedicated to the meetings business, including hotel chains, airlines, destination management companies, tourist boards.
- Plansoft.com: PlanSoft Network is a comprehensive multimedia information and communications network for the meetings and hospitality industries. It allows you to search databases of meeting facilities and industry suppliers. With its Ajenis Planning Software, it enables you to view guestrooms and meeting space, select your audio/visual, food, beverage, and equipment needs, and communicate your specifications in a standard format usable by the hotel system..
- Foreignmoney.com: International Currency Express helps provide participants in incentive tours with the added convenience of being equipped with local currency before they arrive at their foreign destination. Rates compete favorably with those offered by competitors both in the U.S. and abroad. Check out their convenient mail-order service. Call 888-278-6628.
- Getcustoms.com: Visit Getting Through Customs' Web site for information on their seminars, online database, and book, Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands.
- Government information: A number of U.S. government agencies provide pages on the Internet with information on various aspects of travel:
- Travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html: State Dept. travel warnings, announcements, and information sheets for every country;
- Travel.state.gov/links.html: links to home pages of U.S. embassies and consulates around the world;
- Cdc.gov/travel/: requirements and recommendations about vaccinations, and country-specific health information;
- Bts.gov/virtualib: links from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to home pages for airlines, airports, railways, etc.
- Meetingjobs.com: If you're looking for a job or for a job candidate, check out The Meeting Candidate Network, which offers a highly targeted approach to executive search for meeting, incentive, and special event professionals.
- Travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html: State Dept. travel warnings, announcements, and information sheets for every country;
MARKET RESEARCH
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- Researchinfo.com, called the online community of the market research world, includes a round table where market research professionals discuss various issues.
- Brsgroup.com. B/R/S Group is a market research company, and its Web site is a valuable source of information. There are five online issues of the company newsletter that contain helpful information on such topics as coordinating focus groups around the world and determining the role of market research in high-tech industries.
- Greenbook.org lists thousands of market research companies and services worldwide.
- Greenfieldonline.com is one of the nation's leading full-service Internet marketing research companies that uses the Internet to conduct marketing research through online surveys. Their online panel is the world's largest and enables you to research your specific target, quicker and more efficiently. Research services include: custom research, online focus groups, online brainstorming, self-directed research, and syndicated studies. For more information, contact Steve Cook, senior vice president, client development, at 203-834-8585.
MEETINGS
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- EventSource.com is a great site for planning events, meetings, conferences.
- Meeting Alliance at MeetingCity.com is Web site offering free monthly e-newsletters as well as a 24-hour Help Desk, to which subscribers can e-mail their questions. MeetingCity is a compendium of timely, worldwide information and resources for planners of meetings, incentive programs, trade shows, and other off-site events.
- MeetWeb.com is a multilingual Supplier Databank containing information on more than 10,000 service providers to the meetings industry worldwide.
- Pcma.org is the Web site of the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA). It provides news, education, information about the industry and about careers in meeting management, a job bank, a meetings databank, a library of publications, information about meeting technology, a space verification service, and many products and tools useful to meeting planners.
- MPIWeb.org. The Web site of Meeting Professionals International (see Associations), it was selected as a model and benchmark for associations who are trying to enhance their meetings and conventions through the use of the Internet in the ASAE Foundation's "World-Class Web Sites" study. The site also received an award from ExpoWorld.net. MPIWeb provides interactive capabilities for its members, and enhances and prolongs the association's meeting experience through online pre- and post-meetings discussion, as well an through online video. The sites's Meeting WOW (Meeting WithOut Walls) feature allows MPI planner members to put their meetings on the Internet, and features speakers, personal schedulers, message centers, online registrations, and audio/video straaming of general sessions. MPIWeb is a valuable information and networking resource for meeting planners and suppliers.
- Asaenet.org. This home page features information about ASAE's publications, mission, members, educational services, and access to ASAE-ASSIST, a database of more than 3,900 records, books, articles, conference papers, and surveys.
- Plansoft.com is a comprehensive multimedia information and communications network for the meetings and hospitality industries. It allows you to search databases of meeting facilities and industry suppliers. With its Ajenis Planning Software, it enables you to view guestrooms and meeting space, select your audio/visual, food, beverage, and equipment needs, and communicate your specifications in a standard format usable by the hotel system.
- Mim.com: The Meetings Industy Mall site is a focused online community for eduction, networking and peer-to-peer business transaction serving 4,000 industry professionals.
- Meetingjobs.com: If you're looking for a job or for a job candidate, check out The Meeting Candidate Network, which offers a highly targeted approach to executive search for meeting, incentive, and special event professionals.
- ResortSource.com site provides professional travel planners and individuals with the ability to search an extensive database and access detailed, updated information about 800 resort and hotel properties in North America and the Caribbean.
- The following magazines provide supplier directories:
- Successful Meetings at Successmtgs.com
- Corporate Meetings and Incentives at http://www.meetingsnet.com
- Meetings and Conventions. Call 800-446-6551.
DESTINATIONS
DMC-NET.net: A planner's Internet link to destination management companies. More than 650 DMCs are listed from around the globe. You can search a DMC by company, name, city, country or contact. Go to http://www.dmc-net.com.
PROMOTION MARKETING
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- The Promotion Marketing Association, Inc. (PMA) provides a membership directory only to its members. In this book, one can find lawyers, marketing companies, and fulfillment houses. Call 212-420-1100.
- Incentive magazine publishes a list of promotion agencies in its Annual Supplier Directory, published in its March issue. Call 212-592-6263.
- Promo magazine publishes its Annual Resource Directory. It lists promotion agencies and suppliers as well as provides surveys, charts, graphs and indexes on the industry. Call 203-358-4351.
- Potentials magazine publishes a list of promotion agencies in its Annual Supplier Directory published in December. Call 612-333-0471 or 800-707-7749.
- Point-of-Purchase Advertising Institute has a directory listing suppliers of P-O-P materials. Call 202-530-3000; fax 202-530-3030.
- Promotion Finders helps volume users track down specific promotional products or services; it gets a commission from suppliers if there's a deal. Call 787-725-3355. Or email Ron Rosenberg at Ronrosenberg2@aol.com.
TELESERVICES
- Tmcnet.com: Offers four separate Buyer's Guides for the teleservices industry.
TRADE SHOWS
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- Expoweb.com: Published by Expo magazine and billed as "both an educational resource and an online marketing vehicle" for show organizers. Its Resource Center includes information about the industry (such as statistics, industry terms and definitions, and a salary survey). Show Search is a worldwide index of trade shows, searchable by industry, date, location, official name, and acronym. Places to Go provides links to most industry associations and other useful sites. The Site Selection Companion offers info about cities; there is also a directory of Web sites of CVBs that have facilities offering at least 50,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space. Selected current and recent articles of EXPO magazine can be read online; the archives contain most features of back issues--all for free. The IAEM Industry Buyer's Guide is also free online. The Public Show Companion offers information on how to produce a public show. Classified ads include both career and business opportunities.
- Egroups.com: TradeShowTips Online, provided through the online community, eGroups, delivers free monthly tips on improving your trade show/exhibiting experience via email. The tips cover a variety of trade show issues, from pre-show marketing to booth staff behavior to following up on leads. To sign up for TradeShowTips Online, visit eGroups at http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/tradeshowtips or send an email to tstips@imagespecialist.com with the subject line "Subscribe TradeShowTips Online".
- Iaem.org: The Web site of the International Association of Exposition Management is a source for exhibition industry information, news, and interaction with individuals in the industry. It also offers an online Buyer's Guide in the Industry Resources section.
- Edpa.com: Exhibit Designers & Producers Association Web site offers the latest news to designers and producers in the tradeshow industry and provides education, leadership and networking for the advancement of its members and the exhibition industry. The site lists a variety of helpful publications including one that outlines and describe the process of selecting an appropriate exhibit design and production firm.
TRAINING
- Astd.org. The American Society of Training and Development has partnered with First Seminar Service to create an online service. Search and register for over 250,000 training programs online from over 1,000 providers.