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Marketing information sources, glossary, news, links, information directory by marketing research firm. Find information on market segmentation, pricing, branding, corporate image, customer satisfaction research, brand name development, online surveys, focus groups, phone surveys, and customer satisfaction research.

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A Hundred Monkeys Innovative brand and company naming firm. Learn about naming from their website.
ACNielsen: Research Services
Advertising Age Magazine   
Advertising Law Internet Site   
Advertising Research Foundation A great resource for advertising research . The principal mission of The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) is to improve the practice of advertising, marketing and media research in pursuit of more effective marketing and advertising communications. The Advertising Research Foundation reports that "The ARF is the preeminent professional organization in the field of advertising, market and media research. Our combined membership represents more than 325 advertisers, advertising agencies, advertising tracking research firms, media companies, advertising consultants, educational institutions and international organizations. Founded in 1936 by the Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the ARF leads key industry learning initiatives that increase the contribution of research to better marketing, more effective advertising and profitable organic growth."

Advertising Research Foundation Annual Conference ARF Annual Conference brings together over 1500 marketing, advertising, media, and research executives to learn about the latest developments in these industries via presentations and case studies. The convention features general sessions with keynote speakers, more focused parallel sessions on specific media and marketing research topics, premier networking opportunities, and the country's largest advertising research and advertising tracking and copy testing research trade show.
American Advertising Federation   
American Demographics  Access to selected features of print magazine's current issue, as well as access to archives since 1993 searchable by issue date or as full text search.
ApplayIT. Web design tools.Web design tools, coldfusion, flash, free tutorials, help and forum. ApplayIT's coldfusion resources have hint and tips how's to build a top ranking web site. Here you find the best tools to make your page dynamic and with DHTML, ColdFusion, CCS styles and FLASH.
The American Marketing Association   

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The Better Business Bureau's National Advertising Division Site
B&E Datalinks   Links to economic and financial data sources; site sponsored by the "Business and Economics Statistics" section of the American Statistical Association. 
Brand Republic UK Brand Republic offers fresh news stories from the 75 journalists on industry-leading magazines such as Campaign, Marketing, PR Week and Revolution, plus hundreds of great jobs in marketing, advertising and new media.

British Columbia Stats: Population Data and Documents
   Census data, population estimates and projections for British Columbia, Canada 
Bureau of Labor Statistics -- BLS   This government agency provides usefull information and resources with their population and labor surveys. As a market survey firm, we frequently check their data when backgrounding a marketing research study. 
Business Cycle Indicators  The Conference Board posts the "official" latest releases, as well as archived information, on their Leading Economic Indicators (LEI). There's also other general information about the economy and cyclical indicators offered free on the site as well.
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CASRO - The Council of American Survey Research Organizations The Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) is the trade association of survey research businesses, representing nearly 200 companies and research operations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
CDNow - Successful Internet Marketing   
CASRO Code of Standards and Ethics for Survey Research This Code of Standards and Ethics for Survey Research sets forth the agreed upon rules of ethical conduct for Survey Research Organizations including Advertising Research Suppliers, Marketing Research Companies, Market Research Consultants and Firms .
CenStats: U.S. Census Information   
Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center   
CIA World Fact Book 1996   
Consumer Culture Research Site   
Consumer World    
Cornell University - United States Code   
CyberAtlas    CELADE-Demographic Situation Latin American population estimations, projections, migration, and transition  
Charting the Progress of Populations
Developments in population and standard of living, worldwide (pdf)
China Population Information and Research Center
Leading unit of the China Population Information Network (CHINA POPIN), a member of the Asia and Pacific POPIN and the Global POPIN. provides information about its organizations, tasks, publications, Data User Service and other related issues.  
Church Memberships
  
CIA World Factbook: General Population Information
General Population Information for all countries. Choose Country and then click Population. 
City Populations from around the world  You'll find statistics and maps about the population of the major agglomerations of the world.
Conference Board  Site for worldwide, not-for-profit, business membership and research network offers research reports on business on economics. Information includes the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators, both of which are Conference Board-sponsored studies.
Current Industrial Reports (U.S. Census)  Since 1904, the Current Industrial Report (CIR) program has been providing monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity. The primary objective of the CIR program is to produce timely, accurate data on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector. These surveys measure manufacturing activity in important commodity areas such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, primary metals, computer and electronic components, industrial equipment, aerospace equipment, and consumer goods.
Directory of Consumer Research Companies, Consumer Research firms, consumer research suppliers   Get more infomration on Consumer here.
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Decision Analyst, Inc.   
A leading international marketing research and marketing consulting firm.
Dentsu Advertising   
Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists   
Direct Marketing Association   
Dow Jones Links to Dow Jones publications sites: Barron's, Wall Street Journal, CNBC & others.
Deafness-Related Research
Gallaudet Research Institute demographic studies on deafness and hearing impairment, particularly among elementary- and secondary-school students.
 


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eLab Center for Internet Retailing. eLab at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, one of the "premiere research centers in the world for the study of electronic commerce" according to The New York Times, has taken pioneering steps to understand the online marketing challenges, target the Internet marketing opportunities.
Ejournal SiteGuide: a MetaSource, University of British Columbia   

ESPN Sportszone    
E*Trade - US & Australian Internet Stockbroker   
EU Business News and information about EU policy, legislation, economic data and opportunities.
Earth Resource System   Detailed information on demographics, environmental factors, economic indicators, housing stats, media, schools and more.
EconoFinance.com
List of links to economic statistics agencies and resources worldwide.
Economagic
A comprehensive site of free, easily available, economic time series data useful for economic research, and particularly useful for economic forecasting.
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
Easy access to current U.S. federal economic indicators.
Edgar
Official SEC site of all public filings including S-1 and 10K filings.
Electronic Map Library
Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge European Association For Population Studies
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Federal Trade Commission
Forecasting Business Connection   

Federal Reserve System's Economic Research and Data
Economic research and data page for the U.S. Federal Reserve. See separate sites for each FRB district:
Atlanta  |  Boston  |  Chicago  |  Cleveland  |  Dallas  |  Kansas City  | 
Minneapolis  |  New York  |  Philadelphia  |  Richmond  |  St. Louis |  San Francisco  | 

FedStats US Government Statistics from over 100 federal agencies
France-Population and Vital Statistics Population and vital statistics of France, 2000
Free Edgar SEC filings information on public companies

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Marketing Research Association's Research Glossary
Quirks Marketing Research Review's Glossary of Marketing Research Terms
The Gallup Organization   
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)   
GreenBook and Focus Group Directory
The Green Book. New York AMA Communication Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York American Marketing Association, produces the GreenBook directories of marketing consulting firms, market research suppliers, and marketing research data collection companies. A WHO's WHO for finding suppliers of over 400 types of marketing research services including: advertising research, branding research, positioning research, segmentation research, pricing research, online research, focus group firms, phone surveys, customer satisfaction research, brand, media and product market research, analytical services, computer services and programs, interviewing, surveys and technical services.    
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Harris Interactive -- Online market research supplier
Harris Interactive is a worldwide market research and consulting firm, best known for The Harris Poll" and for its use of the Internet to conduct scientifically accurate market research surveys.

Hong Kong-Population and Vital Events
Hong Kong Demographic Data
Hoover's Online Reports on public companies
HN Marketing -- IT and telecommunication copywriting and marketing services -- technical and promotional copy, advertising, brochures, case studies, direct mail, email, newsletters, websites.
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Ipsos-Insight :: Analytical Tools Pricing Research.Lottery & Gaming. Energy & Utilities. AgriFood. Pricing Research.
IBM    
iMarket Inc. D&B Sales and Marketing Solutions is a business unit of D&B, the world's leading provider of business information, enabling business-to-business commerce for 160 years.
Inc. Magazine    
Internet Terms Glossary
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The Japan Information Network   
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Key Note Information Center   Key Note Ltd is a long-established market research publisher providing business information to corporate and academic customers throughout the UK.
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The Legal Information Institute   
Latin America Network Information Center   

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The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award   
Market research Entry in Wikpedia
Marketing Profs Marketing and Branding Newsletter -- Best Practice For How To Do Brand Equity Research
Metacraler   This search engine scans all leading engines with one search.
Meta search engine.   
The Marketing Council   
Marketing Ideas - The Social MarketingPlace  
MediaFinder    
Mediamark Research Inc.   
Melnychenko Internet Marketing - Strategy, Research, Translation Russa based internet marketing strategy, internet market research, multilingual website optimization & translation services.
MarketResearch.com
An aggregator of global business intelligence. 


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National Analysts - Market and Pricing Research Service
National Analysts" quantitative research firm. Conjoint-based quantitative testing.
NORC--The National Opinion Research Center The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) conducts survey research in the public interest for government agencies, educational institutions, private foundations, non-profit organizations, and private corporations.
Nielsen TV Ratings   
Northwest Airlines CyberSaver Fares   
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Pew Research Center -- The People and the Press Web site for the Pew Research Center, an opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. The Pew Research Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. We are best known for regular national surveys that measure public attentiveness to major news stories, and for our polling that charts trends in values and fundamental political and social attitudes. Sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Center's purpose is to serve as a forum for ideas on the media and public policy through public opinion research. In this role it serves as an important information resource for political leaders, journalists, scholars, and public interest organizations. All of current survey results are made available free of charge in a searchable online database of survey research reports and public opinion polling results.
PopNet Population Reference Bureau; directory of population-related websites 
PR NewswirePress releases from public and private companies

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Quirks Directory - Marketing Research Suppliers    
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The Radio Advertising Bureau - Media Facts    

Retailing Technology-Preparing Stores for Wired Consumers   
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Roper Center is the largest library of public opinion data in the world. The Center's mission focuses on data preservation and access, education, and research on public opinion.

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Sales & Marketing Executives International   
Searching on the Net, Without the Web   
Secondary Research Using Newsgroups - The DejaNews Service   
The SOHO Guidebook   
SRDS   
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Search  
Still Confused About the Net?   
SurveyNet 

SEC Edgar
   Official site of all public filings including S-1 and 10K filings.

Size and Growth of Population and Labor Force
   Average Annual Growth of the Labor Force, Average Annual Increment to the Population, Average Annual Population Change, Population

Statistical Abstract 2000
U.S. Census Bureau 
Statistics Canada


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TradePort   
TradePort is a repository of free information and resources for businesses that seek to conduct international trade to and from California. Created in 1996, TradePort is backed by an alliance of regional trade associations that assist California export and import businesses. Transnationale.org
Transnationale.org provides comprehensive information on more than 10000 companies around the world. We report social and environmental behaviour, financial data, list of brands, membership to the most influential lobbies, public relations and "opinion making!", managers name and position, shareholders and subsidiaries, plants locations and offshore centers, brand and corporate image management.

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The United States Code from Cornell Law School    

U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder  
An excellent gateway to census data. 
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Values and Lifestyles (VALS) Program at SRI   

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Web as a Distribution Channel Paper    
Web Marketing Info Center    
Weekly Guerilla, The    


WebEc
This site is a comprehensive website of economic information.

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Marketing Research Glossaries

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Marketing Research Association's Research Glossary
Quirks Marketing Research Review's Glossary of Marketing Research Terms

News Sources -- Secondary Marketing Research Sources

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Bloomberg - Business and financial news.
Business from Reuters - Updated business and economic information for North America.
Business Week - Daily briefing from Business Week Online.
CEO Express - Desktop to fast access to news and information for executives.
CNNfn News - CNN financial network news page.
Financial Times - Business and financial news and analysis.
Indonesia Business News SuratkabarCom - Indonesia business news updated every hour.
Irish Independent -- Business Section - Business news and information from Ireland.
Janes.com Business section - Business news from the defense, aerospace and transportation industries. Free Jane's articles are available providing expert analysis of the latest developments.
Market News International - Provides up to the minute economic news once registered with their site.
MSN Money: CNBC - Headline news, articles, reports, stocks and quotes, message boards, and a stock ticker.
Ottawa Business Journal - Breaking business and financial news from Ottawa, the nation and around the world.
Reporter - Reporter.gr is a Greek bilingual financial news provider offering real time financial news, a live feed from the Athens Stock Exchange and other essential investment tools.
Silicon Valley North - Up-to-the-minute news from Canada and around the world.
Simply Info - Over 700 categorized news headlines updated every 15 minutes from over 2000 news sources worldwide.
Sky News - Business News - Breaking news from the business and finance world, plus FTSE and Dow Jones at a glance and online stock quotes.
Time Magazine -- Online Edition    
TechNewsWorld.com - E-business and technology news from around the world, updated every 5 minutes.
WMET 1150 AM - Business news and talk from Washington D.C. in Real Audio.
WorldNet News - A source of local and world news, financial news, sports and weather.

Marketing Research Associations

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American Association of Public Opinion Resources
Provides guides, standards, definitions, recommended and condemned practices for public policy survey data collection.
http://www.aapor.org/

The Association of Qualitative Research Practitioners
Spearheading all major developments in qualitative research. Includes overview of the association and qualitative research as well as a reading list, hot topics and links.
http://www.aqrp.co.uk/

Association of Survey Computing
Closely linked with the Market Research Society and the Royal Satistical Society. News events, courses and resources.
http://www.asc.org.uk/index.htm

British Market Research Association
Trade association for the UK market research industry. Details its raison d'etre, guidelines and provides an online database of member companies as well as a buyer-supplier matching service.
http://www.bmra.org.uk/

Business and Industrial Group
Represents and promotes the interests and activities of users and suppliers of b2b and industrial market research. Includes online buyers guide. Provides information regarding the selection of consultants and a searchable online database of suppliers.
http://www.mrweb.co.uk/big/

Council for Marketing and Opinion Research
A non-profit organization working on behalf of the survey research industry to improve respondent cooperation in research, and to promote positive legislation and prevent restrictive legislation which could impact the survey research industry.
http://www.cmor.org/

Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO)
Trade association of survey research businesses, representing companies and research operations throughout North America.
http://www.casro.org/

Market Research Society
Professional body that exists to set and enforce the ethical standards to be observed by research practitioners. Includes overview, code of conduct and details of training courses, qualifications and publications.
http://www.mrs.org.uk/

Market Research Society of Australia
Dedicated to increasing the standard and understanding of market research.
http://www.mrsa.com.au/

Marketing Research Association
A US national organization of marketing research professionals and firms. Find news and events, membership, links to marketing research companies.
http://www.mra-net.org

Media Research Group
Non-profit making organisation which aims to promote an understanding of the techniques and uses of media research. Overview and details of events, including downloadable reports and presentations from past conferences.
http://www.mrg.org.uk/

Mexican Association of Marketing and Public Opinion Research Agencies
Association of marketing and opinion research companies in Mexico. Defines common quality norms and standards in methods, techniques, terminology, and analysis criteria as related to marketing research in Mexico.
http://www.amai.org/

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
Conducts survey research in the public interest for government agencies, educational institutions, private foundations, non-profit organizations, and private corporations.
http://www.norc.uchicago.edu/

Online Publishers Association
Provides latest market research news and publications.
http://www.online-publishers.org/

Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA)
Enhances the professionalism of qualitative marketing and social research, and provides for communications among its members.
http://www.qrca.org/

The Research Buyer's Guide
Search for agencies and consultancies, group discussion and viewing facilities or full members and fellows of the MRS at listed organisations.
http://www.rbg.org.uk/

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Library of public opinion data, focusing on data preservation and access, education, and research on public opinion.
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/

Social Research Association
News and information relating to training days, seminars, conferences and events.
http://www.the-sra.org.uk/


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