Below you'll find miscellaneous resources we find to be relevant to the subject of design and marketing. Really, they're here just as much for our easy reference as they are for yours. Please let us know if you've got a good one to include here.



www.marketingpower.com
Web site of the American Marketing Association. Some very good articles, tools, and a bookstore.

www.the-dma.org
Home of the Direct Marketing Association. A collection not unlike that of the AMA, but focused on direct marketing.

www.clickz.com
Clickz.com houses an archive of articles geared toward internet marketing.

www.knowthis.com
They call it the knowledge source for marketing -- another collection of marketing articles, multi-topic.

marketing.about.com
Another About.com site, this one containing marketing content.

www.adage.com
Online home of the publication.

www.marketingterms.com
A basic but thorough site defining marketing terms/explaining marketing concepts.



www.ipl.org
The Internet Public Library is just that. Use it to find what you need -- if you can't find it, use one of their reference librarians.

www.m-w.com
Merriam-Webster sells premium services, but you can use their online dictionary and thesaurus at no charge.

humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
The online version of Roget's Thesaurus at the University of Chicago.

www.bartleby.com
Great Books Online. This has to be one of the greatest sites on the internet. Fiction, Nonfiction, and just about every common reference you can think of.



United States Copyright Office
Learn how to register your copyrighted works, search copyright registrations and read the full text of US copyright law.

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Learn how to register your patents and trademarks, or search the US trademark database.



Forrester Research
Forrester is a leading independent research firm that analyzes the future of technology change and its impact on businesses, consumers, and society. Companies use Forrester Research as a source of insight and strategy to guide business technology decisions.

AllNet Research
Internet research and statistics

FedStats.gov
More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.

The Thomas Register 
of American Manufacturers

or
The Thomas Regional Guide
ThomasRegister.com & ThomasRegional.com gives you free access to a searchable database of more than 520,000 distributors, manufacturers, and service companies in all key U.S. industrial markets - includes brochures, catalogs, linecards, videos, and links to suppliers web sites. This is a great starting point for the development of targeted mailing lists.



www.fotosearch.com
www.picturequest.com
www.punchstock.com
www.comstock.com
www.masterfile.com
www.liquidlibrary.com
www.gettyimages.com
www.photos.com



www.activeadspecialties.com
www.buypromosonline.com
www.branders.com
www.showmylogo.com
www.4imprint.com
www.brandbig.biz



The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
W3C develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.

The List
A buyer's guide to Internet Service Providers and Web hosting services -- allows you to find a provider or host that offers the access, speed and computing services that satisfy your needs and budget.

WebPromote.com
A great source for information on strategies, techniques and trends in internet marketing.

www.GoDaddy.com
Buy your domain names here and save yourself some money.

GreatDomains.com
Buy & sell previously/currently registered domain names.