Link Organisation Comments
www.appcogroup.com Appco Sales services
www.advertisingdegree.net Advertising Degree Marketing and advertising degrees
www.dandad.org D&AD Awards, training and educational charity for the creative sectors
www.journalism.co.uk Journalism.co.uk Essential site for journalists
www.kelsopr.com Kelso PR PRs for the professions
www.kysenpr.co.uk Kysen PR PRs for the professions
www.sethgodin.com Seth Godin Digital marketing supremo
www.chrisbrogan.com Chris Brogan Social media expert
www.trendwatching.com/trends Trend Watching Consumer trends information
twitteranalyzer.com Twitter Analyzer What’s your score?
www.webgrader.com Web Grader – Hubspot What’s your score?
www.bloggrader.com Blog Grader – Hubspot What’s your score?
www.twitter.com Twitter I’m RedStarKim. Follow me! (See Twitter FAQ for guidance)
twitter.grader.com/ Twitter Grader – Hubspot What’s your score?
www.tweepi.com Tweepi
www.truetwit.com TrueTwit If you want to do validation (I don’t)
www.bit.ly Bit Ly For shortening URLs
www.twittercounter.com Twitter Counter
www.morguefile.com MorgueFile Royalty free photos
www.advertising.about.com – Advertising information
www.blogger.com – Get started with blogging
www.brandfinance.com – Specialists in the valuation of brands
www.brc.org.uk British Retail Consortium –
www.britishbrandsgroup.com – –
www.buildingbrands.com – –
www.caci.co.uk CACI ACORN classification
www.camfoundation.com – CAM Foundation
www.cim.co.uk – Chartered Institute of Marketing
www.electricairwaves.com Electric Airways Media training providers
www.marketingcollege.com Cambridge Marketing College Provides CIM courses and the PSMG course for marketing in the professions
www.campaignmaster.co.uk Campaign Master E-marketing solutions
www.communityb2b.com – B2B marketing information
www.copywriter.co.uk – Produced by a usergroup this rather plain site hides a real treasure trove of links, info and resources for marketing people.
www.copywriters.uk.com Copestone Copywriters They asked for a link – and here it is!
www.degraeve.com/color-palette – I simply adore this site – Enter an image and it provides an instant palette of the colours and their reference numbers. How do designers manage without it?
www.dmis.co.uk Direct Mail Information Service –
www.durrants.co.uk Durrants Media monitoring and evaluation
www.ezinearticles.com Treasure trove of material – particular on writing and speaking
www.first-counsel.co.uk First Counsel Recruiters for the legal profession (including marketing staff)
www.google.com/analytics Google Analytics For analysing your web traffic
www.ipr.org.uk Institute of Public Relations –
www.ismm.co.uk Institute of Sales and Marketing Management –
www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist Journalist Directory –
www.kotlermarketing.com Philip Kotler Site by the leading marketing guru
www.lawmarketing.com – Legal marketing site
www.mad.co.uk – Premier UK site for the marketing community.
www.marketresearch.com – –
www.marketresearch.org.uk – –
www.marketsegmentation.co.uk The Market Segmentation Company Founded by Malcolm McDonald
www.marketingcollege.com Cambridge Marketing College Marketing qualifications including those for the professions
www.marketinglaw.co.uk – Useful site provided by Osborne Clark solicitors
www.marketing-society.org.uk – –
www.marketingzone.co.uk – –
www.marcusletter.com – –
www.martran.co.uk Martran College Marketing/CIM courses
www.mediaguardian.co.uk The Guardian Media section
www.metrica.net – Media and PR measurement
www.multimediamarketing.com – E-marketing course providers
www.nla.co.uk Newspaper Licensing Authority –
www.onepoll.com One poll A fast growing on line market research company. Join up and win rewards for participating in appropriate polls
www.pantone.com Pantone Everything you need to know about colours when ordering print and other design
www.pmint.co.uk Professional Marketing International I write regularly for this magazine and am editorial consultant. The site is a great source of information for those involved in marketing the professions.
www.practiceweb.co.uk – Web site developers and content providers for accountants
www.presentationhelper.co.uk – Nice site with tips and advice for personal as well as business presentations
www.presentationmagic.com – –
www.presentiafx.com Presentia FX An alternative to Powerpoint for your presentations
www.promotingukbusiness.org.uk Government site for any public or private sector organisation that is responsible for promoting the UK economy overseas. It explains the compelling message and gives guidance for how to use it in your marketing campaigns
www.promotional-merchandise.org.uk Promotional merchandise
www.prnewswire.co.uk PR Newswire –
www.psmg.co.uk – Professional Services Marketing Group
www.referralinstitute.com Referral Institute For networking
www.richmond-utcoll.ac.uk – Richmond Upon Thames College – CIM evening classes
www.romeike.com Romeike Media cuttings and measurement
www.rrc.co.uk – Information on CIM distance learning (Rapid Results College)
www.seobook.com SEO Book Finding the best key words for your web site
schoolcommunicationarts.com School of Communication Arts
www.smallbackroom.com Small Back Room Consultancy with great web design team. Particular experience in the property sector.
www.sponsorship.co.uk – Resources for those seeking sponsorship opportunties
www.sps.org.uk Strategic Planning Society –
www.stopgap.co.uk – Marketing interims and contract staff
www.theidm.co.uk Institute of Direct Marketing For individuals
www.uksponsorship.com/glosr.htm The UK Sponsorship Database –
www.surveymonkey.com Survey Monkey Online research tool
www.w3counter.com W3 Counter For web traffic monitoring
www.wordtracker.com Word Tracker Finding the best key words for your web site
www.willingspress.com Willings Media Guide –
www.wnim.com What’s New in Marketing? Essential updates
www.marketors.org/events Worshipful Company of Marketors