Links

PLEASE CONTRIBUTE YOUR FAVORITE LINKS TO THIS GROWING LIST!

Syllabi--course specific

Syllabits--an excellent collection of contributed by instructors, arranged by course

General Teaching Related tasks

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
MERLOT Business Specific Section

Electronic Commerce:

	Cheap Domain Registration (name of company)
	Matthew Gray's Web Growth, Internet Growth site--maintained by an M.I.T. staffer
	Links 2000--a great compilation of electronic commerce links maintained by Vanderbilt University
	Scottish Exporters' Virtual Community
	Torben Nielsen's Home Page
	Future of Advertising Stakeholders (FAST) Summit--sponsored by Proctor & Gamble.
	Network Solutions, Inc. (INTERNIC)--check for availability or registration of .com and .net domain names
	IMAFDI-E Community--homepage for students about marketing on the Internet.
	Carnegie-Mellon's Homenet Project--studying the effect of the Internet on people's lives.
	Web Page Design for Designers--great resources on design and layout.
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ECommerce Forum

Secondary Marketing Research

Advertising rates:

Magazine rate cards: http://www.MediaStart.com/
Newspaper rate cards: http://www.mediapassage.com
Rates for various Internet sites: http://www.doubleclick.com/advertisers/

	Indro's Rediffusion Page
	Sandeep Krishnamurthi's Secondary Sources
	U.S. Census
	International Statistical Agencies (list compiled by U.S. Department of Commerce
	A Journalist's Guide to the Internet--by Christopher Callahan, University of Maryland, College of Journalism--some of these sources are quite useful for marketers, too!

International Marketing

	International Business Resource Site--created and maintained by Dr. Ilan Alon (Division of Economics and Business) and Nancy Cannon (Milne Library), SUNY College at Oneonta--Excellent!
	International Advertising Research Resources
	U.S. Department of Commerce
	International Statistical Agencies (list compiled by U.S. Department of Commerce
	Export Register--45,000 companies, 5000 product categories - the most comprehensive directory of American Exporting Companies in the world.
	Globalvue--global business news online.

Companies

	Indro's Rediffusion Page--great company links!
	Hoover's Online
	Companies Online
	Locating U.S. Corporations Online--maintained by the University of Wyoming
	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database

Media:

	EntryPoint--current newspaper articles as a screen saver on your computer! Highly recommend it.
	Advertising Age
	Advertising Age International
	American Demographics/Marketing Tools (includes full text articles!)
	BrandWeek
	Business Week
	Chain Store Age
	CNNfn
	Financial Times
	Forbes--a magazine aimed at investors, but it contains excellent analysis of consumers, firms, and markets.
	Fortune
	Journal of Commerce
	Marketing News--official publication of the American Marketing Association
	Progressive Grocer
	Stores--official publication of the National Retail Federation
	Wall Street Journal

Marketing/Consumer/Psychology Organizations:

	Acacemy of International Business (AIB)
	American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI)
	American Marketing Association (AMA)
	AMA's Electronic Markting (ELMAR) newsletter archives--mostly for academic researchers

	American Psychological Association (APA)--includes full text articles from AMA Monitor
	Association for Consumer Research (ACR) (mostly of interest to academic researchers)
	Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
	Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF)
	National Retail Federation (NRF)
	Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP--division of APA)

Other Reference:

	Advertising Quotes--compiled by Jef I. Richards at the University of Texas at Austin
	Dr. Jill Purdy's business quotes

Consumer Protection

	Consumer Complaints--where to file them--compiled by Earthlink.
	Federal Trade Commission (FTC)--general deceptive practices
	U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
	Food and Drug Administration (FDA)--has jurisdiction of certain foods and drugs only
	Federal Communications Commission (FCC)--telephone and Internet concerns
	U.S. Postal Inspector--mail fraud

Bargain hunting!

	http://www.dailyedeals.com/ (great!)
	http://www.shoppingbookmarks.com/ (great!)
	http://www.ahugedeal.com/ (great!)
	http://www.hightechdepot.com/ (mostly home electronics)
	http://www.bargaindog.com/
	http://www.dealtime.com/
	https://www.overstock.com/
	http://www.pricescan.com/home.asp
	http://www.saleshound.com/
	http://247malls.com/
	http://www.shoppinglist.com/
	http://www.volumebuy.com/
	http://dealnews.com
	http://www.couponcraze.com
	http://www.specialoffers.com/
	http://www.jumpondeals.com

Other:

	American Collegiate Marketing--discounted magazine subscriptions for U.S. college students and educators.
	PC Computing's Secret Steals and Deals--miscellaneous stuff available for free or at a low cost (e.g., free phone 10 minute phone card for filling out a survey).
	Travel
	Expedia--check fares and book air travel online (Microsoft Network).
	Travelocity--check fares and book air travel online.
	Travelscape--domestic consolidator; also offers hotel deals http://www.travelscape.com/
	1travel--check fares and/or book air travel online. Offers alternatives to more expensive flights.
	Links to Airlines--many offer online sign-up for Frequent Flier programs
	Specialized search engines and directories--from PC Magazine
	U.S. four digit zip codes--U.S. Postal Service
	Hippopotamus (French Tex-Mex restaurant chain)

Marketing Faculty Web Sites

	Lars Perner, University of California, Riverside
	Sandeep Krishnamurthi, University of Washington, Bothell

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