Mailing List Sources

Are you looking for a source of mailing list for your business? Well then, there are several areas where you can actually gather the information you need. There are mailing list services that would help you out.

First and foremost, you can gather data from commercial or trade associations. Big associations usually have a lot of contact persons with contact details in their data bank. Chambers of Commerce are usually good at maintaining a mailing list of local businesses. You can even request to identify the necessary details that you desire such as the nature of the business, number of employees, and their scope of services. You can find these associations from several reference books. Three of the most highly suggested sources are the Columbia House Books, Inc., Encyclopedia of Associations by the Gale Group, and the National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States. The former, by the way, is the publisher of the directories of state and regional associations. These can help you in searching for the details that you will need.

Furthermore, there are two good resources at the library where you can find mailing list services data. The SRDS Direct Marketing List Source(TM) and the Oxbridge Communications National Directory of Mails provide a comprehensive list of contact details. They are so inclusive that they contain the name of the person, mailing address, number of records, and even pricing.

There are also mailing list brokers that can be searched in various phone books. They supply much information that you will need for your mailing database. Just be careful for most of these services are too costly. In order to ensure a win-win situation, you have to make sure that you already asked a lot of questions before paying the corresponding fee. The broker creates the list that you have requested and also demands the appropriate payment; however, you can still negotiate about the price. The broker usually gets a commission on the lists he or she is able to sell to companies and even individual persons who are in business.

Moreover, there are brokers who posses their own catalog of contact information. These catalogs contain as much as 100 pages of contact information. Catalogs, on the other hand, can also be very handy and user-friendly.

Since we are in a highly technological era, there are companies that also offer lists of businesses or persons in the United States in a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM products provide for the easy access of your desired contact information.