Note: Organizations in formation are not real associations yet and also no legal entity. They are more like an initiative that works towards the creation of a new industry representation in form of a trade organization/association.
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PMA, the Performance Marketing Alliance is an attempt to form an industry association for the affiliate marketing industry. The initiative was launched with financial backing from Affiliate Classroom in spring 2008 and has gained strong support across the various players in this industry. The association formation process is still in progress. Visit the PMA website for more information about the initiative itself and how you can actively participate in its formation process. |
Note: The organizations and associations in this list are ordered alphabetically and not by size or reach.
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ABM, the American Business Media. Founded in 1906, American Business Media is the association of business information providers, delivering business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway. Its 300-plus member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 5,000 print and online titles and 1,000 trade shows and well over $20 billion in annual revenues. |
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AMA, the American Marketing Association at MarketingPower.com. The AMA's website, MarketingPower.com, supplies marketing professionals and AMA members with the information, products and services required to succeed in their jobs and careers. |
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AMA, the American Management Association at AMANet.org. American Management Association is a world leader in professional development, advancing the skills of individuals to drive business success. AMA supports the goals of individuals and organizations through a complete range of products and services, including seminars, Webcasts and podcasts, conferences, corporate and government solutions, business books and research. |
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ANA, the Association of National Advertisers at ANA.net leads the marketing community by providing its members insights, collaboration and advocacy. ANA represents over 400 companies with 9,000 brands that collectively spend over $100 billion in marketing communications and advertising. The ANA strives to communicate marketing best practices, lead industry initiatives, influence industry practices, manage industry affairs and advance, promote and protect all advertisers and marketers. |
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BMA, the Business Marketing Association at Marketing.org is the world's largest B2B Marketers Association. BMA thought leaders will be sharing stories from member clients like Siemens, Gates Rubber, Cemex, HP and more. |
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DMA, the the Direct Marketing Association is the worldwide largest organization for direct marketers. AIM (Association for Interactive Marketing) is since 2005 part of DMA. The DMA also established the Interactive Marketing Advisory Board (IMAB). |
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IAB, the Interactive Advertising Bureau Homepage. Founded in 1996, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (www.iab.net) represents over 300 leading interactive companies that actively engage in and support the sale of interactive advertising. The IAB is dedicated to the continuing growth of the interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive's share of total marketing spend, and of its members' share of total marketing spend. |
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IBNMA, the International Blogging & New Media Association for bloggers, podcasters and others who are active in the New Media space. |
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ICA, the Internet Commerce Association. The Internet Commerce Association - Promoting and Protecting the Interests of Domain Name Entrepreneurs. It's mission is to promote and share best practices among participants in the domain name industry and to educate consumers, policy makers, law makers and the media about the value and benefits of direct navigation traffic and the domain name industry. |
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IIMA, the International Internet Marketing Association. The IIMA is an organization that helps marketers understand the value and potential of marketing on the web and strives to raise all marketers' abilities to a new level. |
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IMC USA, the Institure of Management Consultants USA. IMC USA is the premier professional association and sole certifying body dedicated to individuals consulting to management. The IMC USA mission is to promote excellence and ethics in management consulting through certification, education, and professional resources. |
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OLGA, the Online Lead Generation Association promotes best practices in online lead generation (Lead-Gen), co-registration (Co-Reg), and related online marketing disciplines. It aims is to educate Web site publishers and marketers about the benefits of user-friendly, high-quality opt-in leads, and to represent their interests in legislative and regulatory venues. |
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PRSA, the Public Relations Society of America is the world's largest organization for PR professionals. PRSA's primary objectives are to advance the standards of the public relations profession and to provide members with professional development opportunities through continuing education programs, information exchange forums and research projects conducted on the national and local levels. |
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SCIP, the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) is a global nonprofit membership organization for everyone involved in creating and managing business knowledge. Our mission is to enhance the success of our members through leadership, education, advocacy, and networking. |
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SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization - non-profit professional association working to increase awareness and promote the value of Search Engine Marketing worldwide. |
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SEO Pros, the Organization of Search Engine Optimization Professionals is an Not For Profit Organization of search engine optimization consultants and internet marketers developing and implementing a set of "best practices" standards for search engine optimization professionals. |
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SMBTN, the SMB Technology Network is an organization for IT consultants, resellers, and related professions (Small and Medium Businesses). SMB Technology Network (SMBTN) is a membership organization for IT consultants, resellers, and related professions which provide IT services and/or solutions to businesses. It's mission is to provide new opportunities for those serving the Small and Medium sized business space through education, collaboration, and networking. |
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USASBE, the United States Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship. USASBE is the leading voice in entrepreneurship research, teaching, and application. It's mission is to advance knowledge and foster business development through entrepreneurship education and research. |
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WAA, the Web Analytics Association. The WAA unites and fosters the interests of industry practitioners, vendors, consultants and educators who use, sell, install, implement, consult, teach or train in the field of web analytics. |
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WOMMA, the Word of Mouth Marketing Association - the official trade association for the word of mouth/viral/buzz marketing industry. WOMMA's mission is to promote and improve word of mouth marketing by: Promoting "best practices" to ensure more effective marketing, protecting consumers and the industry with strong ethical guidelines, evangelizing word of mouth as an effective marketing tool and setting standards to encourage its use. |
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GPWA, the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association. The GPWA is a professional association of webmasters and others who promote online gaming. They offer a variety of benefits to their 6,000+ members. They publish the GPWA Times, a print magazine and weekly online newsletter, run an active forum with over 200,000 posts, operate a seal of approval program for portal websites operated in a reputable fashion, and provide facebook applications to members enabling them to earn revenue through social networking. Membership in the association is free. |
| Consumer Protection and Business Regulations Agencies and Organizations. Consumer and Business Protection Resources and Information. |
Note: The organizations and associations in this list are ordered alphabetically and not by size or reach.
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AMA Canada, the Affiliate Marketers Alliance for Canadadian affiliate marketers. Bringing Marketers Together - The Affiliate Marketers Alliance is an organization developed to bring internet and affiliate marketing professionals from various fields together and to provide a platform for discussion and exchange of ideas. |
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CAMA, the Christian Affiliate Marketing Association is organized by Wade Tonkin for christrian affiliate marketers. The Christian Affiliate Marketing Association (CAMA) is non-denominational (or is it multi-denominational) faith-based organization that was formed in July 2007. It's mission is to promote Christian values (integrity, fairness, etc) in affiliate marketing, promote wholesome Christian affiliate programs and offers, offer resources to Christian affiliates and merchants to help them be more effective and to promote fellowship by presenting Christian themed events at secular online marketing industry events. |
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HiMA, the Houston Interactive Marketing Association. HiMA is Houston's advocate for interactive marketing and it is dedicated to increasing the awareness, education and utilization of interactive marketing in the Greater Houston area. |
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MITX, the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange. Established in 1996, MITX-the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX: "my-techs") is the leading trade association focused squarely on the intersection of digital technology, marketing and media. Reaching more than 6,000 professionals in New England, MITX is a dynamic and growing community for making meaningful business connections and exchanging innovative ideas. Members of the MITX community take advantage of professional and business development and marketing opportunities, including award recognition programs, sponsorships, speaking opportunities, networking and more than 60 events each year |
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SMA-UK, the Search Marketing Association UK (for search marketers from Great Britain). Founded in October 2004, SMA has the mission "To provide a service to search marketing individual professionals and companies by helping to establish a favourable operating environment, by providing a forum for discussion on non-competitive issues and by providing information to assist them in their business." |
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SEM PDX - Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland (SEMpdx). SEMpdx vision is to build national credibility for Portland as a hub for the search engine marketing industry. It's mission includes goals like: to develop and enhance member businesses & employees and to inform and educate the Portland community on the benefits of SEM. |
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SMA-NA, the Search Marketing Association of North America. The SMA-NA is an association for people and companies involved in the study, promotion and practice of search engine marketing. The SMA-NA has been dissolved effective Sept 15, 2007. |
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