MARKET PROFILES-DEMOGRAPHICS, SALES LEADS

*US Census Bureau www.census.gov A free government site where you can develop by yourself a demographic/market research analysis of any towns in the US. The site contains a multitude of databases concerning County Business Patterns, Zip Business Patterns, International Trade Data, and more. The "QuickFacts" option provides Census Bureau information at the national, state, county, and city level. Statistics by city include the population change, quantity of individuals by age, sex and race and educational level,. median value of housing, income/capita, retail sales/capita, total number of firms by sex and minority, and quantity of people per square area. Hot links within the US Census Bureau site include

*US Census Bureau-Economic Census www.census.gov/econ/census02/ The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level.

*US Census Bureau-County Business Patterns www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html Provides economic data by industry. Data is helpful in studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. Businesses use the data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets.

*US Census Bureau-Manufacturing,Mining and Construction-Current Industrial Report www.census.gov/cir/www/ measures of industrial activity on production and shipments of selected products. The data can be used in market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making

*US Census Bureau Service Sector Statistics www.census.gov/mrts/www/marts.html Includes Monthly Retail and Food Service Sales, Retail Inventories, Inventories/Sales Ratios, Reliability of Monthly Estimates and Historical Retail Trade Data.

* US Census Bureau-Income www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income.html The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States:,State Median Income, Income Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS), American Community Survey (ACS), Decennial Census,Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP),Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD).Small Area Income and Poverty.

*GLOBUS & NTB www.stat-usa.gov/miscfiles.nsf/TO?OpenView A no fee U.S. Department of Commerce site. Click under the menu International Trade Library to gain access to reports on various country import export trade reports

* USA Trade Online www.usatradeonline.gov/ A government fee base site that slices and dices in various forms the export and import volume by country by type of import/export and type of commodity over various time periods

*USAData Source www.usadata.com/ to purchase lists of profile markets Information can include customer sale leads, business leads with fax, phone number, sales volume and employee size, move lists, new homeowner lists, and physician lists. Presented material can be filtered by lifestyle, age, income within any US area.

*Claritas or Claritas MarketPlace™NET www.claritas.com/claritas/Default.jsp Site provides marketing information and tools to help you better understand your customers, and competitors. Available for purchase are Market Analysis, Customer Analysis, And Business To Business Analysis. The Claritas MarketPlace features 2007 estimates and 2012 projection data in dozens of detailed reports/maps displayed in geographic areas, radius and driving time.The 2000 Census can be freely accessed but requires site registration.

*About.com www.marketing.about.com A free marketing information site discussing Effective Virtual Marketing, Building a Marketing Network Online, What do your clients need? Marketing vs Advertising topics etc

*Yesmail www.yesmail.com Provides fee based targeted email lists Yesmail can create, build and implement an e-mail campaigns to increase revenue, brand awareness or community building, using new opt-in names through our network of over 1000 sites.

*InfoUSA.Com www.infousa.com A fee based source for business leads. InfoUSA.COM captures detailed information on over 14million businesses and 210 million consumer households in the United States and Canada. from thousands of public sources such as yellow pages, white pages, newspapers, incorporation records, real estate deed transfers and various other sources. Compiled information can be searched online by type of business, SIC code, number of employees, sales volume in minutes. Site includes a free section on mail tips and the most appropriate form of direct mailing under various conditions

*ONVIA www.onvia.com A fee base site specializing in delivering hard-to-find sales leads in the following industries: Architecture & Engineering, Business Consulting, Construction, IT/Telecom, and Transportation. The company’s resources include a database of government winning vendor proposals

*Marketwatch www.marketwatch.com/?avatar=seen Information on global markets the economy politics and earnings