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- Online Source Hotline Database
DMIA members can now search the DMIA Source Hotline Database online. The service features a comprehensive database of more than 50,000 suppliers organized by product category and region. With a few clicks, you can sort the capabilities of these manufacturing sources, identify your top five, and automatically send quotation requests via email. It’s a fast, comprehensive and efficient way to develop and manage product quotations.
- The Who's Who Online allows easy access to DMIA's complete membership directory. This searchable database lists members by distributor, manufacturer, supplier and international, as well as by state and principal. Use this service to update your own membership records.
- The Marketing Library is your online resource to help you market your company. It includes text and graphics, sample layouts, print and web design templates and a variety of other resources for use in creating your own marketing materials for print or the web.
- The Distributor Networking Search gives you access to hundreds of distributors who can help you solve your toughest management problems. Looking for someone with experience in non-compete contracts or mergers and acquisitions? Use this database to build your own network of industry experts.
To be part of this database, open and view the PDF form, print it, complete it and mail or fax it to Christine Sachs at DMIA, 433 East Monroe Ave., Alexandria, VA 22301, Fax: (703) 549-4966. Completing this form also gets your company in a separate database of distributors that end users can search from the DMIA home page  when they click on "Print Buyers Search." You can download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader by clicking on the button to the right.
- The Check 21 mini-web has links to articles, information and resources about Check 21 legislation.
- The RFID mini-web has resources and articles about radio frequency identification from Print Solutions Magazine, the IMR, BPTR and other sources.
- The Mergers & Acquisitions mini-web will help you when it's time to buy, sell or merge. Some of its features are:
- Case Studies
- How to Value Your Distributorship
- 10 Reasons Why Your Firm May Be Worth Less than You Think
- Sample Letter to Customers from Seller
- Sample Letter to Customers from Buyer
- Sample Press Release
- People Experienced in Mergers & Acquisitions
- The Document Security mini-web is the place to go for education, marketing information and references about secure documents. Some of its features are:
- Glossary
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What Documents Should be Protected
- Internal Security Measures
- Sales Tips
- Links and more
- The E-Commerce mini-web has links to information and resources about e-business. Some of its features include:
- Articles
- Publications
- Resources
- Glossaries
- Printing Industry E-Commerce Companies
- Links and more
- Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
When, why and how to use them; searching for them on the Internet; patent and trademark news and features from DMIA publications, useful web sites. - Disaster Planning and Recovery
News, features and how-tos from DMIA publications, links and networking with distributors who have experience with this topic. - Personnel—Hiring
Recruiting, subcontracting, finding management help, finding low-cost labor, links to distributors who employ the physically and mentally challenged, and more.
- Taxes
Tax help on the web, tax-related problems faced by distributors, guidelines for using independent contractors, networking with distributors who've faced tax audits, and more. - Compensation
Commission vs. salary, compensation plans, who to hire, how much to pay and more. - Customer Segmentation
Do you rank your clients according to profitability? Do you know how much a demanding client costs your company? Do you provide service levels that match these calculations? Here is information to help you segment your client base and build your bottom line. - Customer Surveys
Here are stories and links about distributors who stay close to their customers by finding out exactly what customers like and want. Included are sample surveys you can use. - Contracts and Non-Compete Agreements
This is available only to DMIA principals and requires an additional password. Call (800) 336-4641 for details, or . - Quality/ISO 9000
If you're developing a quality program or seeking registration as an ISO 9000 company, use this mini-web to learn how others in our industry have done it. - Preference Rules
Here are stories and strategies to help you succeed with the often complicated rules and procedures of government purchasing programs. - Vertical Market—Retail
Whether you're a veteran or a newcomer, here are resources to help you broaden your sales and marketing penetration in the retail vertical market. Included are links to retail industry publications, associations and events, articles from Print Solutions Magazine and more. - Vertical Market—Banking/Financial
This mini-web features hundreds of links to federal and state banking agencies, banking trade associations and publications, legal information and market research about banking, plus 17 banking-related stories from the files of Print Solutions Magazine and the Independent Management Report. - Vertical Market—Insurance
This is the place to go to research the insurance vertical market. Included are links to insurance Web sites, publications, associations and events, articles from Print Solutions Magazine and more.
Members-Only Publications - Search Past Issues of the Independent Management Report
This is available only to DMIA principals and requires an additional password. Call (800) 336-4641 for details, or . - Search Past Issues of the Business Printing Technologies Report
This members only publication focuses on technical issues affecting the industry. - Search Past Issues of the E-Weekly
This award-winning, members only publication features up-to-the-minute printing industry news; sales, marketing and e-commerce tips; hot web sites to visit and more.
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