Tradeshows
A comprehensive list of tradeshows taking place all over the country & the world brought to you by Tradeshow News Network.

Access Business Online
We are committed to real time news & real time database services for demanding business & professional people. We grow because we work hard for our customers & support your business needs with mission critical applications & services. We provide exclusive content to help you make worthwhile contact, find good people, working capital, trading partners, talent, vendors, professional assistance, requests for bid, etc. Our customers, clients, & members have high expectations. We have lead the Business-to-business area of the internet with a high standard of capability.

Direct Marketing Online
This list is a moderated discussion on issues related to direct marketing on the Internet. It is assumed that you know the basic terminology associated with these topics, but if you don't, you need not worry. Just hang out for a while and you'll learn a lot from the group.

MSN Business Community
Want to talk about business issues, but can’t join a scheduled chat? Stop into our General Discussion room at any time and see who is there, or use our newsgroups at any time to discuss issues or get help. We often have hosts and a crowd during much of the day!

Database America Companies Small Business Forums
Direct Marketing works for small businesses -- if they're armed with the right information. That's why we've created the Small Business Forum: To help you get the most from Direct Marketing.

International Business Forum
The International Business Forum provides information about business opportunities in the international marketplace. It is intended for companies wishing to export or expand into foreign markets as well as for those interested to acquire products and services from other countries.

The Business Forum
Since 1982, The Business Forum has been presenting "free to members" luncheons and conferences where decision makers throughout the Pacific States of America can meet with experts and peers to discuss future trends, to debate common concerns, and to help each other find solutions to pressing business problems.

The Small Business Forum
The Small Business forum is driven to a large extent by the needs of the members. At anytime members are free to make suggestions and propose ideas & concepts to the System Operators. The plan for development of the Small Business Forum consists of a number of stages. The time scale of the stages will be determined by growth in membership. The whole development has to be self funding.

The Sustainable Business Forum
The Sustainable Business Forum, an initiative of The Environment Council, aims to help businesses find appropriate responses to environmental challenges in a rapidly changing world. It focuses on the strategic environmental issues facing business, both opportunities and threats, which will influence future development and growth.

The Family Business Forum
The Family Business Forum was established by the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies in 1992 to support family businesses. The Forum is designed around outcome-oriented educational programs and seminars, and provides family businesses in the metropolitan area with the opportunity to learn from leading experts on issues related to owning and operating a family business.

Advertising Newsgroups
Newsgroups, loosely organized in what is known as USENET, a part of the Internet that existed prior to the World Wide Web, consist of somewhere around 10,000 special interest online discussion groups of like-minded individuals all interested in the same topic.

biz.marketplace.services
biz.marketplace.services.non-computer provides a forum for profit-motivated users to offer services which are not computer oriented. This forum shall include services offered by merchandisers, marketing services, genealogy tracers, freelance photographers/writers, web page promotions, & other services that are not centered around computer hardware or specific products. It is the moderators’ sole responsibility & unquestioned authority to ensure that articles adhere to the charter.

How Do I Read and Participate in Newsgroups?
The Internet is home to thousands of newsgroups focusing on just about every topic imaginable (and plenty that you would never imagine). Newsgroups are basically electronic bulletin boards. Users select a topic that interests them and then read the messages posted by others. If you want, you can respond to the messages you read. You have the option of replying publicly to the newsgroup, so everyone can read your response, or you can reply to the original author via e-mail. You can even do both.

How to Find the Right Place to Post (FAQ)
There are thousands of Usenet newsgroups, and it is sometimes difficult to find the right newsgroup to ask a question or start a discussion. This document gives some general methods of finding the right newsgroup or mailing list for a topic.

The Usenet Marketplace FAQ
For everyone, the success of any communication over the Internet is highly dependent on the writer's netiquette. Before you post news or send e-mail, we highly recommend the easy-to-read sarcasm of Brad Templeton's network etiquette FAQ according to Emily Post news.