Hi, 

I would like to do email marketing to small/medium sized companies in
the construction industry in the US.

I am looking for a list of 10 well reputed companies that rent email
addresses for marketing purposes.

Please include the following information for each company:
Name
Address
Web site url
Sales Contact Person
Phone number
Number of email addresses to companies/individuals in the construction industry
What type of segmentation attributes that are connected with the email addresses
Cost per thousand addresses
Subjective rating by you of the company

Please include www.connectusdirect.com in this list.

Thanks in advance for quick help. Please let me know if you need any
clarifications.

Regards,
Tornell

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 01 Dec 2004 18:35 PST

Hello tornell -

On what basis would you like a subjective rating for these companies? 
Other than the cosmetics of their website, I don't know how a rating
would be assignable, since we typically wouldn't have used their
services.  Also, do you require an actual sales contact, or would a
general sales number do?

jbf777

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Clarification of Question by tornell-ga on 02 Dec 2004 00:30 PST

Hi jbf,

Thanks for the quick response. You can skip the subjective rating, but
I would like to have the name, number and email address to a specific
salesperson!

Regards,
Tornell

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 02 Dec 2004 08:51 PST

Tornell -

OK.  Also, some of the top companies are actual email *services* --
they do the emailing for you with their internal, confidential
list(s).  Are these OK to include?

jbf777

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Clarification of Question by tornell-ga on 02 Dec 2004 09:21 PST

Hi, these are ok to include as well. Regards, Thomas

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 02 Dec 2004 13:08 PST

Tornell -

After doing quite a bit of research on this, I'm going to make a recommendation.  

There are thousands of services out there claiming to do mailing
lists.  The problem is, there's no easy way to determine which ones
are "well reputed" within the budget and purview of this question.

What do you think about my supplying you with a short list of what are
called "list brokers."  These are companies that have access to dozens
if not hundreds of list sources.  They would source the best lists for
your needs.  I have found one in particular that has dozens of
blue-chip companies as clients.

Let me know what you think.

jbf

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 02 Dec 2004 14:28 PST

Thomas -

Please hold on that recommendation.  Still researching...

jbf777

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Clarification of Question by tornell-ga on 02 Dec 2004 23:00 PST

Hi again, 
my aim is to notify the potential customers via email. To me it does
not matter if  it is a broker or not. Another solution would be to
have an organisation in the construction industry send out a message
to their registered users.
Regards, Tornell

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Clarification of Question by tornell-ga on 02 Dec 2004 23:04 PST

Another thought - if you come across any brokers etc for email
addresses to construction companies in the UK, please list them as
well. An adequate tip will be provided...
Regards, Tornell

Hello Thomas -

I've included companies below that are either list managers
themselves, brokers, or both.  Let me know if you need any additional
information.

I would make sure whatever list(s) you choose to pursue are in
conformance to any spam laws (i.e., CAN-SPAM)

With regard to the UK request, I'll get back to you by Monday evening
to see if there's anything I can find.


FIRMS IN EMAIL LIST COMPILATION OR BROKERAGE
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XactMail
http://www.venturedirect.com/html/xactmail_contactus.htm
60 Madison Avenue 
New York, NY 10010
212-655-5246
Contact: Kelly Bolger
Records in the construction industry: 100 thousand
Segmentation: Job-level categorization only; no industry categorization 
Price: $240/1000 

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Rubin Response Services, Inc
1111 Plaza Drive
Schaumburg, IL 60173
http://www.rubinresponse.com/
Phone: (847) 619-9800
Fax: (847) 619-0149
info@rubinresponse.com
Contact: Eric Thomasx108
Records in the construction industry: 13,500
Segmentation: architecture/construction/engineering
Price: $435/1000

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Connectus Direct Solutions Inc. 
212-828 Harbourside Drive 
North Vancouver, BC V7P 3R9
http://www.connectusdirect.com
203-273-3737
Contact: Mike Weaver
Records in the construction industry: millions
Segmentation: 100's of SIC codes: everything from landscaping to roofing.
Price: $4/1000

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ePostDirect Inc., / Edith Roman
One Blue Hill Plaza
Box 1556, 16th Floor
Pearl River, NY 10965-8556
845-620-9000
Contact: Robert x646
Records in the construction industry: lists with 304,000+, 105,000+ 
Segmentation:  (hunderds of SIC codes available)
Price: $275 per 1000 (+$150/1000 for HTML, or $120 for text)
Includes McGraw Hill

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Charlwood eMarketing 
3202 Bedford Road
Nelson, British Columbia
CANADA V1L 6X8
http://www.charlwood.com/
Tel: (250) 352-6175
Fax: (250) 352-6375
Contact: Chris
Records in the construction industry: at least 25,000 (from Builder Magazine) 
Segmentation: Builder magazine, job titles, annual revenue, primary business
                 (builder, remodeller, architect, designer, wholesaler, 
				  manufacturer, etc.)
Price: $400+/- per 1000

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Netcreations
379 West Broadway, Suite 202
New York, NY 10012
http://www.netcrations.com
Phone: 212.625.1370x272 
Contact: Mark 
Records in the construction industry: 3500
Segmentation: residential, paneling, stairways, roofing, etc.
			   approximately 20 more.
Price: $100/m plus a $30/m select charge

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Bigfoot Interactive
315 Park Ave South 18th Fl. 
New York, NY 10010
212-995-7521 phone
646-483-9096 cell
http://www.bigfootinteractive.com/
Contact: Harley Webber
Records in the construction industry:  500K - 600K names
Segmentation: a few to a dozen segments: type of construction, revenue, 
					geography, etc.
Price: $300-$500 per thousand; 5000 min.
					
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InfoUSA
5711 S. 86th Circle
Omaha, NE 68127
http://www.infoUSA.com 
Contact: Ashley - (Phone: 402-537-6057)
Records in the construction industry: 79,290
Segmentation: dozens if not hundreds of SIC code business categories
Price: 2500 - 10000 addresses -> $.35 per record
Phone verified manually 1-4 times per year
                                       
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Worldata
3000 N. Military Trail
Boca Raton FL 33431-6375
http://www.worldata.com/wdnet6/EmailMarketing/EmailMarketing.asp
561-393-8200x117
Contact: Regan 
Records in the construction industry: at least 17000-18000
Segmentation: construction building and architecture
Price: $385 per thousand; 5000 min.

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Acquireweb
1065 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Suite 310
Foster City, CA 94404
http://www.acquireweb.com
650-212-2233
Contact: Rich Slater
Records in the construction industry: 275K-300K
Segmentation: SIC codes 15-17 (building construction, heavy construction, 
			special trade contractors
Price: $175 per 1000
Comment: claims to be a backend provider for a lot of other, similar companies.
			Clients: Goodyear, Verizon, Liberty Mutual, Lincoln Mercury



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email 
list 
brokerage
brokers



Additional Links
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Mailcreations
http://www.mailcreations.com/
Fax: 212-381-1745
Phone: 305.513.0013

Direct Media
203-532-2458

Topica
http://www.topica.com/

Contractor Resources
http://www.contractorresource.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi
www.zapdata.com <http://www.zapdata.com> 
 
Clickz
http://www.clickz.com/resources/adres/optin_list/

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 06 Dec 2004 08:38 PST

I received more particulars on Direct Media this morning:

Direct Media
200 Pemberwick Rd.
Greenwich Connecticut 06830
http://www.directmedia.com
Contact: Vin at 203-532-2458  
Records in the construction industry: lists include 11,000, 6,000, 12,000
Segmentation: construction/architecture/engineering grouped

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 06 Dec 2004 21:19 PST

Tornell -

Sorry for the delay... I will respond later today, 12/7.

Thanks,

jbf777

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 07 Dec 2004 19:31 PST

Hello Thomas -
 
I have found a US company that focuses exclusively on construction
lists of all kinds (over a million records).  They also have a number
of records in UK and other parts of Europe.
 
Contact Brahm at: 800-529-9020 ex 29
 
Construction Lists
http://www.constructionlists.com/
200 Rt. 17 Suite 5 ? Mahwah, NJ 07430
800-529-9020 
 
 
Two additional companies:
 
The Data Bureau Ltd
http://www.databureau.co.uk/contact_us.htm
Suite 23
Dalsetter ePark
42 Dalsetter Avenue
Glasgow
G15 8TE
Telephone 0870 7556320 (Martin)
Fax 0870 7556321
E-mail us @ info@databureau.co.uk
Number of records: around 5,000
Segmentation: SIC codes, geographical, and job function
 
Data HQ
http://www.datahq.co.uk/index.cfm?page=21
20,972 Double Opt-In list of B2B email addresses from Thomson Directories
Data HQ Limited
4 The Limes
Ingatestone
Essex
CM4 0AZ
Tel: 01277 355015
Fax: 01277 355514
Email: info@datahq.co.uk

Hope this helps.

jbf777

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 08 Dec 2004 10:06 PST

Data HQ has ~12,800 emails in construction; segmentation info is
currently unavailable.  Contact is Dave Battson.

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Request for Answer Clarification by tornell-ga on 09 Dec 2004 06:10 PST

Thanks for a very well structured answer! Just a quick question: how
do I make sure that the lists are complying with the CAN-SPAM rules?
Regards, tornell

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 09 Dec 2004 08:35 PST

Hello, Thomas -

You're welcome.  It should theoretically be a non-issue, as companies
should be abiding by the law; but just in case, I would simply tell
them you only want to do mailings that comply with federal spam laws.

More on the law can be seen here
http://www.spamlaws.com/federal/108s877.html

From the Summary sublink:
"The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act requires unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to be
labeled (though not by a standard method) and to include opt-out
instructions and the sender's physical address. It prohibits the use
of deceptive subject lines and false headers in such messages. The FTC
is authorized (but not required) to establish a "do-not-email"
registry. State laws that require labels on unsolicited commercial
e-mail or prohibit such messages entirely are pre-empted, although
provisions merely addressing falsity and deception would remain in
place. The CAN-SPAM Act takes effect on January 1, 2004."

Thanks,

jbf777

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 09 Dec 2004 11:54 PST

In actuality, complying with the spam laws is more about what's
contained in the email, rather than anything about the email addresses
themselves.  Complying would simply mean that your emails contain what
is required by the law.

Excellent summary! Good and very deep research!

Thanks for the kind words, rating, and tip!  Please stop by again soon.

jbf777

Before you purchase your direct emailing list, I would like to help in
the evaluation of these companies.  I have direct contacts at 80% of
these organizations and can get 20-30% off the list.

You are playing with the best of the best in these list choices but
your account will be handled as one of many.  A good list/email broker
could help you out.

Hi tailoreddata-ga,

do you have a link to your web site?

Regards,
Tornell

Hi jbf,

please have a look at this question:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=444619

Maybe something for you to dig into?

Regards,
tornell

tornell -

Thanks for letting me know -- I'll have a look at it.  If not I, then
perhaps another researcher might be able to do it.

jbf