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American Marketing Association
The American Marketing Association (AMA) is the world's largest and most comprehensive professional society of marketers, consisting of more than 45,000 worldwide members in 92 countries and 500 chapters throughout North America.
 
Association for Interactive Media
Since 1993, the Association for Interactive Media (AIM) has been serving businesses that use the Internet. Strong companies in a variety of industries turn to AIM for support for their Internet ventures, including Intel, Citicorp, CDnow, Yoyodyne, Disney, Price Waterhouse, and more than 300 others.
 
Direct Marketing Association
The DMA works to "get the word out" about the Direct Marketing industry, communicating and interpreting events and trends to the national and local media. Whatever a marketer's size, market or media, they are there to help members achieve bottom line success and satisfied customers.
 
eBusiness Association
The eBA's mission is to help individuals and their business prosper through strategic use of the Internet. From networking to education, the eBA offers a global view of the Internet through a regional based professional organization.
 
EMail Service Provider Coalition
The Email Service Provider Coalition (ESPC) was formed in November 2002 by the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) to fight spam while protecting the delivery of legitimate email. The ESPC members have recognized the need for strong spam solutions that ensure the delivery of legitimate email. To this end, the ESPC has created several crucial sub-committees, including legislative and technical committees, which have been very active in the war against spam.

eMarketing Association
The eMarketing Association is an organization dedicated to eMarketing techniques, processes, standards, trends and news and enriching our members through research, education, advocacy, and service.
 
Internet Alliance
The Internet Alliance is the leading consumer Internet industry association representing the industry on the state, federal and international levels. Through public policy, advocacy, consumer outreach and strategic alliances, the IA is seeking to build the confidence and trust necessary for the Internet to become a leading global market medium of the 21st Century. Leading members of the Internet Alliance include: America Online, Bell Atlantic, Citibank, Cox Interactive, Deutsche Telekom, DLJDirect, IBM, MCI WorldCom/UUNET, Microsoft and Prodigy. The IA is an independent subsidiary of The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA), possessing the clout and expertise of more than 4,500 member businesses in interactive and other marketing.
 
Internet Marketing Association
The goal of Internet Marketing Association is to build an international organization made up of local groups that meet monthly. Big business is rapidly taking over the Internet. Small business needs to unite and help each other learn how to make money on the Internet.