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ContentWise's recommended resources for custom & corporate publishers and communicators

COMMUNITY

  • Custom Publishing Council

    This site represents the interests of custom publishers nationwide. Go here for lists of custom publishers, free newsletters about custom publishing, and success stories about companies that have outsourced their publications to custom publishers.

  • Association of Publishing Agencies

    An association in the UK that supports custom media producers. Check out its website for great resources. This is the UK counterpart to the Custom Publishing Council in the US.

  • Center for Social Media

    Part of American University's School of Communication, the Center for Social Media investigates, showcases, and sets standards for socially engaged media-making. It organizes conferences and convenings, publishes research, creates codes of best practices, and incubates media strategies.

  • The Direct Marketing Association

    The leading association for direct-marketing professionals. Its website offers a job bank for members, daily news feeds, seminars, and additional links.

  • IABC/International Association of Business Communicators

    A membership organization for corporate communicators. Its support ranges across multiple areas in the field of communication, including integrated marketing and communications, offers a communicators' certification program, and hosts awards programs. The site lists resources, events, new books, and interviews with experts, and includes archived articles from IABC's Communication World magazine.

  • In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association

    For in-house pros who provide graphic design, page layout, copy, printing, mailing, and distribution services to their enterprises.

  • Junta42 Blog

    The leading blog devoted to content marketing, founded by Joe Pulizzi.

  • PRSA/Public Relations Society of America

    The website for this active society includes job listings, how-to seminars, special events, and membership information.

  • Society of Publication Designers

    A majory association for publication designers, with a website offering jobs, news, awards programs, and interesting Q&As with the nation's leading designers.

  • Specialized Information Publishers’ Association Blog

    SIPA is the international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of for-profit subscription newsletter publishers and other specialized-information services, such as directories, online publications, looseleafs, database services, and conferences.

AWARDS PROGRAMS

  • Magnum Opus Awards

    The ContentWise Magnum Opus Awards are the premier way for your outstanding custom media products and the staff who produced them to gain crucial industrywide recognition for strategic, editorial, and visual excellence. Whether you're producing printed marketing communications or your own intranet site, a magazine, a newsletter, or an annual report, if you're producing effective communications with consistent quality and impact, you deserve the recognition that only the Magnum Opus Awards can offer.

  • APEX Awards for Publications Excellence

    Awards are given in 97 communications categories, in 11 main categories: newsletters; magazines and journals; magapapers and newspapers; annual reports; brochures, manuals and reports; video and electronic publications; Web and intranet sites; campaigns, programs and plans; writing; design and illustration; and special publications.

  • Mercomm awards programs

    Three different awards programs: the Galaxy Awards (marketing), Astrid Awards (design), and Mercury Awards (public relations).

HELPFUL PUBLICATIONS & WEBSITES

  • Copyediting newsletter

    The leading source for language news, style advice, and usage tips. If you edit any kind of copy, from marketing materials to employee newsletters to academic works, you owe it to yourself to subscribe to Copyediting. You’ll find that the timely coverage of hot-button language-use issues and sound, practical editorial advice will help you do your best work.

  • Editor & Publisher

    America's oldest journal covering the newspaper industry, Editor & Publisher has a collection of useful white papers, many of them about marketing.

  • Graphic Arts Information Network

    Formerly the Printing Industries of America, this new, fuller site offers a searchable database of printers nationwide and industry trends, awards, and educational opportunities.

  • Marketing Terms Reference

    An Internet marketing reference site, including a helpful Marketing Terms Dictionary.

  • Revving Up Readership

    A great, free e-newsletter from Wylie Communications, for communicators who want to reach more readers and improve the readership of their publications. Includes training and consulting to "polish your publications."

EMPLOYMENT

  • ContentWise job board

    This job board is designed to serve as the definitive career resource for ContentWise subscribers and job seekers who are searching for new hires and employment opportunities.

  • Creative Hotlist

    Creative Hotlist is a customizable online application for connecting talent, companies, and services. It has a sophisticated search engine and enables users to find individuals, companies, and resources for any aspect of the creative marketplace including job openings, creative services, artists, designers, programmers, printers, service bureaus, schools, and clubs.

  • Custom Publishing Council

    Job openings posted by member companies.

  • Mediabistro.com

    A career and community site for media professionals, with several specialized e-mail lists and blogs.

  • Print Buyers Online

    A community site for print buyers that includes tips, advice, and tools in addition to its job bank.

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