American Marketing Association
http://www.marketingpower.com
For marketing professionals, educators, and students. Covers special interest groups (advertising, direct marketing, global marketing, marketing research, small business. etc.), provides articles and industry reports, and includes a career and resource center.

Direct Marketing Association
http://www.the-dma.org
Available to members and non-members are: events calendars, educational materials, information on governmental issues, educational and employment materials, a searchable "yellow pages" of vendors, and more.

Marketing & Society Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association
http://www.massig.org
Site includes pertinent links to some government agencies and industry and consumer links, such as Public Citizen and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Marketing Research Association
http://www.mra-net.org
Some areas are membership restricted, but non-members will find the glossary of terms and abbreviations helpful, along with the research resources, codes and guidelines, and  materials for consumers.

Institute of Business and Professional Ethics
http://www.depaul.edu/ethics
DePaul's College of Commerce provides an excellent list of links to other institutes on ethics. 

Online Journal of Ethics
http://www.stthom.edu/cbes/onlinejournals.html
Online journal covering business and professional ethics.

Corporate Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com
Site posted by Wright Investors' Service. Search for reports by either company name or by ticker symbol. User can also find information on companies in foreign countries, research a country's industry, research a state, research exchange rates, or look up definitions and company extensions (U.S. and international).  Requires user registration but registration is free.

KnowThis
http://www.knowthis.com/
Comprehensive site organized into the following categories: Advertising &  Promotion, Careers & Jobs, Customer-Focused Marketing, Education, General Resources, Groups & Meetings, International Marketing & Trade, Internet Marketing and E-Business, Legal Issues, Market Research, Marketing Strategy & Management, Publications, Retailing, and Selling.

MarketingNorthAmerica.com Resource Directory
http://www.marketingnorthamerica.com
Site aimed at the marketing professional with over 400 links organized into 19 categories.

County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
U.S. Census Bureau. Economic, population, and geographic data presented by state, and narrowed by country.

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/guides.htm
Basic guide to government policies on fair and legal marketing and advertising methods. Covers guidelines for fairness, avoiding deception, labeling, the use of testimonials, and the use of terms such as "free." Also includes a section on advertising and marketing on the Internet.

Trade Information Center
http://www.trade.gov/td/tic
Government reports on market openings for exporters. Click on "TIC Country FAQs," then "Country specific questions and answers," and select a country for information on marketing exports to that country.

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Searchable demographic information from the U.S. census. Very detailed breakdowns of populations within an area, under such categories as age, race, sex, household size, and housing status. Use "Map search" to search for state or county information and "Place search" to search by zip code. "Word search" allows user to do a keyword search of government reports on population-related subjects.

ZIP Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/zbp_base.html
"ZIP Business Patterns presents business counts, by size, for hundreds of industries....plus summaries by ZIP code (without industry breakdown) for employment, payroll, and counts by employment size." Also links to the Economic Census ZIP Code Statistics and the Census of Population and Housing.

Centre for International Trade
http://centretrade.com
CIT is an organization endeavoring to expand international trade. Site includes information on foreign travel, trade opportunities, foreign rules and regulations, tariffs, and more. "Resources" links user to key international trade sites.

The International Import Export Institute
http://www.intlimport-export.com
Under "Resources" and then under "International Trade Links" are lists of full-text publications. Areas of interest include country commercial guides, CIA publications and handbooks, daily foreign exchange rates, and a glossary of international terms.

Import Export Trade Leads
http://www.tradezone.com/welcome.html
Site allows user to search for trade leads by country, product, company, date, and more. Links to embassies/consulates, global travel, trade centers, etc.

International Chamber of Commerce
http://www.iccwbo.org
Provides the ICC's international codes for marketing, advertising, and sales promotion.

How Marketing Plans Work
http://money.howstuffworks.com/marketing-plan.htm

Marketing Plan Software and Sample Marketing Plans
http://www.mplans.com

Outline of a Marketing Plan
http://www.thewritemarket.com/marketing/index.php?marketing=outline&title=Outline for a Marketing Plan

Yahoo! Small Business Resources
http://www.bplans.com/samples/?affiliate=yahoo

Advertising Age - Data Center
http://www.adage.com/datacenter.cms?dataCenterld=1
Provides advertising and marketing industry data that is compiled into more than 600 charts arranged into four categories (Mega Brands, Global Marketers, Coen's Annual Spending Totals, and Advertising to Sales Ratio by Industry).

ThomasNet
http://www.thomasregister.com
Searchable by product or service, company name, or brand name.

Internet Marketing Dictionary
http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/
Terms can be searched either alphabetically or category.

Marketing Dictionary
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/depts/mkt/dictionary
Monash University's dictionary of 1,500+ terms.

Marketing Terms Dictionary
http://www.marketingpower.com
Definitions of 4,077 marketing terms.

Marketing Terms.com
http://www.marketingterms.com
"Internet marketing reference and index of the best sites & articles."

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
U.S. Census Bureau site for NAICS codes.

Quirk's.com : Research Resources [Glossary]
http://www.quirks.com/resources/glossary.asp
"A list of over 650 common and uncommon marketing research words and phrases."

SBA Glossary
http://app1.sba.gov/glossary/
Terms geared toward small businesses.

Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC)
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/sic.html
U.S. Census Bureau site for SIC codes.

Emerald
http://puck.emeraldinsight.com/vl=1582806/cl=87/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/emeraldft
Searchable access to full-text articles and an abstract library, provided by MCB University Press. Ten product group databases, including one for marketing, are available individually or as a whole, either by subscription or on a free 30-day trial basis.

Marketing Article And Resource Library
http://www.marketingsource.com/articles/
From the Concept Marketing Group, Inc. Articles, written by professionals, on both traditional and Internet marketing strategies and techniques. 

Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research 
http://ciber.bus.msu.edu
Click on "International Business Resources on the WWW" to get feature articles on this subject and many useful links to trade information. One important table is the market potential indicators for emerging markets.

Minority Business Development Agency Web Portal
http://www.mbda.gov
Click on "Minority business community fact sheets" for statistics and trends in minority business communities (Hispanic, Black, Native American/Asian, Hasidic). Click on "Useful minority business links" for sites relating to minority businesses.

Public Citizen
http://www.citizen.org
Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, Public Citizen is the consumer's eyes and ears in Washington.

SMEI : Sales & Marketing Executives International
http://www.smei.org
SMEI sponsors this site for marketing professionals and students. The Resource Menu includes a number of categories (journals; employment; associations; books, including some book chapters). The Marketing Research Library for Students includes several hundred searchable full-text articles covering advertising, catalog marketing, copywriting, database marketing, direct mail, mail order, mailing lists, media, promotion, public relations, radio & TV sales, and telemarketing.

World Advertising Research Center
http://www.warc.com
A "source of online intelligence for marketing, advertising, media and research communities worldwide. The subscription based service gathers together over 15,000 articles, case studies, research and conference papers drawn from over 25 international sources and covering all areas of marketing communications." Service is fee based, but users can sign up for a free 7-day trial.

About Retail Industry
http://retailindustry.about.com
This site by About.com covers retail statistics, sales, reports, trends, research, and much more. Check under Retail Sales to find Retail Reports from Business Wire, outlining monthly and year-to-date retail sales by retailer, and  the Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Trade by the U.S. Census Bureau. Articles are arranged by either date or by topic.

Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/mrts.html
The U.S. Census Bureau provides monthly sales estimates for the retail trade and food services.

National Retail Federation
http://www.nrf.com
The official site of the world's largest retail trade association.

Retail Advertising & Marketing Association
www.rama-nrf.org
"A trade association of retail marketing and advertising professionals, plus their counterparts on the agency, media and service-provider sides of the business. "

Retail Industry Leaders Association
http://www.retail-leaders.org/latest/
Provides educational forums for those in the retail business as well as promoting public advocacy.

Stores Magazine
http://www.stores.org/
Journal posted by the National Retail Federation. Divided into sections covering Internet resources on retailing news, trends, and reports; marketing; global retailing; consumer information; and the law.

SBA Local Information
http://www.sba.gov/index.html
Includes: The Business Plan Workbook: The Marketing Your Business For Success Workbook; The Financing Options: All You Should Know Workbook; and The Is Franchising For Me? Workbook. 

Advertising Principles
http://morris.wharton.upenn.edu/advertising/
From the Wharton School of Business, this site focuses on how to create an effective advertising campaign.

Market Research
http://www.inc.com/guides/marketing/24018.html
Inc.com has put together this site of marketing resources.

Marketing - Business Studies
http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/business/index.htm
Includes information on market analysis, market research, planning and strategy.