September 2004
Business Search PRO On-Line, the latest online service from Thomson Directories, continues to help local companies improve their sales and marketing campaigns whilst aiding business growth with only minimal investment required.

With weekly updates, Business Search PRO On-Line gives companies up-to-date access to one of the most accurate and comprehensive business databases in the UK . In a simple to use format it is now easy to count and buy data. Membership to Business Search PRO means users can create direct marketing and telemarketing campaigns.

Jill Pringle, Thomson Directories Business Information Product Manager, explains the benefits, “We are now able to offer users a route where they have complete control over the search and selection criteria to buy their data. Membership to Business Search PRO means users can create the lists they want with a guaranteed level of accuracy supported by the speed of online purchase.”

Business Search PRO On-Line enables companies to choose who they want to target from the 2 million business listings on the national Thomson Database. The basic record (company name, address, business and premise classification, number of employees and financial data) costs 8p.

Adding additional fields: phone/fax number, contact names, and website address brings the cost to 50p per record. The data is for multiple use within 12 months and the minimum order value for data purchases online is £5 plus VAT.

Membership
Membership to Business Search PRO On-Line is particularly beneficial for regular users and allows greater flexibility of the data selection. “Members can refine their searches to suit their needs and only pay for what they want, but most importantly they get to view all data on screen before any final purchase is made” says Product Manager Jill Pringle. “Membership also gives preferential rates on data purchase and provides a cost-effective way to export just a few records at a time and gain a bulk-buy discount by using the credit metering system. In customer research, these are the features users have told us set Business Search PRO On-Line part from other online data sources.” Membership costs £200 + VAT per annum.

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