- I'd like to list my company?
- Why advertise with us?
- I need help with my web site
- What are the 'BOSS' web tools?
- How can I manage my inventory?
- What is a Corporate Profile?
- How do I sponsor the cover picture?
I'd like to list my company?
A company name and phone number listing is easy and it's FREE
If your company works directly in the forest industry or provides a product or service to the forest industry you can list your company in TWO categories of the directory for FREE.
Simply click here to register.
What you really need is a Plan
A Free listing is better than no listing at all but if you really want to get some sustained and meaningful market exposure for your business you need one of our Marketing Plans. Our value-bundled Marketing Plans give you more online exposure for less money.
Click here to find out why your company should advertise with Forest Industry Network.
Why advertise with us?
When forest industry professionals look for your products or services our directories are one of the first places they'll look. Our Online directories make it easy for customers to find your products and services.
Question: How can your company reach the highest amount of qualified forest industry professionals throughout the year using Internet advertising and how do you quantify your success?
Solution: Combine the new marketing medium with a proven business model and evaluate it with traditional methodology.
Forest Industry Network can provide your company a highly focused market of forest industry professionals both on the Internet and in traditional marketing mediums. We have combined our Internet products to give your company double exposure for less cost. That means your customers can find your products and services when they're ready to buy.
Forest Industry Network we know maximizing the Internet for our clients depends as much on our participation in the industry, through traditional channels such as trade events, working with industry publications and our work with leading associations, as it does on our Internet technology.
We have the 'Right' Tools for the job
The Web Portal - www.forestindustry.com - Value-bundled Internet Marketing Plans for yearlong exposure no matter where your buyers look. Click here to find out more
Forest Industry Network 2008 Media Guide
Banner Advertising and Site Sponsorship - Building and maintaining brand awareness is best served by frequency in a high traffic position. Click here to find out more
Easily Quantifiable
Your company can rely on our experience. We've been operating the leading forest industry dedicated web portal for the North American forest industry for over 10 years. No risk of being an early adopter - With over 300 forest industry Marketing Plan clients the model is well-proven and embraced by industry.
We don't simply rely on the Internet to deliver qualified visitors to our web site for our clients. We deliver our clients' messages at major forestry trade events, in the printed directory and through our work with many leading trade associations. When we're talking directly to your customers you know your message is being delivered to the right buyers. A growing audience of over 50,000 highly qualified site visitors viewing over 280,000 pages per month!
Value bundles means more exposure and less cost for our clients.
Whether it's directory listing or banner advertising, our products and services will help your customers find you with ease. Our sales reps will tell you what works for others in your field and help you determine the best option for your needs.
Click here if you're interested in developing a Marketing Plan for your business
I need help with my web site
If you haven't got a web site yet or you need your existing web site upgraded we can help.
Gone are the days when 'just having a web site' regardless of the quality and content on it would be considered sufficient. Today, almost everyone uses the web for researching a product or service they are thinking of buying and in many cases they will use it for direct purchases as well.
Your clients expect the any business they deal with to have a professional looking web site that's easy-to-use and contains current information on the businesses products and services. If these very basic elements are not available, buyers will not remain clients for long.
Developing a successful web site is a now a complicated and intricate process which can involve several different emerging technologies and if it's not done right web traffic disappear and sales will suffer.
Regardless whether you are selling to end-users or to a distribution network our development team can design your web site to truly reflect your business. We can also provide your company with web and email hosting as well as easy-to-use web tools so you can keep your site current with no software to buy or learn.
Click here if you would like to speak with our development team about your web site requirements.
What are the 'BOSS' web tools?
We know you don't have time to buy or learn web authoring software and we know that's a large part of the reason you can't keep your website up-to-date.
We know your clients and prospective clients are coming to your site and we know you have to find a way to provide them with a better online experience.
We also know you just want to quickly and easily get into your site make a few basic changes and additions and get back to work.
That's why we developed Business On-line Service Solutions (BOSS).
The BOSS is a powerful web-based business tools to help you easily and efficiently maintain your website. There is no software to buy or learn. Use any computer connected to the Internet, log on to the administration area and make your changes. It's that easy.
Current BOSS Tools include'
Inventory Manager - Use this Module to easily maintain a continually changing list of new & used equipment, parts, wood products, or any other items on your website.
Dealer Locator - This Module will help site visitors to find dealers in their area or locations where they can buy your products or services. Use the Dealer Module to help site visitors find dealers/locations by country, region, province, state or city.
Web Page Editor - Keep your website current by using our easy-to-use Website maintenance module. Our Dynamic Content (DC) Editor requires no software or hardware and can be installed for any page you need to access for frequent changes.
Bulletin Manager - This Module is perfect for building, archiving, and emailing any type of newsletter, technical bulletin or press release that needs to be distributed and archived.
Click here for more information on the Boss Web Tools
How can I manage my inventory?
If you have new or used inventory you'd like to make available to your clients through your web site The BOSS Inventory Manager is the answer. The Inventory Manager of the BOSS system has been designed with ease and convenience in mind. There's no software to buy or learn and you can easily update your inventory from any computer connected to the Internet. This robust tool will help you manage your online inventory and offers the ability to improve your ranking on web searches; a powerful feature not available in most web-based applications. Whether you're at the office, at home or on the road keeping your inventory up-to-date has never been so simple.
Click here for more information on the Inventory Managers
What is a Corporate Profile?
Forest Industry Network Corporate Profiles allow your company the chance to tell the North American forest industry your story the way it should be told! What does that take? It takes your success story, technical data and a great advertisement that sells your product so that's just what we put together.
What do you get?
Well, it starts with either a two-page spread or a four-page spread on glossy paper in the front section of the printed edition of the North American Forest Industry Service & Supply Directory, then moves online to our website at www.forestindustry.com serving over 55,000 readers every month.
When you need to send a clear concise message about your company and it's products and services our Corporate Profiles deliver the type of yearlong marketing and brand awareness you need.
Click here for information on booking a Corporate Profile for your business.
How do I sponsor the cover pictures?
A picture says a thousand words and like any trade publication the cover pictures says it all. At Forest Industry Network we offer our clients the chance to Sponsor the cover of the web site. Site sponsorship is not a banner advertising mechanism and pictures submitted must be of industry related subject matter but can include pictures of the sponsors products and services at work.
Sponsors can send in up to four of their best in-action pictures to rotate through the cover frame and include their company logo for posting beneath the cover pictures. Corporate branding and image building are key goals of the Site Sponsorship opportunity, which can be booked in one-month increments.