Would you like to be in the 2011 Sportslink Directory – in print and online – and get the rest of 2010 free online (plus inclusion in print updates during the year)?

Here's all you need to know about entries...

   For more than two decades, the Sportslink Directory has been the industry 'bible' for trade buyers ... and for the last two years, a fully-searchable version has been freely available on our website.

TRADE and major buyers look for the product or service they want among about 8000 listings under 1200 product categories. In print or online, their search yields the names of specialist companies able to supply them;

   Or if you know the Brand but not the supplier company, you can look that up (or search online) instead.

   Looking up the company's details (just a click away online) delivers location and contact details including phone, fax, email and website (the last two with links online). The listing details Executive Staff, State Branches/Distributors (with contacts again) and Product Range.

   Logos are shown with company and Brand listings to confirm identification (see sample pages right).

    Take a look at the online Directory now. If you're not already a member, you'll need to join (free to industry companies and personnel).

LISTING your supplier company in the Sportslink Directory costs just A$275 (including A$25 GST) ... less than the cost of most online promotions, yet it works for you all year!

   You can list online at any time, but the popular printed edition appears only in January each year. About 3000 copies of this are printed and circulated to trade readers, mostly in Australia and New Zealand.

   Online listings can be updated at any time, and Update information is published in the print editions in April, July and October. Buyers' Guide features in these issues also draw on (and reprint) sections of the Directory data, boosting the exposure of participating companies.

   Your Directory listing also adds functionality to any online Showcase and advertising promotion you may undertake during the year: Readers are linked to your Company's details, with response mechanisms and details of your distribution network. All of this mechanism is 'just part of the service' for Sportslink advertisers.

THERE are two main ways of setting up a listing:

• Download the Directory entry form - click here (1030kb download) - fill in the details (make sure to tick all the products/services you offer) and send it back to us with payment. You can fax the form to 02-4381 0246 or scan the completed last four pages and email them to mpcmedia@ozemail.com.au. We will then handle the online upload for you.

• Do it yourself online - click this link, after joining or logging on as a member - and you can enter all your company details, upload a logo, and pay for a 12-month listing online. Again do remember to Control-Click all the products/services you offer ... it's what makes the search function work. We will extract the data for the print edition.

Need help? Email Maggie Coleman or ring her on 02-4381 0115 and we'll be happy to talk you through the listing process.

TO BE included in the 2011 Sportslink Directory (published January 2011) be sure to lodge your entry with payment by 16 November 2010. If you don't have complete details yet (perhaps because you are adding brands, moving or even starting up) call us (on 02-4381 0115) or email mpcmedia@ozemail.com.au to reserve an entry. We can then arrange more time.

   Enter online now and you'll get the remainder of this year FREE, paying only for 2011, so your entry will be live from now until the end of January 2012.

   Miss the deadline altogether and you risk missing out on solid business from our print edition readership and fast-growing online audience.

THE January Sportslink Directory11 edition goes on selling for you, with new store owners and other readers asking for a copy throughout the year.

   So why not leverage this market to your advantage by booking an advertisement or Showcase advertorial in it? Packages are available which bundle a FREE Company Listing (with cross references and brands) if you book a page in the same issue.

   Email Maggie Coleman or Mel Hardcastle for more information or ring the Directory11 hotline on 02-4381 0115.

Sportslink magazine and the Sportslink Directory11 - now in their 25th year - are published by MPC Media (Pileport Pty Ltd ABN 30 056 610 363). We're a small, privately-owned niche publishing business, in which the directors are closely and directly involved in everything we do. Call us on 02-4381 0115 and you'll be talking with them.

   We're intensely proud of our publications and the service we provide, and aim to ensure that each of our business partners is delighted by the experience!