Curlie

Advertising

This category is for companies specializing in advertising and promotional services. This category is NOT for advertising your products. Please submit your site to an appropriate subcategory of this section. Companies specializing in web promotions are welcomed at Computers: Internet: Web Promotions:

The Open Directory editors reserve the right to delete sites under construction, duplicate domains or submissions and sites submitted to incorrect categories.

Before submitting your site, please review the Guidelines for Submitting a Site.

Agencies

An advertising agency prepares the advertisements, or campaigns for multiple companies, in multiple forms of media from conception, through production, to finished product. Marketers, Consultants, Promotion Companies, Printers and Web Site Designers are welcomed at ODP, but NOT in this category. For faster listing in the Open Directory Project, please read http://www.dmoz.org/add.html and submit your site to the proper category.

Please submit your company''s name as the title of the site. Keep your descriptions as specific and as short as possible. Factual descriptions are appreciated, marketing hype will be deleted.

No site is guaranteed placement in the Open Directory, any site still under construction, is submitted to multiple inappropriate categories, uses multiple URL''s for multiple submissions, that consists primarily of affiliate links to products, or is a just "cookie cutter front door" store, will be deleted.

This category is for establishments primarily engaged in creating advertising campaigns and placing such advertising in periodicals, newspapers, radio and television, or other media. Full Service Agencies are listed alphabetically by company name.

Coupons

This category is for companies offering printing services to promote businesses using coupons, or the packaging of coupon based sales promotions such as printing coupons on grocery tapes and bags, printing of mail-out coupons, and all sorts of other coupon manufacturing. This category NOT for offering coupons or promotions to consumers.

Proper submissions to this category will be companies which create coupons and promotional vouchers for businesses. Companies which distribute coupons, offer coupon books, and other coupon services for consumers are not appropriate for this category.

Design Services

Businesses which design the advertisements of firms, or which add design enhancements to advertising, or which serve the design needs of the advertising industry.

This category is for listing companies specializing in the development of logos and stationery.

Firms that develop identity and also offer a variety of other design services will be listed in Business: Business_Services: Design: Graphic_Design: Firms Firms where the core of the business is audio-visual design, i.e. training videos, multimedia CD-ROMs and presentations should submit to Business: Business Services: Audiovisual: Graphic Design.

Directories

NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES! This directory category is a guide or list specifically for ADVERTISING INDUSTRY resources only, NOT a directory of non-advertising industry general services, individual ad or marketing agencies, advertising services or media for sale, or individual businesses. Directories must feature compilations of web sites containing comprehensive indexes or lists of advertising industry agencies, business resources and related company's information. Users of this category should be able to visit the listed directories and obtain information pertaining to the ADVERTISING INDUSTRY.

*** BEFORE SUBMITTING A SITE, PLEASE READ THIS ***

DO NOT SUBMIT CITY OR REGIONAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY SITES HERE! THIS IS NOT A CATEGORY FOR INDIVIDUAL AD AGENCIES, ADVERTISING SERVICES FOR SALE OR GROUP LISTINGS OF NON-ADVERTISING RESOURCE TYPES OF BUSINESSES. ***

This category contains guides or listings to advertising INDUSTRY directory resources, including directories of advertising agencies, media and other related services. DO NOT submit other general directories or individual advertiser and agency sites.

Sites containing products made or sold should be submitted to the most appropriate Business/ category, not here. Sites which deal with products or services in a specific geographical area should be submitted to their proper Regional category.

Sites mistakenly submitted to Directories will be moved or deleted at the editors discretion.

Indoor Advertising

Companies that specialize in indoor advertising displays in public facilities.

Please submit your company's name as the title of the site. Keep your descriptions as specific and as short as possible. Factual descriptions are appreciated, marketing hype will be deleted.

No site is guaranteed placement in the Curlie Directory.

Media Buying and Planning

For the listing of advertising agencies providing media buying and planning services.

If your site is not specifically geared towards this topic, please submit to the proper category.

Submitting to the wrong category will delay and/or prevent your site from being listed in the directory.

Submission Tips:
When writing your site''s title please ensure it is the same as your organization.

When writing your site''s description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.

Thank-you for your cooperation.

Media Production

The production of advertising media.

Before submitting your site, please review the Open Directory Guidelines for Submitting a Site.

The Open Directory editors reserve the right to delete sites under construction, duplicate domains or submissions and sites submitted to incorrect categories.

This category is for sites offering full production services in music on-hold, custom audio for on-hold and voice mail systems.

Sites for voice-only on hold services and messaging are not accepted here and should be submitted instead to the appropriate subcategory of Business: Arts & Entertainment: Media Production: Voice Talent

News and Media

Advertising news and media resources not limited to one geographic area. News and media resource sites should provide information and assistance for the persons using them. The primary purpose of a resource site should not be to sell a produce or service.

Sites should provide information and assistance for the persons using them.

The primary purpose of a listed site should NOT be to sell a produce or service.

Please submit your company''s name or publication as the title of the site. Keep your descriptions as specific and as short as possible. Factual descriptions are appreciated, marketing hype will be deleted.

Organizations

Non profit, educational and trade associations that inform, enable, and support the development and maintenance of advertising related businesses.

Please submit your association''s name as the title of the site. Keep your descriptions as specific and as short as possible. Factual descriptions are appreciated, marketing hype will be deleted.

General Business and Commerce Associations that deal specifically with business within a country, should be found at that country''s regional business category, for example: Regional/North_America/Canada/Business_and_Economy/Associations/

General Business and Commerce Associations that deal specifically with business within a locality, should be found at that locality''s regional business category.

for example: Regional/North_America/United_States/STATE_NAME/LOCALITY_NAME/Business_and_Economy/Associations/

Outdoor Advertising

Businesses that provide outdoor advertising products and services.

This category is for businesses that provide aerial billboards and banners which are typically flown over crowded beaches and sporting events.

This category does not include businesses that manufacture actual aircraft for flying these billboards and banners. Manufacturers are listed under:

Business/Aerospace_and_Defense/Aerospace/Aircraft/

Airship and Balloon Manufacturers are listed under Business/Aerospace_and_Defense/Aerospace/Aircraft/Airships_and_Balloons/

Please take care to submit to the most appropriate category!

Promotional Products

This category is for companies that sell advertising specialties, promotional items, and customized products that promote a business or organization.

In order to be considered for a listing, a site must contain substantial unique content.

Businesses that offer a wide variety of promotional products should submit their site to the Varied Merchandise subcategory. Businesses that focus more narrowly should submit their site to the subcategory that matches their specialty. If there is no subcategory for that specialty, the site should be submitted here.

Radio Jingles

This category is intended for radio broadcast professionals and jingle collectors.

Please submit only if your music is specifically used as in integral part of radio commercials.

For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:

Title: Name of Business or Organization

Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site without the use of hype, personal pronouns, or repetitive terms.

Yellow Pages

Design Agencies specializing in yellow page ad design, assisting advertisers in the creation and placement of yellow pages advertising in phone directories throughout the United States.

This category is reserved for EXCLUSIVELY for ad agencies involved in Yellow Pages advertising. Please do NOT submit business directories and link pages here.