American Association of Professional Sales Engineers (AAPSE)
American Marketing Association (AMA)
Association for Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE)
Association of Sales Administration Managers (ASAM)
Business Marketing Association
Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
Direct Selling Association (DSA)
International Association of Sales Professionals (SME-GY)
National Association of Sales Professionals (NASP)
National Business Travel Association (NBTA)
National Field Selling Association (NFSA)
Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE)
Professional Sales Association (PSA)
Professional Salespersons of America (PSA)
Professional Society for Sales and Marketing Training (SMT)
Sales and Marketing Executives (SMEI)
Sales Automation Association
Sales Professionals USA (SWAP)
Society of Sales Marketing (SSM)
United Professional Sales Association
Women in Sales Association (WIS)
World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA)



American Association of Professional Sales Engineers (AAPSE)

Mailing Address:
55969 Jayne Drive, Suite 102B
Elkhart, IN 46514 USA

Phone: (219) 522-4837
E-Mail: Clemsontom@aol.com

Founded: 1983
Number of Members: 600+

Membership Dues:
Student - $10 annual
Certified Sales Engineer - $125 annual
Certified Service Sales Engineer - $125 annual
Certified Master Sales Engineer - $125 annual

Description/Objective:
Professional Sales Engineers - Objectives are to promote the profession and provide continuing education (technical, commercial, ethical, and legal) via affiliation with a major research/teaching university (currently under negotiation).

Conventions/Meetings: Quarterly conference, board meeting, and trade shows.



American Marketing Association (AMA)

Mailing Address:
311 South Wacker Drive
Suite 5800
Chicago, IL 60606 USA

Phone: (312) 542-9000
Fax: (312) 542-9001

Toll-Free: (800) AMA-1150

Email: Info@ama.org
Website URL: www.ama.org
Website URL: www.marketingpower.com

Year Founded: 1937
Number of Members: 38,000+

Description/Objective:
The American Marketing Association, one of the largest professional associations for marketers, has 38,000 members worldwide in every area of marketing. For over six decades the AMA has been an essential resource providing relevant marketing information that experienced marketers turn to everyday.



Association for Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE)

Mailing Address:
1320 19th Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036 USA

Phone: (202) 296-3560
Fax: (202) 371-8977

Toll-Free: (800) 343-5659

Website URL: www.aimse.com

Membership Inquiries:
Jennifer Stroud
jstroud@tkgllc.org

Year Founded: 1977
Number of Members: 1,400+

Description:
The Association of Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE) is the only professional organization dedicated to serving the needs of investment management sales and marketing professionals.

Objective: To foster professionalism of the investment management sales industry



Association of Sales Administration Managers (ASAM)

Mailing Address:
C/O Bill Martin
Box 1356
Laurence Harbor, NJ 08879 USA

Phone: (732) 264-7722
Email: asamnet@aol.com

Year Founded: 1981
Number of Members: 100+

Description/Objective:
Independent consultants providing sales and marketing services, including establishing broker and rep sales networks, field sales management, marketing and branch office administrative services. Primary expertise is in the consumer packaged goods field, both private label and branded. ASAM also offers consulting services.
Conventions/Meetings: Quarterly conference, annual meeting



Business Marketing Association

Mailing Address:
400 N. Michigan Avenue
15th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611 USA

Phone: (312) 822-0005
Fax: (312) 822-0054

Toll-Free: (800) 664-4BMA

Website URL: www.marketing.org
Email: bma@marketing.org

Year Founded: 1922

Description/Objective:
Business Marketing Association represents a lifetime of expertise in business-to-business marketing and communications. For more than 80 years, BMA has been the pre-eminent service organization for professionals in this vital industry.

Conventions/meetings: Annual Conference



Direct Marketing Association (DMA)

Mailing Address:
1120 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

Phone: (212) 768-7277
Fax: (212) 302-6714

Membership: membership@the-dma.org
Website URL: www.the-dma.org

Year Founded: 1917
Number of Members: 5,200+

Description/Objective:
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is today the largest trade association for businesses interested in direct, database, and interactive global marketing, with about 5,200 member companies from the United States and 44 foreign nations on six continents.

The DMA shapes the way that organizations apply direct/interactive-marketing methods to all marketing, sales and customer service activity. Our mission is to encourage the education, growth and profitability of our members and their adherence to high ethical standards.

Conventions/Meetings: Conference and Seminars



Direct Selling Association (DSA)

Mailing Address:
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004 USA

Phone: (202) 347-8866
Fax: (202) 347-0055

Email: Info@dsa.org

Website URL: www.dsa.org

Year Founded: 1910
Number of Members: 200+

Description/Objective:
The Direct Selling Association (DSA) is the national trade association of the leading firms that manufacture and distribute goods and services sold directly to consumers. More than 150 companies are members of the association, including many well-known brand names.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual conference and meeting (exhibits).



International Association of Sales Professionals (SME-GY)

Founded: 1932
Number of Members: 2,000+

Website URL: www.thesalescentre.com

Contact: Kenneth L. Hartung
Email: hartung@ohio.edu

Description/Objective:
National organization of company executives interested in improvement of marketing, selling, and management techniques. Purposes are: to develop and disseminate improved marketing and sales management techniques, both domestic and international; to upgrade the status of selling as a profession; to study ways to reduce costs of marketing and sales.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual conference (exhibits – March) . Conference for technology (exhibits – fall), Monthly Seminar



National Association of Sales Professionals (NASP)

Mailing Address:
8300 N Hayden Rd., Ste. 207
Scottsdale, AZ 85258 USA

Phone: (480) 951-4311
Fax: (480) 483-2860

Website URL: www.nasp.com

Founded: 1991
Number of Members: 3,000+

Membership Dues: $195 Initiation Fee

Description/Objective:
Professional salespeople. Serves the training, educational and developmental needs of men and women in sales to earn designation as a Certified Professional Sales Person (CPSP).

Conventions/Meetings: Annual convention (exhibits)



National Business Travel Association (NBTA)

Mailing Address:
110 North Royal Street, 4th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314

Phone: 703-684-0836
Fax: 703-684-0263

Email: info@nbta.org

Year Founded: 1970
Number of Members: 2,500+

Description/Objective:
NBTA is the source for critical information on the business travel industry.
For more than 35 years, the association has dedicated itself to the professional development of its members and the advancement of the business travel management community through advocacy, education and training, and networking opportunities.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual Convention and Tradeshow



National Field Selling Association (NFSA)

Mailing Address:
100 North 20th Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA

Phone: (215) 564-1627
Fax: (215) 564-2175

Email: nfsa@fernley.com
Website URL: www.nfsa.com

Founded: 1987
Description/Objective:
Individuals and businesses engaged in direct sales. Promotes direct sales as a profession and a method of doing business; seeks to improve the public image of direct sales. NFSA formulates standards of ethics and practice for direct sales personnel.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual convention and meeting



Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE)

Mailing Address:
6806 W. Wedgewood Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53220 USA

Phone: (414) 328-1952
Fax: (414) 328-1953

Toll-Free: (800) 761-9350

E-Mail: pse@pse.org
Website URL: www.pisigmaepsilon.org

Year Founded: 1952
Number of Members: 60,000+

Description/Objective:
Professional fraternity - marketing, sales management, and selling. Conducts marketing, sales, and research projects at universities across the United States and works with corporations to provide employment candidates.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual National Sales and Marketing Convention (exhibits) - March/April.



Professional Sales Association

Mailing Address:
c/o Miller Puthuff
819 Lochmoor Blvd.
Grosse Pointe Woods , MI 48236

Founded: 1975
Number of Members: 30+

Description/Objective: Manufacturer representatives who sell goods to retail chains and stores.

Conventions/Meetings: Trade show



Professional Salespersons of America (PSA)

Mailing Address:
3801 Monaco NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111 USA

Phone: (505) 275-0857

Year Founded: 1978
Number of Members: 4,500+

Description/Objective:
Individuals and organizations engaged or interested in the sales and business professions. PSA seeks to: improve the image and professionalism of salespersons and salesmanship; promote free enterprise and competition; upgrade competence of sales professional through continuing education; keep members informed of legislation and regulations affecting the profession.

Maintains speakers' bureau; sponsors competitions; bestows awards; compiles statistics, conducts charitable program and offers placement service. PSA is currently developing criteria to establish professional sales degrees in two and four year colleges and sales training in high, trade, vocational, and business schools.



Professional Society for Sales and Marketing Training (SMT)

Mailing Address:
180 N LaSalle St., No. 1822
Chicago, IL 60601 USA

Phone: (312) 551-0768
Fax: (312) 551-0815

Website URL: www.smt.org

Founded: 1940
Number of Members: 150+

Description/Objective:
Directors of training. SMT seeks to improve sales, marketing, and customer relations through training. SMT conducts educational conferences and sales training clinics.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual meeting (exhibits).



Sales and Marketing Executives (SMEI)

Mailing Address:
PO Box 1390
Sumas, WA 98295 USA

Phone: (312) 893-0751
Fax: (604) 855-0165

Toll-Free: (800) 999-1414

E-Mail: smei@smei.org
Website URL: www.smei.org

Year Founded: 1935
Number of Members: 10,000+

Description/Objective:
Executives concerned with sales and marketing management, research, training, and other managerial aspects of distribution. Members control activities of 3,000,000 salespersons. Undertakes studies in the field of selling and sales management; sponsors sales workshops, rallies, clinics, and seminars. Conducts career education programs, working with teachers, establishing sales clubs and fraternities, and cooperating with Junior Achievement and Distributive Education Clubs of America (see separate entries) to interest young people in sales careers.

SMEI offers a Graduate School of Sales Management and Marketing at Syracuse University, NY. Seeks to make overseas markets more accessible by interchange of selling information and marketing techniques with executives in other countries; affiliated associations are located in 49 countries. Maintains hall of fame and speakers' bureau; sponsors competitions

Conventions/Meetings: Annual congress (exhibits).



Sales Automation Association

Mailing Address:
3217 Greenleaf Blvd.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA

Fax: (616) 372-4575

Year Founded: 1990
Number of Members: 1,300+

Description/Objective:
Companies using sales automation technology, which refers to the use of computers, modems, and software in sales efforts; hardware suppliers; software manufacturers; support and service consultants; system integrators. Sales Automation Association promotes improvements in the field of sales and related areas involving automation, information management, process improvement, and customer service. Conducts sales automation workshops; compiles statistics.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual conference (exhibits) - Monthly workshop



Sales Professionals USA (SWAP)

Mailing Address:
PO Box 149
Arvada, CO 80001 USA

Phone: (303) 534-4937
Toll-Free: (888) 763-7767

E-Mail: info@salespros-usa.com
Website URL: www.salesprofessionals-usa.com

Year Founded: 1955
Number of Members: 200+

Description/Objective:
Salespersons, owners of small businesses, and those interested in free enterprise from Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, and the United States. SWAP endeavors to increase individual's effectiveness and earning power in any field of salesmanship, in particular creative salesmanship. Fosters the interchange of ideas, techniques, philosophies, and concepts relative to salesmanship; encourages high standards and ethical behavior for those in selling; maintains good relations between business and the buying public; educates and increases the abilities of those currently engaged in selling; promotes the profession to youth. SWAP conducts in-class sales training for high school and college students; sponsors symposia and workshops, and maintains speakers' bureau.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual convention, meeting, and seminar.



Society of Sales Marketing (SSM)

Mailing Address:
40 Archdale Rd.
East Dulwich
London SE22 9HJ, United Kingdom

Phone: 44 208 6930555
Fax: 44 208 6930555

E-Mail: ssam@totalise.co.uk

Year Founded: 1980
Number of Members: 2,500+

Description/Objective:
Professionals engaged in sales, sales management, marketing, retailing, and international trade. SSM works to enhance the professional standing of members, and to encourage the study of sales, international trade, and related subjects. Conducts professional examinations; compiles statistics; maintains speakers' bureau.

Conventions/Meetings: Periodic Board Meeting, Periodic Regional Meeting.


United Professional Sales Association

Mailing Address:
1700 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 400
Washington DC 20006

Email Address:
hq@upsa-intl.org

Website URL:
www.upsa-intl.org

Year Founded: 2001

Number of Members: 3,500

Membership Fees: 55.00/year

Description/Objective:
The United Professional Sales Association: non-profit,
member-based professional association. Setting the globally
accepted standards for Sales Professionals world-wide. Advance the
profession of sales. Certification, Ethical Code, Sanctioning
Organization, Service to Community, Free Universal Selling
Framework.

Conventions and Meetings: Held annually, check events listing.



Women in Sales Association (WIS)

Mailing Address:
8 Madison Ave.
PO Box M
Valhalla, NY 10595 USA

Phone: (914) 946-3802
Fax: (914) 946-7624

Founded: 1979
Number of Members: 100+

Description/Objective:
Professional Saleswomen. WIS promotes professional development of women in sales. WIS provides opportunity to establish business contacts, and to share information and ideas. Conducts work sessions on topics including personal communication skills and use of audio/visual aids in sales presentations; provides speakers on topics fundamental to sales skills; sponsors career guidance workshops and position referral service. Provides discounts to members on relevant publications.

Conventions/Meetings: Annual conference (exhibits).



World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA)

Mailing Address:
1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ste. 800
Washington, DC 20004 USA

Phone: (202) 347-8866
Fax: (202) 347-0055

E-Mail: info@wfdsa.org
Website URL: www.wfdsa.org

Founded: 1978
Number of Members: 53+

Description/Objective:
Organized for the purpose of promoting the common business interests of its members. WFDSA exchanges information among members. WFDSA fosters highest standards of direct selling practices, consumer protection and ethics in the marketplace, by adoption and promotion of the Codes of Conduct for Direct Selling. WFDSA improves communications through sponsorship of World Congress of direct selling, and encourages personal relationships and cooperation among people in direct selling. Promotes education internationally through programs and funding, relying on the United States Direct Selling Education Foundation (USDSEF) to help it towards this objective.

Conventions/Meetings: Triennial congress.


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