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| HOW
TO PURCHASE A TOP U.S. COMPANIES LIST |
Step
1 - Selecting Which Top U.S. Companies
List To Buy
To buy one of our
popular lists of Top U.S. companies,
click on "Top U.S. Companies
Lists" under the Section Heading
"Online Purchasing" on
the Vanguard Publishing homepage.
You will see a page with 19 different
lists to choose from. While most
of these Top Lists are based upon
Industry, 3 Top Lists are based
on either number of employees or
annual revenues. The U.S. Public
Companies list contains company
information on businesses that are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE), American Stock Exchange
(ASE), or are traded publicly Over-the-Counter
(OTC). Use the checkboxes to select
the List(s) that you wish to purchase.
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Step
1B - Select All or Some of the
Companies
To select all the companies in
the List you selected in Step
1, click the "Next Step"
box for "Select all.."
To select a certain number of
companies in your List with the
largest 1999 annual revenues,
fill in the number of records
you want then click "Next
Step." To select companies
in your List selection that have
1999 annual revenues in excess
x amount, fill in the amount then
click "Next Step."
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Step
2 - Select the Record Format Desired
Select "Mailing
List Format" for your direct
mail campaigns. Pricing for this
format ranges from only 5 cents
to 9 cents per record. For more
targeted direct mail marketing or
promotional programs where you require
the phone number and name of an
executive contact, select "Contact
List Format". Records purchased
in this format run from 7 cents
to 15 cents per record. If you require
detailed information on each business
in your List, you can select "Complete
Record Format." This format
includes vital comapny data including
SIC code, phone, fax, number of
employees range, industry, annual
1999 revenues, and contact names
and titles. Full Record Format pricing
is 15 cents to 26 cents per record.
Decide which format meets your requirements,
select or de-select the fields of
data within that desired format,
then click on "Next Step." |
Step
3, Part 1 - Purchase by Entering
your E-Mail Address and Password
or Register
If you have previously
registered with us, just enter the
E-Mail address and Password used
at Registration, then click on "Login,"
If this is the first time you have
purchased from us, please click
on the "Register" button
to complete the quick Vanguard registration
process, then return to this page
and fill in your E-Mail address
and Password then click "Login." |
Step
3A - Review Order Specifications
and Cost
Review your order as specified
under "list criteria"
as well as the number of records
to be purchased and the amount.
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Step
3B - Downloading Data Records
When receiving company data based
on your search criteria or list
selection, please wait until the
progress bar at the bottom of
your browser indicates that 100%
of your data is ready to be saved.
Click on "File" located
at the top of the browser menu
bar, then click on "Save
As." Choose the drive where
you wish to save the data (generally
C:\ or D:\). Type in the name
you wish to assign to this data
set and be sure to save the file
as a "Text" format with
a file extension of .csv (Example:
Newyork1.csv) . Be sure to remember
the filepath and filename so you
can go there later to open the
file with most spreadsheet and
database programs. Note that if
you have Microsoft Excel loaded
on your computer, you can find
the file using Windows File Manager,
My Computer, or Explorer, then
double click on the filename.
It will automatically open that
csv (comma separate value) file.
To purchase additional business
information, click on "Order
More Data." To return to
the Vanguard home page, click
on the Back button of your browser.
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