How to use the Ultimate Business Reference Tool.The Ultimate Business Reference Tool (UBRT) has evolved over the past four years as an indispensable reference guide for entrepreneurs, organizations, economic development agencies and researchers to source products, services and information about Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it companies. The Directory portion of UBRT contains thousands of company names and contact information under dozens of categories. The enhanced listings in the Directory are even more informative with detailed information on how to, and who to, contact in particular industries. The Meeting Places, Travel and Accommodations guide is a must-read must-read n. Informal A piece of writing, such as a book or article, that should or must be read: a book that is a must-read for parents of teenagers. for business travelers to plan trips or to plan conferences, staff retreats, and corporate meetings. Community Profiles gives a snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. of some Northern Ontario communities and their economic attributes and amenities. It is a useful guide for those businesses planning to expand into other areas of Northern Ontario or for information purposes to attract investment to a particular city. The Book of Lists portion looks at the rankings of many Northern Ontario companies and is accompanied by vital statistics, facts, benchmark figures and information that has been published in the pages of Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. in the past year. The How-To section, one of the most popular sections of UBRT, outlines practical advice on how to secure products and services and professionals to help you make informed purchasing and business decisions. Likely the most powerful version of UBRT is the online version. All subscribers to NOB Nob, in the Bible, religious center just N of Jerusalem. Saul had its inhabitants massacred. can access this incredible warehouse of information, contacts, editorial, rankings, listings and data via the NOB Web site, (www.northernontariobusiness.com). The Web site, which attracts roughly 500,000 viewers monthly with more than 35,000 unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. who spend an average of 12 minutes on the site, has become a critical tool for businesses throughout the region. This year for the first time NOB subscribers will be able to access the print version of UBRT online in PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format. NOB offers its readers and advertisers regional business information that is geared specifically toward the business community. Business news in this newspaper is not regulated to a section; it is the paper, front page right through to the back page. And to keep our readers even more up to date on business news in our region, NOB launched the Around the North e-newsletter, which has become a must read for those who subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; it. With targeted circulation, verified ver·i·fy tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. and a reputation for being "all business," NOB continues to champion economic development in the North. The Ultimate Business Reference Tool is one more way NOB is minding your business. Packaged with the power of our Web site, we hope UBRT will help you access opportunity. With a project this size, there are sure to be mistakes. We ask that you bring them to our attention so we can correct them on the online version of UBRT for 2004, and in the print version for 2005. Please contact Sari Huhtala, editor, at sari@nob.on.ca. If you have missed an opportunity to participate in the printed version of UBRT, there are still online opportunities available. Please call one of our advertising account managers at 1-800-757-2766 (toll free in Canada) or locally at 1-705-673-5705. Or if you would like to provide feed-back, suggestions or comments about UBRT to me directly, I can be reached at pmills@nob.on.ca. We hope that you will find UBRT useful. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Patricia Mills Publisher pmills@nob.on.ca |
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