Professional Associations

Excel in Marketing is committed to working with several professional organizations to continue to develop our skills, comingle with like professionals, and give back to the community. Since inception in 2001, Excel in Marketing has been reaching out to the Bay Area community to find the most credible and ethical organizations in our field.  Through active participation in these professional associations, we continue to stretch our capabilities, refine our business objectives, and interact with some of the most conscientious professionals in the state. http://www.wbenc.org A fantastic resource to women owned businesses.  Through certification, this organization helps link women business owners to key account contacts within large organizations.  WBENC also provides national events to help you grow your business and increase your skills in whatever field you choose. www.the-dma.org Direct Marketing Association Founded in 1917, 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. Both consumer and business-to-business marketers are the users of direct marketing techniques. These marketers employ a number of media, including telephone marketing, catalogs and other direct mail pieces, television, radio, newspaper, magazines, and the Internet to market directly to their customers. The suppliers, of course, are those companies that provide users with supplies and services. 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.         www.orindachamber.org/directory.php http://www.lafayettechamber.org/ Chamber of Commerce (Orinda, Lafayette) Good leadership Never accepting mediocrity, but always trying to make them better Having an eye to the future and planning for what the future might bring And a cohesiveness in the community with a "get the job done" quality