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Adobe Online Forums
Adobe Online Forums are for the Adobe community's peer-to-peer discussions of both Adobe products, including InDesign and Photoshop. These forums are not an official customer support channel for Adobe.

Ad Slogans
AdSlogans archives over 1000 new slogans every month, from the UK, North America and other english-speaking markets. They currently have over 190,000 lines including slogans back to the 1950’s and beyond. All the major advertising agencies in the UK use their services for help in new-business pitches, brand reviews and the creation of new campaigns. If you have to write a slogan, there are some great articles in their Wise Words section and there's lots of examples to browse in the Hall of Fame.

The Advertising Standards Authority
The Advertising Standards Authority is the independent body set up by the advertising industry to police the rules laid down in the advertising codes. The strength of the self-regulatory system lies in both the independence of the ASA and the support and commitment of the advertising industry, through the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), to the standards of the codes, protecting consumers and creating a level playing field for advertisers.

British Association of Communicators in Business
The CiB is the UK's leading professional body for in-house, freelance and agency staff involved in internal and corporate communications.

Chartered Institute of Marketing
The CIM is the leading international body for marketing and business development. Each year they help over 50,000 people at every stage of their career with training, qualifications and resources as well as enabling leading businesses to get the most from their marketing people.

Chartered Institute of Public Relations
The CIPR is the professional body for the UK public relations industry, providing PR training and events, PR news and research, and a PR jobs board.

The Data Publishers Association
The DPA is the industry body representing data and directory publishers in the UK. Its role is to protect and promote the interests of the industry, both in print and electronic media.

About.com Desktop Publishing Forum
After registration you can ask almost any question on desktop publishing software. You wont feel silly because there are plenty of novices using this forum. Questions are often answered by a resident expert. The site emails you when you have had a reply to your question.

The Newspaper Society
The Newspaper Society is the voice of Britain's regional press – a £3 billion advertising medium read by 40 million adults a week.

The Periodical Publishers Association
The PPA is the organisation for magazine and professional media publishers in the UK. PPA's role is to promote and protect the interests of the industry in general, and member companies in particular.

The PRIME Initiative
PRIME is the only national organisation dedicated to helping people aged over 50 to set up in business. They are a not-for-profit company whose aim is to release the untapped potential of 50+ enterprise. While this may not be the route for all, they believe that everyone should have the opportunity for self-fulfilment and independence that working for oneself can provide.

The Professional Contractors Group
The PCG represents and gives a voice to all those who choose to work for themselves, doing whatever it is they do well, for a succession of clients, without wanting or needing to grow a business of their own.

Society for Editors and Proofreaders
The SfEP is a professional organization based in the UK for editors and proofreaders – the people who strive to make text accurate and readable. The Society provides training and professional accreditation and registration.

Tek-Tips Adobe InDesign Forum
Tek-Tips Adobe Pagemaker Forum
Tek-Tips Adobe Photoshop Forum
Tek-Tips Microsoft Publisher Forum
Tek-Tips QuarkXPress Forum
Tek-Tips Forums are designed to facilitate discussion and research. There are hundreds of topics available, all providing a free and confidential public knowledge system.

Typophile
At Typophile you will find a forum where, if you submit a picture of a font (a small jpg file, for example) the forum members will try to identify it for you. Nerdy but very useful!

Winspiration
This collection of positive words and phrases is intended for writing competition slogans, but you'll love it when you're trying to find just the right phrase for your advertising copy!

WiRE
WiRE - Women in Rural Enterprise - is a national business club for rural women, offering a dynamic member package of practical and specific business services and support for women in rural enterprise. WiRE is unique in its approach to business help, invaluable to all rural businesses at any stage, from the established or growing business, to new or potential businesses. WiRE members are diverse in terms of geographical location, age, type of business and business aspirations. There is no typical business and no typical WiRE member, it doesn’t matter where you live, rural is a state of mind not a postcode.