Minority Business Directory Launches Online Directory
New York, NY (PRWeb) February 8, 2007 -- The Minority Business Directory has launched its online database on their website, www.nycminoritybusinessdirectory.com. Providing over 13,000 business listings for minorities and non-minorities in the New York and New Jersey area, the Minority Business Directory has become a central hub for community and socially conscious consumers as well as procurement agents seeking to improve their supplier diversity quotas.
With its new online presence, the Minority Business Directory presents the largest minority business database searchable by ethnicity in the US.
"This website is the beginning of a new dimension for the Minority Business Directory," says publisher, Gregory Newson.
The online database allows visitors to the site to search for businesses by ethnicity, industry, region, as well as SIC number. This functionality will allow consumers to target their specific needs as well as bolster local minority economies.
"With the online database, we can now add listings and remove outdated listings in a day or two," says Newson. "In the past, it took months."
With an online database, advertisers in the directory are capable of marketing to a much wider consumer-base, extending beyond the New York and New Jersey area.
The Minority Business Directory offers a lifetime business listing starting as low as $150 with packages to accommodate any advertising budget.
The online database serves as a companion to the company's print directory, which is printed and distributed twice yearly to ground-level businesses as well as community organizations.
In addition to the online and print directories, the Minority Business Directory publishes Global New York, a bi-monthly newszine that discusses issues pertinent to minority businesses. The Minority Business Directory is actively seeking collaborations with community business groups, hosting a number of networking events and marketing opportunities in order to achieve its mission of building economic opportunities for minority and women entrepreneurs in the New York and New Jersey area.
For example, on February 13, 2007, the Minority Business Directory will be sponsoring a networking event at the world famous Cotton Club in Harlem, NY. Attendants will learn about successful networking strategies. Price of admittance is $30 at the door starting at 6PM at 656 W125th Street.
The Minority Business Directory was established in 2002. The directory has since expanded to accommodate the needs of not only African American businesses, but all minority and women-owned businesses in the New York / New Jersey area.
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