http://www.bbdirect.com/blog Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:11:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/archives/licensed-professionals-mailing-lists.php http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/archives/licensed-professionals-mailing-lists.php#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:12:43 +0000 Brian http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/?p=248 Considering mailing to licensed professionals in the medical field?  Before you do, there are couple things you should know. Where do the names and addresses come from? Many mailing list providers draw their licensed professionals mailing list data from one or more sources.  But there’s truly only a few places this type of data can be drawn from.  Since many professionals must renew their license with the state in which they practice, the state is a obvious first place to look.  Each state releases information about who is licensed in...]]> http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/archives/licensed-professionals-mailing-lists.php/feed 0 http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/archives/ama-database-vs-state-registration-information.php http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/archives/ama-database-vs-state-registration-information.php#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:31:28 +0000 Brian http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/?p=206 The AMA Database contains names and addresses of licensed health professionals.  This is a great database for recruitment by hospitals seeking new employee’s.  However, there are some misconceptions on who’s on this file, what it contains, and how it differs from state registration data. For starters, many assume that the AMA Database is a mailing list of the American Medical Association members.  The truth is that in contains both members and non-members.  Further, the AMA who owns this information refuse to provide a way to select just those who are...]]> http://www.bbdirect.com/blog/archives/ama-database-vs-state-registration-information.php/feed 0