Jon Osborne's Blog

Your biggest marketing mistake of the year...

Would be to miss the opportunity to participate in Staffing Industry Analysts annual staffing firm ranking.

Your firm is too small you say?  Maybe so, maybe not.  Do you have more than $25 million in legal, clinical/scientific, or marketing/creative staffing, or in one of the healthcare staffing sub-segments?  Is your firm woman- or minority-owned?  Is it among the fastest-growing firms?  If the answer to any of these is yes, you can still make it on one of our lists.

Not in the U.S., you say?  Doesn't matter.  You may make it on our global staffing firm list (if you have revenue of $300 million or more), or on our Canadian staffing firm list (probable cutoff $25 million).

Don't have the time for a survey, you say?  It does take a few minutes to fill out, but it may well be the best time investment you make all year, and in a year like this do you really think it's wise to skip a FREE chance to get in front of buyers?

Don't make the biggest marketing mistake of the year.  Click here to get the details on this once-a-year opportunity.


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