Ringgold Partners
ACCUCOMS BV
ACCUCOMS BV is an independent company providing specialist sales and marketing services for scholarly and society publishers worldwide. Based in The Netherlands, and in US, ACCUCOMS provides publishers with dedicated representation services in Europe, North America
and Latin America, cost-effective and efficient inbound and outbound telemarketing, sales support and customer services.
Architrave Consulting
Architrave: from archi- "beginning, origin," 1560s, from It. architrave (see archon) + trave "beam," from L. trabem (nom. trabs). Architrave Consulting is an independent consulting firm that serves commercial and non-profit organizations in the publishing and information industries. Architrave provides strategic and tactical services in three core business areas: Sales and Marketing Tactics and Strategies
- Digital Transition Management
- Business Assessment and Improvement
For more information, visit www.architraveconsulting.com or contact: info@architraveconsulting.com
The Charlesworth Group
The Charlesworth Group has a sales and business development office based in Philadelphia,
USA, promoting the services offered through Charlesworth China, a wholly owned digital typesetting,
production, print management, and Rights & Licensing office in Beijing, China.
The Group has its headquarters in the UK, where it specialises in Print On Demand, digital
and litho printing at its state of the art limp and cased binding plant in West Yorkshire.
Charlesworth's in-depth relations and local expertise in China provide marketing, sales, and conference support to print and online publishers as well as scholarly societies looking to expand their presence and income in mainland China. Charlesworth has also successfully developed cutting edge AutoProof generation solutions as part of its competitive typesetting facility. Clients include world leading publishers, government departments, not-for-profit and commercial organizations.
Data Salon
DataSalon's web-based integration platform creates a 'single customer view'
from multiple publisher systems – subscribers, members, authors,
registrants, meeting attendees and newsletter recipients can all be merged,
segmented and analysed. The system solves a significant business challenge
for a fraction of the time and cost of conventional solutions.
Major publishing clients include OUP and BMJ Group.
eLicensing
eLicensing is an independent online sales & licensing service for non-profit societies publishing in the Biosciences & Health. David Charles' customer base includes academic, research, and hospital consortia, individual institutions and global corporations. Exclusive client list: American Medical Association, American Physiological Society, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutrition, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, American Society of Plant Biologists, Biophysical Society, Conference Archives Inc., Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Health Affairs.
Informed Strategies
Informed Strategies works with publishers, libraries, vendors and
organizations to develop and deliver customer oriented products and
services. We conduct market research, employ analytical tools, create
sustainable business models and develop and implement practical marketing
plans to expand the market potential for digital resources. Our expertise in
identifying trends over the last 10 years allows us to support our customers
in successfully navigating the changing environment.
Kaufman-Wills Group, LLC
The Kaufman-Wills Group, LLC, offers STM and other scholarly publishers a full range of professional publishing services
in the areas of strategic planning, business development, electronic publishing strategy, RFP and self-publishing projects,
and market research. The company also helps clients with rights and licensing, process improvement projects, change management,
and employee recruitment. The Kaufman-Wills group has helped its clients grow sales, reduce costs, improve margins,
and identify appropriate business partners. Often they are simply the extra brain to help customers with that big project hanging over their head!
Maverick Marketing
Maverick Marketing delivers a range of marketing and market development outsource services
supporting the publishing industry. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive,
versatile and cost effective outsourced solutions available today.
We specialize in strategic marketing, marketing communications and research, product development
and partner / distributor management.
Our approach is to apply practical experience and a pragmatic approach to achieving strategic or operational goals. We specialize in quickly analyzing business situations and delivering successful solutions with an entrepreneurial flair and a strong focus on ROI. The Maverick team has deliberately built a record of achievement that spans all content types, market sectors and steps in the supply chain with particular expertise in the field of digital publishing.
Publishers Communications Group
PCG offers an extensive range of specialized and comprehensive marketing and research services, customized to meet the needs of scholarly and professional publishers. With offices in the USA and the UK, our services include international non-renewal and promotional telemarketing calls, sales representation and market intelligence throughout Europe and the Americas.
Publishers Communications Group
Ruth Wells
Many publishers experience operational difficulties in the transition from print to online delivery and consortia. Ruth Wells offers a holistic approach to operational management reviewing people, systems and processes to deliver substantial and rapid uplifts in performance. Ruth has expertise in customer service, online environments, distribution, system integration and improvement with significant experience of change management in publishing. She can provide you with a rapid assessment of priorities and offer solutions through to implementation and delivery.
TBI Comunications
TBI COMMUNICATIONS (TBI) is an agency that specializes in providing marketing services to the
scholarly communications sector including publishers, societies, libraries and related organizations.
TBI have partnered with Ringgold to provide an analysis of a publisher's institutional subscription-base
using the data held within the Ringgold system. This analysis provides an ideal platform
from which to develop sales and marketing strategies. It can be used to determine package sales
opportunities for multi-journal publishers and the potential return of different growth strategies
for different market segments can be evaluated.
Consortia can be prioritized for contact based on current penetration and revenue potential.