INTERNATIONAL

CONTENTS:

• How to Conquer the World.com
• Top 155 Mexican Companies
• Freelance Spain

HOW TO CONQUER THE WORLD.COM

Now, why didn't we think of that for a Web site name? How to Conquer the World.com is designed to help small businesses reach the global marketplace. In doing so, this creative effort offers several resourceful tools for prospect researchers. Begin your visit at the high end of Internet work by choosing one of the Webcasts (audio interviews) from the left side of the page. With titles like "25 Search Tips for Global Traders or Information Literacy," they are bound to capture researchers' attention. The Webcasts range in length from 11 to 68 minutes. If Webcasts are too futuristic for you or your computer, use the right side of the page as a guide to site creator Garrett Wasny's Going Global Online newsletter. Resources via that route include how-to articles about researching internationally and links to useful Web sites. A former Knight Ridder columnist, Garrett's articles are available at How to Conquer the World.com (can you tell how much I like to write that?). "71,052 sites match your inquiry" calls out to each researcher trying to refine her or his Internet searching techniques.

http://www.howtoconquertheworld.com/

TOP 155 MEXICAN COMPANIES

Mexico Business, billing itself as "the magazine of the NAFTA Marketplace," published its seventh annual list of top Mexican companies in July 2001. The summary article and a bare-bones table listing the companies and number of employees, net sales, return on sales and other data for each company are available online. After you read about the companies, use the Home button to get to other Mexico Business magazine offerings, including hot links to the top 100 companies in Mexico. Those addresses are at the Links page, or go directly there at

http://www.mexicobusiness.com/top100.htm

The Top 155 article and table of companies are at

http://www.mexicobusiness.com/archives/julio_2001/articulos/feature_top155_intro.htm

FREELANCE SPAIN

Prospect researchers often follow (or lead) in the footsteps of journalists and editors. After all, we are all looking for similar things — profiles of people and companies, and often the latest news about a region or a topic. Freelance Spain has collected the resources, articles and links to begin your research journey in that area of the world. Choose Who's Who to see brief profiles of the top Spanish names in the news. Use the Spanish News Library link to see summaries of stories, in date order, that dominated in Spain. Visit Spanish Connections to find links to business, arts, government and other Web sites.

http://www.spainview.com/

Cecilia Hogan