Mary Ellen Bates

Bates Information Services Inc.

 

Member profile details

Prefix
Ms.
Last name
Bates
First name
Mary Ellen
Company Name
Bates Information Services Inc.
Work Phone
303.772.7095
 

Business Description

Title
Infopreneur, strategic business coach
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Tagline
Leveraging information as a strategic asset
Company Description
Mary Ellen provides strategic business analysis to decisionmakers and consulting services to the information industry. Her passion projects are beekeeping and supporting both new and long-time infopreneurs with strategic coaching services. She loves what she does and her goal is to help fellow entrepreneurs build the business they envision.

Mary Ellen is the author of seven books: The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Making a Living Doing What You Love (2014) Building & Running a Successful Research Business (2nd edition, 2010), Super Searchers Cover the World (2001), Mining for Gold on the Internet (2000), Researching Online For Dummies (2nd edition, with Reva Basch, (2000), Super Searchers Do Business (1999), and The Online Deskbook (1996). She writes the Online Spotlight column for Online Searcher and is contributing editor of The Information Advisor. She is a frequently-requested international keynote speaker on the information industry and online research. She was the first recipient of the AIIP Sue Rugge Memorial Award (and has been given the award twice) and served as 1996-1997 and 2004-2005 President of AIIP. She frequently serves as a volunteer for AIIP and the Special Libraries Association.
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Year Founded
1991
Website Address
Services Offered
  • Coaching - T&C
  • Competitive/Business Intelligence - RES
  • Research - Business/Industry - RES
  • Research - Markets/Marketing - RES
  • Research - Other - RES
  • Speaking/Presentations - M&C
  • Speaking/Presentations - T&C
  • Training - T&C
  • Writing/Editing/Publishing - W&E
Subject Expertise
  • Banking/Finance/Insurance
  • Engineering, Science and Technology
  • Entrepreneurs/Startups/Funding
  • Information Science/Libraries
  • Information Technology
  • Management
  • Marketing/Advertising/PR
  • Trade/Retail/Wholesale
Available for Speaking Engagements
Yes
 

Contact Information

City
Niwot
State/Province (US and Canada)
CO
Country
United States
 

Professional Background

Education
  • Bachelors
  • MLS/MLIS
Years of Experience as an Informati...
30+
Types of Organizations Worked In
special libraries, research centers, business library, court library
Languages
  • English
Organization Memberships
  • Special Libraries Association (SLA)
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