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WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 20% Off Computer Recycling Services

3R Technology provides comprehensive e-waste recycling, data destruction and asset management services. We assist IT, facility and purchasing managers with recycling services for a wide range of material - from computers and networking equipment to fluorescent tubes and batteries. We offer pickup services, collection programs, and asset management services. Our mission is to be a valued partner for all of our clients - delivering exceptional customer service while ensuring the highest level of environmental stewardship.

e-Waste Recycling - We can sort, identify, track, package, transport and disassemble material. Data from hard drives is wiped with special software that guarantees absolute destruction of any information to ensure data security. Asset tags and other markings are removed to protect corporate liability. As a premium service, we also offer physical destruction and item-by-item logging and certification.

Asset Management - Before an IT investment becomes a liability, we can help. Our asset management team can maximize recovery of value from assets and inventory that are no longer required for operations.

3R Technology would like to offer our fellow WTIA members a 20% discount on your first e-waste recycling pickup. You can contact us at 1-888-957-2682 or via email at recycle@3rtechnology.com for this offer or more information.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 10% Off All Printing Services

A&A Printing Inc. is a locally owned and operated Seattle commercial offset printing company. We have been in business since 1979. A&A Printing offers high quality business collateral such as catalogs, postcards, brochures and stationery. Our experience and expertise allow us to offer superior product designed to fit your budget. Our staff will help find papers and engineering techniques that allow you to save time and cut costs without sacrificing the integrity of your printing project. We offer digital offset, traditional offset, variable data and mailing services. Be fair to your business and contact A&A Printing for value driven quality printing.

For more information contact David Gloor at Davidg@aaprinting.com or (206)285-1700.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 25% Off Public Tours

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 100% Discount on Usability Testing Facility Fees

Blink Interactive helps clients deliver excellent user experiences. Based in Seattle, our expert consultants have been providing user research, interaction design and usability testing services to area clients since 2000. We work collaboratively with clients to ensure that both their business goals and end-user needs are addressed in the experiences they deliver. We design and evaluate systems such as mobile applications, web sites and web applications, desktop applications, and hardware devices. Our focused service offering easily integrates with clients’ existing teams, timelines, processes, and partners.

Blink Interactive is waiving the usability testing facility fees portion of any usability study for WTIA members mentioning this offer. For more information contact Kelly Franznick at kelly@blinkinteractive.com or (206) 447-9551.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15% Off Business/Marketing Strategy Consulting and Marketing Program Execution

Blue Rain Marketing, LLC is a full-service business strategy, marketing strategy, and marketing program execution consulting firm. With years of technology industry marketing experience, we solve business problems and create market opportunities, applying business insight and creativity to drive impactful and lasting business results. Services include business strategy counsel, marketing planning and strategy, market opportunity analysis, product launch planning/execution, customer data analytics, positioning/messaging, channel/partner marketing, customer marketing program execution, direct response marketing, competitive analysis, customer evidence/sales tool creation, PowerPoint presentations, film/video production, branding, advertising, interactive marketing, qualitative and quantitative market research. WTIA members receive a 15% discount on consulting services.

New Marketing Book Available: Product Launch the Microsoft Way

Written by James Mastan, Founding Principal of Blue Rain Marketing, Product Launch the Microsoft Way is a comprehensive marketing and product launch playbook, providing detailed knowledge of all the business and marketing efforts required for an effective product launch and post-launch sustaining marketing. This new title distills years of Microsoft marketing and product launch expertise into one convenient book, providing an in-depth “How-to” for all aspects of pre- and post-launch marketing. Available on amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com.

For more information please contact James Mastan at jmastan@bluerainmarketing.com or (425) 417-1766 or visit www.bluerainmarketing.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 20% Off Career Coaching & Outplacement Services

Wrestling with career-related issues? Frustrated by the lack of results in your job search? At Career Horizons, we specialize in helping Puget Sound professionals untangle difficult career challenges and master the complexities of the modern job hunting process. Offering both privately-paid career coaching assistance, as well as corporate-sponsored outplacement services, we’d love to chat with you about whether our programs might add value to your current employment situation. What’s more, as a special promotion, we’re offering 20% off our standard rates to any WTIA individual and corporate members! 

If you have questions, or would like to receive a full brochure outlining our various programs, pricing, and capabilities, please contact Matt Youngquist at matt@career-horizons.com or give us a call at (425) 450-4960.

For more information, you can also visit www.career-horizons.com. 

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15% Off Monthly Service Fees

Concur is the world's leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services.

Concur enables organizations to globally control costs by automating the processes they use to manage employee spending. Concur’s end-to-end solutions seamlessly unite online travel booking with automated expense reporting, streamline meeting management and optimize the process of managing vendor payments, employee check requests and direct reimbursements. Organizations of all sizes trust Concur to help them control spend before it occurs while eliminating paper and optimizing supplier relations. Concur’s unified approach to managing employee spend delivers a 360° view into all employee expenses, helping companies globally enforce policies and monitor vendor compliance, while delivering unprecedented control and valuable insight. Concur's suite of on-demand services reaches millions of employees across thousands of organizations around the world -- streamlining business processes, reducing operating costs, improving internal controls and providing enhanced visibility and actionable expense analysis. More information about Concur is available at www.concur.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 10% Off Environmentally Friendly and Effective Household Products

GreenCupboards is dedicated to certifying and offering household products for sale that are not only environmentally friendly, but also highly effective. We’ve done the research to help you find the “greenest” and most effective products and conveniently bundled them in what we call “Cupboards.” All of the products offered by GreenCupboards have been tested and certified by GreenCupboards on the basis of five criteria. The GreenCupboards team evaluated ingredients, toxicity, manufacturing processes, efficacy and packaging.

Initially, we are offering GreenCupboards-certified kitchen and bathroom cleaning products. Soon, we will be stocking green laundry room supplies. Over time, we intend to purvey environmentally friendly nursery room, pet care, lawn and garden, personal care and recreation room goods. GreenCupboards shoppers have the option of purchasing GreenCupboards-certified items in standardized Cupboards, customized Cupboards, in bulk or on a per-item basis.

GreenCupboards aspires to operate in a manner that is akin to a co-op. We genuinely want, and actively encourage, our customers to avidly provide feedback on items purchased, to proactively recommend alternative products and to continually provide other suggestions to optimize the overall GreenCupboards shopping experience.

To receive the discount use: wtia1 in our promotional code section while checking out.

For more information please contact us at (509) 838-3131 or visit GreenCupboards.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 10% Off Marketing Strategy Consultation and Campaign Execution Services

Full-Service Marketing Agency – Marketing Design, Strategy and Execution

We are a full-service direct marketing agency specializing in delivering accountable, measurable and cost-effective marketing solutions. We offer end to end marketing solutions, from campaign strategy to execution, and everything in between. 

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: Up to 53% Off Employment Screening Services

Reduce turnover and improve productivity with Intelius' customized employment screening solutions that address your needs quickly, accurately and affordably, so that you can hire with confidence. 

Intelius' easy-to-use platform and highly configurable packages save you time, streamlining the entire screening process. With technology that reduces the incidence of human error while delivering consistently high hit rates and quick turnaround time, Intelius will help determine - and deliver - precisely what you need, tailored to your unique requirements.

As a WTIA member you receive 53% off the following employment screening services:

• Ten Year Criminal County Search w/ Multi State Database Search, SSN Verification and 50-Sex Offender Registry
• Verifications, including Customized Reference, Education and Employment Checks
• Skills Testing and Behavioral Assessment
• 50-State DMV Records
• Lab-Based & Instant Drug Screening
• Credit Reports
• International Checks
• Applicant Self-Screen

Intelius has experience serving technology customers of all sizes with comprehensive, low-touch screening solutions. To learn more, contact Account Executive, Jeff Sears:
Email: jsears@intelius.com 
Call: (425) 974-6126 
Visit: hr.intelius.com

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: Lead Generation Marketing Lists 15% Off First List Rental

Marketfish makes crucial revenue boosts possible by connecting business-owners with the marquee clients that can make all the difference.

For a new business, it’s all about breaking the sound barrier. No matter how phenomenal your service or product is, you need people to hear about it or what’s the point, right? But building a targeted customer base takes time, you say, and you need revenue now. We hear you-and we’re here to help! We know access to quality targeted lists is the key to getting businesses off the ground, so we’ve created an automated platform to make the list rental process as easy and valuable as possible. There is no cost to entry and no membership fee to use the service.

And hey, we’ve been there, so we’re even throwing in a discount because we know that when you’re a start-up, every little break helps. 

Interested in learning more about how Marketfish can www.marketfish.com/contact.php put you in control of your own business growth? Fill out this contact formand a customer service rep will be in touch with a custom marketing plan.

For more information, please visit Marketfish!

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: Free Cellular and Telecom Audit and 10% off Implementation Fee

Did you know 80% of all telecom bills have errors? 

Netstar reduces business cellular and telecom costs, even without changing carriers or contracts. And we continue to manage these costs over time.

As a third party, we evaluate whether your services meet your needs, and validate that your bills match your contracted rates. We compile inventory, analyze and optimize services, and retrieve credits from your carriers for billing errors. We present you with options to cut costs by reducing rates and eliminating waste. We then implement the solution, saving you time and money. Our clients save an average of 27% per year.

Our audit is free, and our fee is contingent on the savings we find. If we can’t save you money, you don’t pay a dime.

Call or email today and receive an exclusive 10% off our fee - 425.865.9811 or annie.cheng@netstarinc.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 50% Discount on Telecom Set-up or Installation Fee

Optic Fusion Inc. brings Tier 1 telecommunication services to Tacoma through our Telco grade colocation center. Connectivity to the community is provided over our own leased fiber with connections to different carriers located in the west coast premier cross connect facility, the Westin Building. Optic Fusion Inc also operates a 24/7 monitored facility in the Westin Building as well. Optic Fusion Inc. is constantly upgrading and maintaining its network to provide a quality product. Connections are monitored in the Tacoma Network Operations Center which is staffed at all times.

Optic Fusion Inc. is a colocation and connectivity company located in The Perkins Building at 1101 A Street in downtown Tacoma and also operates a colocation suite in Seattle. Founded in 2000, Optic Fusion Inc. provides colocation, connectivity, and contract labor support to the business community.  Our staff has over 100 years of combined telecom engineering experience.

To receive your WTIA discount, contact John at (253) 274-1726 x224 or john@opticfusion.net. Learn more about Optic Fusion at www.opticfusion.net.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 10% Off Optify Marketing Software

Optify helps businesses generate qualified leads through web search and social media with easy to use, real-time marketing software. Optify’s integrated service enables professional marketers find and track target keywords, optimize their website for search engines, qualify leads automatically, monitor website visitors, schedule Twitter campaigns and track results, and gain insights into which online marketing channels are driving the most qualified leads.

With Optify’s hosted service, businesses can tap the web for more leads, align marketing and sales teams through lead scoring, and see their results in real time. Optify is simple to deploy and includes free phone, email, and web support.

Optify would like to offer our fellow WTIA members an exclusive 10% discount on our professional, premium, and enterprise editions. For more information on Optify and our offerings, please contact customers@optify.net or call us on 206.388.4234.

Visit www.optify.net for more details.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: Receive 10% of Fee to Donate to Charity of Choice

Finding the office or industrial space that accommodates your firm’s needs and maximizes resources and productivity is a real challenge. At Pacific Real Estate Partners (PREP), we offer in-depth market knowledge and professional negotiating expertise designed to facilitate this process.

PREP has represented some of the nation’s largest Fortune 500 firms as well as many of the Northwest’s most exciting and enterprising entrepreneurs seeking flexible, growth-oriented leases. Our methodology is derived from a solid understanding of the Pacific Northwest, coupled with many years’ experience representing tenants. We compile a comprehensive profile of the client’s requirements, analyzing issues such as desired location, access, growth plans, technological needs, and amenities. Prospective properties are evaluated against the client profile, and a financial analysis is completed. When the ideal property has been located, we negotiate to secure the terms and conditions most advantageous to our client.

At Pacific Real Estate Partners, our experience, market knowledge and unyielding commitment to exceeding client expectations continue to enhance our position as the Northwest’s preeminent tenant representation firm.

Click here to contact us to discuss your real estate needs and we will donate 10% of any fee generated, up to $25,000, to the charity of your choice.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 10% Off IT Support Services

Responza's commitment is simple: we will be your IT department so that you can focus on the true value of IT: your business applications.

Responza is a leader in providing fixed cost IT Operations solutions for small and medium businesses. It is our goal to deliver high quality IT support at a reasonable cost.

The Responza model incorporates:

• A best practices reference architecture;
• Remote operations, fulltime monitoring and administration of your IT assets;
• Certified technical staff; and
• Guaranteed service agreements.

We monitor and maintain your systems from our central operations center 24/7 to constantly track your environment, troubles are identified and respond as quickly as possible, remotely or onsite. Using remote systems administration and best-of breed systems architectures, we can lower the operational costs of IT management.

For more in formation please contact Lance Becker at lanceb@responza.com or 206-762-5100 ext. 116.

www.Responza.com

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15% Off for Technical Writing Services

SDK Bridge explains technology so that people can build with it. We specialize in highly technical writing for an audience of software developers, scientists, and engineers. We document software platforms, creating API references, overviews, sample code, and tutorials.

Accurate, clear, and comprehensive documentation is the key to wide acceptance and adoption of software platforms. We provide a unique combination of skills: years of software development combined with clear, effective writing. We write lucid, elegant sample code so that developers understand how to use your software; our straightforward conceptual material not only explains to developers how to use your software but why they should be using it.

We can create new documentation or improve your existing documentation in order for you to grow a large developer community that uses your technology as it is meant to be used. Because our focus is writing, your developers are free to focus on what they do best: creating your product. Our deep knowledge of software development allows us to get the information we need from your developers with minimal interruption of their work.

We also produce technical copywriting, aimed at persuading technical decision makers. Most copywriters do not have the technical knowledge to create content that technical decision makers will find credible; most technical writers have trouble writing persuasively. SDK Bridge can do both.

For more information, visit www.sdkbridge.com, or contact Peter Gruenbaum at peter@sdkbridge.com, 206-226-2366.  

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: Receive a free consultation and 30% off event services (excluding labor)

SEAMLESS EVENT SOLUTIONS IS AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR MEETINGS, CONVENTIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

At Seamless Event Solutions we treat every event as if it were our own, and every message as though we were giving it ourselves. If the event is seamless, the message stands clear.

Listen. Design. Implement. We have the experience, technical expertise, creativity, communication and vision to ensure your event is a success. Let us walk you through our detailed preplanning process and take advantage of the exclusive WTIA Member offer below.

Your WTIA Membership provides you with a free consultation and the following services at 30% off

• Presentation design, management and development (Powerpoint, Video, Graphics and Multimedia)
• Event webcasting and video conferencing
• Live event audio and video capture services
• All equipment rentals (full concert sound systems, LCD projection, monitors, lighting, & décor)

Visit our web site at www.seamlessevents.com. Please contact us today at 206.255.2235 or scottw@seamlessevents.com.  

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15% discount on recruiting fees for direct or contract placements

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: Free Network Audit and Free Report

ServerLogic is an established managed services and IT consulting provider with 17 years of success in the Pacific Northwest. Our client base ranges from national enterprise organizations (Nike, Alaska Airlines, Microsoft) to local small-medium companies and our services range from managed services, IT road mapping, to 24/7 helpdesk support and staff augmentation.

Located in Bellevue and Portland, we are a trusted, local, and easily-accessible service provider; able to deploy quickly to ensure complete satisfaction; on-time and on-budget.

To get started, click on our link for a free network audit and report: www.serverlogic.com/freeaudit.aspx

For more information, visit www.serverlogic.com or contact us at 206.898.3974 or via email at markfrederick@serverlogic.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 10% off Project Management Courses & PMO Consulting Services

Increase project results! Work with the leader in practical project management.

The Versatile Company helps technology companies build their project management capability to produce better project results. People, process, and technology all contribute to your project results. We’ve been helping technology firms improve all three for twenty years.

• People improve their ability to organize projects and lead teams through our hands-on project management curriculum.
• Standard project management practices for selecting, initiating and managing are the foundation for long term improvement. We’ll work with you to establish practical standards and coach your executives, project leaders and teams to use them.
• Leading edge enterprise project management technology provides executives, project leaders, and team members an integrated, collaborative platform for communication. Our certified Microsoft Project experts make it easier to adopt this powerful technology. 

Versatile wrote the book on practical project management. Contact us to discuss your project management goals. As a member of WTIA, you’ll receive a ten percent discount off all training and consulting services. Contact Jon Wagner at 206.417.2295 or jwagner@versatilecompany.com. 

Be sure to visit our web site at www.versatilecompany.com

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 15% Off Security Awareness eLearning Courses

VantagePoint Security is a professional consultancy focusing exclusively on business and information security services. Based in the Puget Sound area, we have been helping companies identify and manage security risks since 2003.

Our portfolio of services offers a broad range of benefits to companies that require additional security expertise - as well as to those that lack dedicated security staff. 

Companies with compliance requirements, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the HIPAA Security Rule, find our services help control their compliance costs, and accelerate their compliance program by organizing and managing their compliance efforts.

Our eLearning courses provide an additional degree of security for your business by building employee awareness of information and business security risks. All courses are SCORM compliant and are designed to meet compliance requirements for annual Security Awareness training. 

We are offering WTIA members 15% off on our comprehensive web-based Security Awareness courses. Current offerings include: Introduction to Information Security and Secure Mobile Computing.

For more information and a free demonstration, contact us at 425.454.5455 or via email at info@vantagepointsecurity.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: 10% Off Outplacement Services

Whether you need to let one employee go for performance or are experiencing a larger reduction in force, Woodland Recruiting can help your employees transition into the job market with the tools and confidence they need to be successful in their job search.

Woodland Recruiting offers several transition service packages to help meet your organization’s specific circumstances, needs and budget.  Services include online or in-person seminars and individual resume, interview, and job search strategies and skills coaching.

Rebecca Warriner founded Woodland Recruiting in 2005 and has over 15 years experience in the local, high tech startup industry where she held positions such as Director of Human Resources and Recruiting Manager.  Rebecca earned her Certificate in Human Resources Management from the University of Washington and has held the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification for eight years.  She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management and is active in the local community as a member of the WTIA and the HR Committee for the King & Kitsap County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

To receive your WTIA discount, contact Rebecca at 206-399-8712 or rebecca@woodlandrecruiting.com. Learn more about Woodland Recruiting at www.woodlandrecruiting.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: Receive a 25% discount on your first annual World Trade Center Seattle membership

WTIA members are also invited to join us for lunch with complimentary Executive Dining Privileges in our Holland America Line Dining Room.

World Trade Center Seattle (WTCSE) serves as a tribute to the importance of international trade in our region, providing an environment where business leaders can come together to share ideas and strengthen their business connections. The beautiful boutique facility, with sweeping views of the Puget Sound, offers affordable luxury with a business focus. Wireless connectivity, concierge service, and complimentary private or informal meeting space provide WTCSE members an unbeatable value.

WTCSE Member Benefits Include, but are not limited to:

• Access to the Holland America Line Dining Room for lunch
• Waived room rental on private boardrooms and for private events in the Holland America Line Dining Room
• Complimentary valet parking while meeting or dining at WTCSE
• Access to business and social events at WTCSE
• Reciprocal use of 300 World Trade Center facilities and services in over 92 countries

Click here for further details on WTCSE membership

To receive your complimentary Executive Dining Privileges card or to inquire about World Trade Center Seattle membership, contact Katy Willis, Director of Sales and Sponsorship, at 206.956.4588 or kwillis@wtcseattle.com.

WTIA MEMBER DISCOUNT: $200.00 Off Conference Fees

Conference for Software User Assistance (Seattle)

The goal of the WritersUA Conference is to provide the most comprehensive and timely information specifically designed for software user assistance professionals. The event takes place March 22-24 in Seattle at the Westin. 

We are offering WTIA members a $200 reduction in conference fees. This covers all sessions and activities March 22-24. Other discounts are not applicable. This does not include optional seminars March 21. 

The conference topics cover a broad range of key tools, processes, technologies, and techniques. * DITA, XML, Structured Authoring * User-centered Design & Usability * eLearning Tools and Techniques * Hands-on Computer Tutorials * Mobile UA * Adobe, Microsoft, Google * Case Studies There are over seventy cutting-edge topics from over fifty experts, project demonstrations from other user assistance developers, plus an exhibition of products and services, certificate programs, and networking events.

For more information about the conference please visit www.writersua.com

To take advantage of this special offer, please contact Shannon at 206.405.0923 or shannonm@writersua.com. Additional group, government, and non-profit discounts are available.