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From practical news, tips, and place marketing strategies to industry news and product updates, our blog posts keep you up to date and informed about all things economic development.

03/2/2023

Five AI tools for economic developers

Ever since the release of ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing AI tool (or should we call it Sydney?), pundits have been spinning in circles analyzing the many threats, opportunities and ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

productivity Place Marketing

06/2/2022

June webinars you don't want to miss

School may be out for summer this month but the learning opportunities never stop with GIS Planning! We've got three of our most popular professional development webinars lined up ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Place Marketing GIS data

03/17/2022

Creating killer content: Webinars you don't want to miss

There's no excuse for boring! We're offering two free professional development webinars in the next couple of weeks to showcase practical ways to make your economic development ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection GIS data

02/10/2022

3D renderings with GIS for economic development offers real innovation

The beauty and advantage of having a 3D rendering tool truly integrated into your online GIS data tool means that you and your website visitors can create as many 3D models as you ...

Pablo Monzon
Managing Director and Co-founder

Site Selection Innovative marketing

01/24/2022

EDO lessons from kindergarten: The critical importance of sharing

Play fair. Clean up your mess. Don't hit people. When you go out in traffic, hold hands and stick together. Robert Fulgham's oft-quoted book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection Place Marketing

12/20/2021

Happy holidays! Enjoy the gift of easy-to-use 3D renderings for 2022

Wishing all our clients, colleagues and friends a happy and healthy holiday season and a prosperous new year!

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

GIS data economic development marketing

09/16/2021

NEW! Property images now automatically supplemented from Google

Economic developers everywhere know the struggle of trying to get photos and images into property listings. The truth is that it can be tricky to draw attention to a fantastic ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection Innovative marketing

05/28/2021

Can your website visitors find the data they're seeking?

Digital dead ends. Virtual cul de sacs. Obstacles in your path.

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

economic development websites economic development marketing

05/14/2021

Savvy link placement strategies drive more qualified web traffic

Sure, it's the industry's leading corporate site selection data tool but ZoomProspector is also so much more. Did you know it's also a compelling open access community data tool? ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection Websites

04/20/2021

Creative new ZoomTours help promote our innovative clients

When we launched ZoomTour back in December, we recognized that our innovative clients would produce a wide variety of interactive online tours this unique new virtual tour ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

economic development marketing virtual tours

03/15/2021

March: Economic development webinars you don't want to miss

So much goes into strategy and planning for economic recovery and this line-up of free professional development webinars is designed to help you and your team take on the ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Corporate Real Estate GIS data

02/11/2021

February webinars you don't want to miss

We've got loads of great free professional development content coming up this month for economic developers and chamber professionals. Check out the following free webinars and ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

business retention webinars

01/6/2021

Build desktop getaways of your region with the new ZoomTour

In an era where physical travel is restricted for the foreseeable future, there's no better time to engage people online with ZoomTour. Our new cloud-based desktop software makes ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

economic development marketing virtual tours

12/21/2020

5 Top GIS Planning Innovations of 2020

Safe to say, 2020 was a year for the books. No question, we'll all be glad to say good bye to this one. But in the midst of this crazy, challenging year of COVID and wildfires and ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

economic development marketing innovation

12/9/2020

Business Tampere's (Finland) Data Microsite Attracts New Investment

International investors and businesses researching investments and development potential in Tampere, Finland can take advantage of a powerful set of online tools dedicated to ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

economic development marketing investment promotion

10/29/2020

GIS Planning clients win multiple awards at IEDC Annual Conference

We wish to extend our hearty congratulations to all of the winners of this year's International Economic Development Council (IEDC) awards. All these achievements deserve public ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

economic development marketing IEDC

08/18/2020

User-friendly interface is key for GIS site selection online tools

Economic development and investment promotion agencies seeking to share regional data and available properties with online GIS data tools are in the business of place marketing. ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

GIS data economic development marketing

07/15/2020

New! 360 Virtual tours, flyovers & street views free on ZoomProspector

Before the coronavirus pandemic, site selections and businesses seeking a location would typically visit a short list of properties in person. They would walk around the building, ...

Pablo Monzon
Managing Director and Co-founder

Site Selection GIS data

04/23/2019

Webinar: What site selectors want ED pros to know

As part of my job, I work with hundreds of economic developers all around the world. I also often work with site selectors who use our tools for research and decision-making. And ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

GIS data commercial real estate

03/8/2019

Top 5 #EconDev Twitter tips

Why tweet? Twitter is different than other social networks and is an extremely valuable marketing tool for all businesses. With over 326 million people using Twitter every month, ...

Weilynn Tan
Outbound marketing, copywriting and web analytics.

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