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The week after Thanksgiving is a funny time. We spend some time focusing on - and hopefully feeling - gratitude for the things we have. We eat (possibly too much) delicious food, ...
Does your organization make effective use of mobile in serving businesses and site selectors? After all, these are busy people on the go, frequently using their phones in airport ...
With the new year around the corner, it's time to think about new resolutions for your economic development marketing. It's easy to get trapped in familiar patterns that don't ...
Knowing who's visiting your economic development organization website is a key step in building a productive conversation. Our research shows that more than 97% of site selectors ...
Tornados, fire, hurricanes, floods - natural disasters happen everywhere. Even if your community has been fortunate enough not to face anything in recent memory is no guarantee. ...
Stevie Field-Chavez Vice President of Regional Sales
Excellence and innovation keep the field of economic development moving forward, bettering our communities, supporting our businesses and creating meaningful jobs. We wish to ...
The International Economic Development Council's (IEDC) Annual Conference brings together an impressive number of economic developers from across North America, and around the ...
We are eagerly looking forward to the 2016 IEDC Annual Conference in Cleveland, and we are really hoping to see you there. Make sure you are in the know with these key facts about ...
Like attracts like. Success breeds success. Industry clusters are a boon to economic developers because of their magnetic effect on other businesses in the same sector, and the ...
Economic developers work hard to find innovative marketing techniques to give their communities the attention they deserve from businesses seeking locations. And while there are ...
Is it me, or do some economic development websites seem determined to undermine their own effectiveness? I know marketing budgets can be thin (or even non-existent), but there are ...
The wild popularity of the recently released augmented reality game, Pokemon Go, speaks to the powerful ways digital technologies can enhance daily life. Moreover, this summer's ...
Economic developers everywhere are making the most of summertime by posting beautiful, engaging images of their communities on their social feeds. These great pictures from a ...
If you're like most people, you've heard a lot about the concept of Big Data over the last few years. And if you're like most people, your eyes glaze over when you hear the term, ...
Amanda King is a busy woman. As the project manager for the Roswell Chaves County Economic Development Corporation economic development office, she wears a lot of hats ...
We all know that images are powerful ways to communicate information, engage prospects and market your location. Charts, graphs and maps help tell the story of your location much ...
One of the biggest challenges economic developers face is making sure their community is found by businesses and site selectors seeking locations that meet their set of criteria. ...
How do businesses and site selectors find the right locations? They start by searching online for communities that meet their criteria on key data points, then they contact the ...
The very first glimpse clinched the deal. Prime location near the interstate and intermodal terminal, extra wide loading docks, and a perfectly skilled workforce within a ...
Ah, social media. The golden child of online marketing can be hard to control. Is it the bane of your productivity or a powerful lead generator? A massive time suck or a source of ...
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