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The most influential source of practical information for economic development marketing

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.

06/27/2016

Roswell, NM data attracts business, saves time & money

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 ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

business attraction business location search

06/15/2016

Idaho uses innovative outreach with brokers

Idaho Commerce promotes GemStateProspector.com, their GIS data resource microsite, in a variety of ways, and they’ve approached their marketing to brokers with a new document. The ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Corporate Real Estate online marketing

06/13/2016

5 Ways to Use an EDO Profile for Marketing

Cut through the clutter. It’s what every marketer seeks to do – ensure their message is heard in the midst of all the noise out there. There are many different strategies around ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

ZoomProspector economic development online

06/10/2016

How to use heat maps for research & marketing

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 ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

ZoomProspector business location search

06/2/2016

Set up your EDO Profile in minutes

When it comes to business location search online, we know how critical it is for communities to be as easy to find as possible. The new Economic Development Organization (EDO) ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

ZoomProspector business location search

05/12/2016

How do you connect businesses with the right locations?

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 ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection ZoomProspector

05/3/2016

5 Social media strategies for place marketing

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 ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

online marketing social media

04/27/2016

America's Got Talent (#EconDev Edition)

It won’t surprise you to learn the U.S. is full of talented, skilled people perfect for all kinds of important jobs; after all, many of them live in your community, don’t they?

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection ZoomProspector

04/5/2016

New Talent Pool reports enhance labor force data

Just about any business considering a location seeks data on the quality of the potential labor force for their company. It's one of the most common - and time-consuming - ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

GIS Economic Development

03/10/2016

How Elk Grove Village Slashed Vacancy Rates

Reducing commercial and industrial real estate vacancy rates is a key objective for many economic development organizations. Lowered vacancy rates in a community with plentiful ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Corporate Real Estate Site Selection

02/17/2016

Are you settling for good enough place marketing?

"Oh, I'm fine with a good enough marketing solution."

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Corporate Real Estate Site Selection

02/9/2016

Economic development tips (with dog GIFs)

So it may surprise you to learn that our most popular blog post of 2015 by far, was this post on common economic development mistakes, illustrated by cat GIFs. I'll leave you to ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

mobile productivity

01/28/2016

ZoomProspector updates: Railroads, Census places and schools

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing the best GIS location analysis tool on the market, we have updated ZoomProspector Enterprise yet again. Here are the specific ...

Jeff Suneson
Director of Client Services

mobile productivity

01/21/2016

Webinar: Small but powerful Ponca City, OK uses website strategically

"We shape our tools and they shape us." -Marshall McLuhan Ponca City, OK isn't a big city, but they haven't let their bricks and mortar size limit their presence online.

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

marketing Economic Development

12/18/2015

Abbotsford, Canada: How to launch an economic development website

We've seen some very clever place marketing strategies from our clients over the years, and we continue to learn from them all the time. We wanted to share this excellent tutorial ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Canada Economic Development

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