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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.

02/22/2023

New! Engaging new design for our Intelligence Components data tools

We are proud to release the beautiful new design of our suite of nine standalone GIS data tools, known as Intelligence Components. These powerful interactive data tools can be ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Websites GIS data

01/27/2023

New! Customizable search widget drives web traffic to ZoomProspector

As part of our ongoing commitment to help clients drive as much quality traffic as possible to their online GIS data mapping and property search tools, we're proud to release a ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

ZoomProspector business location search

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

04/7/2020

COVID-19 response webinars you don't want to miss

UPDATED with links: Here are some of the free webinars we hosted last week to assist economic developers everywhere as they work to meet and mitigate the challenges posed by the ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Economic Development Websites

01/28/2020

GIS Planning launches new company website (VIDEO)

As GIS Planning's design director, I’m proud to officially announce the new launch of our corporate website. Visitors will quickly see that this isn't just an informative website ...

Pau Rodriguez
Design Director

product launch Websites

10/30/2019

New client launch: St. Clair County, Michigan

Jeff Suneson
Director of Client Services

Corporate Real Estate product launch

10/23/2019

New client launch: Junction City/Geary County EDC (KS)

GIS Planning is thrilled to be part of the launch of the Junction City/Geary County Economic Development Commission's new website, with ZoomProspector, the industry's leading ...

Jeff Suneson
Director of Client Services

Corporate Real Estate product launch

03/14/2019

What is dynamic property search anyway?

In a webinar the other day, I was explaining some of the brand new GIS Planning ZoomProspector features and I mentioned "Dynamic Property Search." One of our attendees asked what ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Websites GIS data

01/10/2019

Webinar: Showcase Opportunity Zones

Back in December, we showed you several ways you can use our online data tools to showcase the Opportunity Zones in your community, regardless of whether you use our GIS sites and ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

product launch Websites

09/21/2018

Webinar: 10 Key trends for #econdev websites

I can't claim to own a crystal ball, but working in economic development tech has given me a front row seat to some of the most important online trends in the industry. I get to ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

business retention business attraction

03/15/2018

Webinar: 5 Ways to drive traffic to your ED website

What if you threw a party and nobody came?

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection Websites

01/9/2018

Keeping chambers of commerce relevant in a digital age

Chamber of commerce executives know more than just about anyone how the digital revolution has transformed the nature of business. They hear it everyday from the shop owners ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

business retention business attraction

12/1/2017

New! Microsite templates now available in Canada

Creating a website is one of the most important things you will do when it comes to economic development marketing. After all, this is the public face of your community; for many ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection ZoomProspector

11/10/2017

Website visitors more likely to absorb data with visuals

A few months ago, I found myself chatting with a new acquaintance at a networking event in the U.S. As people do at such events, they ask where I'm from.

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Economic Development Websites

10/19/2017

Is your website ready for an Amazon visit?

The economic development world is a little crazy this week. With the Amazon HQ2 proposals due today, Oct. 19th, I can imagine the last minute scrambles to get the proposals ...

Stevie Field-Chavez
Vice President of Regional Sales

economic development online online data tools

10/19/2017

Is your EDO website ready for an Amazon visit?

The economic development world is a little crazy this week. With the Amazon HQ2 proposals due today, Oct. 19th, I can imagine the last minute scrambles to get the proposals ...

Stevie Field-Chavez
Vice President of Regional Sales

Site Selection online data tools

10/13/2017

Webinar: 5 Ways to use online data to market your location

Your online data tools are an inexhaustible source of great content and visuals for place marketing, but where to start? Join us Thursday, October 26th at 1:30 p.m. EST, 10:30 ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

online data tools social media

08/31/2017

Upcoming professional development webinars Aug2017

We offer a continuing series of free professional development webinars for economic developers. You'll enjoy sessions that are short (because we know how busy you are) and ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

economic development online Websites

06/9/2017

Economic Development Do's & Don'ts

In the course of the place marketing consultating offered to our economic development organization clients, I am asked a range of similar questions about website design: What's ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection online marketing

03/7/2017

The Ultimate Guide to Economic Development Websites - Part I

As the 2017 conference/trade show season starts ramping up into full swing, it’s worth reviewing our economic development checklist for your website. Today we’ll look at Part 1 - ...

Stevie Field-Chavez
Vice President of Regional Sales

online data tools Websites

10/13/2016

Do you know who's visiting your website?

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 ...

Alissa Sklar
Vice President of Marketing

Site Selection GIS

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