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Metropolitan Statistical Areas – Census Geographies for Market Analysis

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Geoffrey Ives

MapBusinessOnline includes a geographic boundary layer called MSAs or Metropolitan Statistical Areas. MSAs are area geographies designed, managed, and published by the Census Bureau.  These areas come in two types: Metropolitan MSAs – These are defined as having at least … Continue reading →

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How to Generate and Assign Sales Leads

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Geoffrey Ives

Every business has a sales manager whose job is to grow sales. The challenge of generating the right sales leads is critical to the process of successful sales growth.  In sourcing those sales leads, matching selected leads with the right … Continue reading →

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Business Mapping Software Improves Awareness of Opportunities & Threats

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Geoffrey Ives

Businesses are regularly challenged with threats to growth and success. To sustain solid growth, a company must remain aware of the best opportunities and be on the lookout for new opportunities while understanding where the competition is heating up and … Continue reading →

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Supporting the Franchisor Sales Process with Map Visualizations

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Geoffrey Ives

Franchise businesses are generally intimately connected to geography. McDonald’s fast food restaurants, one of the world’s most successful franchise businesses, consider several location-related factors when contemplating the construction of a brand new store. Business mapping software provides tools that enable … Continue reading →

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Why Should a Business Invest in Business Mapping Software?

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Geoffrey Ives

There are many reasons why businesspeople invest in business mapping software, GIS, or location-based tools for solutions to common and sometimes advanced problems. Let’s take a turn in the business garden, shall we? Stagnant Business Growth Grow or die – … Continue reading →

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Service Territory Mapping Using MapBusinessOnline

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Geoffrey Ives

MapBusinessOnline Service Territory Mapping provides all the tools necessary to design and maintain territories supporting businesses that provide services to their customer base instead of products. Service territories can be generated by ZIP code, county, state, or city limit. Territories … Continue reading →

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MapBusinessOnline Pro – Finding the Nearest Critical Locations

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Geoffrey Ives

“How do you find a needle in a haystack? Use a wicked giant magnet.” – Early Maine wisdom. But what if your ‘haystack’ is a reasonably sizeable location-based dataset? And perhaps your needle is a few address data points in … Continue reading →

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Why Would Your Business Invest in a MapBusinessOnline Subscription?

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Geoffrey Ives

Companies often turn to MapBusinessOnline business mapping software to solve problems, set up location-based reporting, or explain business trends. That’s why every day, we have a group of new subscribers exploring the various ways MapBusinessOnline can help them expand their … Continue reading →

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Map Visualization Tools in MapBusinessOnline.com

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Geoffrey Ives

Map creators and viewers can visualize any location dataset imported into MapBusinessOnline in multiple ways. Let’s explore the possibilities for map visualization using MapBusinessOnline business mapping software. User data could be imported or created using several data formats and subjects. … Continue reading →

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Location Dataset Enrichment Using MapBusinessOnline Pro

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Geoffrey Ives

You may be wondering why anyone would use business mapping software to enrich their location data. That all depends on how location-based your data and your business may be. Startup businesses focused almost exclusively on products and services may initially … Continue reading →

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