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How to Create Territories from ZIP Code Ranges in MapBusinessOnline

Every so often a customer asks if MapBusinessOnline can create sales territories based on a range of ZIP codes. The answer is yes but the customer is often disappointed. They usually ask the ZIP code range questions because they want … Continue reading

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Don’t Let Your Vision Blind Your Business

The real power of business mapping software is the visualization of business data against a geographic map covering the extent of where you do business. For first time users, these new map views are often revelatory leading to changes in … Continue reading

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How to Save Map Image Files in Map Business Online

Because maps are for sharing, Map Business Online allows business mapping users to save their map views as image files. An image file might be a Jpeg, PNG, or PDF file.  Map image files saved as a Jpeg, PNG, or … Continue reading

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How to Measure a Distance in Map Business Online

Along the Map Business Online master toolbar, six buttons in from the right side, sits the humble Measure Distance Tool.  The button icon is a yellow ruler. The kind that grade school teachers used to smack our study tables with … Continue reading

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How to Color Shade a Simple List of ZIP Codes on a Map

Many first-time users of MapBusinessOnline business mapping software begin their search for a mapping tool with a list of ZIP codes. Businesses of all types find themselves in possession of a list of ZIP codes with a desire to: Visualize … Continue reading

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How Accurate is Demographic Data?

All Map Business Online subscriptions include access to demographic data. Paid subscriptions allow exports of that data.  Map Business Online versions in the UK and Canada have fewer demographic category option due to the nature of data availability in those … Continue reading

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The Powerful “Choose Columns” Button

The MapBusinessOnline Data Window contains a powerful function available with every datasheet view. From the Master Toolbar, click the Data Window icon and select any of the data drop-down options in the upper left. Now, cast your beady eyes down … Continue reading

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How to Prepare for Business Travel Using Map Buisness Online

Business map software will typically support optimized routing services for traveling salespeople. An optimized route service means the vehicle routes generated provide the option to travel via the most efficient route, instead of a route based on the stop-off order … Continue reading

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The Outer Limits of Map Business Online

Map Business Online is a generous and inexpensive mapping solution. Map Business Online is also a cloud service, as opposed to an installed desktop application, and brings the advantages of cloud services such as automatic software and data updates, and … Continue reading

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How to Prepare for Sales Territory Mapping

With the advent of cloud-based online mapping software, businesses of all sizes have affordable access to sales territory mapping. Six or seven services are listed online for cloud-based business mapping software. Desktop options tend to be GIS and legacy tools. … Continue reading

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