Category Archives: Sales and marketing

Five Steps to Creating a Valuable Customer Map from Business Data

Business mapping software is all about the data visualization of your business data. Business owners and sales managers derive business intelligence and strategies by viewing their business data against an accurate base map. So, what are the best ways to … Continue reading

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Drive Time and Driving Distance Queries in MapBusinessOnline

Ever wonder what the polygon created by driving your car in every direction possible from one central point for 30 miles would look like? Yeah, you have. Admit it. Using your car to solve that conundrum will take a while. … Continue reading

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What’s the Point of a Zip Code Point?

The U.S. Postal Service introduced ZIP codes in 1963 to make mail delivery more efficient. The point of the ZIP code was to organize the mail sort and mail delivery processes by zones – to make the postal workflow more … Continue reading

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The Power of Zip Codes in Radius Maps

Perhaps the most popular request we field from MapBusinessOnline prospective customers is the request for radius maps. It’s no wonder Pythagoras discovered his geometric theorems early on because the world was impatiently waiting to conduct marketing and sales analysis based … Continue reading

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Define Your Sales Territories by County, State or Zip Code

  The purpose of using sales territories is to assign sales accountability and to measure sales progress. A sales organization can choose to make this a simple process or a complex process. I am sure some organizations require, for a … Continue reading

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Sales Territory Mapping – Where do I start?

“I think you guys have a mapping application that can help with sales planning. I hear it every day. I manage a sales force and must establish territories that make sense for our business.” Sales territory mapping issues vary from … Continue reading

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