why c+i realtors should work with grep!
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Economic Development
Marketing
in Greater Reading
Presentation to Commercial Industrial Council
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GreaterReadingSites.com
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Fish where the fish are.
Site selectors and businesses will go straight to
GreaterReadingSites.com.
Brokers can profit from:
• Free marketing
• Increased traffic
• Direct, qualified leads
• Expanded lead generation
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Nearly all businesses and site selectors use
the Internet to make location decisions
• 98% of corporate real estate professionals & site
selectors use the Internet for researching site location
decisions
• Site selection research by non-consultants is performed
after business hours & weekends
Sources in Order: Economic Development Marketing: Present & Future; Dennis Donovan, Wadley-Donovan, UEDA Annual Conf. SF.
©GIS Planning Inc. 2012
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24%33%
48%51%
53%55%
60%60%
67%67%
70%73%74%
77%80%81%
83%83%85%86%
90%91%91%
User-generated content (blogs, forums)
Transactions (business licenses, permit applications, etc.)
Business list
Social media integration
Hyperlinks to other organizations
Employment training programs
Business assistance services/how to start a business
Major employers
Staff directory and contact information (phone, fax,…
Maps
Demographic reports
Land/sites and buildings inventory
Most important features for economic
development websites
Source: National Survey of Economic Developers and Site Selection Professionals by Ubalde & Simundza. 2011.
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• Free Marketing
• Direct Leads
• Qualified Leads
• Money in Pocket
©GIS Planning Inc. 2012
What GreaterReadingSites.com
means for real estate professionals
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Qualified Leads: If they contact you they
have already done their homework
and know that you have
something they want.
©GIS Planning Inc. 2012
What GreaterReadingSites.com
means for real estate professionals
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Business
Intelligence:
Access to
high-quality
demographic, market
& business analysis
(for free).
©GIS Planning Inc. 2012
What GreaterReadingSites.com
means for real estate professionals
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Access to Data
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©GIS Planning Inc. 2012
GreaterReadingSites.com speeds up,
simplifies and expands the process of
generating leads and gathering information
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©GIS Planning Inc. 2012
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All pros, no cons
• Simple and fast to add listings
• Substantially increase traffic
• Free marketing
• Access to informed, motivated prospects
• Qualified leads
• Strengthen rapport with your community
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How We Can Work Together
• Assistance with prospect and company visits
– GREP rolls out the red carpet to Berks County
• Customized demographics and workforce reports
• Connectivity to ED resources and community leaders
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Contact us, we are here to help!
Pamela Shupp, AICP, CEcD
Vice President
(610) 376.4237
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Pamela Shupp, AICP, CEcD, Vice President
201 Penn St. Suite 502, Reading, PA 19601
(610) 376.4237
Thank you.
Let’s continue working together to
be something greater.