March 26, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Nick Fuhrman
270-781-3200; nick@bgchamber.com
Bowling Green Area Chamber Launches Online Tool to Boost Business Success
Geo-Data business intelligence tool helps businesses grow, compete in Bowling Green
Bowling Green, KY – March 26, 2013 — The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce became the first in the nation today to provide its Partnership an online tool suite designed to help local businesses grow using geographic business intelligence. SizeUp for Local Business Intelligence –located in the “Partners Only” section of www.bgchamber.com – allows businesses to easily obtain highly specific data on revenues, salaries, health insurance costs, supplier locations, and more.
“We’re thrilled to be the first Chamber of Commerce in the nation to offer this exclusive Partner benefit that will help them succeed,” said Ron Bunch, CEcD, President and CEO of the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce. “Now our business owners can instantly access demographic, industry, geographic, competitiveness, and cost-of-business data that large corporations use every day.”
A special demonstration of the SizeUp tool suite will be held April 16, from 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m., during the Chamber’s monthly “Business At Its Best” workshop at 710 College Street, in Bowling Green. To register for Business At Its Best, visit www.bgchamber.com.
Specifically, SizeUp for Local Business Intelligence (SizeUp LBI) super-crunches millions of data points from public and private sources to provide four main features:
- Performance benchmarking: See how a specific business "sizes up" by comparing its performance to all competitors in an industry.
- Competitive assessment: Map where competitors, customers and suppliers are located to determine how to better serve customers.
- Best places to advertise: Identify areas with the highest revenue for an industry, the most underserved markets, and create custom demographic and business reports.
- Demographic analysis: View an interactive map of demographic, labor force, and customer expenditure data in Bowling Green and its immediate surroundings.
“Our goal is to help businesses in Bowling Green succeed by making it simple to access very specific data on every industry,” said Anatalio Ubalde, CEO of SizeUp. “Now, entrepreneurs can access valuable industry data – complete with interactive maps that display their customer base and suppliers – with a simple mouse click.”
SizeUp LBI is powered by SizeUp’s technology, available at SizeUp.com. SizeUp launched in late 2011 as a TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist, and was awarded first prize in the Department of Commerce’s Business Apps Challenge in 2012. In September, the U.S. Small Business Administration began using SizeUp on its website to help small businesses.
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About the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
Incorporated in 1935, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce is a 5-Star Accredited Chamber by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and was named the 2009 Chamber of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. As the fourth largest chamber in Kentucky, the Chamber serves as a premier business advocate for its more than 1,100 partners and is the driving force for economic development in South Central Kentucky. Its primary goals are to promote growth and success in the business community, reaching its small business partners and those in large industries alike. With leadership programs, governmental relations projects, educational initiatives and involvement opportunities, the Chamber aims to support the community and its neighbors in order to enhance the business climate and continue to grow the region.
About SizeUp
SizeUp (http://www.SizeUp.com) is a business intelligence website that helps businesses become smarter, more profitable, and more competitive. It enables business owners to benchmark themselves against competitors, find the best places to advertise, and map their competitors, customers, and suppliers. SizeUp is a service of GIS Planning (http://www.gisplanning.com), the world leader in online economic development solutions.