Fort Collins, Colorado ranked number two in the nation for costume revenue per capita in a SizeUp study, as reported in The Coloradoan in Fort Collins takes Halloween to spooky new level. The piece interviews several owners of local costume shops to get a gauge on the local industry, just in time for Halloween. Read the full article here.
Staples provided a look at five methods of business benchmarking, courtesy of Will Yakowicz of Inc. Magazine. The article covers several ways that businesses can do their own benchmarking without spending money on expensive consultants, including SizeUp.
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Bloomberg Businessweek introduced their revamped small business section on Businessweek.com. The new site is not just about news. Bloomberg writes “Beyond editorial content, you can also access tools to help you do your homework and push your ideas into flight. For example, there’s an expansive library of business plans from Palo Alto Software and legal documents from Docstoc. Also, we have benchmarking engines from SizeUp to show how your business compares to competitors, help you determine where to advertise, and inform you about potential markets.”
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The Hartford Business Journal published the results of SizeUp’s report on recycling centers, showing that Connecticut is the top performing state for recycling centers in terms of revenue per capita. Connecticut was followed by New Jersey, Vermont, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas, Oregon, Kentucky, and Washington state.
“We were interested to see that states in the Northeastern U.S. have the most successful recycling centers,” said Anatalio Ubalde, CEO of SizeUp. “Since many recycling centers make money through government contracts, our list is one measure of each state’s level of commitment to sustainability programs.”
The report was also written up by Vermont Business Magazine, Norwalk Daily Voice, Connecticut News, Des Moines Register, Recycling International, Small Business Opportunities Magazine, and Greentech Lead.
The Idaho Business Review walked its readers through the process of benchmarking a business using SizeUp. The author writes, “If you are a small business owner, it’s helpful to know what your competition is up to. A new tool called SizeUp can help you do that… This site is not only helpful, but interesting for its own sake.”
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San Antonio was named the top metro for fireworks sales, in a report issued by SizeUp and covered by the San Antonio Business Journal. According to the business journal, “San Antonio is a patriotic city. It is home to Joint Base San Antonio, which encompasses Lackland, Fort Sam Houston and Randolph, and thousands of active duty military and veterans.” Kansas City ranked #2, for as the Kansas City Star wrote, “Kansas Citians love to blow stuff up.” Miami came in 3rd place, as documented by the South Florida Business Journal.
American Express included SizeUp as one of its 3 Essential Tools to Gauge the Local Marketplace.
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According to a blog post by Dex Media, “big data is not just for the big guys anymore. In fact, affordable and user-friendly applications and analytics tools make data available to businesses of all sizes.” They suggest several tools that small business owners can use to be more successful, including Google Analytics and SizeUp.
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Forbes released Small Steps: Big Leaps, its 10-week series on how to launch a successful startup. Step 3 talks about how to conduct market research, both formally and informally. Among the resources suggested for conducting market research, Forbes says “One invaluable tool that was made available last September by the SBA is SizeUp. With SizeUp, you can input your business’s industry and city and it maps out your competition, highlighting areas with abundant competition in orange and areas with a lot of potential customers but few competitors in green.
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Noted blogger Frank J. Kenny, a social media and technology consultant for economic development organizations, conducted a video interview with SizeUp’s cofounder for Frank’s blog “Grow Your Chamber”. In the interview, they discuss the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce’s adoption of an innovative new service, SizeUp for Local Business Intelligence (SizeUp LBI). SizeUp LBI helps economic development organizations deliver value to their local businesses by showing them how they can grow locally and stay competitive. SizeUp LBI is powered by SizeUp’s groundbreaking and award winning technology, is customized to the local service area of an organization, and includes advanced demographic capabilities not available on SizeUp.com.
Read the full article and watch the video interview here.