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Press Releases (Contact
Us to arrange an interview.) |
News Media contact : above |
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We are in the process of launching a new website,
ShortListNews.com, as a new tool for sharing recent PR and news by
participating professionals in this niche market. This complements the
work of publishers in this niche as a collaborative tool for sharing
information which, unlike blogs or content written by freelance journalists,
is provided by qualified professional contributors. This is somewhat
analogous to a news wire service limited to this specialized niche. |
May 20, 2007
www.ShortListNews.com |
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We have published our latest trend analysis of the
distribution
of major capital investment projects among US states relative to their
population. We have also shared some of our marketing ROI research into the
cost of lead
generation work by economic development agencies relative to jobs
created. There are also some surprises in the relative rankings of some of
the states. Total projects per million population
have fallen roughly in half from 41 to 22 between the 1999-2001 and
2003-2005 periods. This reflects a decline in total projects from around
12,000 to 6,000 per year. New manufacturing projects have not yet recovered
to their "boom" levels, but this is a lagging indicator in any economic
recovery. Expansion projects have returned to roughly 2/3 of the earlier
levels during the "boom" years. |
April 3, 2006
April
2006 newsletter - summarizes this market
research and trend analysis, including rankings among the states over a 7
year period. |
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Our November newsletter elaborates on our new services, such
as the launch of this website, The Professional Site Selection Tour, and
Meeting Point. Our October newsletter gave additional background about
the use of Google for business location selection research. |
November 7, 2005
November
2005 newsletter
October
2005 newsletter |
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Search features have been added
for the convenience of our users, including an option to open a Google Local
map search browser window to make it easier to see the location of the
listed economic development organizations or search for businesses near
them.
Note : A search of this website may not yet find all
content because Google has not yet indexed all of these new pages. It
should soon find most content on this site, however, because of the way in
which these pages have been designed and refined to facilitate relevant
searches for the convenience of the professionals we serve. It
is already easy to find most of the content and 20,000+ links to relevant
resources worldwide through the approximately 700 pages which Google has
indexed on
www.gdi-solutions.com |
October 31, 2005
SEARCH
is a custom site search for our websites or listed Professionals
USA Search is
for selective searches of state economic development websites.
Area Search is for Tour host areas and
sponsor organizations
Europe Search is for
national or regional investment promotion agency websites.
CRE Search is for
corporate real estate listings and service providers.
Media Search
is for economic development and other business news.
Event Search
is for major trade shows or association events relevant to this niche
Local Search opens a Google Local map search
browser window for convenience |
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Our "Meeting Point" service will complement our ability to
organize Tour events by also helping to arrange introductory meetings with
professional service providers or event attendees at major trade shows or
professional association events. Our colleague in Europe,
Phil Eadon, has already spent several
years developing and refining a tool for the web-based, automatic
pre-scheduling of B2B meetings for networking events. |
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This "On The Short List" website has been set up by Global
Direct Investment Solutions to demonstrate to potential sponsors and
participants how the new Professional Site Selection Tour will function.
We will help communities to attract the attention and interest of leading
business advisors who influence location selection decisions for major
capital investment projects by their clients. We will provide feedback
about their professional perceptions and suggestions after brief visits
simulating the research work they would do on behalf of a corporate client
if the area was "on the short list" for a major project. |
October 10, 2005 -- Pre-launch :
The Professional Site Selection Tour
The official launch of this new service will be announced
later, after the initial group of sponsors and participants is confirmed,
and the first Tour events are scheduled. |
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The main website of Global Direct Investment Solutions is
attracting 300,000+ visitors in 2005. It provides unique market
research content and links to over 20,000 resources worldwide which are
relevant to corporate decisions about where to do business. Our
targeted online advertising has reached 2.2 million impressions in the last
six months. We provide independent, well-qualified referrals to assist
executives with their projects. |
www.gdi-solutions.com
Designed for
high-resolution display settings such as 1280x1024 or higher. Lower
resolution settings will involve more scrolling to view large directory
pages.
http://www.gdi-solutions.com/news.htm |
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The Google site search feature on our website makes all
content easy to find quickly. A similar search
feature will be added to this website later, as more content is
published. |
http://www.gdi-solutions.com/search.htm |
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A reverse chronological record of major developments since
Global Direct Investment Solutions was established can be found in the News
section of our main website. |
http://www.gdi-solutions.com/news.htm |
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Recent Media Coverage (Title, Publication, Date
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As a new service, this is not yet applicable. See
Contact Us to arrange an interview. |
Biographic Profiles :
Bruce Donnelly (USA)
Phil Eadon (UK) |
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We welcome enquiries by potential media sponsors for
our Tour
events or other services |
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Web Changes |
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Significant new features will be highlighted here as they are
implemented |
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We are experimenting with the new "site-flavored Google
search" Beta product
Tip : See Google "Cheat
Sheet" help page for advanced web search features.
Please let us know
if you find this tool to be helpful.
The gist of this
tool is that Google infers the general focus or "flavor" of a website into
various general topic categories, and can then limit Web search results to
sites which fit into the specified categories. For example, this
should screen out websites related to topics which are not relevant to this
niche - sports, entertainment, etc. |
October 31, 2005 This focuses Google
search results on the following "flavor" categories at this time :
Business Services
Financial Services
Management
Marketing and Advertising
Construction and Maintenance
Human Resources
Industrial Goods and Services
International Business and Trade
Real Estate |
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We added to the various Search features an option to open a
Google Local map search browser window to make it easier to see the location
of the listed economic development organizations or search for businesses
near them. |
October 31, 2005
Local Search opens a Google Local map search
browser window for convenience |
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Various new search features, as listed above, have now been
implemented. These are just the initial listings to demonstrate how
this will work. The search lists will be selectively updated as we
work with corporate executives, professional service providers, and economic
development organizations. We welcome
suggestions for improvement. |
October 31, 2005 Refer to the table of links below - USA
Search, Area Search, etc. These links appear as
navigational shortcuts between the various search features of this website
and related directories on
www.gdi-solutions.com |
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A new
Invest in
Europe directory has been implemented on
www.gdi-solutions.com to divide
the European regional contacts directory into national investment promotion
agency directories. These national directories will expand to include
more regional and local economic development organizations. |
October 28, 2005 |
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The Professional Search feature has
now been implemented. This uses a custom Google site search to
selectively research the capabilities of the consultants quickly and easily. |
October 27, 2005 |
