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How Sitehunt Complements (Not Replaces) Your ED Stack

“From display to delivery: Sitehunt turns scattered data into a finished, shippable RFI.”

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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How Sitehunt Complements (Not Replaces) Your ED Stack

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Economic developers live in a software jungle: maps here, CRMs there, listing feeds somewhere else, and yet the crunch time question still nags: Can we respond fast with complete, credible info? That’s the gap Sitehunt fills. It doesn’t ask you to rip-and-replace; it connects, enriches, and accelerates the tools you already use.

“From display to delivery: Sitehunt turns scattered data into a finished, shippable RFI.”

What You Likely Already Have

  • Property & GIS: ZoomProspector, GISWebTech Guru, or LOIS/LASSO
  • CRM & Project Tracking: Salesforce, HubSpot, ExecutivePulse, or ProTRACKPlus
  • Listing Feeds: Resimplifi, REDI, or broker uploads
  • BR&E & Strategy: ExecutivePulse, Bludot, JobsEQ, Lightcast, eIMPACT, or Localintel
  • Marketing: Canva, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, or agency-built websites

Great tools. Each solves a slice. Sitehunt stitches the slices together.

Where Sitehunt Snaps Into Your Stack

  • Makes maps decision-ready. Your public site map is only as good as the data behind it. Sitehunt auto-enriches parcels and listings (utilities, access, environmental flags, incentives, workforce context) so selectors see answers, not TBDs; no GIS degree required.
  • Feeds (and listens to) your CRM. Keep Salesforce or HubSpot as the source of truth. Sitehunt syncs properties, activity, and RFI milestones so nobody copies/pastes or works off stale info.
  • Upgrades your listing feed. Pull in Resimplifi, dedupe, normalize, and enrich weekly. You get clean, searchable, RFI-ready records instead of DIY spreadsheets.
  • Turns data into collateral. One click to spec sheets, flyers, and social blurbs; pre-templated, brand-safe, and powered by your real site data.
  • Builds proposals automatically. Upload the RFI, Sitehunt extracts criteria, scores sites, flags gaps, and assembles a polished, branded response (maps, photos, reports) in hours, not weeks. That’s the edge when you’re competing against bigger metros with bigger staffs. 

Why Add Sitehunt Even if You “Have All the Things”

  1. Speed > everything. First credible response wins more than we admit. Sitehunt compresses discovery → scoring → proposal into a single flow. 
  2. Completeness without the scavenger hunt. Automated enrichment fills broker gaps and surfaces red flags before a selector finds them.
  3. Fewer handoffs, fewer errors. Bi-directional syncs and unified outputs mean less retyping, fewer version wars, and consistent messaging.
  4. Built for economic developers. Workflows match how RFIs actually move across EDOs, utilities, and local partners—not how generic software thinks they should.
  5. Keep what works. Sitehunt is the connective tissue, not another silo.

Quick Mental Model

  • ZoomProspector/Guru/LOIS shows your sites.
  • Salesforce/HubSpot tracks your prospects.
  • JobsEQ/Lightcast proves your people.
  • Canva makes it pretty.
  • Sitehunt makes it ready: then ships it.

If your current stack “shows” but doesn’t deliver, Sitehunt is the missing layer that turns your tools into a system—so you market better, respond faster, and win more often.

➡️ Learn more: sitehunt.io
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Founder/Host of Econ Dev Show. Also: Sitehunt CEO and economic development consultant in Greater Houston, Texas.


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