We’re excited to present you with 3 big features! In celebration of Earth month, we took on the fascinating world of cleantech.
May 2021 Edition
Insights From the Leading Authority on Investment Attraction for Economic Development Practitioners
We’re excited to present you with 3 big features! In celebration of Earth Month, we took on the fascinating world of cleantech. Want to target cleantech? You’ll love these leads!
We’ve also broken down the Made in America Tax Plan as it relates to Economic Development. And learn more about our very own Economic Development superstars. All right below! 👇
ROI Insights
In honor of the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, the ROI Team wanted to feature three fast-growth climate tech hubs and highlight 20 companies making waves in the cleantech space.
We’ve also included a link in the article to an eBook from our sister company Gazelle.ai about attracting the right kind of #RenewableEnergy projects—and the high-paying jobs that come with it—to your community!
The Made in America Tax Plan proposes ambitious reforms with major potential impacts on FDI & Economic Development. In our latest article, we’ve unpacked the key aspects of the plan that matter most to the economic development world.
In our 2nd edition of ROI’s Meet the Team series, we are thrilled to introduce Harold Mzobe, our VP of Operations. Harold has been with ROI since 2009 and is a seasoned veteran when it comes to all thing's economic development—but it wasn’t always that way.
Join us as we explore how Harold’s passion for helping communities took him on a whirlwind journey from dentistry in South Africa to Economic Development in Canada!
How often do you follow up with your pipeline? Almost as importantly, how do you follow up with your pipeline? I've noticed a strong reliance on email communication. We all get a lot of emails every day, and if the email manages to fall down off your screen it is easily forgotten.
I hear from clients that they are struggling to re-engage companies, and upon digging they have sent 2-3 emails over the course of a few weeks with no response. In many cases this is not a company ignoring you, or expressing that they are no longer interested, it can simply be that your email keeps dropping off their radar.
It is critical that you also follow up with phone calls and if you are connected, via LinkedIn, Whatsapp, etc. Even a simple 10-second voicemail saying "Hi, I just sent you an email and was hoping to schedule a few minutes to chat" can be enough to get a response and engagement from a prospect company.
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Get ready for IoT opportunities Economic Developers 🚀! The IoT sector is the perfect place for economic developers to focus their investment attraction efforts on. It’s growing fast and it is overflowing with companies expanding. But where to start? That’s the best part - we got everything you need in this article: the latest trends, opportunities, challenges, hot spots, and the fastest-growing companies.
What do bread makers and PlayStations have to do with FDI? Our friends at the CLT Alliance sat down with ROI’s Vice President of Client Services, Paul Brogan, to discuss everything from the impact of the pandemic on international travel to exploring emerging markets and up-and-coming industries for FDI. Listen to the podcast here