Route Planning

According to a recent INRIX study, the average American driver spends approximately 51 hours each year stuck in congested traffic, resulting in an average cost of $869.   For those of you whose livelihood is dependent on the routes you drive, making use of a driving route planner is a must. They allow you to save time planning your daily routes and get the most out of your day — even when you encounter the unexpected.  The HubSpot State of Sales report found that salespeople only spend around two hours a day actually selling with at least one hour a day spent....

When it comes to route planners, one of the most common questions people ask is - “What is the best way to plan a route with multiple stops with Google Maps?”  With people increasingly looking for how to find the shortest route between multiple destinations, they are also wondering - “Is Google Maps the best route planning software?’’ If you’re looking for the answers to these questions then you’ve come to the right place! But before we get down to it, we need to understand that the Google Maps route planner and other route optimization apps are very different things. Sure, they....

Cutting-edge sales tools are now almost a requirement for highly-successful salespeople. In such a competitive landscape, any edge over your competitors needs to be taken.  One such sales tool that can give you that edge is a sales mapping software.  This type of tool can allow you to optimize your sales routes, design your territories, visualize important data points, and generate new leads. Having all the relevant data about your accounts at hand allows you to fully understand your territory while making strategic decisions on-the-go. One study from the Harvard Business Review showed that by optimizing your sales territory you can....

Microsoft MapPoint, although not as revolutionary as other mapping tools that came before it, was nevertheless one of the more popular sales mapping tools that was available to outside sales reps at the turn of the millennium. MapPoint used to be one of the best options for planning sales routes and mapping sales territories. However fast forward to today and Microsoft MapPoint is no longer available in the salesworld. Yet, the life of the average field salesperson has dramatically improved. How is that possible?  Read on to find out what happened to MapPoint and what came to replace it! ....