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Elaine Ball

The Business Side: Understanding the Survey Sales Funnel

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Elaine Ball
May 7, 2018
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Today, we’re going to look at what it really means to nurture a lead - to transform someone whose attention you’ve grabbed into an actual customer.
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Jeffrey Turner

Surveyor's Footsteps: Surveyors Provide On-Site Facts

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Jeffrey Turner
April 11, 2018
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The survey party chief is the engineer’s on-the-scene reporter. They will spend a half-day to a month surveying a tract of land and gathering information to be used in the planning process.
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Editor's Points: Surveyors Fit Every Category of STEM Education

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Perry Trunick
April 2, 2018
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I had an interesting conversation with Raymond Page, a Vermont LS, which touched on the question of whether surveying was art or science.
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Career Notes: Career Surveyor Mentors Others

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Perry Trunick
April 2, 2018
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James C. Weed, PLS, has been an active member in the land surveying industry for over 21 years.
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Jeffery N. Lucas, PLS, Esq.

Traversing the Law: Keg Island Is Example of the Island Rule in Surveying

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Jeffery N. Lucas, PLS, Esq.
April 2, 2018
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Present-day Keg Island exists in the Mississippi River where the river flows between the states of Iowa and Illinois. It is over a mile long, maybe a quarter of a mile wide at its widest point, consisting of about 128 acres – and it is uninhabited.
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Elaine Ball

The Business Side: Surveyor Marketing Strategy Cuts Through the Noise

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Elaine Ball
March 15, 2018
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When everyone’s shouting over each other, shouting even louder doesn’t get you heard. The same is 100-percent true when it comes to producing great content to hook your ideal customer.
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Erin Jepperson

Surveys are Tools for Engineers

Erin Jepperson
March 14, 2018
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Engineers have to know a place and its environs intimately before planning or building anything. High-resolution aerial imagery makes their jobs easier than ever.
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Editor's Points: Professional Survey Groups Adapt to Change

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Perry Trunick
March 1, 2018
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The goal of an organization should be to outlive its original purpose. But in doing so, it should evolve and embrace a new purpose and redouble its efforts to outlive that purpose in turn.
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Managing Geospatial Data

It is increasingly important to get a handle on volumes of data associated with surveying and geospatial work.
Jeffery Skahill
March 1, 2018
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Data is exploding and there is no end in sight. This phenomenon is creating quite a challenge for businesses of all types, especially those who need to gain insights from the vast quantities of geospatial data being created by new, advanced high-resolution imaging technologies.
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Jeffrey Turner

Surveyor's Footsteps: Surveys Provide the Canvas for Architect's Artistry

An accurate and quality survey is the foundation on which you will build your design.
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Jeffrey Turner
March 1, 2018
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Where I have chosen to prepare the base plans, I feel that what I produce are the canvas upon which architects and engineers can practice their “art.”
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