Start with the geographic question your firm actually needs answered
A dashboard can only answer a geographic question that has been defined first. Chelmsford is recorded as a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. That relationship should not be blurred with a county, metropolitan area, the rest of Massachusetts, a household, or an individual. If your firm wants to assess Chelmsford activity, the dashboard discussion should identify which tracked targets, landing pages, calls or leads are intended to represent Chelmsford.
Recommended approach
Bring a written geographic scope to the review. Ask which data should be labeled Chelmsford, which should be labeled Middlesex County, and which belongs to another Massachusetts service area. Ask how a lead’s location will be recorded and how location will be distinguished from the location of a search target or page. The dashboard can be useful only when those definitions are agreed before a partner relies on the totals.
