1. Start with Norfolk’s actual geographic scope
A Norfolk firm may describe its service area in several ways: Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska or additional locations served by the practice. Those are not interchangeable reporting dimensions. The Census record identifies Norfolk city as a municipality in Madison County. The dashboard conversation should therefore begin by asking which geographic labels belong in the firm’s measurement plan and which should remain separate. A city target, a county target and a statewide target can represent different pages, calls and decisions. Population is context only; it is not evidence that people are searching for legal services or that a particular practice area will produce matters.
Recommended approach
Bring a written list of locations and service areas to the review. Ask Bosseo to show how location and case-type dimensions would be represented, what counts as a target, and how the firm would avoid treating Norfolk’s population estimate as a forecast of demand.
