1. Define the geography before reading a city or county number
Smithtown is a municipal town in Suffolk County, New York. A dashboard review should therefore distinguish Smithtown activity from activity elsewhere in Suffolk County and from broader New York activity. The population estimate is not a forecast of prospective clients. It is a reason to ask how geography is represented in the reporting: whether a lead is associated with a page, a source, a caller’s stated location, or another recorded field. A firm that serves Smithtown and also accepts matters from other parts of Suffolk County should not treat those areas as one undifferentiated market.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to show how city and county information appears in the dashboard, what source supplies it, and how uncertain or missing location data is handled. Decide which geographic labels your partners will use when comparing calls, forms, matters and marketing activity.
