5 Web Tools that are Helping Grow the Garden State

PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Five powerful online tools offered by Choose New Jersey are helping New Jersey businesses, municipalities and economic development organizations thrive. A privately funded and governed nonprofit organization, Choose New Jersey markets the state across the world in an effort to grow jobs and investment in the Garden State.

"With more than 90% of the research for site selection done online, before an economic development organization or municipality is ever contacted, it is increasingly important for states and communities to have a robust and diversified digital strategy that allows them to compete for business investment," said Jenn Kramer, chief marketing officer of Choose New Jersey. "The easy-to-use tools are helping put information at the fingertips of those who need it and they're helping us nurture economic growth throughout the state."

These five tools promote the Garden State's competitive business advantages to prospective investors, site selectors and location advisors, while also helping companies already located in New Jersey:

StateBook – Choose New Jersey is offering the state's communities and economic development organizations free access to a new web-based tool that can help them showcase their best assets to interested parties around the world. Bank of America, FirstEnergy, IBEW Local 102, PNC Bank, PSE&G and NJM Insurance Group are helping to make this possible.

Grow NJ Incentives Calculator – Launched in 2014, the Grow NJ Incentives Calculator caters to businesses locating or expanding in New Jersey that want to better understand the job creation incentives available through the New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013. The calculator, powered by Sills Cummis & Gross, considers input such as location, job creation and real estate type before giving users a customized estimate of potential tax incentives for their business under the Grow NJ Assistance Program.

Choose NJ Sites – As a one-stop shop for decision makers searching for commercial properties in New Jersey, ChooseNJSites.com provides a cost-effective platform for commercial and industrial property owners in the state to showcase their sites and facilities. Property owners and brokers are able to add their properties to the database at low or no cost. The site currently receives 2,500 views each month, with the greatest traffic originating from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, India, Germany and Italy. It is sponsored by Brandywine Realty Trust, C&K Properties, Jones Lang LaSalle and the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR).

RFP Watch – This unique tool helps New Jersey businesses grow with more than $1 billion in business opportunities identified each week and customized daily emails sent right to a user's inbox. RFP Watch provides businesses with access to public and private business opportunities in more than 535 GSA categories that can be searched by keyword, GSA category, sector and status. It delivers reports on RFPs, RFQs and other public and private contract opportunities available throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, and it is offered at a discounted rate to PSE&G customers and members of NJBIA, the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey, and the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce. It is supported by IBEW Local 102 and Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster.

ConnectAmericas – ConnectAmericas is an online social media platform that enables New Jersey businesses to establish business links with Latin American and Caribbean companies. Developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with support from Google, DHL, Alibaba and Visa, it connects small and medium enterprises from Latin America and the Caribbean with access to clients, suppliers and investors around the world.

To learn more about the tools helping to spur investment in the Garden State, visit the Tools landing page on Choose New Jersey's website: www.choosenj.com/tools.

Choose New Jersey, Inc. is a privately funded 501(c)(3) corporation charged with encouraging and nurturing economic growth throughout New Jersey with a focus on making the state's most distressed cities engines for growth and opportunity. Through marketing, business attraction and lead generation activities, Choose New Jersey markets New Jersey as a premiere business location to both domestic and international businesses. Choose New Jersey is one of four elements of the Partnership for Action (PFA), which is led by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno and also includes the New Jersey Business Action Center, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. For more information, visit www.choosenj.com. 

SOURCE Choose New Jersey, Inc.

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