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# How to best leverage SiteZeus for your department

## Learn how SiteZeus can help franchisees, franchisors, marketers, and operations teams

[Marketing](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/how-to-best-leverage-sitezeus-for-your-department#marketing) | [Operations](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/how-to-best-leverage-sitezeus-for-your-department#operations) | [Franchisors](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/how-to-best-leverage-sitezeus-for-your-department#franchisors) | [Franchisees](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/how-to-best-leverage-sitezeus-for-your-department#franchisees)

### SiteZeus for marketing

- Incorporate marketing [attributes](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/site-attributes?hsLang=en) such as overall marketing spend, local store marketing spend, SAP Marketing Cloud scores, and keywords.
- See where [synergistic and competitive brands](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/layers?hsLang=en) are located and consider marketing there.
- Evaluate the [variables](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/variable-importance-vs-variable-impact?hsLang=en) in your overall model or the variables influencing the performance of a single site to understand your target market.
- Evaluate your [sub-revenues](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/revenues?hsLang=en), if utilized, to determine which variables have the greatest impact and how that compares to your total revenue.
- Use [mobile data](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/mobile-data?hsLang=en) to understand where your customers are and optimize your campaigns.
- Use the [Customer Segmentation Dashboard](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/new-customer-seg?hsLang=en) to understand customers' interests and behaviors.
- Generate [heat maps](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/heatmap?hsLang=en) to see where your brand's key customer segments are located nationwide or in a particular State/DMA
- Visualize [traffic data](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/traffic?hsLang=en) to see which roads you should advertise on and optimize advertising times.
- Generate a [heat map](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/heatmap?hsLang=en) for [Population Pulse](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/population-movement-data?hsLang=en) to understand population density nationwide or in a particular State/DMA by time of day or day of week
- Report on a [polygon](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/polygons?hsLang=en) directly to pull out demographic data for your area of interest, such as a County, Zip Code, DMA, or State.
- Analyze the [Quadrant Recommendations](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/synergy-power?hsLang=en) to understand which store's marketing strategies should be reevaluated to optimize revenues.
- Utilize the [Synergy Grid](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/synergy-grid-overview?hsLang=en) to understand the correlation between demographic or social segment variables and a store's revenue.
- [Report](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/reporting-basics/overview?hsLang=en) on key customer segments, traffic volumes, and more.

### SiteZeus for operations

- Add operations [attributes](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/site-attributes?hsLang=en) to improve the accuracy of projections. 
    - Overall-satisfaction (OSAT) scores
    - Drive-thru service times
    - Complaints per 1,000 customers
    - Yelp reviews
    - Google reviews
    - Manager tenure
    - Third-party delivery offerings
    - Cleanliness scores
- Evaluate your [sub-revenues](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/revenues?hsLang=en), if utilized, to determine which revenue streams yield the most value and consider this when planning your development.
- Use the [SiteZeus Sandbox](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/sandbox?hsLang=en) to evaluate how improved operations could increase your average unit volume.
- Use the [test tab](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/site-attributes?hsLang=en) when editing a single site's attributes to test operational attribute changes.
- Evaluate the [variables](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/variable-importance-vs-variable-impact?hsLang=en) for a single site to learn how to cater your operations to that market.
- Analyze the [Quadrant Recommendations](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/synergy-power?hsLang=en) to understand which store's current operations should be reevaluated to optimize revenues
- Use the [Synergy Grid](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/synergy-grid-overview?hsLang=en) to understand the correlation between revenue and each of the operational site attributes in your model.
- [Report](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/reporting-basics/overview?hsLang=en) on existing sites' locations, traffic data, and more.

### SiteZeus for franchisors

- Run [Site Sonar](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/site-sonar?hsLang=en) to conduct a white space analysis across markets to identify the number of potential sites for a franchise development agreement.

- [Streamline your site-selection process](https://insites.sitezeus.com/location-intelligence/countless-franchisees-one-solid-market-planning-strategy/) by giving franchisees direct access to SiteZeus while keeping sensitive data private. 

**Note:** Franchisees can only perform analyses (sales forecasting, sales impact studies, etc.) within their assigned territories.

- Use the [Franchise Portal](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/franchise-portal?hsLang=en) to oversee your franchise network.
- Create and add users to [franchise groups](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/franchise-groups?hsLang=en).
- Assign franchise groups or users to particular sites.
- Run [sales forecasts](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/zeustimates?hsLang=en) on proposed locations for corporate or franchisee-owned stores.
- Perform a [sales impact analysis](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/sales-impact-analytics?hsLang=en) to forecast cannibalization between sites, including between sites owned by different franchisees.
- Use the [SiteZeus Sandbox](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/sandbox?hsLang=en) to test how adjusting the attributes of corporate or franchised sites would affect revenue.
- Use [Optimal GeoSpace Polygons](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/polygons?hsLang=en) to study the demographic data for a custom area.
- Use the [Synergy Grid](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/synergy-grid-overview?hsLang=en) to understand the correlation between revenue and the variables in your model and dive deeper into this analysis by selecting a subset of sites for comparison, such as a single franchisees sites.

### SiteZeus for franchisees

- [Leverage a master model](https://insites.sitezeus.com/location-intelligence/scale-your-franchise-with-data-driven-location-intelligence/) built with data from all of your brand's locations to make the most accurate decisions possible.
- View your territory boundaries and the sites within your [territory](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/territories?hsLang=en).
- [Forecast sales](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/zeustimates?hsLang=en) at your proposed locations.
- Run [Site Sonar](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/site-sonar?hsLang=en) to conduct a white space analysis across your territories to uncover your revenue potential. Apply custom revenue and distance thresholds to see only the sites that meet your criteria.
- Run a [sales impact analysis](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/sales-impact-analytics?hsLang=en) to analyze the potential cannibalization between two of your franchised sites.
- Redeem the [mobile data](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/mobile-data?hsLang=en) for your sites to see where your customers are coming from.
- Visualize the [traffic data](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/traffic?hsLang=en) for your territory to understand travel patterns by the time of day, day of the week, and direction.
- Use the [Customer Segmentation Dashboard](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/new-customer-seg?hsLang=en) to understand your customers' interests and behaviors.
- Generate [heat maps](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/heatmap?hsLang=en) to see where your brand's key customer segments are located within your territory.
- Use the [SiteZeus Sandbox](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/sandbox?hsLang=en) to test how adjusting your sites' attributes would affect revenue.  
    - Evaluate the impact site updates would have *before* investing in them and test as many scenarios as you want without needing to rebuild your model.
- [Report](https://support.sitezeus.com/en/reporting-basics/overview?hsLang=en) on your trade area's demographics, existing locations, proposed locations, and more.

 

 

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