INTRODUCING SCORE IOWA
DES MOINES, Iowa —October 1, 2026— SCORE Iowa will officially begin serving the entire state as a unified organization October 1, 2026. Bringing Iowa's existing SCORE chapters together into one statewide organization strengthens SCORE's ability to serve entrepreneurs and small businesses across all 99 counties of Iowa as well as metro areas in some adjoining states.For more than 60 years, SCORE has provided free, confidential, expert business mentoring and educational resources to people starting,
Before They Walk Through the Door: Digital Presence and Foot Traffic in Urbandale
A customer decides whether to visit your store before they ever leave the house. Research shows that 76% of consumers check online first before visiting a business in person — meaning a brick-and-mortar without a digital footprint is invisible to most potential customers before they ever reach your door. For Urbandale businesses competing across the Greater Des Moines metro, that first impression now happens on a screen, not a sidewalk.Most Customers Search Before They Shop Not occasionally — constantly.
