Creating better brick and mortar customer experience from the web
Sure they can find you on the web, but once they do, can they find your branch, or your ATM, or your Agent/broker? See that they can using Virtual Earth.
Finding a Target the Virtual Earth way: http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/search_results.jsp?&mapType=enhanced&startAddress=seattle+wa&startingLat=47.6&startingLong=-122.3
Finding a Starbucks the Virtual Earth way: http://www.starbucks.com/retail/find/default.aspx
Find an ATM the Virtual Earth way by VISA: http://visa.via.infonow.net/usa_atm/
See an innovative way to find a home the Virtual Earth way: http://www.cyberhomes.com/
Heres a video describing British Petroleums unique use of Virtual Earth combined with Weather data to impact thier business management process: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/resources/Files/201427/BP_OG_Ver_040407_2Mbps_FINAL.wvx
Heres the FInancial services datasheet: http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/8/6/a86c0c4c-3623-4efd-b823-c00de7c26896/Virtual%20Earth%20Financial%20Services%20Datasheet_10.21.08.pdf
Heres the Insurance datasheet: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/b/7/db7cdfe7-7671-464f-99a5-1fd2dc15d541/VE_Insurance_Datasheet_helios.pdf
