"Your Move, Ohio Is Waiting": What Economic Development Marketing Teaches Us About Winning in AI Search

"This is more than a location. It's a launchpad. Your move." JobsOhio's confident pitch — 0% corporate income tax, #2 business costs, trillion-dollar super sectors — is polished place marketing. But when a company actually decides where to build, that decision now starts in a search bar and, increasingly, an AI answer engine. Here's what economic development marketing reveals about a problem every business shares: your real advantages only count if AI systems can find, trust, and cite them.