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Why Google Analytics is Worth Looking At

I have asked many a business person over the years — do you have Google Analytics on your site? Time and time again, people say, “Yes, I think so, but I never look at it.” Most website developers will install the Google Analytics Tracking code on your site so that you can count important metrics. …

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Advertising Becomes Research

It used to be that you ran advertising, and then tried to track leads coming into your business sporadically, when you remembered to ask people how they found out about you.   Then, if you were smart, you’d use that information to tweak your advertising next year.   Year over year, you would gradually improve bit…

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Choosing Keywords

An Amazing Online Market Research Tool: Google Keyword Trends Choose your words carefully, goes the old saying.   The words you use to describe your service or product determine its ranking online, its categorization online, and of course, how relevant your marketing will appear to its potential customers.  It can have the effect of making you…

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Online Marketing Analytics

Pick up Speed with a Custom Dashboard Thanks to reams of new, whizzy online data, many creatively-bent marketers and advertisers are losing speed in by becoming buried under reports. Personally, I don’t think Google does a great job in making it easy for customers to figure out what they really need to know when it…

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How to Build Revenue and Sales Forecasts

Developing a sales or revenue forecast can feel a lot like trying to magically see into a crystal ball – and is one of the most difficult aspects of creating a strategic marketing plan.   After all, if you don’t know how much revenue you’re aiming for, how will you know how much to spend on…

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How to Market a Restaurant, Hotel, or Attraction: 10 Helpful Tips

We just became the newest members of Tourism Calgary!   This is going to be an excellent way to build on our hospitality marketing base.  So, we thought we’d give you some fresh and original marketing tips, designed for attracting visitors to your exciting destination. Do-it-yourself market research.   Have you asked anyone you trust to mystery…

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