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November 04, 2009

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Joey

Thanks so much for this great article. I love A/B testing. When I first started my business (with dreams of how to make big bucks in my mind) I had my website developed. I did not do A/B testing at first. I would just throw a website down for a few weeks and make changes as I saw fit. That was a huge mistake for my business. As soon as I started doing the A/B testing, I started to notice what was working, and what was not. It really helped my business out because I finally knew what was best for my customers. Thanks again for the great post.

marketing automation software

Thanks for the post Steve. It's almost vital small to medium sized businesses use tools such as marketing automation to support revenue generation initiatives. Smaller organizations typically do not have formal and structured sales and marketing practices. Marketing automation can help implement lead qualification, lead distribution, lead nurturing in a systematic way. It can also help identify website visitors as new leads. Effectively, it's like getting a new sales person on your team at a fraction of the price.

Fitzgeraldf

Analytics is very hard for all of us. While prices vary widely for web analytics software, these tools are well within the reach of most small businesses.

RedHotFranchises

Indeed, and the web will continue to evolve, we have to constantly keep our minds open and be prepared to a whole new change, the sooner the better.

Andrew

The tools are going to be fantastic. I can't wait to see what the next generation of apps can do. It's awesome seeing the progression of the web over the last decade.

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