Business Planning

Self-Hosted WordPress VS Free Blogging

November 3, 2008

I’m a big fan of self-hosted blogs, but I include free blogging in my marketing mix. . Experts Weigh In Remarkablogger points out several pro’s and con’s in the post “Moving from WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress in Plain English“, such as Customizing your theme Adding Script and Ads Using powerful Worpress Plugins . I would [...]

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Australian Tourism e-kit

October 11, 2008

Check out these new tutorials about online marketing for tourism operators. The e-kit is a complete suite of tutorials that covers everything from the basics of developing a good web site to the more complex issues of Google ad words, search engine marketing and online product distribution. As a tourism operator you can access a [...]

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My Website Grader Report

August 24, 2008

Here it is – right from www.websitegrader.com A website grade of 78/100 for www.douglampi.com means that of the hundreds of thousands of websites that have previously been evaluated, our algorithm has calculated that this site scores higher than 78% of them in terms of its marketing effectiveness. The algorithm uses a proprietary blend of over [...]

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Google Insites To Fine Tune Your Tourism Marketing

August 8, 2008

I’m always following the online updates of the best internet marketers I know. Today, the Tourism Keys Blog “Internet Marketing for Tourism”, featured a post on How to get deeper insights into google search results In this article, Todd Lucier points out the power of the detailed location information on where the volume of searches [...]

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2009 Sport Show Marketing

July 30, 2008

July is hardly finished, but I’m already planning for the January Boat & Sport Show Season! My personal mission is to connect Tourism services in Northwestern Ontario with people who are planning a fishing vacation. Get Started Today! Here’s Some History: While I’ve been building websites as a business since 2001, I’m always researching the [...]

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Diversify Your Traffic Sources

July 26, 2008

Where does your website get most of it’s traffic from? Most of us still focus on getting search traffic, and most of us focus on Google, because, frankly, that’s where everyone gets the most search traffic from. It will always be important to have a search-engine-friendly website – but if you are relying on search [...]

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Attenting the NWOTA AGM

May 1, 2008

Today I’m attending the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA) Annual General Meeting in Nestor Falls. The image above shows where the Nestor Falls Community Centre is located. If you are in the area – drop in! I always love the chance to meet up with camp owners and answer internet marketing questions! We will hear [...]

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Open House and Contest

April 15, 2008

Douglas Lampi of Quetico Internet Marketing hosting an Open House for my office location, downstairs Voyageur Mall, Main Street, Atikokan Ontario on Tuesday April 29th. I’m giving a free presentation – a live demonstration of: – Ten Steps To Online Profit – - Without Spending A Dime – from 2-4pm and from 7-9 pm, Tuesday [...]

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Making Trade Shows Work

March 17, 2008

Barry Siskind of www.siskindtraining.com offers invaluable marketing advice. While he aims to help people master the art of making a success of your Trade Show Marketing, his timeless advice can be applied to any marketing format. I was delighted by the clear, and easy-to-follow format. And I took 19 pages of notes. You should add [...]

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