June 23, 2009, 8:35 am

Analytics 101: Valuable insights from cheap tools

Savvy entrepreneurs are turning to inexpensive data-mining software to refine their Web sites and boost profits. What do you recommend?

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AFrom Peter Rogers, Santa Barbara, CA

I used to think create a company, then go sell it. The problem is if you have no hungry prospects who are actually interested in your companies product, then why analyze which companies are looking at your website? Almost all small businesses must evaluate their propsoed direction before they begin advertising so they do not get sucked into biting their nails waiting for prospects.

Posted By Peter Rogers, Santa Barbara, CA : August 29, 2009 12:25 pm
AFrom Peter Smith, London. UK

I'm using a hosted system provided by a company called Web Forensics, This system is brilliant, they give me all the analytics that I need in an simple to use format. The best thing about this system is they identify which companies are looking at our website and what they are looking at allowing us to contact them directly and introduce our services. Have already won a substantial amount of business off the back of this. http://www.webforensics.co.uk

Posted By Peter Smith, London. UK : June 23, 2009 10:46 am
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