Trial and Error: the Key to Marketing

Ongoing testing and measurement are the basis for success in marketing. If you are not continuously testing your campaigns, you're probably losing money.

Friday, December 10, 2010


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Of course the first thing is to measure results, the internet is an instrument where results are objective, measured either by you or through specialized third parties.

But after knowing how many users clicked on your advertising and how many of them finally made a purchase, ¿how do you know if the results are good or bad?, most especially, ¿can they be improved?

The key is continuous testing; trying different options until you find the one which optimizes results.

That´s the issue discussed by Michael Fleischner on his article published at Theslogan.com.

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