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Over the last few years Marketing Experiments has conducted thousands of tests with dozen of partner companies. We have learned a great deal, and shared much of our research data through our teleconference clinics and written briefs. But…

Making changes to key web pages can sometimes be a major production, involving a number of people, or groups of people. Once everyone is sitting down together, it’s tempting to talk only about making dramatic changes...if only to justify…

As with all good things, one can go too far when it comes to optimization. A friend of mine was telling me how she regularly receives emails from a company offering a free weekly software download. Quite often she clicks through to the…

I have been following various discussions recently on the topic of trash content sites. What are they? These are sites created with the express purpose of generating Google AdSense income or affiliate commissions. Lone webmasters, and…

This is our first post based on a question from one of our subscribers. The question was emailed in and the writer kindly gave us permission to post both his question and our answer here in the blog. The Question: “Nick's point was that a…

What is everyone's opinion of H.R. 3402, which as part of its content, includes a provision to prohibit anonymous "annoying" messages on the Internet? On January 5, President Bush signed into law a "prohibition on posting annoying Web…

Here’s your chance to enter the MarketingExperiments.com First Annual “Back of a Napkin” Business Plan Competition. What we are looking for are strong business ideas which are founded on an exciting and enduring value proposition. Like…

We have created this blog for a number of reasons. But the driving force behind it was the desire to share Q&A from out teleconference clinics. If you have ever taken part in one of our phone clinics, you’ll know that we invite…