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{"id":4707,"date":"2016-11-21T05:27:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T05:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.veronicastenberg.com\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2016-11-04T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T13:28:18","slug":"how-to-start-working-with-data-to-increase-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veronicastenberg.com\/how-to-start-working-with-data-to-increase-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"How to start working with data to increase sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veronicastenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/web-analytics-1024x653.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.veronicastenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/web-analytics-1024x653-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"web analytics - image copyright broadly.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veronicastenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/web-analytics-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.veronicastenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/web-analytics-1024x653-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.veronicastenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/web-analytics-1024x653-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A cornerstone in your marketing activities is to work with the data you have. 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Without being complicated.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1\/ Start small and use what you got<\/strong><br \/>\nYou probably have a website analytics software and perhaps a customer database of some sort. \u00a0Establish what you have and then how you can use this for insight for simple improvements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/ Focus and ask questions<\/strong><br \/>\nRemove the clutter of information by creating questions that are relevant to get the answers to. 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