M A R K E T I N G
11345 Hwy 17 W - P.O. Box 6264
Sturgeon Falls, ON P2B 3K7
(705) 753-2387
Due North Marketing is in the
business
of generating traffic to your website.
What Our Clients Have to Say!!
"Without your ongoing efforts and
continual support, we would have to work
a lot harder at filling the Camp."
"I can say with assurance that
working with Due North has been the
best advertising I ever made."
"Our websites have more than paid for themselves every year."
"They have more than a few outlets and
websites that I'm positive have
sent business to us"
"It has made the world of difference
to our business and we have enjoyed
working with you."
"Due North has continued to evolve and
promote Northern Ontario. We have
benefited greatly from their ongoing efforts in promotion."
| Hi TJ & Monique: We're at that time of year again where text and pictures get changed on our website. Before we send you any changes, we wanted to thank you again for a wonderful year of advertising. Without your ongoing efforts and continual support, we would have to work a lot harder at filling the Camp. You're always on top of things, it's nice to have you keeping us posted as to what banners and sites to be a part of. In this day and age, it's so nice to be greeted in the friendly manner that says you appreciate our business, for that we can't thank you enough. Sincerely, |
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Hi TJ, Just a note thanking you for helping make our 2007 season a great success. Our remote destinations enjoyed a summer of almost 100% bookings once again! Over the past several years, (what has it been, 5 already?) your various directories have provided Stanton Air with a steady stream of new prospective guests to our remote lake destinations. Many prospects have turned into actual customers, and many of those into regular annual visitors. Finding your directories was the best bit of good fortune I have experienced as a small tourism operator. Like others, my seasonal micro-business has a tiny amount of money to spend in order to attract new business. Magazines are prohibitably expensive, working with the tourism agencies is the same. It's fine if one is a large organization, but for the little guys like Stanton Air, it's tough to play on the same field. Due to these factors, along with the high cost of printing and mailing brochures, I chose instead to go electronic. I invested in a professionally designed and very comprehensive web site, with printable pages. The challenge then was to find a way to drive people to that web site. So, I put myself into the shoes of my prospects: I went onto a number of search engines and started typing in the key words I imagined they would use if they were looking for a vacation experience like Stanton Air. I wanted to see what words worked and what places and businesses came up as a result. Your sites consistently came up in the top 10. Of course, the top 10 is what really matters, since so many web surfers like me never go past that first page. 'Well,' I thought to myself, 'instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, why not hitch my wagon to your pony?' I contacted you, learned how I could be listed Due North's various sites, and how I could sponsor them with banner ads; and the rest is a very happy story. So thanks again, TJ. You have made my web site pay off by putting my business in front of hundreds of folks all over Canada and the United States. I can say with assurance that working with Due North has been the best advertising I ever made. Best of luck and keep up that great work. Cheers, |
| We have been with Due North Marketing for
the past 10 years. They made up and designed both our new lodge site
and our last lodges site. Both were done well and included our and
their ideas. They host a great site and get us traffic on ours. Sport
shows for us are not productive for the $ spent. Our websites have
more than paid for themselves every year. Also Due North is very quick
to update the site with text and photo changes which is important and
to help with any questions we have. We highly recommend the good
people at Due North Marketing.
Tim and Dave Kobelka |
| Dear TJ & Monique: Just wanted to let you know how much your web hosting has meant to us. This year we are celebrating our 10th year in business and quite a few of our customers have told us that they found us on the web. They thought our web site was wonderful, very informative and easy to navigate through. This day and age, without a tool like the internet, it is very hard and costly, to try to reach all the possible marketing area we as tourist outfitters try to reach. Being 10 years with the same web host, has meant a lot to us. Your expertise in setting up our website and your time in making our changes quickly and has really helped. Thank-you for your patience and understanding with us, as we are not computer experts by any means, in keeping our website as up to date, visible and friendly as possible. We have had many compliments and thought we should share them with
you. Your faithful customers, |
| Our camp has been a client of Due North Marketing for
6 years. During this time we've had a website made, hosted and updated
by them with never a problem. Their prices seem to be fair and any
work we've asked to be done on our website has been done quickly and
professionally. They also have more than a few outlets and websites
that I'm positive have sent business to us. All emails, phone calls
and questions have been answered promptly. They have always been
courteous and friendly. Therefore we would recommend their
services to anyone.
Leon & Rhonda Woodard |
| TJ and Monique: It is hard to believe that we have had our website with you since 1997. We appreciate the way you have looked after us for all these years. It has made the world of difference to our business and we have enjoyed working with you. You have worked hard to keep our website in the forefront of technological change, something we could never accomplish on our own. Thanks you so much. Gary & Angela Martin |
| We have been customers of Due North Marketing
for many many years, in fact I think we were founding clients. TJ &
Monique have tremendous dedication to their site - sites. Due North
has continued to evolve and promote Northern Ontario. We have
benefited greatly from their ongoing efforts in promotion.
If we need changes to our site they are done promptly, if TJ thinks we need upgrading he lets us know, the banner advertising works well for us, he is constantly keeping his sites in the top search programs, consequently our own site searches well. I would highly recommend Due North for your business service and development. Janice & James Bowden |
| Due North Marketing has been instrumental in
maintaining exposure to our business through the internet.
We appreciate the efficient way they keep our information current and
the constant communication they offer regarding marketing
opportunities. We have been a client for many years and find this link to be a vital part of our marketing strategy. We highly recommend "Due North Marketing" to any business who wants to be put on the map! Bing & Dianne Hoddinott |
| I am writing this today to let you know about how Due
North Marketing, the company that looks after our website rates five
stars to us. Any changes, add ons or deletions needed to our website is done quickly and efficiently. They are also good at finding free sites that you can advertise your website on. I would recommend this company to anyone who wishes to market their company. They do a very good job. Lise and Andre Johnson |
| I will say that we at Fireside Lodge have been very
pleased in being associated with and our working relationship with Due
North Marketing Alan Brandys |
| Using Due North Marketing has produced many new
guests for Diamond Key Resort. We have received numerous compliments on our site and have found Monique and even TJ most helpful and they excel in getting us "out there" and easy to find. Updates and new photos to be added are done immediately. It is so simple. We have been with Due North since it's beginning and use not one other source for our advertising. We definitely recommend their service to all. Maggie Diamond Key Resort |
| We had Due North design a website for us in 1997 as
we were looking to increase our bookings at our fishing camp. The
first year the bookings increased by 5 %. To our amazement the next
year it increased by 10 %. It has continued to increase - every year
from 12 % to 29 %. Monique and T.J. are always ready and willing to
listen to our ideas and also make the yearly changes that are
necessary to make our business grow. We are a small family run
business but they still take the time to make us feel as if we are
their number one client. Judy and Brian Benning Lucky Strike Camp |
| Dear T.J. and Monique, Although we have not had the pleasure of meeting you both personally--and which we hope will be remedied in the future--we wanted to thank you for your outstanding service. Not only have you created a wonderful website for us, and have received numerous compliments on its layout, but we also appreciate your prompt and friendly service. We highly recommend your company to others. Craig & Linda Williams |
| Big North Lodge & Outposts has been a client of Due
North Marketing for 8 years. We are very pleased with our website -
one of the reasons is that many people have told us how easy it is to
navigate. TJ and Monique have been extremely helpful with annual
updates and improvements to our website. Many other companies have tried to sell us their website services with fancy cliches like "search engine optimization or thousands of visitors (clicks) per day." In the end, it is not the number of website visitors that is important but the actual booking results that make the difference. We have found that our website is very successful in promoting actual bookings. Pat |
| We have been with Due North Marketing (T.J. and
Monique Quesnel), for the past 7 years and have been extremely happy
with them. If we had to choose one benefit of advertising through
them, I would have to say that it's the immediate attention they give
us. When we want to make changes to our website such as updating
pictures or testimonials, they are done in the same day. With this
being a very competitive business it's important to us to have this
kind of attention so we can have our promotions and latest info posted
as soon as possible. Through the numerous leads they send our way, our
business has increased by a whopping 30 percent. Due North never
disappoints and we would highly recommend entrusting your business
advertisement in their hands. Best Regards, |
| T.J. and Monique at Due North have been a great asset
to us over the years. They have been very helpful with advice and in
developing our website. On the marketing side, our association with
Due North has helped us to draw clients from all over the United
States and Canada. Much of our success can be attributed to this
association, and we plan to maintain it for years to come. Al & Wendy Craigie Bay Wolf Camp |
| My wife and I purchased a cottage resort in late
2002. We have been very careful to always align ourselves with quality
people and products since we began our business. Our real estate agent
specialized in cottage resorts, and he had a great deal of experience
in the cottage resort business and knew what did and did not work.
When it came to advertising, his recommendation to us was to focus on
internet advertising- print, brochures and trade shows were no longer
an effective way to spend advertising dollars. When the time came for
us to choose who would design our web page and arrange for our
internet advertising, his advice was simple- TJ Quesnel and Due North
Marketing. He described TJ as the "guru" when it comes to internet
advertising and web design in the resource based tourism industry. We
went with Due North and the results have always been impressive. Our customers comment on how much they like our web page, and its impressive design. We are consistently at the top of web hits in our categories and are always near the top of the results for web searches. We were walked through the web design process by Due North Marketing and the results have exceeded our expectations. As for follow-up service, TJ and Monique are readily available for any slight changes to our pages (i.e. seasonal specials etc), and the changes we request are always quickly implemented. We are certain that a good part of our success is "Due" to our web page from Due North Marketing. Steve and Kathy Holt Charlton Lake Camp |
| Due North Marketing certainly helped us (River Haven
Resort) when we got into the business. It has been six years since we
started and at that time had no idea of what was required to do a web
page let alone how to effectively market our resort. TJ and Monique
gave us suggestions and worked with us through phone conversations as
well as through emails. If we needed changes done to our website they
got them done quickly. Also they both would let us know which sites
would be good to advertise on to enhance our business. Ultimately our website was our greatest advertising tool and I would recommend them to anyone. Sincerely Ed and Trish Lamers |
| Bonnie A sincere thankyou to TJ and Monique from Due North Marketing for the excellent job they have done in the developing and maintenance of our website. We receive many compliments from our guests stating we have "the best website." This must be true - 2 of our closest competition have had their websites redesigned. Hmmm where have I seen these website ideas and designs - looks like ours! Due North Marketing must do a good job if the competition is checking them out. We here at Riverlake Cottages and Campground recommend Due North Marketing for the best design, exposure, and prompt courteous service. Take a look at our website and see the fantastic job they have done for us. www.riverlakecottages.com |