Quick & Easy Recipe

My two favorite words when it comes to cooking and baking are Quick & Easy.
A friend of mine shared these turtle candies today and I think they’re scrumptious! Here is the recipe…

QUICK & EASY TURTLE CANDIES

1 bag of Rolo candies (I bought a 12 oz. bag, I recommend a larger bag or buy 2 12 oz. bags)
1 bag of square shaped butter pretzels
1 bag of pecan halves

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
1. Unwrap Rolo candies and place in a bowl for later (great job for the kids)
2. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper
3. Lay the pretzels onto the wax paper
4. Place a Rolo on each pretzel
5. Place in the oven to soften Rolos – approx. 3-4 minutes – Don’t Let Them Melt!
6. Take the Rolos out of the oven
7. Push a pecan half on top of each Rolo
8. Set in a cool area or put them in the refrigerator to harden
9. Remove from wax paper and store in a bag or container – they stay fresher if kept cool
10. Enjoy!

Google Analytics

Are you monitoring your website traffic? If not, you need to start and an easy way to do so is by signing up for a Google Analytics account. Once you sign up, you can copy the HTML code and place it on each page of your website. Okay, if you aren’t skilled in that area, then send the code to your web guru and ask him or her to put it on your website for you.
By monitoring the reports, you’ll find out how many visitors have been to your site and where they came from. For example, let’s say you recently posted a news release on webpr.com. If you put a link to your website in the article, Google Analytics will show you how many people visited your site from clicking on that link. Then you’ll know which marketing campaigns are working and which are not.

You’ll also learn:

  • the length of time spent on each page of your site
  • what browser visitors are using (i.e. Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox)
  • source of the traffic
  • keywords used in their search

If you don’t want to have to sign in and out of Google Analytics and monitor the reports yourself, your virtual assistant can do that for you. Just be sure to discuss the reports during your weekly or bi-weekly telephone calls.

If you’d like to see a sample report, post a comment here or send me an email. I’d be glad to show you one of my reports.

To your success!
Holly

W.E.B. Holiday Party

Tonight was the W.E.B. (Women Executives in Business) holiday party. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner and dessert at Contessa Restaurant in Mankato (www.contessafinedine.com).

We shared stories about holiday traditions while growing up and our holiday traditions now.
Susan Chambers entertained us with her poetry.

A special thank you to Julie Hawker for hosting our party. She did a wonderful job.