Whether you are Canadian, or you have interest in selling to Canadians, the time is now to ramp up your spending on your online presence and online marketing specifically targeting Canadians.

According to e-marketer, by 2009 Canadian online spending will reach over $16 Billion. A dramatic increase year-over-year as you can see in the graphic below. And while Canadians are spending more online, marketers in general are still slow to catch up. In fact some reports show that Canadian businesses as a whole spend as little as 6% of their advertising dollars on online activities.

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