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Andrew Kamphuis
 
30 July 2008 | Andrew Kamphuis

Triathlons And Websites

This weekend my wife Julia placed 13th (out of 146) in a triathlon in North Vancouver...  Continue »

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Andrew Kamphuis
 
25 July 2008 | Andrew Kamphuis

Do Online Searches Affect Tasting Room Sales?

FutureNow had a blog post yesterday talking about online searches affecting offline sales...   Continue »

Time Posted: 25/07/2008 at 3:15 AM Permalink to Do Online Searches Affect Tasting Room Sales? Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
23 July 2008 | Andrew Kamphuis

How to create a raving fan

Is having a great wine enough? I don't think it is. I know lots of wineries with great wine, but I'm not a raving fan...  Continue »

Time Posted: 23/07/2008 at 2:44 PM Permalink to How to create a raving fan Permalink
Brent Johnson
 
14 July 2008 | Brent Johnson

Does Your E-commerce Site Add Value or Headaches?

You’d think by now someone trying to sell something on the internet would remember while setting up their ecommerce site, how frustrating some shopping carts and forms can be.  Continue »

Time Posted: 14/07/2008 at 2:00 AM Permalink to Does Your E-commerce Site Add Value or Headaches? Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
10 July 2008 | Andrew Kamphuis

Out Of Office / Wine Tasting Trip

It's staff road trip time. We will be out of the office Thursday and Friday. We are headed to the Shuswap (in British Columbia Canada) the long way through the Okanagan Valley, stopping at a number of wineries...  Continue »

Time Posted: 10/07/2008 at 3:25 PM Permalink to Out Of Office / Wine Tasting Trip Permalink
Peter Andres
 
5 July 2008 | Peter Andres

Are you breaking up with your website?

Have you lost the passion? Do you feel like you have lost touch with your website, and somehow it just isn’t living up to its potential.   Continue »

Time Posted: 05/07/2008 at 8:40 AM Permalink to Are you breaking up with your website? Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
25 June 2008 | Andrew Kamphuis

What makes a good URL?

There are several factors that make up a great URL. Yesterday clients on our current platform received an email from Brent talking about good URLs...  Continue »

Time Posted: 25/06/2008 at 2:00 AM Permalink to What makes a good URL? Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
23 June 2008 | Andrew Kamphuis

What's Your Pain?

What are the biggest problems you face with your website? What keeps you for getting more out of your website? What features/tools/or solutions would make you switch website vendors?  Continue »

Time Posted: 23/06/2008 at 12:15 PM Permalink to What's Your Pain? Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
16 June 2008 | Andrew Kamphuis

Key To Success #5: Monitor & Analyze

I believe that in order to have successful marketing efforts, you have to be able to measure results...  Continue »

Time Posted: 16/06/2008 at 9:00 AM Permalink to Key To Success #5: Monitor & Analyze Permalink
Peter Andres
 
7 June 2008 | Peter Andres

4 guys in a basement head-to-head wine tasting series

So today at Vin | 65 we started a new series where we pitted two wines head-to-head. Naked Grape Unoaked Merlot vs Mission Hill SLC Merlot 2003.   Continue »

Time Posted: 07/06/2008 at 8:50 AM Permalink to 4 guys in a basement head-to-head wine tasting series Permalink