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Andrew Kamphuis
 
20 October 2009 | Andrew Kamphuis

Customers want simple.

If you are launching your new web site and wonder what customers want - customers want simple!  Continue »

Time Posted: 20/10/2009 at 3:00 AM Permalink to Customers want simple. Permalink
Peter Andres
 
3 October 2009 | Peter Andres

Connecting to your wine website visitors

In my last blog post "The Experience" I talked about how winery websites face the challenge of sharing a persuasive experience on their website, or sharing the essence of the winery and wine. Here is another great way...  Continue »

Time Posted: 03/10/2009 at 4:10 AM Permalink to Connecting to your wine website visitors Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
23 September 2009 | Andrew Kamphuis

5 Stars Dominate Ratings (in Video and Wine)

When it comes to ratings and reviews, great video (and great wine) prompt action; anything less prompts indifference.  Continue »

Time Posted: 23/09/2009 at 3:00 PM Permalink to 5 Stars Dominate Ratings (in Video and Wine) Permalink
Melissa Dobson
 
11 September 2009 | Melissa Dobson

Who should be the voice of our winery’s social media program?

You’ve been reading up and researching social media. You’re ready to get started and incorporate a couple of the platforms into your winery’s marketing and relationship building strategy...  Continue »

Time Posted: 11/09/2009 at 2:00 AM Permalink to Who should be the voice of our winery’s social media program? Permalink
Peter Andres
 
9 September 2009 | Peter Andres

The Experience

As an owner of a wine web site one of the biggest challenges you will face is conveying "The Experience" of your winery, facility, vineyard, and wines.   Continue »

Time Posted: 09/09/2009 at 2:00 AM Permalink to The Experience Permalink
Peter Andres
 
25 August 2009 | Peter Andres

Fine Tune Your Newsletter Sign Up

For the most part winery websites simply put up a form to capture email addresses in the hopes that people will sign up. This strategy or lack there of isn't effective and doesn't create a valuable business resource. So how can we make this better?  Continue »

Time Posted: 25/08/2009 at 12:30 AM Permalink to Fine Tune Your Newsletter Sign Up Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
20 August 2009 | Andrew Kamphuis

New Admin Interface

A little bit of a self promotion. This morning we launched our new interface on our admin panel...  Continue »

Time Posted: 20/08/2009 at 1:00 AM Permalink to New Admin Interface Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
18 August 2009 | Andrew Kamphuis

Consumers reviews - do you trust them?

We've seen consumer reviews make a large difference in conversion rates online, and we've known for quite sometime that people trust other people's opinions...  Continue »

Time Posted: 18/08/2009 at 1:00 AM Permalink to Consumers reviews - do you trust them? Permalink
Andrew Kamphuis
 
6 August 2009 | Andrew Kamphuis

Predictable Customer Behavior

Are you training your customers to delete the email you send?  Continue »

Time Posted: 06/08/2009 at 3:05 PM Permalink to Predictable Customer Behavior Permalink
Peter Andres
 
25 July 2009 | Peter Andres

The boring old newsletter signup - what's the point?

These days it is all about the social media. Let me just say that you should start with the email list and then move onto the other stuff.   Continue »

Time Posted: 25/07/2009 at 9:50 AM Permalink to The boring old newsletter signup - what's the point? Permalink