You’ve probably heard that your business plan should project out 5 years and that you should review it annually to stay on course, but how many of you have looked at your marketing plan lately? Do you even have one? Hopefully the answer is “yes” and things are humming along, but in the case you [...]

One thing I know for sure, after sending millions of emails and watching the results - If you don’t think about your reader first and above all, you will lose their interest. I attended an email marketing conference recently and one presenter, from a company, who was supposed to be talking about email deliverability issues [...]

It’s only August so you’re thinking you have plenty of time to get your site ready for the holidays – think again. Now is the time to make sure that your site is optimized for the traffic that is soon to come your way. The following are a few quick pointers to ensuring you maximize [...]

Winery owners looking to increase tourist traffic to their tasting rooms should consider expanding their website with web pages optimized for each town name in their primary market area.

Tourism Search Traffic

Google and Yahoo seem to reward well organized websites. They also seem to reward well written content placed on meticulously named pages. Since [...]

What Is Swag?
Not since the days of pirates has swag been so important; and unlike our swashbuckling forbearers, we needn’t navigate the open seas to find some. But what exactly is swag, and why should you be excited about it?
The terms “swag”, “schwag”, and “tchotchkes” all refer to one concept – free stuff! [...]

by Scot Burns - Owner, Redbarn Marketing

Those who’ve been in the industry a while know that the toughest part of the wine business is not making the wine (that’s the fun part) it’s selling it. For the majority of wineries that don’t have “uber-status” you are going to have to push your wines to the [...]

by Philip James, Founder - Snooth.com
All Users Are Not Created Equal

When it comes to Social Media Optimization (SMO) there are plenty of options out there. Do you spend time writing your own blog, or can you just get away with commenting on others? What about press releases? You can submit them via sites like PR.com, [...]

Welcome to another edition of the WineMarketer.com newsletter.
Have a Purpose

In my research of email marketing practices for wineries I receive 10 to 20 emails per day from the various winery lists I am subscribed to. I look for the best and the worst examples of email marketing.
After reading thousands of emails I have a [...]

Build A Sales Team Without The Overhead
Welcome to another edition of the WineMarketer.com newsletter.
Are you developing new revenue channels by tapping into the power of Internet marketers and publishers? With the highly competitive online wine landscape, it’s critical to fully leverage the power of the web in your favor - particularly finding ways to work [...]