5 tips for winemakers on the Internet

5 Tips for Winemakers

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5 Tips for Winemakers

• Answer email

• Passive search

• Engage existing conversations

• Build a simpler website

• Think beyond e-commerce

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Open your email

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Open your email

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• It’s rude to ignore.

• It won’t take much time.

Passive searches

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Google is constantly adding new pages to its database.

Every time Google notices a page, you get an email with a link.

This way, you’ll know when people talk about you.

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Passive searches

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Engage existing conversation

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People talk on Facebook, Twitter, and established blogs and forums.

This is the conversation happening behind your back.

Turn around and engage that conversation.

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Build a simpler website

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Notice how long I waited to talk about a website?

Your site should be simple and clean.

Web sites are a tool to communicate information.

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Build a simpler website

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You can probably make a free website that suits your needs

• Tumblr

• Wordpress

• Posterous

• Facebook page

Make a website that responds to the needs of real people.

Necessary: Address, contact information, wine information, personal story/history/location.

Monetize without e-commerce

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Don’t limit yourself to selling wine.

• Sell your story

• Sell your brand

• Sell your image

• Sell your lifestyle

• Sell your personality

• Sell your passion

Use the website to make connections.

The wine will sell itself if you do all that.€