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Brent Johnson
 
April 30, 2013 | Brent Johnson

Five Automatic Emails and Why We Like Them

We all agree authenticity and personal assistance are best practices in customer service. But sometimes, a simple automated action email works beautifully.  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
March 26, 2013 | Brent Johnson

Your Website as a Tool to Grow Your Mailing List

Too often, we think of our website as a final destination, and ignore opportunities to use it as a valuable tool to grow our database.  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
January 10, 2013 | Brent Johnson

Top Five Reasons Your Winery Should Offer Mobile POS

Mobile Point of Sale has been providing customer convenience at retail for awhile, but soon customers will stop seeing this as an oddity and expect it. If that’s not enough of a reason to consider adding mobile POS to your bag of tricks for 2013, here are five more benefits:  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
March 15, 2011 | Brent Johnson

Video proven to increase e-commerce sales.

In your tasting room consumers can stroll up to the tasting bar, speak to enthusiastic staff and then sniff, swirl and sip your wine. It’s not that easy for your e-commerce website. You need to find ways to engage and convert consumers with content, images, tasting notes, consumer or professional reviews. Why not videos?  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
March 20, 2009 | Brent Johnson

Reviews and Ratings Sell More Wine Online

77% of online shoppers use reviews and ratings and 63% are more likely to purchase from a site if it has wine reviews and ratings.  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
October 17, 2008 | Brent Johnson

Okanagan Wine Festival - Wine Medal Winners Fall 2008

I went to the fall Okanagan Fall Wine Festival Medal Winner Tastings in Penticton, BC. There are some remarkable wines coming out of British Columbia.  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
October 1, 2008 | Brent Johnson

"Be passionate about what you do." - Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk gives his keynote speech at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York (definitely worth watching).  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
September 18, 2008 | Brent Johnson

Internet Marketing Conference (IMC) Vancouver 2008

Last week Friday I went to the Internet Marketing Conference held in Vancouver. It covered a large spectrum from SEO to A/B Testings...  Continue »

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Brent Johnson
 
September 8, 2008 | Brent Johnson

Able Grape a Wine Search Engine

Able Grape is a wine industry specific search engine. This is a great set forward for Wine 2.0 but will anyone use it?  Continue »

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September 4, 2008 | Brent Johnson

Social Media... good for business or wasting time?

Are you using a social media as a part of your business? Do you feel like it is building your brand image or are you spending hours wasting time? Which social media are you using, audio, video, words, pictures or combinations?  Continue »

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