In my
never ending search to engage in marketing efforts to
promote our store, I have come
across two great websites that I'd like to pass along to
you. Of course, I understand that by
doing this, I'm also introducing you to other competitors
who may offer similar tastings and events
--however, I think these sites are too good to keep to
myself! (I'm chuckling as I write this...)
Okay - the
first one is:
www.localwineevents.com . This is a great site
that lists a variety of
tasting events across the country
-- not just in Boston. This comes in handy to
those of you
who
travel and would like to find things to do while you're
vacationing or -- just in those "downtimes"
during business travel. Yes -- we advertise our
tastings there, and a special kudos goes out
to Eric Orange-- he does a great job running and organizing
the site, and most importantly keeping it
FREE so small businesses like us have a chance to advertise!
Another great thing about this site is you can sign up to be
prompted whenever a new event is added to the areas you're
interested in.
The
second one is:
www.oxfordwineroom.com . Again, another really
great resource for
finding schedules on wine tastings throughout the New
England area. It's a great source of
information, and is growing rapidly. It's also got a
great listing of local wineries so that we New Englanders
don't miss out on the tasting experience since Napa isn't'
exactly "down the street". This site also deserves a
big "thumbs up" for keeping their site FREE so us
small store owners are able to do a little advertising!
Interestingly enough, the information you find on these
sites doesn't usually "overlap". You will find our
tasting information is present on both sites-- but I have
found that isn't the norm with most other contributors.
We hope
that you will find those sites interesting and useful -- and
please remember -- I shared with you! So don't find a
"new favorite" wine shop..... (again, I'm chuckling... it's
all in fun!)
Until
next time....
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