PR 101 – Sending wine media your “scores”
Want to keep the peace? Sending wine media your “scores, ” is like sending wine media … thinking here for the simile… your neener-neener… Wine writers want to taste your wine for themselves. They want to know what it tastes like on their own palates. They don’t want to know that you trusted someone else […]
February – the sweetheart month, and some of its women wine blogging sweethearts
February is the month (astrologically) of altruistic love… Aquarius rules. Valentine’s Day is the height of it all, and a heart is the totem. In this month of altruistic love, I’m going to be sharing a few profiles of female wine bloggers, whose passion is wine; and, sharing (via blogging) their own personal experiences, in one […]
In Wine PR, what went around has come back around
Two very thoughtful pieces, one written by wine blogger Tom Wark and another one by Steve Heimoff, are telling the story I’ve also been watching unfold, as clients continue to narrow their wine samples releases down to those wine writers who remain in power. Unfortunately, there’s a hierarchy of who will and does have influence […]
Social media marketing requests are stepping up their game
I’ve been big on posting the latest pitches from those wanting to get inside wine bloggers’ sites with their own plants. Let this one go down historically as the “best yet” for a social media marketing requests… Perhaps “the best ever,” even. They are noticeably evolving in a more sophisticated pitch. Am I tempted? No… […]
How to monetize your wine blog – seriously
This has been a wine bloggers question since wine blogging began. It’s a topic of conversation both in seminars and outside of them at the annual Wine Blogger Conferences. No one has yet to figure it out, but I now have, after much thought. I have no such fantasies, by the way, because my wine […]
Social Media Faux Pas, Reminder to Keep Your Social Media Local
The Napa Valley Earthquake was very close to home. It was also quite a reminder for me how important it is to keep your business local; most especially your social media. Don’t expect someone sitting in Kentucky, for example, to understand the local geography. And, how can you even begin to measure someone’s emotional intelligence […]
The Pros and Cons of Social Media
Having our own wine PR and marketing company has brought visibility to who Jose and I are; but, it’s having my wine blog and being on Facebook that has stretched and magnetized who I am as a brand.
A lesson for all wine PR people from the Russians ~ PR crisis management
PR crisis management 101 This is one of the best PR moves I have ever seen in my entire life, and I’ve been around the block a few times. As a wine PR person, I’m really inspired by this one and saving it for PR crisis management. The beleaguered Russians have been having a bad […]
Segueing one industry quickly into another is today’s marketing concept
Segueing one industry quickly into another is today’s marketing concept; and those who embrace it will be the winners. For instance, Sex and the Wine Country is far from Sex and the City; but it’s how life and this blog post have evolved, as of right now this very minute… Recently I got some SexyPop […]
Social media is quicker than going to the library and using the Dewey Decimal System
I get asked everything, as this Email shows. If I’m asked, I’ll find an answer… somehow.
