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Lewis Perdue is an entrepreneur, technologist, scientist, professor, author, publisher, journalist, and outdoorsman. Click here for more on Lew. Email Lew at: lewis[dot]perdue[at]wineindustryinsight[dot]com

An Equation for making ReTweets Drive Traffic

From Web Pro News Retweeting is an incredibly useful tool for tweet promotion, which ultimately means for content promotion. If you are producing content, you want people to retweet it and spread it virally around the Twitterverse. This can lead to some big-time traffic. There are other business benefits to retweets as well. Shéa Bennett, […]

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WII MASH-UP: Coupons A Big Hit Especially With Online & Affluent Consumers

In this mash-up: Coupon Use Continues Resurgence Coupon Enthusiasts Drive Up Redemption Rates Which Is More Effective – Print or Online Coupons? Valpak iPhone Ap delivers coupon savings on-the-go Summary: While few wine brands actually use coupons, multiple studies show that coupons are a direct path to consumers’ wallets. Further, online coupons are proving to […]

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NEWS FETCH – November 18, 2009

Kroger “WineStation” Allows Customers to “Try Before They Buy” Wine Market Council Elects Board Officers Franzia to highlight annual Winegrowers Forum Wine Sellers Fight Fakes With Radioactivity, Ion-Beam Sleuthing Why “Millennials” are Impulse Shoppers California growers get money from Washington to help exports Tesco looks for World Cup drinks opportunities Zin group establishes $500000 scholarship […]

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SVB Predicts Sales Growth in 2010 Fine Wine Sales

Silicon Valley Bank Releases Preliminary Findings for its 2010-2011 Annual State of the Wine Industry Report (From News Release) — Silicon Valley Bank has released the  preliminary findings for its annual State of the Wine Industry Report for 2010-2011. The report reiterates the prior prediction that the market will be slow to fully recover, predicts […]

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Lender Charges Diamond Oaks Ch11 Is Fraudulent

The Sept. 14, 2009 bankruptcy petition by Diamond Oaks Vineyards and its owner, Dinesh Maniar is fraudulent and filed in bad faith, according to court documents filed by Hartford Life (($VIP content)) which is seeking to foreclose on property it has financed. Hartford holds first mortgages on two Napa Valley properties at 4500 and 4529-4531 […]

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Nielsen Sees Little Holiday Cheer Ahead for Online Retail

November 18, 2009  Ken Cassar, Vice President, Industry Insights, The Nielsen Company Although retailers have been thinking about the 2009 holiday season since last January, consumers are just starting to think about their holiday plans. As we do every year, Nielsen fielded its annual holiday retail survey at the beginning of this month to get an […]

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NEWS FETCH – November 17, 2009

Ag economist says it’s too early to say Recession is over Bandit Tetra Paks Fly Delta Onetime Sausalito figure guilty in wine arson Oz: Wine Industry Reports Growth Trinchero Family donates $1M to UC Davis French Wine and Spirit Exports Fell by 30% in the First Quarter of 2009 Nod to a Paso Robles Pioneer: […]

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NEWS FETCH – November 16, 2009

Paso Robles winery owner faces foreclosures Weyrich could lose prized properties NC: Cumberland winery quietly goes under Famed Coastal Winery in Foreclosure Jeopardy As Trial Opens, Wine Collectors Seek Solace Suspect in wine blaze may avoid trial with plea Yountville pond wrinkled noses with the breeze Napa sanitation looks at options for winery wastewater The […]

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NEWS FETCH – November 13, 2009

Rabobank: Effects of the recession on industry Jamie Oliver’s Wine Guru:”Yes, I’ve recommended untasted wines” New college centre celebrates Ontario wine University of Missouri creates experimental winery Sonoma State & ewinery Create Website Challenge Sonoma-Cutrer Winemaker Terry Adams to Retire Canadian Province tries to clear up wine woes Russia threat to nationalise wine is ‘political’ […]

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Expensive Pitfalls of Online Endorsement and Testimonial Advertising

FROM MCAFEE & TAFT’S NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER More and more companies are seeking ways to establish an Internet presence to promote their products and services. The industry phrase the “Twitter Effect” refers to the instantaneous consumer-to-consumer feedback that drives customer decisions, such as instantaneous reviews of a movie on its opening night. Forward-looking companies are increasingly […]

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