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Wine Blogger Resource: Helpawinery.com

wine-guyWine bloggers, more importantly, American Wine Bloggers, are you getting wine samples? Most likely there is a mixed bag of both "yes" and "no" responses. Well, if you're interested in receiving samples, Josh over at the infamous Pinot Blogger has a new service called, Helpawinery.com, that connects wineries with wine bloggers interested in reviewing wines. Here's how it works: You sign up for the list, and soon after you'll start to receive emails with offers of wine samples from various wineries. The offers will be based on the types of wines you prefer to review, or the geographical area you specialize in. I had a chance to talk to Josh a bit about it when I was at the WBC last month, and I have to say, it's a great idea. I also talked to him about how it could be ...

Commenting – A quick lesson in netiquette when entering the conversation

comments I realized after a recent skype chat that this post might be a useful one for those of you testing the blogging waters. In the beginning, when you first start your blog, most people are so excited to get readers that they end up making some basic mistakes that if avoided, can make your entry into the blogging world a bit easier. The most basic, and more useful, rule of thumb is to make sure the comments you leave on other sites are doing you more good than harm. Yesterday, I had a conversation via chat that touched on this exact point; hence, I decided to include it in its entirety with only a few minor changes: "New Blogger" has been substituted for this individual's name, and a few grammatical chat errors were tidied up. Hope this helps someone else ...

Wine Blogger Wiki: A Bit of a Change

When we first started the Wine Bloggers Resources wiki, we wanted to provide good, solid information that wine bloggers could use on a variety of topics, such as law, copyright and tech. Sadly, it never really got off the ground, despite the initial burst of energy with people contributing some great information. And although I still think it's needed, I've come to realize that for which I want, may not be that for which we need. So here's our thought. People, wineries, retailers, all want to know who we are and what we do. So let's tell them! None of us, save for Gary, are big enough celebs to warrent a Wikipedia page, but we do warrent a "Wine Bloggers Resources" page. Also, in the spirit of a true wiki, we have ...

Catavino Has a Completely New Look!

cvhomeAs many of you know, the creators of Wineblogger.info are also the people behind Catavino.net. And today, we have the pleasure of announcing a new, more dynamic, look. Styled to allow for better organization, and cleaner design, it's a step towards a more inclusive wine blog. But the launch of this new design gave us an idea. As a wine blog reader, what do you think is vital to have in your blog? Do you need silly widgets, do-dads, and other things? Is Mybloglog important to you? An Open Wine Consortium widget? Feedburner stats? Profiles? Contact? What do you think has to be included in a wine blog to make it useful? As always tell us in the comments below....

Getting Traffic to your Wine Blog

Augustus Cab Franc 2004 The number one way to build traffic to your site is through building links. The internet lives by links and all sites need them to survive. Out-links, In-links, Solicited links, any links will help your site to grow and get exposure. So how do you get them? Simple. I found this article yesterday, "24 Killer Link Building Strategies for your Blog".  Some of these suggestions are pretty geeky, like building a wordpress theme, but I believe that you can still get some good info out of this article. My favorite is "Comment on much smaller blogs in the same niche". We all love comments and engaging new wine bloggers, food bloggers or any blogger can pay off big....

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