I like email newsletters. I think they are a great way to stay in touch with our customers. We use them to announce new releases, updates and general items (like our recent one to remind our users to backup!). But they are a pain to put together. I’ve used several different tools, and consider myself savvy enough to dabble in HTML, …
Yesterday was World Backup Day, an event to remind us all to backup our stuff! If you don’t have a good backup plan, now is the time to think about it. I still remember when I worked in IT during college. I was the low guy on the totem poll, so I got the jobs …
Market visits can be the most exhausting part of a wine rep’s job. They take time to prepare, traveling itself can be tiring and if your distributor rep isn’t prepared it can be mentally and emotionally exhausting. And, above all, it’s always expensive. Getting the most out of market visits is crucial to successful distributor management, and …
Orion is mostly located in Santa Rosa, CA, where we seldom get any snow, let alone a blizzard, but our own Meghan Gaven is located on the East Coast and saw a ton of snow (literally) this weekend. She had the below pictures to send it. The good news (for our great customers) is she …
Great post over at WineAmerica detailing the new FDA regulations, specifically highlight that most of the new food safety rules will not apply to wineries. This is a big relief and helps with the regulatory uncertainty that comes from this type of legislation. We’ve been keeping our eye on this issue for a while now (see our …
It may have come out too late to qualify for the DTC Wine Symposium contest, but the below video from our good friends at Jordan will surely put a smile on your face. And of all of the Gangnam parodies I’ve watched (too many to count, which I blame on my kids) this might be …
If you’ve got a great video you made for your winery, the DTC Wine Symposium is having a contest! Submit now! More at Wine Business Monthly. Here is our favorite of the year from our friends at Ridge Vineyards: Source: Ridge Vineyards
There is an interesting new post at Lex Vini from the legal mavens at Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty. It disects a recent case that revolved around trademarks and COLAs: The whole post can be read here.
We’re not always about wine here, as I’ve mentioned. And when I came across the below link, I had to share. This is a perennial problem at my house, getting the laptop above the clutter when it is being used for studying or research. I’ve got a plastic stand, but I don’t really like it very much, and …
Orion Wine Software and PayPros Partner for Winery Credit Card Compliance Orion Wine Software, the premier provider of ERP software for the wine industry, announces a partnership with PayPros, the industry leader in integrated payments. The alliance will allow winery, wine store and wine club customers to process credit and debit card payments with ease and …