Michael Wangbickler on March 8th, 2010

This last weekend found me in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the New Mexico Vine & Wine Conference. I was there to teach a seminar on wine marketing titled “Brave New World: Wine Marketing in 2010 and Beyond”, as well as present two conference sessions: “Facebook and Twitter: Should You or Shouldn’t You” and “My Own [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on October 19th, 2009

I’ve heard this phrase countless times from wineries interested in exploring the world of social media marketing. The truth is, however, that not every winery needs or should have a blog. Before starting a winery blog, here are a few things you might want to keep in mind:

What are your goals? Why do you want [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on October 8th, 2009

Yesterday, Cruvee announced a new suite of features. I’ve been using Cruvee for the better part of a year now, and am very pleased with this recent development. In case you don’t know, Cruvee is a business intelligence platform for monitoring and managing social media mentions specifically about wine. The new features greatly enhance the [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on October 3rd, 2009

This week we launched a new website for the Academy of Wine Communications. I’ve been working on it for the past few months, and it is finally ready for use. I wanted to make the site much more interactive and a more useful tool for members and other wine PR professionals. Here are some of [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on August 17th, 2009

It’s official. I’ve been appointed to the Board of Advisors of Cruvee along with John Corcoran. The announcement went out last Thursday, August 13th. I’m looking forward to working with John and the folks at Cruvee to help them create a unique and full-service social media intelligence solution for the wine business.
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