I’m now a commercial photographer!

OK, well, not really. But one of my photos did get used on a commercial website, which is very cool.

www.homeandabroad.com, a travel website,  used one of my pictures from Acapulco on their website. Of course, they very nicely asked permission before they used it.

My original photo:

 

The homeandabroad page where it’s used:

http://www.homeandabroad.com/c/72/Site/171544_El_Parazal_Arts___Crafts_Market_visit.html

 

Pow! Surprise! Compliments of wine.com

I recently ordered some wine from wine.com. I’ve ordered from them in the past, but it’s been a while since I did.

Upon opening the box, I was pleasantly surprised. They now include bottle tags for the wine you just purchased! Rockin!

For those who don’t know, bottle tags are small tags that hang from the neck of of a wine bottle, which makes it easy to view the wine details when the wine is stored in a horizontal fashion (like in a wine cube or in a cellar).  And wine.com includes a sticker sheet, that includes a sticker of the wine you just purchased, including name, vintage, and date purchased. If it’s not a gift, it also includes the price. For some reason, they must have thought this was a gift, as my tags did not include the price.

To me, this was one of those Pow! Surprise! experiences that Andy Nulman commonly discusses on his blog. Something completely unexpected, and it was great enough that it caused me to blog about it. Amazon sends me “free” stuff all the time, like 30 free days of AOL, which, in my opinion, is just another CD for the landfill. But wine.com sent me something I actually want and would use. Very cool!

 

This is how the tags look when hanging from the bottles in my wine cellar.

In addition, wine.com also has some new features on their website, including “My Wine”, which allows me to track the wine I purchased, rate each wine, and add my notes to each bottle. It breaks down the varietals I’ve purchased, along with a region breakdown. And all of it is simple and easy to use.

What is ultimately important is that they’ve surpassed my expectations. Which means I’ll keep coming back to wine.com to place future orders. A happy customer that will continue to purchase from the seller, and is so happy that the customer publicly raves about the seller – now we’re talking CRM.

Cheers!