Name of your website?Skiing Italy
Your name?
Matt Jura
Your Location (city, etc)
Oxfordshire
Please give us a short summary of your website?
We provide family ski accomodation in Dolomites. The website carries a lot of skiing information like -ski resort info,ski pass info etc
What inspired you to launch your own website?
It is an extension on family business, the company has been established for 11 years now. The site is an attempt to break into the UK market as originally business was developed in Poland.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
First website I did was in 2001 and it was a showcase of my photographic work.
How did you decide on a name for your website?
Well the site is about skiing in Italy so Skiing Italy .net seem appropiate
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
We offer very good value and quality. The ski resorts and accomodation in our portfolio have been chacked by ourselves and we try to stay away from the main resorts that are overfilled and overpriced.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
To be apart of UK ski travel market
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Hard to judge as the our first season just started.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
I would spend more on submitions to comercial directories and probably developed dedicated booking system.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Yes, the company has 11 years of experience
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Lack of time
What has been your biggest challenge?
Getting all the copy
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Pay per click
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
It is what I expected
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
We started two months ago, and will be there for years to come
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Who wants to go skiing?
What is your website address?
Skiing Italy
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