Web Schmeb 2.0 & My Plot To Take Over The Wine World

So the whole purpose of this Murphy-Goode job promo is to open the channels of communication and basically light a fire under the wine industry's presence on social networking media - Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, blogs, etc. And for the most part, Murphy-Goode is doing a pretty decent job of getting the word out there, inspiring hundreds of hopeful lifestyle correspondents to go out and buy bottles of M-G for their videos. Then those lifestyle correspondent hopefuls send emails, tweets, facebook messages to everyone they know asking that they vote for their video, which will most likely (hopefully) inspire them to seek out Murphy-Goode the next time they are at the wine store. The ripple effect is pretty awesome. I am curious to see the actual effect social networking will have on the wine industry. Will people rely on tweets or Facebook recommendations for wine and if so, how much will social networking influence them? Or will people just defer to their local wine store for a recommendation? I know in the wine shop I work at, we bring in a lot of hard to find boutique wines. Our small size limits how many wines we can carry and our decision is ultimately based upon what our customers request. Most times the customers that do request wines are the over 40 crowd and may not have a Facebook or Twitter account, and often times have more expendable income. As soon as people figure out how to use Twitter and Twitter figures out it wants to be used, I think there will be potential.

So I want to hear from you (yes, you) my ten blog followers. Okay, nine blog followers (I'm actually following my own blog...don't ask.) Let me know what you think. How do you want to see social networking involved in your wine purchases? Or is this something that you just don't really care about?

Oh, and as far as my plot to take over the wine world, I could use your help. If you haven't already sold your kidney for votes(...or was that just me?) please take a sec to send me some love and vote for my video, no matter how obnoxious you may think it is. Thanks!

Vote here: http://www.areallygoodejob.com/video-view.aspx?vid=v5zgJ88-lVM

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