Name of your website?Meribel Unplugged
Your name?
Rob Smart
Your Location (city, etc)
Meribel
Please give us a short summary of your website?
A complete skiing and snowboarding guide to Meribel France.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
It sits perfectly alongside a magazine I created of the same name
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
2002 Meribel Unplugged
How did you decide on a name for your website?
Over a few beers with a mate.
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
Written by somebody who actually lives and breathes Meribel, and has been there for 21 seasons.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Use it as my pension till I can work or ski no more.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Well worhtwhile
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Make it more professional
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
YEs
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
None
What has been your biggest challenge?
Starting it
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Google
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
More work than 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?
7 Years Until death do us part.
Is Meribel really the best ski resort in the world
Yes..if you include the 3 valleys that link with it. 600 km of perfectly linked pistes cannot be beaten. Anywhere.
What is your website address?
Meribel Unplugged
