lessons learned

Okay.. so things aren't going quite as smoothly as I'd like them to, but I will be the first to admit that I'm a bit of a rookie here with a budget the size of a mustard seed. For one, my website skills are being stretched to the max, and being a mom of a toddler and an infant, I'm finding that I'm not getting as much done as quickly as I'd like to.. big surprise, huh?

I've started on Oregon Roasters, and I've put up some of the coffeehouses and drive-thru's for Washington. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out some of the issues I'm having with the quantity of coffeehouses vs. the space I have to post them :p

Then I've got the issue of how to make this pay for itself. I've got an idea or two, but getting the page functioning well and making it more appealing to the public eye will have to come first.

triple me!

that's about what it's going to take to keep up with all the responses to our new website! thanks to all of you who have responded. this has been so much fun thus far, and we really have high hopes for the future. if we can just get on google to hurry up and index the site, that would be helpful! for those of you who have the google toolbar and like the site, please click on the smiley face to let google know! we'd appreciate it.

so what's next? we're still in the process of contacting roasters, houses, drive-thru's, etc. so keep checking for more to show up. hopefully by the end of this week/weekend, we will have plowed through the remaining states for the 'roasters' section: oregon, idaho, and alaska. then we start on the coffee houses and drive-thru's.

here we go...

so here we go.. the site is up and running, www.nwcoffeeguide.com. no major problems to report yet, and i'm in the process of trying to tame the ideas down into two categories. "what i can do NOW," and "what i should do LATER." i'm having so much fun, and so far, roasters, drive-thru's, and coffeehouses are coming on board. where will this site lead? not sure. my plan for this blog is to start reporting on coffees we've taste-tested, and giving you our insight on brands you may not heard of. for now, keep checking the site as more and more varieties are being added daily! check it out, please! let me know what you think.. what's working, what's not working, what you want to see.. what you think would be useful from one addict to another :)