'From The Cherry Tree LTD Interview'

Name of your website?

From The Cherry Tree LTD

Your name?

Gaetan Delorme

Your Location (city, etc)

Ottawa

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Custom woodwork, custom reproduction, custom wooden Urns

What inspired you to launch your own website?

More volume

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

This one in 2001

How did you decide on a name for your website?

Same Co. name since 1995

What makes it different from other, similar offerings?

Personalize service for a custom item

What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)

grow the business to pass it on to my daughters

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

Need more income to justify time put in. But I am confident it will pay off.

If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?

Improve equipment,advertise more (radio),a bigger inventory of exotic woods,hirer help (good help)

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

YES By moving to a bigger commercial location

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

Advertisement (overhead in general)

What has been your biggest challenge?

To be selfemployed for the past 12 years

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Canada 411 Yellow pages Business card Word of mouth

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

I have a freind who does my web site

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?

Since 2001 till I can afford it

Replace this with a question of your own

Is there a better way to promot my business.

What is your website address?

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