Name of your website?Cahlet Chamonix
Your name?
Hazel
Your Location (city, etc)
Manchester UK
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Our Web site offers Catered Chalet accommodation in Chamonix mont blanc france. Resident chef and ski host providing hot breakfast afternoon tea and 4 course dinner with wine in the Fabulous Chalet Wildfire located against the backdrop of mont blanc the highest mountain in Europe and in the worlds most famous ski resort Chamonix mont blanc France.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Our Chalet vacations were listed by an agent who subsequently provided more bookings than we could achieve from newspaper advertisements - Logical to have our own website!
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
1999 - I think/// Wildfire Lodge at AOL promoting our Vail Colorado Chalet
How did you decide on a name for your website?
For Chalet Chamonix - advice to have what you do in your name
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
Our Chalet concept works both winter and summer. We offer a fantastic base for skiing in Winter and in Summer bed and breakfast - Large grounds, Swinning pool, rooms overlooking mont blanc close to walking and biking trails etc etc
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Keep & make money from our Chalet business via happy customers coming back year after year
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Fine
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
I would spend the time and money wining and dining!
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
No - We have limited capacity
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
We were number one in search engines Google, Yahoo etc - now off the page
What has been your biggest challenge?
Trying to get backup the page rankings
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Getting customers to promote
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
Allways changing - hard work. Slips out of view so quickly if left alone - You must always feed the beast
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?
8 years +
Do we have another active WEB site
Yes www.skiwildfire.com
What is your website address?
Cahlet Chamonix
