Announcement: Schedule Changes

Tea-Guy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:30:19 +0000

I’ve been watching the hits for months, tracking when traffic waxes and wanes during the weeks and have come to one overriding fact… I get less traffic on Mondays than most any other day of the week.

It is for this purpose that beginning in August, accessory and product reviews will be swapping with news, culture and history.

You can thus expect to see the following items reviewed on Thursdays moving forward:

Books
Software
Infusers
Kettles
Water Warmers
Cozies
Tea Houses/Tea Rooms
Tea Storage containers

Moving forward you can expect the following to appear on Mondays

News
Culture
History
Event coverage
Announcements
Updates
New feature introductions
Interviews with tea industry experts and entrepreneurs.

I believe this new schedule will jive better with you as my audience and certainly hope it will help drive traffic in a more predicatable manner.

Help a good cause: CharityWater.org

Update: Redesign & The Project

Tea-Guy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:30:01 +0000

I have pushed back today’s scheduled post on the “Tasting Notes” application for the iPhone and iPod Touch in order to bring you updates on a number of topics I’ve noted on earlier occasions.

Tea-Guy Redesign

I’ve been looking forward to bringing you a completely new layout and design here at Tea-Guy complete with new branding and a much improved design flow. I am in talks with a number of designers and design-firms to get this dream to become a reality by the end of August or September.

I think you’ll like what we’re cooking up so we can bring you even better content and reviews while improving your overall experience.

Brand Pages

One of my earliest noted new features is absent from the site. Brand Pages were announced back in March and I continue to work on bringing this unique feature your way. I’ve decided to hold off on the introduction of Brand Pages until after the redesign of the site. Not only will it provide me with a clean slate with which to work the new content into the site… but I can ensure the Brand Pages represent the brands in the best light possible.

The Project

I’ve grown from a single project to multiple projects. That list includes the complete redesign of Tea-Guy.com. I continue to work toward the eventual opening of my own tea house. This would be the culmination of so much effort and energy. I’ve pushed back the opening of the tea house for at least a couple of years until the economy improves enough to warrant opening a new retail food business. I am considering online tea sales.

Another project is a bit more secretive. All I will say is that it involves your web browser, the iPhone and the iPod Touch. I’ll try and lay out more details some time in the future.