Part of the Problem: I blurred out the name of the company but I find it unfortunate that any company would boast about how many billions of emails they send. Every day, more than 350 billion emails are sent around the globe and it’s estimated that 95% that go into junk folders are trashed or unread. […]
The Cost of Premiumisation
“If small-to-medium wineries don’t take immediate action to secure their consumer base, the long-term consequences could be dire.” – Paul Tincknell Meininger’s-International recently published an excellent article titled, “The Cost of Premiumisation” and it’s well worth reading by every wine, spirits or beer marketer whether DTC, on- or off-premise. The consumer base for wine sales […]
CEO Insights: Interview with Jon Stamell, Founder of Oomiji
Jon Stamell, founder of Oomiji, had a great discussion with Vitaly Geyman, founder and host of CEO Insights. Jon introduced him to the Oomiji platform, which is the next generation in digital marketing because it enables you to build a relationship with your customers. Jon sheds light on the erroneous belief that more emails = […]
New Oomiji Study Reveals How and Why Consumer Drinking Habits Have Changed Since the Covid-19 Pandemic
Oomiji, a leading customer insights and marketing platform, has released a comprehensive survey revealing significant shifts in consumer drinking habits over the past four years since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey, which gathered responses from over 600 individuals via LinkedIn, highlights how health concerns and lifestyle changes have dramatically influenced alcohol consumption […]
High Praise
It’s great when your customers give you high praise. There are a number of testimonials on our new website, but one that we’re really proud of comes from Adrian Bridge, CEO of The Fladgate Partnership: “We have been working with Oomiji for a number of years and we have found that we have been able to gain […]
Don’t Put Off Website Redesign
We recently completed the redesign of our website. We put it off for several years dreading the process of developing a better definition of our business and how to visually convey it in a website. But it was well worth the time and only a few weeks after putting it up on the web, it’s […]
The power of decoding customer language to boost engagement
For nearly 25 years, I was a partner in an ad agency that had a great roster of national and international clients including the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, the Chilean Image Campaign, celebrating Chile’s return to democracy, and domestically, companies like L.L.Bean, Sebago and many food and beverage companies in Europe and the […]
Recommendations for Selecting Digital Marketing Platforms
Survey from Oomiji finds 25% of marketers want better platform integrations Companies selling digital marketing platforms have a long way to go before they satisfy their customers. Earlier this year, we sent out a survey about marketers’ level of satisfaction with their marketing platforms. Only 8% of U.S. marketers said they’re happy with their digital […]
Isn’t it time that we considered a future that didn’t involve companies spying on us?
The headline to this article is the last sentence in a NY Times opinion article published today and it resonated with me because it’s one of the primary reasons we created our marketing platform, Oomiji. Most of us know that cookies and third-party tracking are coming to an end, but that will not stop the […]
A look back at Direct to Consumer for the wine industry but others take note
I published a blog post titled “DTC Wine Shipments are growing at a record pace. How long will it last?” in April of 2017. In it, I wrote about the euphoria around a 17% increase for DTC shipments the previous year. Several years before the pandemic, DTC was growing rapidly and Covid-19 gave it additional […]










