Name of your website?D'Ambruoso Studios
Your name?
Sam D'Ambruoso
Your Location (city, etc)
Middlebury
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Fine Art depicting landscape and portraits plus art workshops held in Tuscany, Amalfi, Sicily and local classes held in USA
What inspired you to launch your own website?
To make the public aware of our services both in the area of original fine art, art instruction and cultural travel
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
1999 and the same information as exists today
How did you decide on a name for your website?
My personal name
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
We are endeavoring to offer quality art and at the same time promote travel opportunities to Italy for art instruction and cooking lessons
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
We plan to maintain our art based business for as long as possible
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
It has been reasonably good
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Perhaps include the assistance of a web designer and also an assistant to maintain the database
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Yes
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Not many
What has been your biggest challenge?
Learning all the various "tricks of the trade" as pertains to the world wide web. We did not understand the maintenance required to keep a website fresh.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Site submission service
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
Just in time necessary to keep it up-dated
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?
We plan to keep it running as long as we are able to produce art and effectively run our workshop programs.
What do I expect from a listing on the Italy www site?
Greater exposure to people interested in art instruction and education and cultural travel
What is your website address?
D'Ambruoso Studios
