Winery Pro™ - Acknowledgements

eCom Merchant Solutions - Kristie Smith - (888) 277-3332
eCom Merchant Solutions, Inc. provides the necessary components for Real-Time, On-Line, Secure Credit Card and Debit Card Processing, including an Internet Merchant Account and the Authorize.Net Gateway. Our professionally trained Customer Service Representatives are dedicated to providing the highest quality support to our merchants.

In business since 1997 and now serving over 6000 merchants, our goal is to create long lasting relationships that are built on honesty, integrity and personalized customer support. We believe that the foundation for success rests upon the excellence of our products and how effectively we serve our merchants. We are truly looking forward to the opportunity of working with you!
Contact Kristie directly at sales@ecommerchantsolutions.com


Waves In Motion - Vicky Wells - (602) 956-7080 ext. 17
Waves in Motion is a full service development and consulting firm specializing in FileMaker Pro enabling technologies. They are also the author of popular developer tools such as Analyzer and Visualizer and offer a suite of Plugs-Ins including Events, eAuthorize Portal Filter, and more. Waves in Motion is a Partner Member of the FileMaker Solutions Alliance.
Contact Vicky at vicky@wmotion.com


FileBooks by Happy Software - Thomas Siragusa - (518) 584-4668 x18
FileBooks Link Plug-in Allows Seamless QuickBooks and FileMaker Pro Integration for the First Time. Now you can build powerful solutions without having to re-invent accounting. FileBooks Link™ is the only comprehensive FileMaker® Pro to QuickBooks® integration solution. FileMaker Pro users now have a whole new ability to build compelling business solutions that leverage the power of QuickBooks, the best-selling small business accounting package. With the FileBooks Link plug-in for FileMaker Pro, you can develop quick and seamless solutions that provide real-time, two-way data exchange. Valuable benefits include full control over data exchange, fast performance, elimination of double data entry and full error control.
For complete information, visit us at www.filebookslink.com


Brian Dunning.com - Brian Dunning
Brian Dunning publishes a wide array of products, services, and learning resources for FileMaker Pro users and developers. His ToMarket course helps companies take their custom in-house FileMaker Pro business software and convert it into a product suitable for resale within an industry.
www.briandunning.com


Maximum Value Marketing - Rebecca Germolus (707) 537-1419
Rebecca works closely with her clients to help them develop an effective balance of trade, internet/catalogs, and consumer-direct marketing. Services include developing marketing plans, writing for trade, press or consumer audiences including brochures, tasting notes, tech sheets, newsletters, web sites, press kits, and more. She also works with designers and printers to produce POS and sell sheets or works closely with clients to develop simple, in-house desktop publishing pieces.
Email Rebecca at rgermolus@worldnet.att.net


InShort Direct Marketing - Elizabeth Slater - (707) 836-8730
Elizabeth "E" Slater works with individual wineries and winery associations throughout the United States presenting seminars and workshops on all topics related to direct marketing, sales, customer service, staff training and team building. She is also a featured speaker at Wineries Unlimited and Tasting Room Profitability. Her seminars, presented with humor, are jammed with innovative, useful and easy to implement information and concepts that will certainly assist any winery in reaching its direct sales, marketing and promotional goals.

E has extensive and diverse experience in all areas of marketing and sales including twelve years working within the wine industry. In addition to her work as a trainer and seminar presenter E teaches Wine Marketing, Consumer Direct Wine Sales and Marketing, and Wine Public Relations classes at Santa Rosa Junior College in Sonoma County, writes a regular marketing column for Vineyard & Winery Management magazine and is the Public Relations Chair for the Sonoma County Tourism Council. She also works with individual clients creating and implementing direct marketing and public relations programs and strategies.
Contact Elizabeth at inshort@sonic.net


Legacy USA - Ray Clements - (317) 881-9781
Legacy USA, LLC also creates Custom FileMaker Pro® Database Software Applications and Custom FileMaker Pro® web applications specific to your industry. Ray has provided TCA with some valuable tools and info. Click our Downloads link to use Legacy's Return on Investment calculator or read an interesting article about the Pareto Principal at www.legacyusa.net/pareto.html


P.O.S. Direct - Tracy Hansen - (800) 622-7670 ext. 13
P.O.S. Direct offers a wide array of POS peripherals for FileMaker Pro users and developers, such as cash drawers, barcode scanners, receipt printers, and magnetic stripe readers for the both Windows and the Macintosh platforms.

Our approach is to develop a full-service, long-term relationship with our customers. We do this by delivering innovative solutions to meet your point of sale needs with incomparable service and support. Contact Tracy at thansen@posdirect.com


VinterActive - Bryan St. Amant - (707) 836-0395
VinterActive is the only company that specializes in delivering the benefits of preference-based email marketing to premium wineries interested in growing consumer-direct sales.

Our approach helps wineries increase sales, improve customer satisfaction, and enhance their brand image in a way that is unmatched by any other marketing approach -- including typical newsletters or 'email blasts.' We're industry leaders in the proven techniques that maximize online marketing results, and with our years of experience we'll guide you safely around the pitfalls that can limit your success. VinterActive clients include some of the largest (and smallest) premium wineries in California. Our uniquely effective -- and highly affordable -- approach to email marketing puts our services in reach of virtually any wine country business.

To learn more visit our website vinteractive-marketing.com or browse our archive of informative articles on effective email marketing.


QuickBooks by Intuit
QuickBooks Premier 2003 provides the most comprehensive tools for small business financial management.

QuickBooks Premier includes all the features in QuickBooks Pro, plus new financial management tools to help your business achieve better results.



The Winebirds™
The Winebirds are humorous illustrations that make fun of all things wine and winemaking. Accompanied by the Wine-O-Grams and the Crash Toast Dummies, they keep wine country laughing year-round. Available as greeting cards or prints.

Have a giggle at www.winebirds.com.

Cartoonist Veda Lewis, of Sonoma, California is represented by Lewis and Aanestad Productions, email Aanestad@vom.com

Technology Consulting Alliance © 2001-2003
2841 Cleveland Avenue, Ste. C   Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: (707) 544-1559 | Fax: (707) 544-5090
E-mail: support@tcalliance.com