'Rock Climbing Company Interview'

Rock Climbing Company Interview

Name of your website?

Rock Climbing Company

Your name?

Simon Marsh

Your Location (city, etc)

Villanueva del Rosario, Malaga

Please give us a short summary of your website?

The Southern Spanish province of Andalucia is covered in amazing crags and the perfect location for a rock climbing holiday. El Chorro is justifiably famous, but there are many other crags worthy of attention; the sandstone cliffs of Tarifa, the stamina limestone routes of Grazelema, the pinnacles of Torcal and the caves of Archidona. Not to mention the extensive climbing at Loja, Villanueva del Rosario, Turon and Cahorros.

The Rock Climbing Company can offer personalised climbing instruction, performance coaching and guiding at all these sun rock holiday venues.

What inspired you to launch your own website?

The most effective method od advertising the business

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

One year ago - the first generation of the Rock Climbing Company site

How did you decide on a name for your website?

SEO

What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?

It offers more information on both courses and climbing in general

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

It's a long term project to build the content - the foirst couple of years will be the hardest.

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

Yes - life would actually feel easier, because I would be doing things correctly.

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

Costs are low - time demands are high

What has been your biggest challenge?

Introducucing gen2 of the website and finding that my host did not support 301 redirects - lost so much ranking!

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Providing interesting content

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

A big learning curve and I still don't know anywhere near enough.

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?

one year - it's a long term project

What is your website address?

Rock Climbing Company

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