Since we started a program for sponsorship in 2013, we have been approached by a variety of sponsors wishing to establish affiliate or profit-sharing forms of advertising on Cigar Coop. This involves a performance-based form of compensation where advertising revenue is based on the purchases driven to the website – i.e. commission driven. Typically this […]
On July 3, 2012, I embarked on a journey to take Cigar Coop into the world of 365-day-a-year publication. Folks who know me know I am big on milestones – and today is a huge one as we commemorate the 2000th consecutive day of publishing original content. This would not have been possible without our […]
Happy New Cigar Year. Welcome to the start of the 2018 Cigar Year on Cigar Coop. As we start this new cigar year, there is a host of activities here on Cigar Coop. 2017 Cigar of the Year Countdown This year’s Cigar of the Year Countdown will start Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 and end on […]
One thing you haven’t seen a lot on Cigar Coop are articles on cigar companies raising prices. Truth be told, much of the reason for this is simply because as a member of the media, this information in the majority of cases is never sent to us. In many cases it is sent to […]
While this brand has been a rewarding project for seven years, yesterday was the absolute low point of my work at Cigar Coop. Earlier on October 31, I reported that the Courts had ruled against the Cigar Industry’s motion for an injunction and summary judgement in the lawsuit against the FDA. I had reached this […]
This past year, I’ve been chronicling the journey of establishing Cigar Coop as a set of standalone brands on the Editor’s Corner feature. The outpouring of support from the cigar community (manufacturers, brand owners, retailers, and consumers) has been incredible and I cannot thank everyone enough. This month, I wanted to talk about where we […]
This month, we celebrated our seven-year anniversary of Cigar Coop. It’s a milestone that this author is particularly proud of – especially this year as we have essentially built a whole new media company to support the Cigar Coop brands. I’ve mentioned it before. The origins of Cigar Coop go back to coffee. It was […]
Cigar Coop celebrated covering its eighth consecutive IPCPR this year. This month we will publish our 2017 IPCPR Post Game Report from an industry perspective. For this month’s column, I take a look at IPCPR from a personal standpoint. This year was the first time since 2013 that Cigar Coop covered the Trade Show independently. I […]
This year, we have been on a journey of establishing Cigar Coop as a standalone brand and a standalone business. If you have been reading this monthly column, you know I’ve been chronicling this journey and taking you for a ride in the “Pink Cadillac”. This month, I’ll share some thoughts on how this ties in with our IPCPR coverage. The […]
It’s been an exciting and interesting journey for Cigar Coop in 2017 and the month of May was no exception. This year, the Cigar Coop became its own independent entity. We have established a standalone company focusing around our mantra of covering the cigar industry. We’ve chronicled a lot of this journey in the past Editor’s Corner editions. […]
