This year Cigar Coop celebrated its ten-year anniversary. Late in 2019, we completed the last Cigar Coop Cigar of the Year Countdown for the Decade of 2010 through 2019. One thing that I wanted to look at was how cigar companies performed overall on the Countdowns done during the decade. This was covered by two […]
August 15, 2020 marks ten years of Cigar Coop. There were people who told us in the first 90 days we would never make it. There were times I doubted it myself, but ten years later here we are. In the past 10 weeks, I’ve reflected on ten years of the history of Cigar Coop. […]
“Vienna has long been a crossroads city of the world. Much like the city we all face crossroads moments – aka decision points and Cigar Coop is no exception. Today in this final installment, we look at those decision points” It was musician Billy Joel that penned one of the greatest songs of all time […]
“Even before there was a Cigar Coop, I wanted to do a Cigar of the Year list. One day it hit me to do it American Top 40 Casey Kasem-style. The rest was history.” The two things that are the most popular features each year on Cigar Coop are the IPCPR Trade Show Coverage and […]
“While the Pink Cadillac era was highlighted by the launch of Prime Time and Prime Time Special Edition, there have been some key partnerships made over the years. For the most part, these partnerships took center stage when the Pink Cadillac era began in 2017.” There have been projects that I’ve undertaken that have not been […]
“The Pink Cadillac era was highlighted with the launch of the Prime Time Podcasts. This would be about moving forward and developing a podcast the likes of which the cigar industry had never seen before.” For the previous six installments, I talked about how Cigar Coop was an evolutionary development. When it came to the […]
“Before there was Prime Time, we were partnered with Stogie Geeks. It was that partnership that made many things on Cigar Coop possible.” Throughout this series, I have talked about how Cigar Coop has gone through an evolutionary process in growing into the media brand it has become. One thing that helped Cigar Coop […]
“There were some big decisions that were made that would have an impact on the direction of Cigar Coop. The decisions made might not have been popular, or even practical, but there were no regrets in the choice made.” Throughout this series, I have talked about how Cigar Coop has gone through an evolutionary process […]
“While Cigar Coop grew through an evolutionary process, it doesn’t mean that things have gone perfectly. In this installment, I will look at some of the biggest strategic blunders and mistakes made along the way. Mistakes are never good, but I’d like to think I’ve learned from them.” Yes, there were mistakes made along the way with Cigar Coop – big ones. Today, […]
“Just like it is important for a cigar brand to have face to face time with its customers, it is equally as important for a cigar media brand to spend face to face time with the stakeholders involved in the industry. This has played a key role in the evolution of Cigar Coop.” The first two […]
