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公司：Vero Linens

地点：佛罗里达州威尼斯市

    最近一轮经济衰退期间，向精品酒店批发高端床上用品的生意也出现萎缩。史蒂夫•卡拉达诺不得已尝试了新方法。他在在9个月前建立了一家网站，直接向消费者出售床单。卡拉达诺称：“去掉零售商的中间渠道之后，平常标价1,100美元的床单套件我只卖500美元。”为了在新市场树立良好的口碑，他联系了几家室内设计博客的编辑，比如Habitually Chic, Cote de Texas和Coco & Kelley。除了向他们提供机会，评价这些在意大利手工制作的产品，他们的粉丝还可以参加小型竞赛，优胜者的奖品就是一套床上用品。“他们就是小号的奥普拉（美国著名主持人——译注），”卡拉达诺说。“粉丝对他们言听计从。他们给公司带来了信誉。”奖品还在博客上引发了设计爱好者对床单的大讨论，当然也增加了网站的销售。卡拉达诺自己的博客现在也出现在公司网站上，还为顾客提供咨询，比如告诉那些新近离婚的男人怎样选购床单，这也给网站带来了额外的访问量。他说：“一年前，没人访问我的网站。”而现在，如果顾客搜索“意大利床上用品”之类的关键词，他的网站会出现在谷歌搜索结果的第一页。

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Company: Vero Linens

Location: Venice, Fla.

    When his wholesale business selling luxury linens to boutique hotels slowed during the recession, Steve Caradano tried a new approach, launching a website nine months ago to sell sheets directly to consumers. "I can take an $1,100 sheet set, bypass the retailers, and sell it for $500," says Caradano. To build the reputation of his brand in a new market, he got in touch with editors of interior design blogs such as Habitually Chic, Cote de Texas, and Coco & Kelley to offer them a chance to review the products, which are handcrafted in Italy, and to award a set of linens to their followers in small contests. "They're mini-Oprahs," says Caradano. "They have people who are intrigued by what they say. They bring credibility." The giveaways led to discussions of the sheets among the design aficionados on the blogs -- and purchases from his site. Caradano has now added his own blog to Vero Linens' site -- offering advice like tips for recently divorced men on how to buy sheets, which drives additional traffic to his site. "A year ago, I had zero traffic," he says. Today, he notes, his site appears on the first page of Google search results when consumers type in terms like "Italian bedding."