Michael Bourne

Michael is the VP of Engineering at 5forests, which means he’s in charge of all things tech. He oversees new product development, data discovery and strategy, SEO, analytics, and anything else we throw at him.

Commerce7 Reservation Property Maps by 5forests

Save Time, Effort, and Money with Our Free Visual Reservation Property Map Tool for Commerce7

Greetings, fellow wine enthusiasts! As a wine marketing agency that loves to innovate, we’ve been hard at work creating a new tool that will completely change the way you create your reservation property maps. Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of our easy-to-use, visual Reservation Property Maps tool for Commerce7. With this tool, you’ll…

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Tree Planting Made Easy using 5forests’ App on Commerce7

At 5forests, we are proud to team up with Digimatic to offer our Commerce7 app that makes tree planting accessible and easy. Through our partnership with Ecologi, 5forests and our partner wineries have planted over 150,000 trees and offset more than 1,300 tonnes of carbon emissions. The Environmental Benefits of Tree Planting Planting trees is…

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Why your Facebook ROAS sucks

From understanding customer journeys and funnels to choosing the right agency partner, we cover everything you need to know to make the most of your advertising budget.

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Your website probably isn’t accessible

I’m known for my matter-of-fact writing and talking style. I come by it naturally, so I hope readers aren’t offended if I tell them that their websites aren’t accessible, and that’s a dick move. I covered this 2 years ago in my “Don’t be a dick” series. You can read that here: Accessibility, compliance, and…

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Facebook Conversion Tracking: Commerce7’s secret weapon

Commerce7 has something no other wine DTC platform has: an app dedicated to properly tracking conversions on Facebook. Ok, maybe it’s not so secret… many wineries and agencies alike already use this app and love it. But it never hurts to remind everyone else that it’s available, and why almost every winery should be using…

Accessibility, compliance, and your winery website

Greetings, friends, and welcome to another Must Read. This week, I’m handing the reins back to Michael to give us the lowdown on Accessibility compliance, why it’s a must, and why a solution that looks too good to be true, generally is. In the last DBAD series, we talked about site speed. What it is, why…

Mike’s Don’t Be a Dick Series, Part 1: Site Speed

They say speed kills. In this case, a lack of speed kills. I’m talking about the speed of your website. So, what is speed? What exactly is speed relative to? Simply put, website speed refers to the time it takes for your visitors to see your website in their browser, from the moment they click…