Name of your website?StoneGate Stables
Your name?
Carol Lynn
Your Location (city, etc)
Aldie, VA
Please give us a short summary of your website?
StoneGate Stables - Aldie, VA: Top hunter, jumper and equitation training at one of the top facilities in the Northern Virginia area. Our FT trainer has tremendous experience training and showing hunters and jumpers from VA to CA to FL as well as in England and Germany. Our students and horses show at all levels including the VHSA Associate shows, MHSA, PHSA as well as USEF “AA” shows and have won tri colors at such "AA" shows as HITS Ocala, HITS Culpeper, USGPL Finals, Lexington, Loudoun Benefit, Roanoke and Zone III Finals, among others.
We also have some nice show quality hunters and jumpers available for sale or lease (full & partial leases available) as well as short stirrup ponies for those young beginners. Great atmosphere to ride, learn and compete.
We also have stalls available for lease to professionals. Operate your equestrian business from SGS!
Layups and rehabs welcome.
Call 703-542-5958, email at info@StoneGateStables.com or visit our website at www.StoneGateStables.com.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
To promote business
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
2004
How did you decide on a name for your website?
same as the name of our business
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
more customized
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
to continue to promote our equestrian training business
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
the website has been an integral part of generating new business
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
make it easier to update, change the code so it was more MAC friendly for browsers such as Mozilla and Firefox
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
yes
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
difficult and time consuming to update
What has been your biggest challenge?
same as above
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
posting ads and listings on other related sites
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
no different
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?
as long as we own StoneGate Stables
What is your website address?
StoneGate Stables
