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Loss of Leverage: Diminishing Capacity of Wine & Spirits Distributors
Left Behind Kodak missed the signs. Their inability to see digital photography as a disruption to their business model cost them dearly.
Ben Salisbury is a consultant, coach, content creator, public speaker, thought leader, subject matter expert, and entrepreneur for the wine and spirits industry. His expertise in sales and marketing strategy accumulated over four decades working with some of the largest adult beverage companies in the world including Ste Michelle Wine Estates and Constellation Brands. His approach is to disrupt the status quo of how wines and spirits are marketed and sold, to challenge outdated practices, and to provide innovative solutions to help wineries and distilleries sell more products. Ben is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, creates original content on his blog and YouTube channel, and has contributed articles to the Wine Business Monthly.
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Left Behind Kodak missed the signs. Their inability to see digital photography as a disruption to their business model cost them dearly.
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When I first wrote about this topic several years ago, (How to Sell Wine Without Samples) I received lots of comments like, “Good luck with that” and...
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Email has been around for a long time but few wineries (and distilleries) know how to fully leverage its potential. Now, a new generation of winery...
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In this video, wine sales & marketing expert, Ben Salisbury, speaks directly to winery owners and distillery owners about the 15 different strategies...
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This is a recording of Ben's speech at the 2023 Craft Beverage Expo.
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This is a short video pointing out all the key features to a new website we just build for a winery in the Finger Lakes region of New York called,...
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It's getting harder and harder for small wineries and winery startups to sell all the wine they make. This video is aimed primarily at the smaller...
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Working with wine and spirits distributors has admittedly gotten more complex in recent years.
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When it comes to working with wine distributors, it is very common in the wine & spirits industry to pay the distributor(s) to build new points of...
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If there is anyone out there who thinks the three-tier system will ever go away in the US Market, I would like to ask for a puff of whatever it is...
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Is there anything more disconnected from reality these days than the expectations from winery owners of what a wine distributor can do for your...
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When it comes to marketing for a winery or distillery, email has evolved with the times, and people often don't see the benefits of email in the...