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People To Impress With Wine

The time is nigh for holiday gifting, which means it’s time for everyone to take a deep breath and RELAX and revel in all the people we can impress by giving them a bottle for the holidays. For a minute, at least, then seriously get back to work – you have way too much to do. Continue reading

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Reaching Millennials: Don’t Believe the Hype – YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES

In keeping up with blogs, research, and ideally all things Millennial, I generally tend to come across well-intentioned but TERRIBLE advice. The latest was on a staffing company’s website encouraging human resource departments to create new, Millennial-friendly corporate handbooks. A fine idea for corporations, but incredibly flawed in execution – which is why I’m pointing out an alternate solution that everyone can use. Continue reading

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How Millennials View YOU, Wine Industry

Everybody’s attempting to do the brand new dance now – it’s called TRY AND REACH OUT TO MILLENNIAL CONSUMERS. Well, what do Millennials think of all this? Granted, there aren’t nearly enough people attempting, but let’s look at the landscape. Continue reading

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The HOW Series 2: Building a Millennial Customer Base

A big concern for many of us in the wine industry is price points – will we have to drop prices in order to make money these days? Many people associate price drops with the Millennial generation because it’s assumed they buy cheaper wines. What if instead of dropping prices and hoping to gain sales, a business could build an additional customer base with their EXISTING prices? A business will have to change a few things in order to create a Millennial customer base, but prices don’t have to be one of them. Each Friday I’ll be bringing you a specific tip and serious insight on how to reach out to Millennials as CONSUMERS. You can put these tips into practice immediately and see for yourself how effective they can be. Continue reading

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