Choosing a Sales & Marketing Solution
Should you engage a best-in-class solution to automate each specific facet of your organization’s beverage sales and marketing activities? Or does it make more sense to implement an integrated […]
Entries by Jim Thompson
Spring Training : Beverage Sales Pros
If you’re a baseball fan like me, you’re always invigorated this time of the year when the boys of summer report to the sunny states of Arizona and Florida to […]
Right Tools for a Job Are Only Half the Battle
Want to get the most from your implementation of GreatVines? I know you do! Yet, it is safe to say, for all the benefits you wish to gain from using […]
Didn’t Make the Top 30 Domestic Wineries List? Gain Advantage Using Tech Tools
There are more than 9,000 domestic wineries in the United States, yet 90% of all the wine sold in America is produced by a mere handful of producers. Yes, the Wine […]
NOT an Invasive Species – How GreatVines Integrates with Existing IT Ecosystems
Think about introducing any new software solution into an organization’s IT landscape is like introducing a non-native species into an existing ecosystem. The ecosystem already enjoys a balance between the […]
2-MINUTE WARNING: Ten Q2 Action Items Wineries and Distilleries Can’t Ignore
There’s only six weeks left in the first quarter of 2017. Yikes! I know you are knee deep in the daily business of production, in addition to marketing, trade shows, […]
What’s in it for Me? Attaining Preferred Supplier Status
Motivated suppliers often come to the realization that there is an enormous benefit in improving their relationships with distributors in an increasingly crowded marketplace. We have been increasingly queried by suppliers […]
Make the Leap from Collecting Data to Harnessing It
Collecting, organizing and archiving sales and marketing activity data using software can be truly transformative for an organization. It is a huge first step towards exerting effective control over spend, […]
To Build or to Buy? Weighing Solution Acquisition Strategies
Since the beginning of the information age, organizations have been faced with the question of whether to build a custom solution or buy a commercial off-the-shelf packaged solution. Cloud computing […]
