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Didn’t Make the Top 30 Domestic Wineries List? Gain Advantage Using Tech Tools

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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 Business Monthly WBM30 list is out in this month’s issue and…
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NOT an Invasive Species – How GreatVines Integrates with Existing IT Ecosystems

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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 complex biodiversity…
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2-MINUTE WARNING: Ten Q2 Action Items Wineries and Distilleries Can’t Ignore

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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, tastings, and mopping the floor. Now I’m going to give you…
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What’s in it for Me? Attaining Preferred Supplier Status

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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 (both…
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Make the Leap from Collecting Data to Harnessing It

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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, relationship management and a host…
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To Build or to Buy? Weighing Solution Acquisition Strategies

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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 ecosystems like…
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4 Steps to Increase Depletions in 2017

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  If you’re like us, it feels like each successive year comes around more quickly than the last. Whether it’s just a function of aging or because time is elastic, the phenomenon makes us focus on the fact that, if time…
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Out With the Old and In With the New!

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No, we’re not talking about the New Year, although that auspicious marker of the passing of time is coincidentally relevant to the topic at hand. The relentless march of time reminds us that an unstoppable procession of evolution…
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GreatVines Helps Craft Producers Become Attractive Acquisition Targets

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Using automation tools for beverage selling in the 3-tier system helps suppliers/producers and distributors reach their sales and marketing goals.  As we are keen on pointing out, the use of a platform like GreatVines is especially…