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Being There: In a Slower Market, Physical Spaces Are Your Biggest Asset
Your physical space is more than a backdrop, it’s your greatest asset in a crowded market. By Mailn Dubets, Katelyn Peterson and Leia Reedijk In today’s wine landscape, slowing sales and shifting consumer...
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Tasting Room Expertise: How to Find and Recruit Tasting Room Staff
Don’t limit your search before you consider all possibilities. By Craig Root NOTE:  With tipping now allowed, some full-time tasting room staff are making $50,000 to $100,000 per year (when you add...
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Tasting Room Expertise: Wine Club Profit Margins Are Inaccurate and Overblown
Wine clubs should have two budget reports, because clubs (generally) don’t pay as many operating costs as the tasting room. By Craig Root First of all, I am a huge fan of wine clubs.  In addition...
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Transforming Tasting Room Feedback: From Polls to Deeper Customer Insights
Thanks to modern survey tools, creating and distributing a questionnaire has never been easier.  By Alex Caffarini As a 30-year marketing research veteran, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Craig Root’s...
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Custom-Branded Wine Accessories for Your Tasting Room
Please come visit our booth where you’ll find Pat Plowman and Joann Salcedo who can show you many of our new coolers available now. Franmara offers so many items you can use or sell in your tasting...
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Simplify Wine Club Management & Boost Sales with OrderPort
Visit OrderPort’s booth at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium to see our redesigned POS, built for speed and simplicity. Our all-in-one DTC platform features 6 flexible wine club models, branded webstores,...
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Tasting Room Expertise: Ask Your Audience Before Changing Your Experience
You can save time and money by asking visitors what they want — and what they don’t.  By Craig Root In a WIA article posted November 8, 2024, I discussed using onsite polling to evaluate customer...
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Bottle360 Winery DTC Software Announces Integration with Block 55 Winery Reservations
Seattle, WA (November 21, 2024) – Bottle360, innovative leader in direct-to-consumer wine software, announces reservation  system integration with Block 55’s booking system designed specifically...
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WISE Up! Shaping Strong Leaders and Boosting DTC Sales in the Wine Industry
WHY WISE? WISE – which stands for Wine Industry Sales Education – we believe a rising tide lifts all boats and that the wine industry deserves strong leaders, healthy teams, DTC mastery and winery success....
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The All-in-One Cloud Solution for DTC Sales
Do you want an all-in-one DTC sales system that runs completely in the cloud?  That’s what I will be exhibiting at our booth.  Easily change from back-office to POS by changing browser...
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