The Future of Virtual Tastings. My top five predictions.

The Future of Virtual Tastings. My top five predictions.

Many of us have taken part in what I call the future of virtual tastings. These online experiences, primarily on Zoom, are sometimes informative, fun, and a welcome diversion. It's time to share the future of virtual tastings and my top five predictions. Do they take the place of being side by side and across the table from someone interesting? Not yet. That may come. My best online experiences around cocktails and wine have been the impromptu "happy hours" arranged with another couple. We FaceTime or Zoom and have a fun conversation like we would at one another's home or…
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You May Want to Run a Virtual Cocktail Club?

You May Want to Run a Virtual Cocktail Club?

How do you grow influence, build connections, and reinforce relationships during COVID-19 and after? You may want to run a virtual cocktail club. Many of us were doing networking luncheons, going to after work happy hours, and attending post workday networking events prior to March 2020. Those things are so 2019! The networking world is more viable via virtual meetings than you may realize. Liquid to Lips Marketing is a spirits, wine, and beer marketing company. We have been coordinating spirits, wine, and beer club type events for years. So, why would you want to run a virtual cocktail club? If…
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Writing Bartenders Wanted

Writing Bartenders Wanted

Why would a spirits, wine, and beer post writing bartenders wanted? Creative bartenders should spend this time in history to build a personal brand. Liquid to Lips Marketing has invested heavily in technology that will serve bartenders with brands well when on-premise spirits, wine, and beer spending starts again. What opportunities exist now? Virtual events are significantly growing. Some agencies that served brands on key on-premise campaigns have been slow to navigate these new opportunities. For the writing bartender, posting thoughtful content on our platform, opportunities will come. Brands are showing a willingness to support bartenders in creative ways. How so?…
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Campaigns for Spirits Brands Should be Measurable

Campaigns for Spirits Brands Should be Measurable

When Shared Spirits sought to bring technology to the market, we felt campaigns for spirits brands should be measurable. It's interesting. Brands have known about our work but still found it difficult to justify measuring their campaigns in truly accountable ways. It's as though decision makers in the spirits and wine world don't really want to know the truth about their marketing activities. Marketing in the spirits space hasn't been strategic. It's been more of a carpet bomb philosophy. "If I spend it this way, the brand's case counts will go up." The real definition of success? Shouldn't the real…
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Three Steps to Virtual Activation

Three Steps to Virtual Activation

There may be no better time to bring a spirits or wine product to market than right now. Take a hard look at these three steps to virtual activation. Consider this The current crisis has leveled the playing field. On-premise payola, yes, there, I said it, is of little value. Big brands just don't have the same advantage they used to have. They can't just charge into a big account, pay huge dollars for sponsoring a playlist or some other nonsense and muscle your brand out of the way. Your brand has the ability to leverage digital in true guerrilla…
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