Helping Drinks Leaders Execute Bottom-up Growth While Managing Stakeholders’ Top-down Expectations | Founder & Host MAFFEO DRINKS
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Chris Maffeo | MAFFEO DRINKS retweeted
Stop looking for the best bars in your city.
Start looking for the best ones for your brand in your city.
It's about if you're able to win there. Here's how:
maffeodrinks.substack.com/p/…
Stop looking for the best bars in your city.
Start looking for the best ones for your brand in your city.
It's about if you're able to win there. Here's how:
maffeodrinks.substack.com/p/…
Chris Maffeo | MAFFEO DRINKS retweeted
Rum is dead, Vodka is dead... Ever heard such nonsense?
Here's why there's no such thing as a dead category.
Dive into my Mini-Guide
Chris Maffeo | MAFFEO DRINKS retweeted
99% of spirits brands I see have at least won 1 award.
Either I'm lucky, or this award chase has gone too far.
Don't make a 🥇🥈 badge the main reason they should buy you.
Medals are fine, but they are not enough anymore.
Chris Maffeo | MAFFEO DRINKS retweeted
The future of drinks industry Insights is sitting at the bar.
Talking to bartenders. Observing consumer behaviors.
Here's why:
Maybe I am biased as I have spent thousands of hours at the bar getting real-time insights but I believe that nowadays companies are:
The future of drinks industry Insights is sitting at the bar.
Talking to bartenders. Observing consumer behaviors.
Here's why:
Maybe I am biased as I have spent thousands of hours at the bar getting real-time insights but I believe that nowadays companies are:
...asked a question to a stranger?
Many times I've heard marketing & insights colleagues complaining that they didn't "get invited" by sales to a market visit.
🤔 Really?
You don't need an invitation.
Step out of your comfort zone.
Step out of the meeting room
Read between the lines in those trends reports.
You can just walk into a bar incognito.
Brands are built bottom-up. From the bar, up to the board room.
open.substack.com/pub/maffeo…
Chris Maffeo | MAFFEO DRINKS retweeted
Very often I got "doors on my face" when approaching a new bar.
So I changed my approach. I analyzed the 4 most common reasons why Sales Teams fail. If you crack them, you can win: 👇🏻
Very often I got "doors on my face" when approaching a new bar.
So I changed my approach. I analyzed the 4 most common reasons why Sales Teams fail. If you crack them, you can win: 👇🏻
Challenge 1: They already know the hottest brands they wanna list
Challenge 2: You’re approaching them too early
Challenge 3: 100s of salespeople contact them each month
Challenge 4: You walk in too cold
After years of trial and error I've created a simple guide:
maffeodrinks.substack.com/p/…
Chris Maffeo | MAFFEO DRINKS retweeted
Top Drinks Brands got 3 things right about Event Partnerships:
They understood :
1. It's about the right occasion for the brand.
2. It's about if trialists are gonna find the brand afterward.
3. It's not about Immediate ROI Positive if it's worth it long-term.
Top Drinks Brands got 3 things right about Event Partnerships:
They understood :
1. It's about the right occasion for the brand.
2. It's about if trialists are gonna find the brand afterward.
3. It's not about Immediate ROI Positive if it's worth it long-term.
It sounds obvious.
But it's not.
Brands are built bottom-up.
open.substack.com/pub/maffeo…
Chris Maffeo | MAFFEO DRINKS retweeted
Rum is dead, Vodka is dead, etc.
How many times have you heard such nonsense?
The King is dead. Long Live the King.
Categories are cyclical. Stop jumping on trends left and right.
