{"id":288,"date":"2017-08-28T21:06:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T21:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/?p=288"},"modified":"2020-09-17T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:31:32","slug":"how-to-get-your-brand-off-the-pallet-and-onto-store-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/how-to-get-your-brand-off-the-pallet-and-onto-store-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Your Brand off the Pallet and onto Store Shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i data-redactor-tag=\"i\"><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201cTo pay attention, this is our endless and proper work &#8221; Mary Oliver<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\"><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In a sea of craft beer brands how do you get your distributor to pay attention to you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You\u2019ve got great beer, you\u2019ve signed up a distributor, and now it\u2019s time to drive sales into the market.\u00a0<strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Only one problem, your distributor is not focused on your brands.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Beer distributors typically carry hundreds of brands and thousands of SKUs. How do you stand out in this crowd? What steps can you take to get your distributor to pay attention, focus on your brands, and drive sales of your products?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">As a CFO for a beer distributor, I&#8217;ve seen what works and what doesn&#8217;t to get your beer off the pallet and onto store shelves. Let&#8217;s focus on what works.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Understand roles and expectations<\/strong>: what the distributor does, doesn\u2019t do, and what\u00a0<em data-redactor-tag=\"em\">you\u00a0<\/em>must do in order to drive sales.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Set execution and outcome goals up front.\u00a0<\/strong>Be clear about execution goals and outcome goals: what the distributor will do and what they intend to achieve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Follow the Repole Rule: Everyone has to make money<\/strong>. The brewery, distributor and retailer all have to make money in order for your brand to get the attention it deserves. Great beer alone won\u2019t get it done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">You must have a presence in the market<\/strong>\u00a0and do real work to help the distributor and retailer grow your brand. Running reports and demanding product placements alone won\u2019t get it done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-verified=\"redactor\" data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-redactor-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Be the business partner that you want the distributor to be<\/strong>. Respect the work that they do, and expect the same in return.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><b>Craft Brewery Financial Training Members:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To get more details and step by step instructions on this topic, Log In to your account and access the Online Courses from the Member Menu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Not a member yet?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up and get <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/downloads\/craft-brewery-finance-annual-subscription-plan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instant and unlimited access<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Craft Brewery Financial Training online courses, resources and guides.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo pay attention, this is our endless and proper work &#8221; Mary Oliver In a sea of craft beer brands how do you get your distributor to pay attention to you? You\u2019ve got great beer, you\u2019ve signed up a distributor, and now it\u2019s time to drive sales into the market.\u00a0Only one problem, your distributor is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,75,72,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distribution","category-distribution-guides","category-distribution-newsletters","category-distribution-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftbreweryfinance.com\/oldversion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}