I want to welcome the 202 new subscribers who have joined since our summer update in July. The desire for industry-focused commentary that speaks to business and social issues not often tackled or talked about is evident in our growing readership and the feedback so many of you kindly share with me regularly.
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Around the internet
Much gratitude goes out to supporters who’ve mentioned Ah So Insights or featured our content:
Moonshine University’s blog featured our articles: “No, Hard Seltzer Isn’t Dead—Here’s Why” and “5 Tips for Building Better Wine & Spirits Brands.”
Over at SevenFifty Daily, you can find the first two of four articles in a series on marketing: “New Strategies for Building Your Alcohol Brand” and “How to Do Competitive Market Research—and Why Alcohol Brand Owners and Managers Should Be Doing More of It.”
Thanks to Laura Lodge over at Start a Brewery. Their library has begun to feature select Ah So Insight articles such as “Fantastic Importers and Distributors & Where to Find Them.”
Our most popular articles
These are our most widely read articles since our summer update:
Wine and spirit companies need to work as hard for their employees as they do for their customers (free)
Future-proofing your value in the wine and spirit industry (paid)
What the pandemic can teach the wine and spirit industry (free)
Assisting our colleagues
10% of subscriptions support the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation. This is donated monthly. Since July, Ah So Insights has contributed $677 to the RWCF.
Additionally, Ah So Insights is pleased to offer free, full subscriptions to unemployed wine and spirit professionals. This includes access to office hours for career advice. Just get in touch.
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