Friday, February 7, 2014

The Best Winery Marketing Tips

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By Jayne Rutledge


There are many people who enjoy drinking wine either because they love the taste or because they do it as a hobby. It is because of this that the wine industry is actually booming because more and more people can now afford to buy a bottle of delicious and exotic wine. Of course before one would have customers, he would have to use aggressive winery marketing tactics in order to get his name on the field.

Now one of the best ways to reach out to the public would be through the internet. This would actually be where the websites and the social networking sites would come in. By making use of these online tools, one would be able to reach a wide market of people who enjoy drinking different kinds of fine wine.

Of course there would also be the presence of bloggers to help promote products. Food bloggers in particular are the ones who are known to give establishments like restaurants and food stores a good image to the public. That is why wineries can make use of these food bloggers in order to grab the public.

One very effective strategy to get many people to gather in front of the store would be to simply hold an event inside the store. It could be any type of event that could involve wine tasting so that people would be able to taste the wine. To further add to the mood, one could actually add a little music.

Aside from the events inside the store, one could actually hold an event outside the store grounds. In order to house more people, one could actually hold a wine convention somewhere in a hotel or some other room in order to attract a lot of wine connoisseurs. They just have to make sure that they would add a rather classy vibe to it.

One of the things that a lot of wineries would do is to tap into the tourism industry. There are actually many wine connoisseurs that come from different countries and would come to a certain country in order to taste the wine. What these wineries can do is that they can work together with the tourism industry to utilize that.

So if the wineries would want to target the foreigners who are on wine tours, then this would be a very good strategy. In fact, they will not only be boosting their sales and brand image, but they will be helping the tourism industry of their country too. If the wine is good, then the foreigners will come back and bring friends.

So those are some of the winery marketing tricks that one may use in order to gain a lot of customers. Now do take note that the target market of most wineries would be people from the upper and middle class segmentation who are in their mid thirties and above. This means that their strategies have to be aligned with this type crowd in order to be successful.




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