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You make great beer. But how will anyone know that if you don’t market it effectively and get your products in front of potential customers? This section is all about helping you get the word out about your beer. Discover resources for effectively marketing through traditional channels and social media, and learn best practices for on- and off-premise sales.

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Onsite Sales Trends 2024 beer sold here sign next to stemmed glass of beer on bar

Onsite Sales Trends 2024

Sales dynamics are evolving rapidly in modern taprooms and brewpubs. Keep up with part one of this series exploring draught-retail mix, item category sales breakdown, and average tab size. Your customers are speaking to you through data. Are you listening?Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch has spent his career exploring the opportunity of sustainability and data-driven strategy within the craft beer industry, the built environment, and businesses of all sizes. As the staff economist at the Brewers Association (BA), he helps members make sense of the economics that enable their businesses to thrive. He has also served as the BA sustainability ambassador, building tools and providing resources for breweries at every stage of their sustainability journey. Prior to joining the BA, he directed growth operations in the tech industry, was a sustainability consultant, and was director of sustainability and marketing for Short's Brewing Company in beautiful Northern Michigan.

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Seven Ways to Use Social Media to Reach New Customers: Part II beer drinkers enjoying brewery taproom

Seven Ways to Use Social Media to Reach New Customers: Part II

In this post, we discuss ways to effectively express your brand voice, target new audiences with psychographic segmentation, make the most out of captions and hashtags, and get your team engaged in social media messaging.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Marketing and Communications Subcommittee advises the Brewers Association and its membership on inclusive marketing and communication practices. It works to amplify the voices and experiences of underrepresented populations and engage in inclusive storytelling about the craft brewing community.

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Seven Ways to Use Social Media to Reach New Customers: Part I patrons at taproom bar

Seven Ways to Use Social Media to Reach New Customers: Part I

Learn how small producers and craft beer businesses can use one of the most cost-effective tools—social media—to reach new customers. Read More

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Brewers Association

The Marketing and Communications Subcommittee advises the Brewers Association and its membership on inclusive marketing and communication practices. It works to amplify the voices and experiences of underrepresented populations and engage in inclusive storytelling about the craft brewing community.

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Two Looks at Craft Prices and Elasticities man pouring draught beer in brewery

Two Looks at Craft Prices and Elasticities

Craft pricing is a hot topic in recent years. What can two data sets tell us about craft pricing and what your optimal strategy should be?Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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Recap of 2023 Craft Beer Packaging Trends close up of canned beers packaged in yellow 15-pack

Recap of 2023 Craft Beer Packaging Trends

Take a deep dive into craft packaging in 2023 using scan data from both Circana and NIQ to understand the current facts and trends.Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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Diving Into POS Data and Trends With Arryved group of young people enjoying beer outdoors

Diving Into POS Data and Trends With Arryved

Chief Economist Bart Watson dives into 300 million transactions from Arryved POS data to pull out the latest trends and insights.Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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The New Brewer Sept Oct 2023 Marketing
The New Brewer: Sales & Marketing Issue

Marketing on a Budget

Brandon Hernández

Marketing with limited resources allows brewers to be creative. Like crafting a classic Pilsner, there are no trendy hops, specialty malts, or adjuncts to hide behind.

The New Brewer Sept Oct 2023 Beer Festivals
The New Brewer: Sales & Marketing Issue

The Changing Landscape of Beer Festivals

Gabe Toth

Beer festivals around the country continue to face headwinds, with a variety of factors reducing demand and turnout for events that were once taken for granted.

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