Need A Source, A Guest, Or A Speaker?
I talk about craft beverage sales, distribution, digital marketing, data, taproom revenue, and the hemp beverage category. I give reporters actual answers instead of a quote that could have come from anyone, and I turn deadlines around fast.
Email Me A Media RequestMedia Kit
Available on request, usually within the hour. Just ask and tell me what you need:
- Headshots in high resolution, horizontal and vertical
- Short and long bios, plus the one-line version for a lower third
- Company logo files and correct brand spelling
- Topic list of what I can speak to credibly, and what I'll happily send you to someone else for
Booking me for a stage instead? Everything on speaking lives right here. Looking for things I've written myself? That's the published work page.
Where My Name Turns Up
The Ones Worth Bragging About
Brewers Association Mentor Of The Year
The national award for helping other people in this industry get better at running their businesses. Which is the entire job description, so that one meant something.
On the Brewers Association record, and covered by Brewbound, Craft Brewing Business, PorchDrinking, Focus on the Beer, and Brewpublic.
America's No. 1 THC Drink, Per Food & Wine
Kick Fizz Evening Buzz took Double Gold and 97 points at the WSWA Wine & Spirits Tasting Competition, then Food & Wine called it the best in the country.
Read it at Food & Wine and Sporked, plus a Double Gold at the International Non-Alcoholic Competition.
Brewbound Live Pitch Slam Finalist
Kick Fizz made the final eight out of a very crowded field of beverage brands pitching in front of the industry.
Named in Brewbound's finalist announcement and the competition preview.
Articles That Quote Me
Reporters call when they need someone to say the unglamorous part out loud. I'm usually happy to oblige.
Kate Bernot on how sales calls changed. My part: "Spray and pray sales tactics, where you canvas the market and hope for the best, that's not the best way to tackle selling in our modern environment."
Their sit-down interview series. How I got here, who I work with, and what small brands keep getting wrong.
On psychographic segmentation, and why knowing your customer's age bracket tells you almost nothing useful.
Dave Infante on where hemp beverage and craft beer collide, with Kick Fizz in the mix.
A recap of my Selling Beer Inclusively session, which was about selling to people, not to demographics.
The question every small brand asks, answered with actual numbers instead of a shrug.
An Expert Topic piece on holding a small team accountable without turning into a micromanager.
Coverage of the group coaching program that eventually became the Barrel 2 Business Collective.
Named to the advisory board for Crafting Futures, their craft beverage curriculum. Also picked up by All About Beer and Craft Brewing Business.
A long-form interview on building Kick Fizz and what the hemp beverage category is actually up against.
The origin story version, for anyone who wants to know how a supplier-side sales rep ends up doing this.
More of the same, with a Colorado small business angle.
Podcast Guest Appearances
Sales, marketing, distribution, data, and lately a lot of questions about hemp beverage. I show up with specifics, not platitudes.
With hosts Em Sauter and Don Tse. Trolls, content that isn't filler, and staying recognizable as yourself online.
Building a beverage brand around drinking occasions instead of around the ingredient.
Alongside Jack's Abby and Von Ebert. How small brands get in front of people without a national budget.
Dave Zalatoris on where the THC beverage category is heading and who is actually buying.
Low-dose beverages next to alcohol, the regulatory mess, and how much consumer education this category still needs.
The functional beverage show. Founder side of the story, start to finish.
A full episode on marketing a brewery when marketing is one of the nine hats you already wear.
Brew Your Own magazine's show. Social media on a nano budget, which mostly means picking two things and doing them well.
With Jeremy Storton, on what "better marketing" means when you have no team and no time.
The PorchDrinking show, back when I was still their Industry Editor.
Recorded a month into the shutdown, on remote selling and keeping wholesaler relationships alive when nobody could visit an account. A time capsule, and the tactics held up better than expected.
Video, Webinars & Recorded Sessions
Keynotes, panels, and a pile of teaching sessions that live online permanently. Watch one before you book me and you'll know exactly what you're getting.
Presenting on the marketing, sales, and distribution side of hemp beverage, alongside panels on legal and regulatory and on formulation. Free with a Craft Beer & Brewing account.
The full keynote from the New York State Craft Brewers Conference, start to finish, on their channel.
A panel with New Belgium's CMO and BeatBox's SVP of Global Marketing. I covered the version of this that works without their budgets.
Filmed on the show floor at CBC. Short, practical, no slides.
A long live conversation about where hemp beverage fits next to beer, and what retailers still need explained to them.
A joint webinar with the brewery software company on connecting production data to sales decisions.
Guest contributor on the business plan session, which is where most brewery dreams meet their first spreadsheet.
Kick Fizz In The News
I don't just consult on beverage brands. I run one. Kick Fizz is my low-dose hemp beverage brand, which means I get to take my own advice and find out whether it works.
Non-Alcoholic N/ATION
Independent tasting reviews of both lines: Evening Buzz and Day Drinking.
Beverage Information Group
A new product feature on the infused sparkling beverage line and where it sits in the category.
BevNET
Coverage of the launch and the expansions into Texas, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Around The Trade
Also covered by RadCraft on the launch and Texas rollout, and by MyBeerBuzz.
Need A Source, A Guest, Or A Speaker?
I talk about craft beverage sales, distribution, digital marketing, data, taproom revenue, and the hemp beverage category. I give reporters actual answers instead of a quote that could have come from anyone, and I turn deadlines around fast.
Email Me A Media RequestMedia Kit
Available on request, usually within the hour. Just ask and tell me what you need:
- Headshots in high resolution, horizontal and vertical
- Short and long bios, plus the one-line version for a lower third
- Company logo files and correct brand spelling
- Topic list of what I can speak to credibly, and what I'll happily send you to someone else for
Booking me for a stage instead? Everything on speaking lives right here. Looking for things I've written myself? That's the published work page.