Emmy-Winning Marketer | Founder | Digital Technologist | Industry Speaker | Promoter of Gen X and EVs | Former Orbitz, Motorola & Edelman | Helping you build and grow your own business and personal brand
When subject matter expertise meets necessity. That's how Michael Bottigliero and I created the online experience for wine tastings and more. His deep client base and my years of building digital things merged to create something pretty fantastic. And we are both Generation X. We built the concept and processes. >The virtual side of Bottles Nation led to 1,000 events in the first 10 months >For close to two years, we were the sole source of income for many out of work beverage experts around the country. >We created a million dollar business by taking what we knew and applying digital tools to make it something new. If you are a GenXer, you have loads of experience in a field that can be shifted to something else - you just may not know it yet. #genx #midlife #midcareer
🍷 Being one of, if not the first, virtual wine tasting experiences is something we are incredibly proud of. 🙅♂️ No VC funding. 🙅♂️ No investors. ✔ Just sweat equity and long hours. Here is another topic we pride ourselves on: selecting wines that you can buy. ⬅ 🚫 We will never work with a set four-pack of wine or small samplers. That's too limiting. What fun is there in that? 🚫We won't work with a few key wineries only or cloak our tastings into a general tasting when it's really a tasting for a specific distributor. 🚫We won't hold an event and require your guests to purchase a set amount of wines. 🚫We don't sell wine. 💜 After thousands of events, our clients continue to tell us how much they appreciate the care we take in selecting wines that can be purchased at a retailer or online. Of course, this varies by state laws or distributors. 👊 There you have it. We will continue to operate as we have since Day 1. Navigating the world of wine is incredibly daunting, with so many rules and regulations that will make your head spin. But it's important to us to introduce as many varietals and price points to our customers. Thanks for the years of support, everyone! We are exciting to host these upcoming Spring events with you! https://lnkd.in/g6nmsaXr hello@bottlesnation.com #wineevents #virtualwineevent #winetasting #wine #sommelier
