How to Make Your Beverage Brand a Distributor Priority | Full CBC Seminar by Shane Lohman

Most beverage brands don’t fail because of bad products — they fail because they never become a priority for their distributors.

This seminar, originally presented at the Craft Brewers Conference, is a full-on breakdown of what it really takes to earn distributor alignment, execution, and long-term traction.

Whether you're a beverage brand, a cannabis company, or any founder trying to scale with third-party distribution — this is the blueprint. No fluff. Just systems that move cases and make brands matter inside a crowded portfolio.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Why most brands get ignored (and how to flip the script)

  • What distributors are actually looking for in brand partners

  • How to build a strategy your distributor will want to execute

  • The 3-part framework used by the most successful brands in distribution

  • Real-world case studies like Blake’s Hard Cider — and how you can apply the same strategy

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