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Tapped In Podcast for Beverage Distributors that want to empower their sales team to drive business results. Hosted by Bud Dunn, Mikey Hall, and Ross Ackermann of VXP Tech.
VXP Tech hosts Tapped In Sales and Strategy for Beer Distributors, a business show with 112 episodes published.
That's Not Vibes, That's Hope and a Prayer | ft. Sean Baker, Rarig Pacific A distributor told Sean Baker he was making decisions "based on vibes." Sean's answer stuck with us: that's not vibes, that's hope and a prayer.
RNDC got cracked open like an egg. Now the real question isn't what happened — it's what suppliers do next. Bud, Ross, and Alicia get into the post-RNDC scramble, why limiting your distributor choices may have become a b
The tide's going out, and it's showing us who's been swimming naked. Rates are high, inflation came in hot, beer volume's cratering, and the consumer's tapped. If your whole game is volume, this is the market that expose
Everyone's chasing efficiency. Dynamic routing. Automated orders. Leaner headcount. But here's what the data doesn't capture: your driver knows where the beer goes. Your rep knows when the manager's in a bad mood. And th
May was a backloaded month, everybody hung their hat on Memorial Day, and then it rained on a third of the country. We broke down the bloodbath: was it the cold rain that killed the weekend, or six-dollar gas, rising rat
What do we really control? In this episode, Bud, Moneyball Ross, and Data Mike break down the difference between true control, store-level influence, and the excuses reps sometimes hide behind . They dig into chain accou
This week on the Tapped In Sales Podcast , we take a detour from the normal strategy talk for our next origin story this time with Moneyball Ross . Ross walks through how he went from a finance and economics kid in St. L
Q1 had a lot of beer distributors feeling pretty good. Then April showed up. In this episode, Bud, Moneyball Ross, and Data Mike break down what they are seeing across the beer industry after a strong first quarter, a ch
Bud is joined by Moneyball Ross and George “The Silver Fox” for a recap of the NBWA Legislative Conference and a conversation about why Washington matters to beer distributors. The big theme: even if you don’t care about
Bud, Mike, and Ross are joined by Lester Jones , Chief Economist and Vice President of Data Analytics at the National Beer Wholesalers Association, for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of the beer industry, the c
Everybody talks about PODs like they’re straightforward. They’re not. In this episode of Tapped In Sales , Bud is joined by Moneyball Ross, Data Mike, and Alicia to break down one of the most misunderstood parts of sales
In this episode, we bounce from Mike’s Caribbean adventures and octopus appetizers into a bigger question: with fuel costs rising, consumer habits shifting, and GLP-1s becoming more mainstream, why is beer still holding
Molson Coors made its first real swing into RTDs with Monaco, and we get into what that means for the category, the distributor, and the bigger land grab happening in beyond beer right now. We also talk through why Carbl
In this episode of Tapped In Sales , we hit pause on the usual industry talk and kick off something a little different: the Origin Series . First up is Data Mike . Before he was helping distributors make sense of goals,
Beer is changing again. In this episode of Tapped In Sales , Bud, Ross, and Mike break down some of the biggest shifts happening in the beer business right now — from Michelob Ultra officially taking the top spot , to Gu
We made it to 100. What started as a way for us to talk through the stuff beer distributors are actually dealing with — sales, profit, incentives, supplier pressure, leadership, route changes, category shifts, and everyt
In Episode 99, Bud, Data Mike, and Moneyball Ross break down some of the biggest category battles shaping beverage right now. From Sazerac stepping into Delta-9 with Fireball gummies, to Monster’s alcohol struggles, to t
AI is showing up everywhere in distribution — conferences, vendor demos, supplier meetings, board rooms. But the real driver isn’t curiosity… it’s FOMO. In this episode, Bud is joined by Moneyball Ross, Data Mike, and Al
What do you actually do when your whole route-to-market changes—but your suppliers are still running the same old volume playbook from 2014? This episode started with a listener question from Greg: “How should distributo
NA just crossed $1B in sales. Sounds huge. Except… it’s still about 1% of a $110B+ alcohol industry. So is this the future — or are we getting distracted by the headline? In this episode, Ross and Bud unpack: 📉 Why NA g
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