We are continuing in our Pursuit University discussion we began in Episode 094.

Herb Heneman, now an instructor at the James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits at the University of Kentucky, teaches students about marketing and building a spirits brand from the ground up. Both Ryan and Kenny share a connection with Herb, and not long ago he invited Kenny to guest lecture for his class. The session covered a series of insightful questions about the industry, but unfortunately, it wasn’t recorded. In this two-part episode, we revisit those questions and the conversations they sparked from the inception of Bourbon Pursuit, through it’s now 10-year career, and how they’ve built a Spirits brand out of it. 

We hit on:

• What advice would you have for someone starting a bourbon brand who is seeking to garner ‘earned’ media attention and PR?
• Does a new spirits brand need to be on every platform of social media or would they be better off focusing on one or two?
• You all are such an active part of the bourbon and spirits community. Talk about the importance and benefits of building such a strong network to a new brand.
• How did you decide to leverage the Pursuit platform to launch the brand? What the heck were you thinking?
• What were the biggest challenges in launching United? Did it save you a ton of money being both a media property AND an actual brand? How do you use this combination to sell?
• How critical are events like Pursuit Palooza, KBF, or Bourbon & Beyond to build a new brand?
• What is your take on awards and medals and how has it changed over the years? How focused should a new brand be on chasing these and how should they use them to drive sales?

and much more.

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