Three Tips to Improve Your Online Reputation
It has never been more important to have a positive online presence than it is now. People are statistically likely to look up your business online before visiting, sometimes even if they’re regulars. They’re checking menu items, ordering, and hours of operation. For potential customers, they’re also checking to see if other people think your […]
Text Message Marketing – Is It Good or Bad?
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]What is text message marketing? At its core, marketing via text/SMS message is much like any other marketing; the general idea is […]
Why Real Growth is Crucial For Your Restaurant
Opening a restaurant isn’t the easiest task in the world. But even after you’ve overcome the initial challenges of finding investors and/or raising capital, getting a suitable location and equipment, having the right staff, creating a menu, getting suppliers, plus the other million little things you need to handle before opening your doors, there is […]
What are the 5 Promotional Strategies
When you’re trying to spread the word about your restaurant, sometimes it can be hard trying to decide which strategies to employ and when. In business promotion, there are 5 common strategies for doing this. Advertising Getting the word out about your restaurant is crucial. It’s the first step to making sure you have customers […]
5 Tips For Getting Started in the Restaurant Industry
FACT: The restaurant industry is not for everyone. Even with the best intentions, skills, menus, and dreams, some people will not achieve success as a restaurateur. It’s hard, it’s stressful, it’s full of long hours and long periods of labor. Some people have found that they don’t enjoy the stress of the job, while others […]
Can You Run a Restaurant By Yourself?
Can you run a restaurant by yourself? The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is that you don’t want to. Ultimately, it is probably possible to run your restaurant by yourself, but it likely won’t be sustainable for long. Running a restaurant is hard work. If you haven’t tried it yet, then you […]
Management Tips for Restaurateurs
What is one of your most important roles as a restaurateur? Maybe not so surprisingly, when you become the boss of a restaurant, regardless of whether you’re the manager or the owner, your role is about people. We know what you’re thinking – of course your job is about people. You work in the hospitality […]
5 Tips for Attracting Attention to Your Restaurant
“A brand is no longer what we tell the customer it is. It is what customers tell each other it is.” -Scott Cook Anyone can offer food. You can buy food at countless restaurants and fast food joints down almost every street in every city. You can get food at grocery stores, markets, and […]
3 Ways a VoIP Phone System Will Improve Your Restaurant
As a restaurateur, you have a lot of bills to pay and a lot going on. You have to source your food, buy and maintain equipment, rent or buy a location, pay taxes, power, and more. Even if you were inclined to make the changeover to VoIP, how could adding another system possibly offer you […]
Restaurant Operation in the New Normal (2022)
Operating a restaurant in 2022 is not like it used to be. After the rise of the ongoing global pandemic, many restaurants had to shut down. After that, re-opening has been a problem for multiple reasons: business is down and financing is, too; supply chains are having difficulty matching demand; and staffing is nearly impossible. […]