Restaurant Marketing Online, #1- Overview

November 9, 2010

This series of posts will address many factors of setting up your online presence. From website design to social media and more. We’ll discuss the concepts, tools and best practices

Cashing in on mobile devices

October 23, 2010

I live and spend most of my time in Reno, NV. This weekend I’m visiting some friends in Seattle. As usual for me, that means I’m out exploring the town

Develop a winning promotion, be different

October 5, 2010

It seems like every street is filled with restaurants all sending the same message. “The best _______ in town!” Is this effective? It can be to a point for sure,

Measuring the results of online marketing in your restaurant

June 1, 2010

It’s one of the most sought after answers of social media marketing- “How do we measure our ROI?”. Measuring the results of any marketing campaign is a must. It helps

How much time should you spend on social media for your restaurant?

May 25, 2010

Restaurants and other businesses are jumping on the social media bandwagon in droves. Facebook, twitter, yelp and more are becoming the go to sites for restaurants to interact with their

Is online marketing right for your restaurant?

In our business we are constantly asked whether or not online marketing for a restaurant works. Of course it does! If it didn’t we wouldn’t be selling it right? But

How often do you remind your customers to visit?

February 24, 2010

Even our best customers need a little reminder now and again. With our crazy lives it is easy to forget just how much we enjoy patronizing our favorite places. Why

You can’t buy friends, or customers for that matter

We see quite a few business using social media these days, and we see quite a bit of room for improvement in some of them. It seems like a lot

Have you reviewed your site lately?

So you have a website, you put the address on all of your marketing materials and it shows up in searches when people type in your name. But have you

The importance of “hypersocializers”

February 20, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term “hypersocializer” here is the basic gist of it- Hypersocializers are the members of a generation raised with social media and technology that allows