Tag Archive: Low Cost No Cost Restaurant Marketing

Are you ready to attract, engage and retain more clients?

When talking about profits. Proper Planning will easily make you double what you make off your best promotion currently so far ahead that you can execute flawlessly and rake in the big money instead of whatever you are lucky to get off of your last minute effort?!

Give a little to Get a lot!

When it comes to getting people to try your food, there’s no better way than to give them a sample. It’s easy to make sampling a part of the marketing strategy every single day.  It has obvious applications for quick service, but you should have a standard in place at any level of service or…

Frequency Cards & Bounce Back Offers

Frequency cards and bounce-backs are one of the least expensive ways to encourage your customers to return time and time again The more visits your customers make, the more loyal they become. Frequency Cards: Frequency Cards, Display, Customized Icon Stamp

Voice Mail Can Capture Guest Testimonials

Use A Phone Line Voice Mail To Capture Testimonials and Have Fun With Your Guests! Here is a simple little ad I use in email and on one of my restaurant’s webpage I get a dozen or more people a week calling me with funny off the cuff testimonials.

Employee Incentive Program

Your employees are one of the most effective marketing tools you have. If they make the guest experience great, then the guest is likely to return to the restaurant.

The Best Place To Spend Your Hard Earned Money On Advertising Is Direct Response!!

A simple guide to Direct Response Marketing, is to make sure these components are present in all your marketing.

Write An Effective Newsletter

Many companies produce newsletters I not only write a newsletter for my restaurant guests but I also go out of the way to produce a newsletter directed specifically for catering Personalize your newsletter- there are hundreds of newsletters circulating on the Internet and in the mail

How Just One Social Media Marketing Group Buying Site Made Me $8052.25 in One Day (Which One Was It? – Groupon, Twongo & LivingSocial)

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Benefits Versus Features

The car dealership’s policy clearly illustrates the difference between selling features and selling benefits. Benefit: The emotional reasons or connections your prospect makes with your product or service.

Are Moms Reading Your Emails?

We conducted our own research among more than 400 women with children age 12 and under living in their households, including if and when they read marketing-oriented emails and newsletters More than 80% of them actually look forward to checking email.

Could Groupon Save Your Business?

What You Don’t Know About Groupon Groupon is a collective buying discount service The business then simply honors the Groupons (an official document printed out by the buyer) as they come into the business. Learn how to get your business on Groupon here.

The Subliminal Logic of the Up-Sell

Gun to the head strategy: If I held a gun to your head (not that I would do that) and asked you how you can increase your sales today what would you say The easiest thing you can do is Up-Sell You should be cross selling, up-selling, and every other direction selling you possibly can

Don’t Let Your Competitors Steal Your Customers On The Internet

Here is a special presentation conducted in 2009 for ISES – The International Special Events Society Special Member Downloads below – (Not a member (Not a member SPECIAL REPORT – Don’t Let your competitors steal your customers on the internet – JM Presentation

Social Media Marketing for Restaurants – Video Presentation

Jonathan Interviews Cynthia Richards, Social Media Marketing Expert on Audio Presentation:

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Introduction to the process of Guest-Centered Marketing

Introduction to the process of Guest-Centered Marketing A slight difference in how you look at things really can change everything. I’m constantly amazed at how many clients and people in my audiences think that marketing is an event

10 strategies that are working in the tough restaurant economy

Over the last couple decades, while drive-thru burger joints have kept their prices flat, the typical bill at casual dining chains has multiplied three or four times Casual dining chains are some of the most aggressive national advertisers out there Lunch is when the fast-food joints and casual restaurants go head to head–and where casual dining loses out T

Social Media Marketing for Restaurants Webinar

Click Here To Register Now! Media Marketing for your restaurant or catering company.  We will Do you know how to use Social Media as marketing media without running Restaurant Success System Restaurant Marketing Planner

Want A Simple To Follow System To Improve Your Restaurant Sales?

Want A Simple To Follow System To Improve Your Restaurant Sales? I want to share with you our Store Sales Building System and I encourage you to S&D it (Swipe and Deloy it) Our Philosophy is “A Sale To Get A Guest for Life” not a customer to get a sale

7 Things You Must Know About Your Marketing Prospect

We want to market to them so we can get them to come back time and time again We want to understand the demographics of our existing guests and clients so we know exactly what to look for when we seek out more people to market to So I put together a list of 7 things you absolutely MUST know about your future prospects. 7

What The Press Has To Say About Jonathan and His Restaurants

Independent Weekly September 2009 For a hybrid of fresh-made fast food, visit Jumpin’ Jonny’s Steaks & Subs, across Highway 70 from Brier Creek Jonathan “Jonny” Munsell, surely the quickest-thinking sub-shop owner in town, dreams up specials no one could imagine: Bring in your Sunday bulletin and have 10 percent donated back to your church

Video Blog: How To Increase Your Restaurant & Catering Sales

Video Blog How To Increase Your Restaurant & Catering Sales A question I get all the time is, “How do I increase my sales?”  And really there’s only three ways to increase your sales.  As much as people think that there’s a million things you can do, there’s only three ways:

GOOGLES Free Tools Every Restaurant Needs to Use

Here are some of the free google resources I mentioned in a recent Restaurant Marketing Planner Call: Unlock your local business listing on Google It’s free Other FREE Resources I recommend from Google: It’s free!

How to give More of Yourself

It is important for you to add personality and genuineness to your marketing messages. In marketing, the message should revolve around your prospects In a blog, the posts revolve around you (Just be sure the thoughts you have are interesting enough to keep the attention of your customers and prospects.)

FEBRUARY – A Short Month with Tons of Restaurant Marketing Opportunities

February is a very short month right?  We only have 28 days in the month but I think it actually has the most going on of any month and it’s kind of wild when you think about it, this year unparticular.

Marketing Lesson Learned from Baxter

For years when I was younger I trained dogs, I even showed them (for real, don’t pick on me).  I love dogs and I always prefer a well trained dog over any jumpy, aggressive or sloppy dog.  I recently was dog sitting, Baxter the puugle, (poodle pug mix) for a friend and had some fun working on a couple training exercises to surprise his masters when they came home.

Gift Certificate Systems

The Gift – Savvy Merchant By John S Gift Systems It’s a brave new world out there as far as online gift certificate services are concerned If you’re not, it’s never too late Traditional Certificates

Gift Certificate Promotion Plan

Promotion Plan: Work the gift business both online (see table of online gift certificate services, below) and offline Give Free Gift Certificates to your best customers Buy a Gift Certificate / Get a Gift Certificate

Gift Certificate Marketing Basics

Marketing Basics: It is crucial to let your customers and employees know about your gift offerings Some inexpensive (or free), direct marketing programs that you can make happen in a couple of days: About The Author – John S

Gift Certificate Issuance and Redemption Basics

The Gift – Savvy Merchant By John S The answer for the independent is the same as it’s always been Though it helps greatly to utilize an online gift certificate service, it’s not essential So here are some suggestions for making the most of your gift certificate or gift card opportunities.

10 Ways to Revamp Your Ineffective (and Boring) Business Card

10 Ways to Revamp Your Ineffective (and Boring) Business Card A business card should reflect your personality If you’re boring, have a boring business card If not, then here are 10 ways to revamp your ineffective (and boring) business card: 1