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26 Proven Ways to Market Your Restaurant Online and Increase Bookings

7 Shifts

Nowadays, running a successful restaurant takes more than great food and good service. Another way to get local backlinks is from local news articles, food bloggers, or restaurant directories to boost your visibility in search results. Make sure to add high-quality photos of your food, interior, and staff.

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The Ultimate Guide To Restaurant Marketing: Strategies for Restaurant Operators In 2025

ChowNow

Everything from food to labor is getting more expensive, which means restaurant margins are tighter than ever. To fully understand your market, you need to know your target audience, study your competitors, and stay on top of market trends. Even if your food is incredible, youre not operating in a vacuum. Study your competition.

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How To Promote Direct Online Ordering On Social Media

ChowNow

Social media is amazing at customer engagement: you can highlight your most popular dishes, encourage guests to share their experiences and tag your restaurant in posts, and respond to customer questions and comments, providing a level of connection that few other platforms can offer. The only thing standing in their way is convenience.

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How to Find the Target Market for Your Restaurant

ChowNow

Ask yourself: Dining Preferences: Do they prioritize health-conscious options, indulgent comfort food, or trendy dishes? Online Ordering Trends: See who prefers delivery vs. pick-up, and which menu items are most popular online. Engagement Trends: Which posts get the most likes, comments, and shares? can reveal useful trends.

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5 Tips for Building Your Restaurant's Brand Awareness

The Rail

Whether you present avant-garde cuisine or rustic comfort food, your brand voice should reflect the essence of your concept. Tip #3: Designing Visual Assets that Leave a Lasting Impression Your visuals speak before your food does. Including others also comes from responding to tags, resharing posts, and honoring reviews.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. In recent years, the food service industry has undergone a rapid transformation of automation and increased technology usage.

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Serving Up Success: How Video Marketing Can Boost Restaurant Visibility

The Rail

The Power of Visual Storytelling The food and beverage industry is inherently visual. You could also tell the story of how the restaurant was founded, its mission, or the inspiration behind the menu to make the experience more personal. Special events make for good video content as well.

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