7 Shifts

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Customer retention is important because it measures how good your restaurant is at making your customers happy and bringing them back in the door (or ordering delivery). The basic information you should be collecting is first and last name, phone number, and email address. The bar where you always feel welcome after a long day's work.

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Next Restaurants

MAY 8, 2024

From innovative marketing techniques to strategic menu optimization, these methods offer a roadmap for encouraging repeat business and feeling excited to welcome new customers. Leverage effective content marketing and local SEO by sharing informative and entertaining content about your business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Many have started offering their menus on third-party delivery websites. Some have white-labeled those same delivery services for integration within their organizations, and others have built out programs for pick up or delivery entirely in house. Looking at the data proves much of what we already know.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2023

To attract customers while accommodating tightened budgets, restaurants should consider employing marketing strategies that leverage data-driven insights to tailor messaging according to consumer needs. Stemming from rising inflation, consumers are also uncertain on whether it’s less expensive to dine out or eat in.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. Read the first part, here. For the second part, click here.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They're people leaders, customer service providers, line cooks, inventory managers, occasional bartenders, public relations reps, number crunchers, and even marketers. Delivery and takeout options are endlessly accessible for most. It all starts with a great marketing plan. What is a restaurant marketing plan?

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

When brainstorming restaurant marketing ideas, many restaurateurs seek out strategies that will help bring in new customers. Marketing to your existing customers keeps your restaurant top of mind leading to increased order frequency and higher ticket sizes. Start a restaurant loyalty program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Marketing a restaurant looks completely different today than it did heading into 2020. Not only are marketers in the restaurant space facing the fallout of the pandemic, they are dealing with the implications of ever-increasing privacy concerns. Let me walk through a few of these changes. Be Driven by the Right Data.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As customer preferences have shifted toward dine-in experiences, increasing visits by 38 percent in Q1 alone, they are now looking for restaurants to provide the same level of convenience they’ve grown accustomed to with mobile ordering experiences. Thinking Long Term When Evaluating Restaurant Technologies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Many restaurants have had to alter how they serve customers, and some have had to close their indoor dining and become creative with extending patio season. If you don’t already have a gift card program, now would be the time to launch one. Get Social with Digital Marketing. Launch a Loyalty Program.

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Goliath Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this post, we’ll outline top digital marketing strategies that every restaurant should consider to stay competitive in the current digital landscape. In this post, we’ll outline top digital marketing strategies that every restaurant should consider to stay competitive in the current digital landscape.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The arrival of colder weather probably means the end of outdoor dining in many parts of the country. Still, survey data from the National Restaurant Association offers hope that many diners will maintain current on-premises (outside dining) habits through the winter. Marketing Moves to Make Now. The end is now in sight.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Delivery and take-out will continue to be the most popular way consumers will get their restaurant meals in a COVID and post-COVID world. One, the new normal will become the old normal, and a takeout- and delivery-first model will become the standard in the restaurant industry. Here are their responses. To read part one, click here.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 26, 2023

And if restaurant owners don’t put restaurant marketing efforts behind a promotion, the best concepts can stall. For a fine dining Italian restaurant, it could be that fresh truffle supplements are available at a premium price for a limited time. Start a loyalty program Every restaurant prizes its loyal customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 29, 2023

A restaurant omnichannel strategy puts the customer at the center of the dining experience. Technology Has Leveled the Playing Field in Hospitality For many years, you had restaurants that did delivery and restaurants that didn't. 2020 fast-tracked the adoption of omnichannel for even the most traditional dine-in establishments.

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Restaurant Engine

JUNE 23, 2021

The pandemic presented an opportunity for restaurant delivery services. Did you know that more than 60% of consumers in the United States say they order food for delivery once a week? For most of your restaurant customers, delivery is an expected service. Yet, offering delivery can be expensive for restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2021

As a restaurant owner, digital marketing can be a daunting task that takes up valuable time, energy, and resources. Most simply do not have the time needed to research digital marketing strategies, let alone implement them. This often means marketing and advertising efforts are done on-the-fly or simply 86’d.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

Some of those challenges, particularly for smaller, local restaurants, include implementing online ordering, creating a digital presence, and offering delivery for the first time. Many smaller restaurants still rely on taking delivery orders over the phone, if delivery is even an option. Promote Online Ordering Capabilities.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 27, 2020

However, many states that are forcing restaurants to stop their dine-in services are allowing them to operate as takeout and delivery-only establishments. Will running a takeout and delivery-only restaurant be profitable, or will the costs outweigh the revenue this opportunity could generate? We’ll talk about this more later on.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2022

For most successful brands, the way out is clear: become more digital, become more data-driven, operate more efficiently, move the marketing needle. But travel to the same establishment’s suburban or rural locations, and you’ll find counter-based ordering, guests dining in and fully open dining room.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features consumers' dining desires, the power of personalization and the untapped opportunity in localized marketing. COVID-19 Consumer Dining Trends. Mixed take-out bag. Mixed take-out bag.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Restaurant Week is all about creating great food experiences, and in the pandemic era, this means branching out from the old dine-in-only norms and offering attractive takeout options. Meanwhile, operators get the opportunity to grow their customer databases and turn new customers into loyal regulars. And that's not all.

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Restaurant Engine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Digital marketing is integral to your restaurant’s overall marketing strategy, and it helps you increase your bottom line and drive growth. If you want to be more exclusive, you can make people give you their email address and their phone number for a discount. This way, you can email them or text them in the future.

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Open for Business

APRIL 3, 2023

The “4 Ps of marketing” may sound like blah business jargon to restaurant types, but these four principles—product, price, place, and promotion—can magnetize new guests and keep regulars coming back. Here’s how to put the 4 Ps of marketing to work for your restaurant, plus a few examples to get you started.

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SpotOn

APRIL 8, 2024

However, with so many places jam-packed on the actual day, many people (18%) will opt for take-out and delivery. Consider allowing guests to opt out of email marketing content about this specific holiday and encourage staff to swap shifts if necessary for their wellbeing. Moms aren't the only winners, however.

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Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

And showing that you’re aware of the latest trends can attract new guests, build loyalty, and raise your profile. These days, you can create email campaigns that send automatically and auto tag your most valuable guests by visit frequency or spend amount. Bar seating with light bites continues to be a hospitality trend.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Restaurants had to quickly adapt by adding outdoor seating while creating an inviting atmosphere, as well as offering the same experience your customers are used to receiving at your establishment via delivery and takeout. Chris Prociv, VP Marketing & Innovation at La Brea Bakery. Barry McGowan, CEO Fogo de Chão.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 29, 2020

As restrictions are now easing in many regions, operators are slowly beginning to reopen their dine-in restaurants. One of the biggest challenges restaurateurs are facing today is marketing during the reopening. How To Market Your Restaurant During Reopening. Communicate About Your Restaurant Reopening.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Better yet, it can send email and text confirmations without restaurant staff ever picking up the phone. For starters, the dining room should have: A warm, appealing vibe for guests. To deliver the best dining experience possible, the right CRM is essential. It can sync with a loyalty program. Pre-shift reporting.

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As businesses are gradually reopening in California , restaurants are coming up with reopening marketing strategies to fit a COVID-19 world. Now we’re here to share with you 4 proven marketing tips and techniques to help you keep loyal customers and get some new ones. Reopening Marketing Tips for Worried Diners.

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Apicbase

AUGUST 5, 2022

If you look under the bonnet, you will see that struggling businesses often lack a clear restaurant marketing plan. If you look under the bonnet, you will see that struggling businesses often lack a clear restaurant marketing plan. Okay, stop right there, if you’ve started googling for a restaurant marketing agency.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This critical information—such as email addresses, ordering trends, and so on— can help spur business decisions and inform data-driven restaurant marketing tactics. In contrast, the typical ChowNow restaurant location has about 2,228 customers in their database that they can market to.

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Sling

JULY 4, 2021

Restaurant marketing has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. With the rise of the internet and the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets, the vast majority of marketing efforts are concentrated online. But there are still effective marketing channels available offline too. 1) Produce A Food-Prep Video. Trust us, it’s not.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

From the very beginning we worked to attract loyal guests seeking an authentic, family dining experience. With restaurant dining rooms closing unexpectedly and inconsistently from market to market, the industry realized the ability to communicate frequently and rapidly to their customers is critical. Shasta, California.

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Open for Business

MAY 4, 2023

Keeping your online presence up to date, cutting wait times, and highlighting your value all make for a dining experience that feels good to guests and keeps them coming back—no matter what’s happening in the economy. Leveling up the dining experience and taking feedback seriously can turn guests into evangelists for your brand.

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Bingage

JANUARY 29, 2021

Sharing some useful tips to increase your restaurant sales in 2021 – Latest Read: Digital Marketing Tactics for Online Delivery Restaurants. Increase sales through automated SMS marketing. SMS marketing is one of the best restaurant marketing strategies to reach out to more customers, retain them.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Customers love value – 77% of Americans say that a discount or deal would make them more likely to eat out than dine at home. While one great deal or special may drive restaurant revenue, the reality is most restaurants need a mix of specials, discounts and loyalty rewards to offer a little something for everybody. compared to 2019.

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