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Simple Customer Retention Strategy for Restaurants

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Once you have access to a guest’s contact info, it creates the opportunity to reach them via email or text and let them know about special offers, new menu items, changing hours, and more. The simplest way to collect customer data in a quick-serve or fast-casual restaurant is to have customers supply it on a sheet of paper at the register.

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Simple Restaurant Marketing Plan for 2020 [PDF Template]

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So far, 2020 has thrown marketing plans, advertising budgets, and restaurant growth out of the window. But as restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan too. Their business is built on the power of word of mouth—one of, if not the most useful marketing tools in the book.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. – Corin Camenisch, Product Marketing Lead at SumUp 1 + 0 = 3: The New Math of Marketing!

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Best Practices for Launching Online Ordering

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Take the casual-dining chain, TGI Fridays, for example. The best thing to do is find online ordering software that is easy to set up, fast to get started with and doesn’t cost a lot of money. As a result, restaurant marketing, specifically digital marketing, is of extreme importance.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

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The findings have offered insight into consumer expectations to support restaurant brands as they work to navigate ongoing operating, social, and economic shifts over the past year and a half. Loyalty programs are most popular for fast food. Consumers are snagging deals on social media. Fast Casual.

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Simple Restaurant Marketing Plan for 2021 [PDF Template]

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As restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan, too. To help, we’ve created the ultimate restaurant marketing guide, covering strategy, creative, branding, marketing channels, paid and unpaid advertising, and so much more. What are they ordering?

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Four Steps to Bring in Hungry Customers with Direct Mail

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This sudden interest in food has led to the rise of social media influencer “foodies” whose star power rivals Food Network hosts. And with millions of recipes being shared over social media channels daily, this interest will surely grow over time. The targeting isn't exact, but there are some cost savings.