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Ultimate Restaurant Website Design Guide for Beginners

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Diners are turning to online ordering in increasing numbers because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on on-premise dining. According to a survey conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, 40% of Americans are ordering more food for takeout and delivery now than they were before the pandemic. Online ordering - Ditto.

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6 Ways Chatbots Can Help Restaurant Businesses

Social Hospitality

C ustomer interaction points can range from mobile apps, third-party food aggregator apps, social media, and chat apps. Streamline Reservations and Order Management Restaurant employees devote a lot of time to reservation management and customer orders. One of those avenues is Chatbots.

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Driving Recovery and Revenue with Digital Marketing Strategies

Modern Restaurant Management

By optimizing their websites, restaurateurs make it easy for patrons find their business online which can lead to more customers dining in and/or ordering online. To “Google optimize” their websites, restaurateurs should: Make them mobile friendly. The fact is, mobile optimized websites fare better in search rankings.

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The 10 Best Bits of Advice We Heard on Season 1 of the Restaurant Growth Podcast

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Your smartphone is your restaurant's media center. It's a full-on media company. Shawn is the host of not one but two podcasts— Digital Hospitality and Restaurant Influencers —and he stopped by ours to talk about creating a media brand out of your restaurant. That smartphone is your media center. Why texting?

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Restaurant Marketing for Inflationary Times

Modern Restaurant Management

It combines different online and offline strategies to promote a restaurant and increase orders. Optimize the website for mobile screens. Communicate with Customers on Social Media. Meet your guests on social media. Such content showcases the brand favorably and works as social proof.

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How To Create a Fair Holiday Work Schedule For Restaurants

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You can reference average party size, takeout vs. on-premise orders, the popular menu items, and other key metrics to to forecast restaurant sales. This program incentivizes employees to tap into their networks and refer people to work in your restaurant in exchange for a reward, like extra time off or a cash bonus.

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Taking a Bite Out of the QSR Market through Effective Advertising

Modern Restaurant Management

billion on national television advertisements, and digital spend is also on the rise given the increasing influence of social media platforms like TikTok. How do brands know if their media spend is making an impact with diners? No matter the size, a brand always wants to gain more market share in order to secure higher profits.