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26 Proven Ways to Market Your Restaurant Online and Increase Bookings

7 Shifts

Photos of your menu items, ambiance, and even happy customers will give potential guests a glimpse of the dining experience you offer. Use it to share updates, special events, or new menu items. For example, you can promote your seasonal dishes or happy hour specials. It's an active marketing tool.

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What are Some Additional Ways to Build Revenue Streams and Prepare for the Winter Months?

Modern Restaurant Management

With outdoor dining occupying the foreground, and bars and indoor dining taking a back seat to consumer preferences, it begs the question: what happens when it gets cold? Outdoor dining works great during the warmer weather, and for facilitating additional curbside/delivery. One key to making this a success is marketing.

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Restaurant Patio Guide: How to Get More Profit With Outdoor Seating

SpotOn

However, getting more guests in seats through outdoor dining can also come at a cost, both in time and money. Having managed a restaurant with an extremely popular patio and brunch menu, I know this firsthand. Add colorful hanging flower pots on special occasions like Easter, Mother's Day, and the Fourth of July.

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17 Restaurant Promotion Ideas To Boost Orders And Customer Loyalty

ChowNow

When business slows down, its easy to blame the season, the weather, or people not going out like they used to, but sometimes all customers need is a good reminder or the right reason to show up again. If youve got a big outdoor patio, maybe a summer evening special event is the best move. Most importantly, know your audience.

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The 11 Best Restaurant Event Ideas That Actually Bring In New Customers And Keep Regulars Excited

ChowNow

Pick your event idea by looking at your: Venue size and layout Customer demographic Available resources Time of year (season) Community Write out each of these factors, and a picture will emerge of which restaurant event idea will best fit your location. Get the word out to regulars and people curious about your restaurant.

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An Eater’s Guide to Sri Lanka

EATER

Grandmas in floral cheeththa dresses deep-fry kokis (flower-shaped coconut rice snacks); cafes pour cups of frothy, milky tea; families set up outdoor fires to slow-cook baby jackfruit in coconut milk; and tappers climb kithul (fishtail palm) trees to collect sap for treacle and jaggery. Rooms start at $45 in the high season.

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Outdoor Dining Boom: How Restaurants Can Capitalize on the Al Fresco Opportunity

Modern Restaurant Management

As the weather warms and patios come alive, restaurants across the country are gearing up for a summer of outdoor dining. According to data from Tock, nearly a third of restaurants in Tock’s network have the space needed to serve guests outdoors, with 33 percent having an existing space.

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