7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Create a content competition User-generated content ( UGC ) is massively popular among the college crowd. But if your restaurant successfully markets to college students , and you capitalize on the demand for fast, fresh, and smart lunch options, you might recover some of those losses (and grow your fanbase in the process).

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Indoor Media

APRIL 22, 2021

For others, this may mean setting parameters around the content you want and identifying other accounts for inspiration. If you post less than this, the algorithms that run these sites are less likely to promote your content organically. For some, this may be a matter of figuring out how often you want to post.

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EATER

DECEMBER 8, 2023

You can undoubtedly find a bottle at your local grocery store for a few bucks — and yet some folks will pay hundreds of dollars for one. That price tag might seem extreme, but it’s perhaps justified given the amount of work that went into the bottle’s creation. Kikkoman Foods A warehouse at the Kikkoman plant in Walworth, Wisconsin.

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Indoor Media

APRIL 29, 2021

Studies show that users who post photos, videos, stories, and reels on Instagram are more likely to be featured on the explore page. An easy way to keep your fans engaged is to share any tagged content. When somebody tags your business or posts a video of your products, make sure to post it to your feed and tag them back!

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Restaurant Engine

DECEMBER 27, 2023

When you partner with a local influencer for your restaurant, the cost can often be much less than you think. Restaurants who use influencers know that if the influencer shares a story or a reel about one of your menu items with a link to your website and online ordering system, their business will increase over time.

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Bingage

JULY 18, 2020

Do Register Locally (Basic SEO). Be easy to find out by your local audience, register your business on Google my business, and increase your searchability on Google. If possible start a blog that allows you to produce good content on the relevant subject. Re-share customer’s content. Let’s start – 1.

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Bingage

JULY 18, 2020

Do Register Locally (Basic SEO). Be easy to find out by your local audience, register your business on Google my business, and increase your searchability on Google. If possible start a blog that allows you to produce good content on the relevant subject. Re-share customer’s content. Let’s start – .

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Introducing: Loyal Local, ChowNow’s Free Loyalty Program for Restaurants. Chances are that many of your diners are taking pictures of your food and tagging both your account and location. Keep customers engaged with email. Social media for restaurants should go further than organic posts.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 21, 2022

Launching a new menu lets you have some great catchy content that will level up your restaurant’s advertising game. Similarly, you can also reach out to social media influencers who can post content on your behalf to promote your new menu and pricing in a creative and entertaining format. . A Pamphlet In The Newspaper .

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MadMobile

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It allows users to create, upload, and share the most diverse content. Today, content creators have a massive impact on consumers buying decisions. Adding local hashtags and relevant keywords can make it easier for users to find and engage with your content. What is TikTok? The globe has 4.8

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Basant Baruah, Senior Content Marketer, Beaconstac. They'll likely post about the event tagging you and your restaurant, driving more traffic and their followers to come visit you in the coming days and weeks. Social Media : Social Media got more saturated with content when COVID hit.

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Gourmet Marketing

JUNE 20, 2021

Take advantage of Instagram’s built-in filters (specifically “tags” and “places”) to find images that feature your hotel. 3 – Get Involved Locally. It’s all well and good to share photos inside and outside the hotel, but don’t forget to make your locality a focus of your photos too. 4 – Tell A Story.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If you add pictures to your marketing content, you stand to get 94% more views than without. With its “Get online, not in Line” tag on its website, the restaurant makes herding online easy and hassle-free. Your restaurant’s About Us page is your space to tell people your story. Source: Shake Shack Website. About Us’ Section .

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Hashtags are explored, content reviewed, and similar Instagram accounts are scrolled through. Representing your restaurant’s brand online in a friendly, genuine manner will help create connections with guests who will share your stories and continue to grow your business. What is a geotag, and why is it important?

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Lavu

MARCH 16, 2020

Honor a charity, local sports team, or school with a community-oriented fundraiser, and your restaurant will fill up with new customers. If you don’t have the time to organize a charity yourself, connect with your customers and local businesses, and market your restaurant as a site for their next fundraiser! Sell Gift Cards.

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Restaurant Logic

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In this case, restaurant storytelling is an important aspect of differentiating your establishment from so many others in your local area. Define your Establishment’s Story. What matters is the story behind your business and how you came about to open a restaurant in the first place. Encourage Customers to Tweet & Tag.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

You can also schedule your posts or tweets to maintain consistency in posting content. Consider running interesting contests and campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, such as posting user experience stories, tagging pictures, or do a check-in campaign. Always respond to customer tweets, posts, or comments.

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Notch

JANUARY 23, 2019

At the end of the shift, the manager would then inspect the contents of the food box. If you’re looking to reduce your food costs, modern tools like allow you to buy from an entire market of local suppliers —so you can cut down expenses and delivery fees. If he saw good, usable product, the manager would provide some instant training.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 15, 2021

Local searches such as “restaurants near me” account for a large portion of all restaurant searches online. Your local search rank can be impacted by how quickly you respond to reviews, your volume of reviews, and your average rating. Leverage User-Generated Content. User-generated content. Download Now.

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Notch

JANUARY 23, 2019

At the end of the shift, the manager would then inspect the contents of the food box. If you’re looking to reduce your food costs, modern tools like allow you to buy from an entire market of local suppliers —so you can cut down expenses and delivery fees. If he saw good, usable product, the manager would provide some instant training.

Email Marketing 52

Email Marketing Merchandise Website Management Point of Sale 52

The Rail

APRIL 4, 2023

So far, for 2023, it has been reported that consumers watch an average of seventeen hours of video content online each week. If you’re like most restaurants, you’re a locally-based business that relies on local foot traffic to keep the lights on. Share the content they make on your behalf with your audience.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Partner up with another local business Don’t have the time or expertise to whip up special Halloween treats? Partnering up with a local bakery for limited-time Halloween goodies like brownies, cupcakes, and cookies is a great way to boost your sales and make stronger connections in the local community.

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Indoor Media

APRIL 12, 2021

It’s difficult to find the right balance of tags — especially when you’re not even sure why you’re using them. At first, these phrases or words almost look like bumper stickers, and some worry they may discredit their content, but they couldn’t be more wrong. This makes your content “discoverable.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

There has also been an increase in review content for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses (up 9X) and nightlife (up 13X). The full report, which can be accessed here , also found that as the economy re-opens, restaurants are a top choice for an outing, but consumers plan to stick to local restaurants they’re familiar with.

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The Rail

JULY 15, 2022

Remember, the ultimate goal of using hashtags is to put you in front of your target audience and provide them with the right content when they land on your Instagram profile. There are some tools that help restaurant business owners and marketers choose the right hashtags relevant to the content and niche. Source: Statista.

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 26, 2021

Restaurant Talent Marketing Focus #1: CONTENT. Content marketing is just flat out expensive—or at least that’s the pushback I’ve heard from any number of leaders through the years. The good news is that you already have some amazing content creators working for you. Do they always tag the brand? Promote their content.

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 26, 2021

Restaurant Talent Marketing Focus #1: CONTENT. Content marketing is just flat out expensive—or at least that’s the pushback I’ve heard from any number of leaders through the years. The good news is that you already have some amazing content creators working for you. Do they always tag the brand? Promote their content.

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Open for Business

JULY 7, 2023

Credit: Getty Images Hospitality, online Gone are the days when the whole story of hospitality began and ended in the restaurant. Creating content for the various feeds can feel like the most important thing that happens on Instagram or Tiktok. Ask questions, share posts from guests who’ve tagged you, and respond to comments.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 30, 2020

Consider factors such as your brand loyalty and your footprint in your local neighborhood. Obeying local regulations from your local food handlers’ association. Delivery range (your delivery radius in your locale). Alcohol delivery and local regulations [see below]. Completing staff training. Vehicle insurance.

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Black Box Intelligence

JUNE 12, 2022

In addition, it shows you urgent items, like a food influencer tagging one of your locations. This gives your brand a steady flow of free and genuine content for Instagram stories without effort. If your brand is focused on corporate deals and conferences, go for LinkedIn and local entrepreneurial communities. Last Words.

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Next Restaurants

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The fast-moving pace of social media, though, demands fresh content daily. The up-to-the-minute nature of social media means you need to use (quality) ad-hoc content too. That’s user-generated content , to you and me. UGC is fancy speak for content ( photos & video ) generated ( created ) by your users ( guests/followers ).

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MBB Hospitality

MARCH 18, 2019

Did you know that there are over 200 million posts tagged #food and 23 million tagged with #drinks, food and beverage photos on Instagram? Dubbed food porn it is the one of the most popular type of content on the social media channel. How to create content that will go viral. Choose who you partner with carefully.

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EATER

AUGUST 30, 2021

But while other locales can at least offer some seclusion from the world in the form of a beach or an island, Times Square is in the middle of everything. By then, it was 5:30, and we were finally allowed to head up to the two-story 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar, on the hotel’s top floors with views of nearly the whole island. Drinking a “W.

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Indoor Media

JANUARY 20, 2021

Most small businesses don’t have the means to hire a social media manager, so it’s up to the owner to produce their company’s content. Managing a mix of social media accounts or email newsletters is a lot of work, and without the right message, you could end up wasting hours on content that gains little to no impressions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

I’ve known Jitse since 2007 and his story is much like mine. Supported by Just Eat Takeaway.com, we intend to accelerate our mission to be the fastest, best and most rewarding way to order food from your favourite local restaurants in North America and around the world. Today, Grubhub is a leader across North America.

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