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Restaurant Owner Interview Series: Gil Gonzalez of El Cancun
Restaurant Owners in Rock Hill don't often take the spotlight. They're usually busy in the kitchen, managing employees, and spending time with their customers and families. Zander at Sharpen Marketing has set out to find and interview restaurant owners local to York...
How to Use Coupons as a Marketing Weapon in Your Restaurant Marketing Arsenal
Restaurants that use coupons and vouchers experience much higher rates of success. Let's face it... people love a good deal. And when the food is good too, you can guarantee they'll be back. My wife and I always figure out what coupons we have first before going out...
The Ugly Truth About Delivery Services Like DoorDash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats Every Restaurant Owner Should Know
Chances are you've either contacted (or have been contacted by) DoorDash, GrubHub, or Uber Eats if you own a restaurant. They're great third-party restaurant delivery services that allow you to easily get food delivered to your customers so they never have to leave...
Why Your Bar Crowd is Dead and How to Finally Get a Line Out the Door in Only 7 Days
After playing in a professional bar band for 4 years, I learned some things... you know... learned things past how to take shots of fireball, how to get better tips performing, and how to make the ladies like you. I learned that in order to book a gig at a new...
How You Can Use Your Phone to Get Pro-Level Photos of Your Restaurant’s Food
As you know, smartphones these days have fantastic cameras. You can do so much with the phone you carry in your pocket. You can even sometimes avoid paying an expensive restaurant photographer if you know how to take great photos using your phone. While it still takes...
7 Books Every Restaurant Owner Should Read to Improve Their Marketing: The Best Books for Restaurant Owners
Looking to find the best & most useful books for restaurants or breweries? In this article, we're list out 7 of the best books for restaurant owners to read that will help improve their marketing & sales. These are books we've read and studied that really hit...
Little Known Ways to Use Instagram for Your Restaurant
Fact: Most restaurant owners don't understand the value of using hashtags on Instagram. Using hashtags are essential to reaching more people in your posts! In this article, we're going to discuss how to use Instagram for Restaurants by sharing 6 of the little known...
How Restaurants Can Turn Facebook into a Marketing Machine: 6 Ways to Increase ROI & Save Time Using Automation
In this article, we're going to go over 6 new ways to track return on investment (ROI) and save you time using automation. We'll explain how using a combination of Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Messaging Automation Software will help show you, a restaurant owner,...
5 Shocking Marketing Mistakes Killing Your Restaurant’s Sales
Smart restaurant owners know that just opening your restaurant isn't enough, you have to market it daily, market it well, and do whatever it takes to get people in the door. But most restaurant owners fail to use social media marketing in an effective way because they...
How to Improve Online Reviews Using Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger has risen to be one of the most effective marketing tools known to the industry. We've done the research and testing, and we're excited to write this new post on how to improve online reviews with Facebook Messenger. We hope this blog post inspires...
How Your Ugly Website is Affecting Your Business
Are you embarrassed by your company's ugly website? Maybe you know it doesn't look 'great' but you're proud because you created it yourself. Let's talk about how your ugly website is affecting your business. User Experience User experience is everything when it comes...
Website Design Checklist for Restaurants, Breweries and Bars
Are you a restaurant owner or a restaurant web designer? If so, you probably came to this page because you want to make sure you're not missing something on your website. Or perhaps you need a new website and you're trying to collect information so the process goes...