Fun restaurant anniversary ideas to promote your eatery

Key quotes:

• "Since it’s so easy to keep track of sales with your POS system, why not reward the customer of your 50th transaction with a discount? Ultimately, you want your customers to know that they’re just as appreciated during a busy holiday season as they are during the slushy days of March."
• "Use your POS system to take notes of customer information that will help you provide them with a personalized experience every time they walk through your door."
• "Use your POS system to take notes of customer information that will help you provide them with a personalized experience every time they walk through your door."
• "To let your customers know that you appreciate all that they do for your business, slip pre-written thank you cards into their shopping bags."
• "If your business is likely to take a hit because of a rainy day, show customers that brave the foul weather how much you appreciate their business by providing a reward or incentive for them to visit you during less-than-ideal conditions."

Key quotes:

• "Adding this option allows the business to offer wi-fi to customers in exchange for an email address or by signing into to their Facebook/Twitter social profiles, which also allows clients to capture customer’s email address.” -Deepa Khatri Marketing Coordinator and PPC Specialist FM Outsource Did you read the last idea and think, “Yeah, but how do I get all those email addresses?” If so, don’t worry."
• "The number of impressions you can get on daily basis can compare with ad buys and it’s a no-brainer to capitalize on potential customers literally right outside your door.” -Liz Mazzei Freelance Marketing Director and Producer LizMazzei.com For the kind of restaurant that relies even in part on foot traffic, signs are still a great, low-tech way to reach people."
• "All the content you need is what makes your restaurant unique.” -Kim Randall Social Brand Strategist KiMedia Strategies It’s a fundamental truth of blogging for business: no one wants to read a sales pitch."

Key quotes:

• "Try before you buy gives new guests the opportunity to get a taster of your offerings without risk to them."
• "Or promote the first use of your events room for free if they book a string of events."
• "Create a whole day around the event with custom menus, activities, decorations and costumes to encourage locals and guests to attend."
• "For example, you could offer an extra night free when they book at least two nights."
• "If you’re an expert on a specific topic your guests love too, you can build new connections with promotions centred around that topic."
• "You could simply offer special discounts for booking early, but there are plenty of other options to consider."

Key quotes:

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• "The ideal destination for spring vacations, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club offers a myriad of opportunities for adventure, including paddle-boarding, flat-tire beach bicycling, ocean kayaking, daily children’s activities and more."
• "Home of the popular, retro-inspired Recreation Bar by leading bar and restaurant operator Jon Neidich, the venue offers guests and locals alike a collaborative co-working space by day and cocktail lounge by night with free-to-play traditional arcade games like skee-ball, Pacman, foosball, and more."

Transcript: So after reading a lot of these online list of the best restaurant marketing techniques out there and these 25 best marketing techniques for restaurants or marketing tools and tips I noticed one thing is that all of them are either very dated or common-sense and a lot of them had to do with claim your Google page claim your Yelp page claim all your online directories I think that falls in the common sense realm so we'll leave those alone but here's my tips for the steps of marketing a restaurant correctly and something that's actually going to bring people in the door today in 2017 and 2018 number one I think that the very first thing you should do and get a professional food and architecture photo shoot done hire a professional photographer don't use your server who has a cool camera don't use your iPhone don't use any that stuff please hire a professional the differences are night and day the guy's gonna cost you three four hundred bucks you can use these photos for years literally two three years you can use these four so it's some of the best ROI you're gonna possibly get you... See more →