Marketing

I was on the phone with Jamie Oikle of RestaurantReport.com and learned they are going to publish a magazine that I thought any independent restaurant owner or manager should have. In fact, I [...]

Selling more wine! A brilliant idea. You may have noticed I didn’t make a Blog entry last week. Well I was in Myrtle Beach, SC for a few days, so my schedule just didn’t allow me enough time to [...]

Increase Sales with a Server Incentive Called “Server Poker.” All too often when we run server incentive programs for our sales people, servers and bartenders, the underperforming [...]

Who’s Watching Your Restaurant When You’re Not There? My goal when I started my Restaurant Coaching Business was to provide you, the Independent Restaurant Owner, the tools and [...]

Happy Birthday Susan! (She my partner and wife…it’s her birthday today) We just finished three straight nights of birthday dinners for my wife Susan. The first night was at one of our [...]

I goofed! I printed too many November Issues of the The SMART Systems’ Insider Newsletter. So, if you’re not already a Member, I’m hoping you’ll take one of my hands. [...]

Do you want to know how couple with young kids chooses a restaurant? Well, being a married man with two children under the age of 6 years old I can tell you from real life experience. In fact [...]

Well it’s that time of year! The time for restaurants to improve their cash flow and get the shot in the arm that it needs. How do we as restaurant operators do that? Sell Gift Cards! And a [...]