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By David Scott Peters Restaurant Tip of the Week Tell people what’s going on Put a fishbowl up front to collect business cards for a free lunch. Do a drawing for one winner a day for something [...]

By David Scott Peters Restaurant Tip of the Week Tell people what’s going on Have a calendar of events to tell people what’s going on in your restaurant. Include everything from live music to the [...]

By Greg McGuire Guest Blogger A common misconception in the food service business is that booking live music takes more time and effort than it’s worth. The process of finding bands, paying them, [...]

By David Scott Peters As I explained in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series of restaurant marketing ideas, you can’t wait for your customers to find you. You have to go to them. This [...]

By David Scott Peters This series of marketing ideas for restaurants is all about getting out of your restaurant. You can take to the streets and give people a reason to come in as I described in [...]

By David Scott Peters As I said in “How to Generate Business for Your Restaurant FAST – Part 1”, one of the best ways to generate business for your restaurant is to get our [...]

I find that restaurant owners are very interested in restaurant marketing ideas. As a restaurant expert and coach, I focus on using systems to decrease your costs and increase your sales. I warn [...]

By Jenny Brooks Read this article for some fall promotional inspiration from the Big Chains. In offering this recommended reading, I’m not suggesting you should copy the promotional ideas, [...]

By Jenny Brooks Get invovled in this great cause to end childhood hunger in America. Community involvement is essential for any business. Not only are you doing some good with your business [...]

By Jenny Brooks I came across these three cheap public relations tactics for independent restaurants and wanted to share them. I wrote them for an issue of the SMART Systems Insider. These are [...]