Even so , while it is the most promising marketing tools , it shockingly reported that a study in 2012 made by Restaurant Sciences Industry confirmed that 95% of independent restaurants don’t have a website optimized for mobile devices and only about 50% of chain restaurants have one. Mobile applications ( mobile apps ) used by restaurant and development to use them to work specifically for Chain restaurant has been just picking up
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4. Mobile Sites
• Mobile is getting hotter
by the day!
• When people get hungry
they search for you with
their smartphones
• Mobile websites convert
potential customers into
paying customers much
more effectively
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5. Crank Up Your Revenues
• The mobile web is the fastest
growing communication channel in
history
• Soon it will be the Mobile Web that
will be the #1 source of information
in the world!
• You need to monetize this!
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6. Crank Up Your Revenues
• People on the go and tourists
frequently use their smartphones to
find a place where they can eat
• Mobile will allow you to have all
these hungry bellies marching to
your restaurant!
• Having a mobile presence is not an
option any more!
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7. Customer Engagement
• Be connected to your customers
anywhere and anytime!
• Customers can:
– take advantage of your specials and
coupons
– opt-in for coupons or event
information in your restaurant
– make a reservation
– and much much more!
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8. Enhanced Experience
• Modern customers want • Forward-thinking
an easy experience restaurants are adding
– In the restaurant diet and calorie
– On the web information to their
– From their smartphone online menus
9. Customers as brand advocates
• 67% of mobile web
viewers are more likely to
recommend your
restaurant than desktop
viewers
• Younger customers prefer
the mobile version of your
site
10. The Art Of Not Missing Out On Business
• Mobile marketing represents a
great opportunity to all
restaurants
• Your customers are on the move.
– They might be just around the
corner but will they know about
you?
• Get those last minute customers
by going mobile!
11. The Art Of Not Missing Out On Business
• Remember customers want to interact with you
just as much as you want to interact with them
• Not having a mobile optimized site will drive
people on the go away from you
• Your competitors are going mobile
• So stay competitive!
13. Mobile Landing Pages
• Why use a mobile • You need to capture the
landing page when you contact information of
can have a full-blown these potential
mobile version of your customers
website? • Here is why…
• When customers are
visiting your site they
leave no trace – you
can’t tell anyone was
ever there
14. Make A List Of Your Customers
• A landing page is an • Give away freebies &
effective and simple capture their info!
way of gathering a • It will pay back!
potential customer’s
contact information
• Create a landing page
with a special offer in
exchange for an email
or a phone number
15. Spread The Word
• Now you have a list of your
regular and potential
customers!
• Don’t spam, offer value!
• They will keep on coming
back!
• Your revenues will go
through the roof!
17. Social Media
• Social Media is here to • Social Media doesn’t
stay cost money, only time
• It is a relatively • Resistance to Social
inexpensive marketing Media is futile!
tool
• Particularly useful for
smaller businesses that
cannot afford big
marketing campaigns
18. Compete
• Your competitors are already making it big in
the Social Media world
• If your business does not have a social media
presence you will miss out on revenues
• Your competitors are engaging customers
using Social Media. It’s time to compete!
19. Get Involved
• Social Media is not just about creating a
Facebook Fan page
• Active management is essential
• Listen to your customers’ feedback
• Converse with your customers
• Build rapport
20. Be User Friendly
• Link your Social Media pages with your
site
• Don’t depend on customers to hunt down
your Social Media themselves – more
than half are sure to give up!
• Place links front and center so no one will
miss them!
• Make it easy for them to refer you
(or like you)
21. Rewards
• Reward all those that • Offer discounts, free
take time to write you drinks or special
positive referrals treatment like preferred
• Rewards will seating to all those who
incentivize others to recommend your
join in! restaurant
• Create a snowball effect
with positive referrals
and dominate your
competitors!
22. Improve
• Analyze both good and • The customer’s point of
bad feedback gathered view is important and
from Social Media their feedback may be
• Keep the good and fix invaluable!
the bad
23. Branding
• Social Media is great for creating your brand!
• Make your brand known to the whole world!
• Attract not only locals but also people from
other cities and countries!
24. Options
• There are many social media platforms…too
many in fact…
• It might be overwhelming at first for
restaurants that are just starting out with Social
Media
• Here is what we recommend!
26. Facebook Fan Pages
• Facebook is the most popular social media
platform
• Facebook Fan Pages are a great way to collect
feedback from your customers
27. Facebook Is Big
• There are currently
over 900 million
users on Facebook
• Crowd builds even
bigger crowd
• Start attracting people
now!
28. Spread The Word
• Spread your brand!
• Spread information
about your special
events and offers!
• Facebook allows you to
choose your target
audience
– Use that to effectively
drive customers to your
business
29. Reputation
• Collect feedback from your
customers and respond to their
questions
• Raise your responsiveness –
improve your reputation!
• Thousands of fans will provide
you with the reputation and a
promotional channel to boot!
30. Build Relationships
• Facebook Fan Pages are • Facebook Fan Pages are
an amazing opportunity an amazing opportunity
to build relationships to build relationships
with your customers with your customers
• Make your fan page less
about you and more
about your customers
• Don’t spam – let your
promotions be of value
to others
32. YouTube
• YouTube is the second
largest search engine in
the world
• Having a YouTube
Channel helps your SEO
• Combine Facebook with
YouTube to drive even
more traffic
33. Turn It Into A Video
• Turn your events and advertisements into a
video!
• Stream your cooks making food and show it to
customers
• Everybody likes videos – get your customers
excited!
34. Google Owns YouTube
• You might not be aware but Google bought
YouTube
• Creating a YouTube channel will
instantaneously increase your SEO
• Use video to score higher in Google’s search
results!
35. Promotion & Branding
• YouTube isn’t just for watching cute kittens
• Every big company and most small businesses
have a YouTube channel
• You need to compete!
• Do you want to lose to that Chinese restaurant
across the street just because they have a
YouTube channel and you don’t?
36. Your Own Broadcast
• A good video gives a better impression than
any photo
• YouTube is like a personal TV station –
broadcast your advertisements for free to the
whole world!