Posted on May 9, 2012 by Savanna
Customers search millions of things a day on many different search engines. In order to take advantage of these searches, restaurants can use keywords and phrases to increase their SEO ratings and learn more about what their customers are really searching for. The big mistake that restaurants do at the beginning of creating their keyword [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2012 by Savanna
Today there are tons of different promotional tools that restaurants can use to increase their business. It can be difficult however to tell which ones are best for them. There are a few key tools that can be especially useful for promotions and spreading the word about their restaurants. Foursquare This is a tool that [...]
Posted in Branding, Marketing Tips, Mobile Marketing, Restaurant Industry Trends, Social Media Marketing, Trends | Tags: foursquare, opentable, pintrest, yelp | No Comments
Posted on April 18, 2012 by Savanna
Google is a powerhouse when it comes to the internet. They are involved in everything from search engines to applications to advertising and promotions. One of their best creations, Google Analytics, has an array of features that restaurants can use to help track their customers and increase their effectiveness. It is used on 57% of [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2012 by Savanna
You have your online ordering website setup, but how to you get people to actually use it? There are a number of ways in which a restaurant can make their online ordering system more appealing to their customers. 1.Increase awareness: Tell all your customers about your online menu through email, face-to-face, and through social media. [...]
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Posted on April 4, 2012 by Savanna
Restaurants have heard the buzz about mobile devices. In 2011, 31.8 percent of handsets that were sold were smartphones and there were 234 million people age 13 and up who owned a mobile device in the United States. But what is new is not the devices themselves, but how people are viewing online webpages with [...]
Posted in digital menu, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry Trends | Tags: html 5, mobile ordering system | No Comments
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Savanna
In today’s fast paced and technology based society, credit cards are becoming more frequently used than cash. Over 200 million people have at least one credit card with the average of people owning about 3.5 cards. Restaurants have evolved and taken advantage of this type of payment, but the process of using online ordering and [...]
Posted in digital menu, New Restaurant Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, touch screen ordering | Tags: credit card, online ordering system, restaurant | No Comments
Posted on March 21, 2012 by Savanna
It can be assumed that restaurants have heard the buzz about Google+, but do you even know the benefits or how to start one? Google+ was a little bit of a mystery at its beginning in 2011, but now it has become something of importance in the business community. The benefits and opportunities that are [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2012 by Savanna
You have your online menu set up, but how are you going to get those orders sent to your restaurant so you can actually make them? MenuDrive gives its customers a variety of different options when it comes to receiving orders. There are four ways by which a restaurant can have orders delivered to them [...]
Posted in Customer Service, digital menu, Industry News, iPad, New Restaurant Technology, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry News, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, touch screen ordering, Trends | Tags: POS integration, POS system | No Comments
Posted on March 7, 2012 by Savanna
Deciding on a POS system for a restaurant is a big commitment. There are hundreds of different systems out on the market that restaurants can use and this can make it difficult to decide which one is best for their business. Certain steps should be taken to ensure that a restaurant will be getting the [...]
Posted in Customer Service, digital menu, New Restaurant Technology, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry News, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, touch screen ordering, Trends | Tags: POS system | No Comments
Posted on February 22, 2012 by Savanna
As a previous employee of the foodservice industry, I know the dread of seeing a huge group of customers ready to come in and order all at once. Mistakes are always made and it is very stressful for the employees to try and make all the customers happy. Online ordering has resolved some of these [...]
Posted in Customer Service, digital menu, Mobile Marketing, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, Trends, Uncategorized | Tags: group ordering | No Comments