Branding, Foodservice Brand Marketing, Restaurant Advertising, Restaurant Marketing, Restaurant Promotions, Uncategorized
8 More Restaurant Promotions (Number 5 is Hot Right Now) Running a restaurant can be tricky. Especially when you have to operate all the day-to-day drama along with marketing the business as well. That’s why HotOperator has come up with 8 More Restaurant Promotions....
Foodservice Brand Marketing, Restaurant Marketing, Restaurant Social Media, Social Media
Let’s face it, getting customers into your restaurant can be very difficult. Most operators are looking at declining sales, or customers who are simply dining with them less often. Prices are high and discretionary income is low. So even though gas prices are in line,...
Branding, Foodservice Brand Marketing, Menu Design, Restaurant Marketing, Restaurant Social Media
Does Your Restaurant Menu Represent Your Food? I was out with friends for dinner the other night at a fairly upscale restaurant and was offered a really terrible menu. My friends all know that I have spent the last 30 years working with restaurant operators all over...
Branding, Foodservice Brand Marketing, Menu Design, Menu Engineering, Restaurant Advertising, Restaurant Marketing
Prime Restaurant Turnaround: How HotOperator Helped an Oklahoma Operator Save His Restaurant We’ve worked with a restaurant operator in Enid, Oklahoma, for more than a decade. Enid is a city of just over 50,000 people and a mostly industrial community. This operator...
Branding, Menu Design, Menu Engineering, Menu Makeover, Menu Matrix, Restaurant Advertising, Restaurant Marketing, restaurant menu design, Restaurant Social Media, Social Media
From a Recent Ad: Fire Your Agency (If You Have One) A recent ad popped up on social media telling me to fire my agency. Well, if I have one. Having been in the food business for more than I care to admit, I’ve seen some changes in how restaurant operators advertise...
Foodservice Brand Marketing, Menu Design, Menu Engineering, Restaurant Marketing, Restaurant Social Media, Social Media
Got a call from a potential client the other day asking what we’re currently working on. His words: “So, whatcha workin’ on and why should I care?” I thought that’s pretty direct, but it also pointed out that I haven’t posted much about that lately. So here’s a...
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