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Social Media Use In Restaurants: It’s For Real!
Many restaurants have come to harness the power of social media. They realize that this is one of the best ways to connect with prospective diners. But guess what? It doesn’t have to stop there. Restaurants can also use social media to their advantage once people are in the seats.
There used to be a time when sitting down for a meal was an opportunity to converse and enjoy each other’s company. While this can still hold true, things have changed. Now a majority of people spend most of their meals on their smartphones. Eating alone has almost been normalized by the accompaniment of a smart phone.
Social media use in restaurants is on the rise. From a restaurant’s perspective, this presents a big opportunity. Knowing that people use social media while dining, restaurants should consider the following:
1. High Speed, Free Wi-Fi
Restaurants with high speed, free Wi-Fi have a much better chance of customers posting and correctly tagging or checking in to your location. And here is why: people don’t want to burn through their data. They are much more likely to spend time online when it’s fast and free.
2. Take it to the Next Level
Ways You Can Use Tweetwall to Engage Employees
Many of you are familiar with using Tweetwall for live events. This is a great way to engage attendees and boost social sharing. But did you know that Tweetwall can also bring a variety of benefits to an office environment?
As a company owner or executive, you are always looking for new ways to engage employees. Doing so can boost productivity, improve efficiency, and keep workers excited about their job. With the help of Tweetwall, you will find it easier than ever to engage employees. Here is how this technology can be implemented:
1. Giveaways Based on Engagement
Are you seeking ways to encourage social sharing by your employees? If so, a giveaway based on engagement and number of tweets is a great place to start. The prize could even be a shoutout on your company social media pages (if you have a larger following).
Thanks to Tweetwall, the results can be tracked in real time. This gamification gives employees a good idea of where they stand, how the competition is shaping up, and of course, what they have to do to win. Some good, friendly competition never hurt anyone, especially when it will help boost your sales. The […]
Everything You Need to Know About Digital Signage in Restaurants
A decade ago, if you went around telling people that one day, everything from their fridge to their TV to their coffee machine would connect to the Internet, they’d look at you like you had two heads. And yet that’s exactly the world we live in. We bring more aspects of our everyday lives online with each passing day, enabling extra functionality and a level of interaction none of us could have imagined.
But…what exactly does that mean for you as a restaurant owner? I mean, you could certainly hook up stuff in your kitchen to the web, maybe help your cooks and dishwashers work more efficiently. And you can’t go wrong with a digitized ordering system, right?
Think bigger.
See, one of the most significant trends of the modern-day aside from connected devices is the fact that everything – and I do mean everything – is on social media. You have people who post their whole life on Instagram, millennials who are never without Snapchat, and kids who treat Twitter as a stream-of-consciousness journal rather than a public forum. And while there are certainly some embarrassing flubs associated with this sort of world, the potential to engage […]
Three Awesome Types Of Retreats You Can Host (And How To Host Them Successfully)
Have you ever wanted to just step back and get away from it all? Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city around you to relax on a remote beach, or explore the woods? You’re definitely not alone in that.
Today, we live in a hyperconnected electronic and digital world. On a daily basis, we’re bombarded with information from both our professional and personal lives – who can blame us for feeling a bit overwhelmed? Who can blame us for looking to escape the noise for a while?
It’s precisely that desire that makes retreat-styled events such a great option. Whether you’re looking to promote a brand or simply foster goodwill amongst your employees, there are few things that bring people together to a greater extent. Today, I’d like to explore three different types of retreats, and offer up a few tips that’ll help you nail each respective one.
First Thing’s First: A Few Words of Advice
Before we get into the intimate details of each ‘type’ of retreat, I think it’s important that we start with a bit of cursory advice. Regardless of what kind of retreat you intend to host, all […]
Ten Tips To Figure Out Who To Market To
Bungled marketing: we’ve all experienced it at one point or another. An online ad supposedly targeted at us swings completely wide of our actual interests. A TV spot on a network we’re watching is totally irrelevant to us – and to most of the other people watching that network, as well. An ad on Facebook that couldn’t be aimed at a worse target.
These marketing efforts might all be great on their own – witty, funny, or intriguing enough to be a success. The only problem is that they’re targeted at entirely the wrong audience. Somewhere along the line, the team responsible for them missed a beat, and as a result, everything falls flat.
It’s pretty obvious how you can avoid falling into the same trap, right? You just need to know your audience. Trouble is…how do you do that?
What steps can you take to ensure that you’re marketing to exactly the right people?
Look at Your Prior Marketing Efforts
As noted by Denyse Drummond-Dunn of Marketing Profs, one of the most common mistakes made when determining the direction and scope of a company’s marketing efforts is that they assume each product or audience […]
Tips for Planning an Event Abroad
Planning an event abroad can be a great idea, but here is something you need to remember: it brings forth a variety of unique challenges. If you are in charge of pulling off an event outside of the United States, there are going to be many additional challenges that rear their ugly head that you probably aren’t used to, or even worse: not ready for.
Learn the Language
You don’t need to be 100 percent proficient in the language, but it definitely makes sense to become familiar with common words and phrases. Not only will this help once you touch down, but it can go a long way in removing stress from the planning process. You are coming into another country as a guest, so keep this in mind when learning. Be sure to learn faux pas and beware of accidental mix-ups with pronunciation that could cause issues.
Doing this is worth your time to help assimilate quickly to the environment and show locals that you are working with that you at least gave it a shot to be able to work easily with them in their first language.
Double Check the Details
Remember this: there is a […]
The date is set. Your team is in place. The only thing left is to get the word out. Simply put, your marketing strategy will make or break the success of your event.
If you are unsure of how to market your event, it’s best to start with the basics. Once you lay the foundation, everything will come together. From there, you can move into more advanced strategies as time and money allows.
Below are five simple yet effective marketing tips for your next event:
1. It Starts with the Event Website
It doesn’t matter if you have a separate domain for the event or a webpage on your primary website, nothing changes the fact that this is the cornerstone of your marketing strategy.
This page should include the following:
- Detailed description of the event
- Agenda
- Event related images and video
- Pricing information
- Register button and form
ALSO SEE: HOW TO CREATE AN EVENT PAGE THAT INCREASES CONVERSIONS
If you don’t have an event website you won’t have much luck from a marketing perspective. This is step number one, so do it now!
2. Get an Early Start
It is never too soon to market an […]
So you market for your next event and it’s working! People are rushing to your landing page to get more information and purchase their tickets or RSVP. You now have a captive audience who is ready to join in, now what? Are you prepared to keep them entertained and excited about your event? Will they actually purchase tickets?
Before you declare your event page perfect, here are some questions to answer:
- What is the primary purpose of the page? Do you want visitors to buy a ticket, provide an email address, or take some other step?
- What type of information have you included on your event page?
- How has the page converted in the past?
Like most event planners, you want visitors to commit on the spot. When somebody shows interest, such as by visiting your event page, you want to “cash in” without delay. Once they leave the page, you never know if they will return in the future.
Listed below, you will find three easy ways to alter your event page in a manner that increases conversions:
1. Remove the Clutter
More information is better, right? Not really. There is no denying the fact that you need to […]
How Can You Bring Your Icebreakers Into The Digital Era?
Sparking a conversation with a group was difficult enough before the Internet existed. Now, however, we’re living in a society where all of us are bombarded with information on a daily basis, such that any message which doesn’t immediately stand out is lost in all the noise. There’s even a term for it – information overload.
Thing is, that very same technology responsible for this overload can also be one of the most effective tools for learning, engagement, and creativity in your arsenal. All you need to do is break the ice. Once you do that – once you get people talking and working with the technology that’s around them, you’re set to run a great event that people really get to connect with others at.
So…how do you accomplish that with the digital generation? The trick now is to bring technology into it.
Let’s talk about how you can do that.
Play Some Games
Not every keynote has to start serious, and not every presentation needs to be a stuffed-shirt affair. Why not kick things off with a game or two? Digital Bingo, for example, is a great way to get people in the room interacting […]
People these days really don’t get enough exercise. One need only examine the statistics for evidence of that. More than two-thirds of American adults are considered overweight, with 35.7% of the adult population classifying as obese.
Who has the time to exercise anymore, though? We’re all so busy with our jobs and our families that physical fitness sort of just…falls by the wayside. It probably doesn’t help that physically-passive entertainment’s grown so prevalent of late, either – most people would rather sit down and watch Daredevil work out on Netflix than actually hit the gym themselves.
Thing is, exercise is pretty great. Not only does it make us physically healthier, it’s also proven to make us both more alert and happier.
“If you’ve ever taken out a bad day at the office on the nearest treadmill, you know that working up a good sweat can easily turn your day around,” writes CNN’s Kristen Domonell. “And by now you’ve probably heard that endorphins are the magic bullet behind that post-workout bliss. People love the feeling so much that “endorphin junkie” has even become synonymous with someone who’s constantly chasing that exercise high.”
Turns out, that ‘exercise high’ […]
