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Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

ApparelGiant — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:23:49 GMT

The circular ad are a good deal, but "word of mouth" is more more efficient and effective. I think you should concentrate on the customers you have now. A combination of good food, good/personal service, and location will bring in more customers than any ad placed in any paper. Somebody always wants to be the person that recommended a good restaurant, goes to credibility. There are restaurants that I patronize that I will more than likely always patronize, that is what a good experience gets you...loyalty.

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

ApparelGiant — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:22:44 GMT

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

designer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:30:46 GMT

DomainDiva....you are so right about "cars in the parking lot"! We tend to go by that rule, especially on vacation & out of town. You may know your own city neighborhood or suburb pretty well...but when you venture out, it can be a little scary. It may be wrong to judge a book by its cover...(sorry restaurant owners)...but if you constantly even walk by a place after work every day and it is vacant over and over again....something must be wrong. I always still sometimes the benefit of the doubt, even so and tried a take-out from this one place and the soup ended up being greasy and food not good. At least I found out what everyone already knew. Ha!

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

DomainDiva — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:14:42 GMT

If I have a coupon I will pay a first visit, if its yummy I will be back. My second criteria is how many cars are in the parking lot if I see a new place and want something different.

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

designer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:47 GMT

When I am browsing for a place to dine, a photo of a romantic, quiet booth usually pulls me in. I like a fine place that is clean and organized. A lot of screaming kids and folks running around will definitely have me running the other way.

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

coffee times — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:10:00 GMT

all these are good ideas i especially like the dollar bill idea and will try that thanks. what people need to promote is eat local since our own economy depends on locally owned shops not these commercial chains these are ruining our economy worse because they dont support local monies staying right in town the big people make the money and take it elsewhere and only leave what little tip money waitstaff gets and now adays that aint much. i only eat at local eateries mostly little mom and pop places the food is always good they stay busy and usually reconize you when you come in and theres not a two hour wait for precooked food items from who knows where. ive tried newspapaers, radio etc it does not work its expensive and only works for the time you run them unless your mcds

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

RStudios — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:42:44 GMT

For me personally I know a great coupon will always bring me into a restaurant. I’ve noticed that some restaurants will offer coupons like x% off a bill of $60 or more - I never spend that much in restaurants. I would do a buy one entree get an app free, 20% off total bill of any amount, etc.

I would also ask a few friends to write reviews for you on local review websites (yelp.com or your local weekly will often have online reviews).

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

wealthpro — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:45:39 GMT

I had a friend that owned a restaurant. Coupons seemed to bring in new customers.

The trick is retaining the customers and getting referrals. I appreciate great customer service and always tell people about good restaurant experiences. If your customers have a good experience they might tell others; if they have a bad experience, they will probably tell a lot of other people.

If you can personally approach tables to ask how people are doing, they will appreciate that, especially if you occasionally do something to make them feel special, like buy them desert.

If you could create a mailing list of your customers, you could send out holiday cards throughout the year. The idea would be to show that you appreciate their business, not to try to sell them anything.

Hope this helped.

David

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

RADRedF150 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:31:22 GMT

I do display wi-fi access on my menu, etc. I also registered with the various web sites promoting wifi, a couple of customers mentioned that is how they found my restaurant.

Re: What kind of the restaurant Ad bring you to that restaurant?

digifut.com — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:46:52 GMT

Try to include the Wireless Internet Access sign in all your ads, this can bring some students or people that needs this feature.