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Employee Vouchers Can Boost Your Bar or Restaurant

Jul 17
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, Restaurant, restaurant tips and advice

Since your employees spend so much time at your bar or restaurant, they are the perfect people to help you market effectively. Their word of mouth can help to bring in more people to your establishment. However, you want to be able to reward them for helping you promote, and when you offer some type of incentive, you will find that they work even harder for you. The following is a great idea that you might want to employ to see just how much more business it will be able to bring into your place.

You are going to create employee vouchers. It is simple, and it can be a wonderful way to get more people to come into your restaurant or bar, even if they didn’t have any intention of visiting. Print up a large number of vouchers that offer discounted meals or drink specials. Anyone who presents them at your bar or eatery will get this discount. Make sure that the voucher has an expiration date.

Pass stacks of these vouchers out to all of your employees. Make sure that everyone gets an equal amount of the vouchers from the bouncers to the hostess to the bartenders, wait staff, busboys, chefs, dishwashers . . . you get the idea. Have them initial the back of each voucher and then pass them out to anyone that they wish. (more…)

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Everyone Loves a Themed Party and You Should Take Advantage

Jul 11
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, Restaurant, restaurant tips and advice

Themed parties aren’t just for the kiddies. Everyone loves themed parties, especially adults who want to have a fun time when they head out to your bar. If you want to pull some extra business into your bar, consider having a special theme for the bar one night. It is fun, it won’t cost much, and it can draw a huge crowd to your place.

The first thing that you have to do is come up with the theme. This is the fun and easy part since there are so many different ideas out there. You might want to have a pirate theme or a superhero theme. Everyone can come dressed as their favorite hero or villain. If you don’t want to go quite that fantastical, you can always have a Roaring Twenties theme, a Sixties theme, or even a Wild West theme. The only limit is your imagination. (more…)

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Restaurant Furniture Video

Jun 22
Posted by Daniel in bar stools, Booths, Commercial Seating, fun, Restaurant Chairs, Restaurant Furniture

This time I decided to stop giving advice and to have a lighter post, while keeping to the main theme of this blog. So here is a short before and after video taken in Affordable Seating‘s factory.

Before = raw wood and materials; After = restaurant furniture. And the song is nice too.

So, no tips, no advice just a nice video.

Enjoy!

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Host a Singles Event at Your Restaurant

May 30
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, restaurant tips and advice

I already discussed the topic of bringing in more customers by hosting a singles night. This post is adding a few tips and insights into what has already been mentioned before to create a better review of the concept and to help you make the most of the idea.

The logistics of hosting a singles event might be tricky at first, but it is possible to do. Here are some tips that you can use to figure out how to start your own restaurant-styled singles night.

First, what is your slowest day of the week? You are going to want to choose that as the night that you hold your event since you have the potential to earn equal to or more money during this night than you regularly would. Once you know the day that you are going to hold your event, you will be able to continue with the rest of the preparations. (more…)

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Frequent Loyal Diners Deserve Rewards

May 25
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, Restaurant, restaurant tips and advice

If you have been in business for a while, you have probably started to see some familiar faces around your restaurant. Those customers that come in a few times a month, once a week, or even a few times a week are your best and most loyal customers. They probably even sit in the same area each time that they come into your place. You and the rest of the staff may even know them by name.

You want to treat them well, and you want other customers to follow their lead. It would be a wonderful world if you could count on all of your customers to come back day after day, wouldn’t it! A great way to repay those loyal customers is by offering a stamp card so that they will be able to save a little bit of money and feel welcomed and appreciated.

The card can have several spots on the back – generally around 12. Each time the customer comes in and orders an entrée, a buffet meal or the like, your employees can stamp their card. After the customer reaches those 12 stamps, they are entitled to a free meal and you replace their card with a brand new one. They will keep coming back, and you can be sure that they are going to tell their friends about it. When they bring others to your restaurant, you are the winner because you are able to meet and greet some new blood. (more…)

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Social Networking and Your Restaurant

May 19
Posted by Daniel in bar tips and advice, fun, Restaurant, restaurant tips and advice

You probably use social networking in your personal life. Most people today do. Perhaps you Tweet about the things that you are doing with your friends or family or about the latest movie you saw or book you read. People love Facebook too, and it can be a great way to keep in touch with people you know and even to meet new people. Of course, social networks are also a great way to promote your business. If you want to get more people into your restaurant, get onto all of the social networks that you can.

Set up special pages on Twitter and Facebook specifically for your restaurant. While you want to let people know about all of the great things that your restaurant serves, you don’t want to inundate them only with promotional posts. Make your restaurant’s social network a fun place. Give people some insight into the neighborhood where your restaurant is located. Maybe post some information or links about things people can do in the area after they’ve dined at your place. Of course, you will also want to make sure that you add information for any discounts or specials that you are currently offering – just don’t overwhelm people. (more…)

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