169 episodes

We discover the ingredients of your Restaurant's secret sauce. SEO, Facebook, Twitter, emails, coupons, yield utilization, USPs, Menu engineering, direct mail, Instagram, partnerships - there are many ingredients for creating your Secret Sauce and with the right Secret Sauce you can find more customers and turn them into repeat customers. We deconstruct the recipes, so you can increase increase turnover, increase profit and maybe decrease the amount of time you spend working in your Restaurant.

Secret Sauce - The Restaurant Marketing Podcast James Eling |Restaurant Marketing, Strategy and Tactics

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We discover the ingredients of your Restaurant's secret sauce. SEO, Facebook, Twitter, emails, coupons, yield utilization, USPs, Menu engineering, direct mail, Instagram, partnerships - there are many ingredients for creating your Secret Sauce and with the right Secret Sauce you can find more customers and turn them into repeat customers. We deconstruct the recipes, so you can increase increase turnover, increase profit and maybe decrease the amount of time you spend working in your Restaurant.

    169 - 7 most common Restaurant Marketing mistakes (Take 2!)

    169 - 7 most common Restaurant Marketing mistakes (Take 2!)

    This restaurant marketing podcast looks at the 7 most common mistakes Restaurant owners and their marketers make.  Many are easy to avoid so have a listen and learn what you can do to increase your chances of finding new customers and turning them into repeat customers!
    Are you making these restaurant marketing mistakes?  The restaurant industry is tougher than ever, so you need to be bringing your A game to every part of the Restaurant game to increase Restaurant Profitability.
    You don't want to have the best restaurant that no one has ever heard of!
    Don't forget to check out our free  Restaurant Website Audits.  If you think you're missing out on your fair share of customers, maybe your web developer has made some of the common mistakes.  Book a free 15-minute no-obligation chat with one of our team and get some ideas on how to find more customers.
    Check out the Secret Sauce podcast shownotes for more information on this episode.
     
    **Apologies - due to an error with our hosting provider, the wrong episode was uploaded last week.  This (hopefully) is the correct one!

    • 31 min
    Restaurant Marketing Trends for 2023 Part III

    Restaurant Marketing Trends for 2023 Part III

    We look at the big Restaurant Marketing Trends in 2023 and how you can use them to increase profitability in your Restaurant.
    How will AI change the Restaurant Industry - this will make a big difference for some Restaurants. Lastly, pricing.  This will be make or break for some Restaurants so you need to get it right.  We discuss the changes occurring and how you should think about the problem. All this and more to give you ideas on how to increase the profitability in your Restaurant this year.
     
    2022 was a tough year for a lot of Restaurants, and 2023 may be tougher, but there are a lot of opportunities, especially with changing consumer preferences.  
    Have a listen and see how these trends will affect your Restaurant.
    Don't forget to check out our free  Restaurant Website Audits.  If you think you're missing out on your fair share of customers, maybe your web developer has made some of the common mistakes.  Book a free 15-minute no-obligation chat with one of our team and get some ideas on how to find more customers.
    Check out the Secret Sauce podcast shownotes for more information on this episode.

    • 33 min
    Restaurant Trends 2023 for Restaurant Profitability

    Restaurant Trends 2023 for Restaurant Profitability

    We look at the big Restaurant Trends in 2023 and how you can use them to increase profitability in your Restaurant.
    We discuss - 
    How smart Restaurants will be addressing labor shortages - a couple of really interesting ways to optimize your labor.

    Targeting customer demographics to improve marketing success and profitability.


    Restaurant micro niching.

    All this and more to give you ideas on how to increase the profitability in your Restaurant this year.
     
    2022 was a tough year for a lot of Restaurants, and 2023 may be tougher, but there are a lot of opportunities, especially with changing consumer preferences.  
    Have a listen and see how these trends will affect your Restaurant.
    Don't forget to check out our free  Restaurant Website Audits.  If you think you're missing out on your fair share of customers, maybe your web developer has made some of the common mistakes.  Book a free 15-minute no-obligation chat with one of our team and get some ideas on how to find more customers.
    Check out the Secret Sauce podcast shownotes for more information on this episode.

    • 29 min
    Restaurant Trends for 2023

    Restaurant Trends for 2023

    We look at the big trends across technology, the economy, competition, and consumers to see how they will impact your Restaurant. 
    This episode looks at consumer preferences and Restaurant Delivery.  Because of COVID, delivery has been a big influence on Restaurant profitability.  What will happen in 2023 and how can you make it profitable?
    2022 was a tough year for a lot of Restaurants, and 2023 may be tougher, but there are a lot of opportunities, especially with changing consumer preferences.  
    Have a listen and see how this will affect your Restaurant.
     
    Don't forget to check out our free Restaurant Website Audits.  If you think you're missing out on your fair share of customers, maybe your web developer has made some of the common mistakes.  Book a free 15-minute no-obligation chat with one of our team and get some ideas on how to find more customers.
    Check out the Secret Sauce podcast shownotes for more information on this episode.

    • 31 min
    Restaurant Marketing Tips for Restaurant Profitability

    Restaurant Marketing Tips for Restaurant Profitability

    We continue our 2 part episode on Restaurant Marketing ideas that we seeing working now.  A lot has changed, so you need to be thinking about pricing, profitability and product to get the most of your marketing campaigns.
    The biggest mistake we see with Restaurants and their marketing is..... Not Marketing.  Have a listen to this podcast to learn how you can run some successful marketing campaigns to grow your Restaurant.
    Don't forget to check out our free Restaurant Website Audits.  If you think you're missing out on your fair share of customers, maybe your web developer has made some of the common mistakes.  Book a free 15-minute no-obligation chat with one of our team and get some ideas on how to find more customers.
    Check out the Secret Sauce podcast shownotes for more information on this episode.

    • 33 min
    Restaurant marketing ideas that are working now.

    Restaurant marketing ideas that are working now.

    As the world emerges from COVID-19 and goes into a high inflationary environment we look at the essential things that you can do to increase customers in your restaurant and increase your profitability.
    Restaurants are still closing down - caused by hiring difficulties, wages and cost pressures, and declining dining in, so your marketing needs to be on point.
    We discuss what we see working for Restaurants now, and how you can increase revenue and more importantly, increase profitability.
    Have a listen to the podcast and let us know what you see as working,
    Don't forget to check out our free Restaurant Website Audits.  If you think you're missing out on your fair share of customers, maybe your web developer has made some of the common mistakes.  Book a free 15-minute no-obligation chat with one of our team and get some ideas on how to find more customers.
    Check out the Secret Sauce podcast shownotes for more information on this episode.

    • 28 min

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