4 Quick Tips to Double Your Lunch Crowd

Office buildings are freaking hilarious (at least mine is).  It’s not uncommon for the question “What’s for lunch” to spring up around 8am.  That sounds ridiculous, but if you forget lunch at home then you’re eating out.  It’s a great idea to get that ball rolling early.

If you work in a restaurant, you might not understand the politics behind a lunch break.  It’s the highlight of the day!  Everyone has to eat, and you’ve got one hour to do it.  The power is that offices order food in groups.  Do most restaurants understand this culture?  It amazes me that local restaurants never stop by our office to offer incentives.  They could be killing it!  Here are 4 quick office promo tips:

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How to Use Twitter Like a Double Edged Sword

Why where The Romans such a dominate army?

One Reason: The Gladius aka “the sword that conquered the world”

This technology allowed soldiers to dish massive amounts of damage to opponents that leveled entire armies!  When was the last time your iPhone conquered Greece?  It’s funny how a simple technological advancement can be so powerful.  Sounds like Twitter, right?

We all know Twitter is a powerful networking tool.  That’s not a secret.  Just like the double edge sword, its also has an incredibly simple design.  This in return, deserves a simple approach.  There is no magic bullet to killing Twitter, but we can let you in on a secret tactic that works, keep reading…

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Top 5 Ways Your Restaurant Should be Tweeting

I get so pumped when local restaurants join Twitter.  Their first tweet is usually irrelevant nonsense.  Then the second spouts off a happy hour special, which is fine.  Then the third, fourth, fifth…until their entire feed is nothing but promotions!

You’re a restaurant, I get it.  You have daily food specials, happy hours, and live bands.  How many times have you seen a newbie restaurant join Twitter and immediately start spamming?

STOP….PLEASE!

Below are the top 5 ways your restaurant should be tweeting:

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Why We Want Your Restaurant to Win in 2010

The doors of your new restaurant fly open.  Linens freshly pressed, candles glowing, lines filled, bar stocked, and your staff is pumped to rock it out.

Embrace yourselves for an AMAZING grand opening!

Then it happens…

You turn 4 tables and chalk the opening up as defeat.  The staff is bummed and the lack of customers is a buzz kill.

What went wrong?  What could you have done differently?

Now I understand, this is an extreme situation.  But does it happen?  You bet.

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