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Steve Brown replied to Jeffrey J Kingman's discussion Loyalty & Reward Program Service Providers - Who's the Best? in the group Restaurant Marketing
"We would love to be considered.  Take a Look  Thank you!"
Apr 18

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Barry Chandler replied to Jeffrey J Kingman's discussion Loyalty & Reward Program Service Providers - Who's the Best? in the group Restaurant Marketing
"It is a fairly major task to pair the needs of your bar or restaurant with a new POS system. There are so many options! We just wrote this article that may help those in need when shopping for the a new POS system."
Mar 12

Non-Operator
Joe Welsh replied to Jeffrey J Kingman's discussion Loyalty & Reward Program Service Providers - Who's the Best? in the group Restaurant Marketing
"Yes, there are many providers of Loyalty programs and each of them are different in some way. The reality of it is that you must understand your customers (restaurant) specific needs and then recommend an appropriate fit with the right Loyalty…"
Sep 23, 2012
Ola Ayeni replied to Jeffrey J Kingman's discussion Loyalty & Reward Program Service Providers - Who's the Best? in the group Restaurant Marketing
"There are just so many out there. A quick Google search will review many. We realized many are not designed for restaurants so we are working on one ourself. Made only for the restaurant and food service industry and clients."
Sep 3, 2012

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Startups

The challenges of starting a new hospitality operation are immense. A typical task or punch list has hundreds of items. This group is for hospitality pros experienced with openings and for those that are doing it the first time.
Aug 14, 2012

Non-Operator
Jerry Prendergast replied to Jeffrey J Kingman's discussion Calculating income from bar operations for a startup: question in the Group Startups in the group Startups
"Yes .. you need to have some idea.  This question bring up more questions.  What market segment are you in?  What is the demographic age group you are targeting?  What is the general atmosphere?  Bar sales can be a big…"
Aug 13, 2012

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Jerry Prendergast joined Jeffrey J Kingman's group
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The challenges of starting a new hospitality operation are immense. A typical task or punch list has hundreds of items. This group is for hospitality pros experienced with openings and for those that are doing it the first time.
Aug 13, 2012
Keith C Rogers joined Jeffrey J Kingman's group
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The challenges of starting a new hospitality operation are immense. A typical task or punch list has hundreds of items. This group is for hospitality pros experienced with openings and for those that are doing it the first time.
Aug 8, 2012

Profile Information

Title
Sales Director - Social Media & Digital Content
Company
Digital Coco
Website
http://www.digitalcoco.com
Twitter Handle
@jeffreyjkingman
Which Restaurant Segment best describes my company
Other
Which department at the restaurant corporate office
Operations
What is your profession
Other
Interests
Buying/Selling a Business, Career Advancement, Consulting, Discovering New Food, Discovering New Wines, Finding Investors, Franchising, Investing, Learning, Making Friends, Networking, New Locations, Organic Foods
Personal Quote
"The hand is God's greatest gift to the kitchen" Justin Wilson
Biography
Jeff Kingman brings entrepreneurial operational, consultative, culinary and managerial experience in equity development, brand development, sales, public relations, event and systems ideation/creation, community involvement and the hospitality industry. Past founder and CEO of Chalkboarder - a digital community management service offering client organizations real-time content production and strategic brand management to online communities. He also founded and runs Chocorua Group – a concept, brand and operational developer and consultancy to hospitality, retail and manufacturing specializing in the hospitality and foodservice sectors.

Jeff splits his time between Portland (ME) and Portland (OR) and is a proud single father to two young daughters who live in Maine.
Years in the Industry
Twenty plus

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Blame It On The Location

Posted on August 5, 2011 at 9:06am 1 Comment

I wrote this blogpost for a client; Mocafe, based in Irvine CA. I'm curious what all your esteemed thoughts might be on this topic?

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Location, location, location.

What if your cafe location is wrong?…

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Pimp My Food Truck

Posted on July 26, 2011 at 7:53am 1 Comment

Sometimes I get crazy ideas.

I have a client in Atlanta who's very intent to have the hottest food truck in that metro area. I wrote her business plan early this year and have helped her research and negotiate a brick and morter restaurant to partner with, per Atlanta's code.

Over the last four months we've been negotiating to get the truck. We finally, about three months ago, settled on a food truck manufacturer. Good to go, let's get started and here's a…

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Chef Operator Wanted for Dallas Golf Course (on the qt)

Posted on July 19, 2011 at 8:59pm 0 Comments

Floating out a request from an awesome hospitality consultant I know.

A talented and experienced Chef / Operator is wanted for a golf course in the Dallas area. Not many details yet (more next week), but the operation is in need of healthy change. Golf course has a good reputation.

Open Letter to SCAA Members from Coffee Fest Founder

Posted on July 13, 2010 at 7:31pm 0 Comments

Coffee Fest Show is the first client I

landed for Chalkboarder, a company

I founded early in 2009, that provides social media strategies and

other services. The following is an Open Letter to members of the

Specialty Coffee Association of America, distributed by Chalkboarder on

behalf of our valued client, Coffee Fest. Jeffrey J Kingman,…
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Dessert Professional: Day Two of the World Pastry Team Competition

Posted on July 6, 2010 at 7:38am 0 Comments

Cross-posted from Chalkboarder News



I'm in Phoenix Arizona at the Carymax World Pastry Forum, part of a social media team working for Dessert Professional Magazine, covering the Amoretti World Pastry Chef Team Competition.

Eight national…

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At 10:49am on June 27, 2010, Tanya Gagnon said…
Hi, Thanks for connecting. Hope you enjoy your trip here next weekend. I look forward to getting to know you here :)
At 10:09am on April 26, 2010,
Non-Operator
Sandra Mallut
said…
would love to talk with you when you have the time I hope to hear from you. Thank you
At 7:04pm on February 18, 2010, Sarah said…
Mr Kingman! Thanks for your engagements with the new members, I love how you've suggested groups for them to join. Have a great weekend!

Best,
Sarah
At 11:24am on February 11, 2010, Howard Appell said…
Jeffrey, that would be great. You can send it to howard@trnusa.com. Thanks
At 6:53am on February 11, 2010, Doug Golden said…
Jeffrey - thanks for the connection! I really enjoy reading your posts.
At 12:13pm on February 6, 2010, Carl Muth said…
Hey Jeffrey,
I have a lot of free resources on my website that are excellent for start-up restaurant operations. I have a section of my web (Restaurant Operations) that goes into detail about what it takes to open a restaurant.

Carl Muth
cmuth@FoodServiceResource.com
www.FoodServiceResource.com
Friend me on Facebook Facebook/FoodServiceResource
Follow me on Twitter http://Twitter.com/restoexpert
At 6:20pm on February 5, 2010,
Non-Operator
Paul Paz
said…
Jeffrey...
what a handsome new pic of you!
:-)
Paul
At 10:38pm on February 3, 2010, Sara Spivey said…
That's the one and only :) We be battledish partners.
At 10:09pm on February 3, 2010, Sara Spivey said…
Thanks Jeffrey! Been following you on twitter for a while :)
Tracy finally convinced me to start building community here - seems like a wonderful resource.
Look forward to connecting with you.
-Sara
At 10:19am on January 20, 2010, Leah said…
Hello Oh Great Teacher of mine! :) I finally made it to FOHBOH...although...I am still working on the profile. Thanks again for all the insight! TTYS
 
 
 

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