All Blog Posts Tagged 'tips' (71)

When it comes to restaurant marketing, it’s impossible to predict and adhere to every menu request that a customer makes. So how do you know when a menu request crosses the barrier of being a trending food fad to becoming a legitimate concern that your restaurant should prep for? When it comes to deciding…

When it comes to the wide variety of restaurant choices that customers have on a daily basis, it’s monumental to be considered a favorite dining location in the culinary world. OpenTable has recently announced its 2013 Diners’ Choice Award Winners for Service. “Providing high-caliber hospitality to…

While Facebook began as primarily a social network for college students, it has grown into a booming marketing hub for restaurant marketing and small businesses. New job titles such as “social media marketing expert” and “social media marketing ninja” have also surfaced. But what does all the social…

How do you engage your restaurant customers with your email campaigns? Studies have found that 94 percent of internet users use the internet to send or read emails (Docstoc).This is more than other activity such as social networking and buying a…

When it comes to restaurant marketing, a business owner should always be prepared with ideas to bring in more customers. Whether it is an unfortunate snow day or a completely unexpected slow week, restaurant owners should always have a few ideas up their sleeve to fill those restaurant seats when the going…

Last year, according to a survey done by BIGinsight, 54.4 percent of Americans said they would be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and 3 out of 10 of the individuals would be attending a party at a restaurant or bar. This is a great time for you to plan your big…

With the constant uprising of new competition, restaurant owners need to make sure they are doing the right things when it comes to marketing their brand. We have looked into some of the top marketing mistakes that you could be making and how you can fix them.

Mistake #1 – Not focusing…

Running a restaurant can be a challenging task for a business owner. Most small business owners end up responsible for more work throughout the week than they really want to handle. In fact, in a recent survey, “69% of small business owners wish they could focus their attention on their actual business…

Building a loyal customer database takes time but is well worth the effort. Instead of restaurant patrons that are loyal to daily deal sites but never visit your restaurant a second time, create a loyalty program by treating your customers well and offering them incentives to visit your restaurant as…

With the first real snowfalls of January, panic might settle in and you may begin wondering, how will I continue to bring customers into my restaurant next month? Until the spring and summer weather begins to entice your customers to come out and dine again, you’ll need to pull out the big guns with some…

It doesn’t matter whether your job search is geared towards a general manager job, being recruited as a restaurant manager, or looking for another position in the restaurant industry. Successful Candidates share a similar job search and career development cycle. This path inevitably includes a team.…

Career coaching helps people start the job search by looking at their wants and needs. These insights help people identify a job skill set where they posses natural talent.

1. What salary do you want?

There is more to answering this question than just writing down a figure on paper.…

Can you write out a description of a typical day in your life when you are in your dream position? Is your view of the job realistic? Do you know what the job entails? Have you watched your manager?

These are real questions that need to be answered before you can create a career plan. This…

• What type of manager will you be?
• Will you be a team leader or a coach?
• Will you be the motivator or the analyst?
• Will your focus be on team management and horizontal management, or will your focus be marketing.
• Will you study profit margins or team…

Once you understand yourself it is time to understand the worktype. Then determine how you can fit into the worktype. One of the most effective tools to understanding your strengths and how to leverage these is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). 

This tool explains the…

Step 1: Learn who you are

Step 2: Determine where you want to go

Step 3: Identify your strengths and development areas

Step 4: Make a career development Plan

Step 5: Engage/Create a team that…

Restaurant Manager Career Development Tutorial - Part 2 Understanding Yourself

Managing your career is a process that is self driven. Each individual is in control of where they want to go, how they will get there, and how long…

Do you like to be in charge of your own self development and career?

Would you li ke to know how to identify and develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to advance your career?

Are you interested in advancing your career within the restaurant industry?

If you answered…

How many of us have heard these famous last words at the end of a not-so-successful date? They remind me of Charlie Sheen’s character on Two And A Half Men. “I’ll Call You” was Charlie’s escape hatch which allowed him to quickly part company with his lady friends without a big confrontation. It was never genuine. Rather flip and dismissive. Which is why Job Seekers recoil when they hear the same words from a Professional Recruiter: “I’ll Call You.”

I understand the temptation to lump…

Sometimes our lives become so hectic that we don't think before we make our next move, especially when it comes to the Internet. However, in one swift movement, our online image can be tarnished just by a few posts. What's worse, it takes longer to win back the trust of your followers or even gain the confidence of a recruiter or hiring manger than it does to tear it down.

So, take some time to clean up your online image, even if you believe it's spotless. Here's how to get…