Whether your restaurant barely has a website, or your knocking your digital presence out-of-the-park, it’s a good idea to evaluate if you’ve got everything down. To try and help, I’ve put together a handy checklist.
I’ve gone ahead and separated the checklist into the following categories, detailing your digital presence via website, social media, and beyond. Check it out!
Website
- The menu. If your menu isn’t on your website, what’s the point?
- Directions and address. Most people will pop your address into their map app of choice, but it’s helpful to have directions too – especially if there’s any tourism in your area.
- Reservations.
- High-quality images, showing off the food, staff, and scenery.
- Contact information. This includes any relevant phone numbers or email addresses.
- About section.
- SEO optimization.
- Links to social media and review sites.
- Optimized for mobile. Pull your website up on your phone/tablet to make sure it works!
Social Media
- You’re on the right platforms. Facebook and Instagram are the big ones. Snapchat and Twitter may be worth looking into depending on your audience.
- All of that general information (e.g. about section, contact info, address, etc.)
- Image-based and video-based posts. They get higher engagement. Go the extra mile.
- Avoid text-heavy posts. Attention spans are far too short to deal with long paragraphs.
- Share your content marketing. Everything from blog posts to how-to videos are on the table.
- Run contests and polls. Keep your audience engaged.
- Share deals, promote Happy Hour, and talk about upcoming events.
- Responsiveness. If a customer comments on one of your posts, get back to them ASAP.
Beyond
- Free WiFi. Your customers expect and appreciate it.
- WiFi marketing. WiFi s an excellent marketing tool for restaurants. (Read more about WiFi marketing here.)
- Social media logos. Put them on your menus, on the door, news board, and wherever it makes sense.
- SMS marketing. It’s time to get on board with text marketing.
- Digitized loyalty program. (We recommend a text-based loyalty program.)
- Email newsletter. A lot of marketers overlook the importance of email, but it’s actually pretty valuable when dealing with your core audience.
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Through a one-time login to your in-store HotSpot, customers can check out your latest deals, menus, and more directly from their mobile devices. We’ll automatically produce a full customer profile for every single one of those customers, hooking you up with crucial data. Have a social media problem? With our service, you can have customers get a deal in exchange for a Facebook Like, straight from your restaurant’s custom landing page. On top of that, we’ll set your restaurant up with a fully digital, text-based loyalty program, allowing you to engage with them wherever they go.
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What do you think is vital to a restaurant’s digital success? Let us know in the comments!