Some Helpful Twitter Marketing Tips and Other Restaurant News.

Good Friday!

I hope this blog post finds you well today. It is Good Friday and the weather here in Florida is beautiful.

I came across a great blog article today that all restaurant owners and management need to read when it comes to entering into marketing on Twitter.

7 Tips For Restaurants To Attract More Twitter Followers.

It's a must read.

Here are the points.

1. Build a relationship  with your followers and also one who you follow as well like @SocialNetworkTV
2. Study before following any body and make the first tweet very personalised like @iRestaurant
3. Try to inject humour with your twitter to give a different flavour like @PopeyesChicken
4. Ask questions rather than just tweeting a plain statement like @mikefilsaime
5. Tweet in relation to your subject topics and also other occasional personal tweets like@geekpreneur
6. Don’t try to promote only your blog or your product or service in every tweets. Recommends @sethgodin
7. Humanise your tweets like @chrisbrogan

Click over to the full piece by Nash at MarketingRestaurantOnline. He goes into detail on each of the 7 points.

Also, here is some good news:

Restaurants may see diners spending more

Sarah E.  Lockyer reports:

According to new data from Atlanta-based RBC Capital Markets, fewer consumers plan to cut back on restaurant spending in the next three months and a larger number of consumers than in previous months actually plan to spend more at restaurants. 

And check out this marketing campaign by the Colorado Restaurant Association.

Colorado restaurants say 'Fork the Recession'

A $170,000 promotion, with the slogan “Fork the Recession … Feed the Recovery,” started this month and runs through May, with TV, radio, print, billboard and web ads. The campaign also allows restaurants across the state to offer their own “Fork the Recession” menu deals. 

I'm not sure that the double entendre is always the best marketing idea as it can back fire. But it's interesting to check out.

And here's some interesting news for restaurants about Yelp.

Yelp Will Let Businesses Respond to Web Reviews

Well, I hope you all have a great weekend and a wonderful holiday. Until next time.

And remember to check out SellMoreMeals.com for how we can help market your restaurant cost effectively so that your business can double it's referrals and increase the number of meals you sell by 15-20%.