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Summer Food Trends: How Restaurants Can Prepare for the Season

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If you missed this year’s National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, here are five takeaways highlighting what’s top of mind for today’s restaurateurs.

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5 Takeaways From the National Restaurant Association Show

Discover how this Sydney-based Mediterranean restaurant grew their sales and customer base with DoorDash and Promotions.

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How Manoosh Pizzeria Grew Sales 200% by using DoorDash Promotions 

Discover how this fast-casual chain boosted sales in under two months for its newest location using Sponsored Listings.

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How Sponsored Listings Helped The Melt Acquire ~500 New Customers

Get your business ready for the St. Patrick's Day alcohol sales and delivery rush this year.

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How to Promote and Scale your St. Patrick’s Day Alcohol Sales

Discover how this healthy fast-casual chain used DoorDash Promotions to increase sales and reach new customers.  


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How Modern Market Increased DoorDash Sales 3x with Promotions

Learn how to enhance your restaurant’s marketing strategy by taking advantage of national food holidays.

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Restaurant Marketing Strategies for 2022 National Food Holidays

Restaurant special events and private parties can do wonders to grow profits. Learn how to make those events memorable and tips for their success.

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Creative Ideas for Hosting Restaurant Events

Dive into the latest wine drinking trends and stay on top of what your customers are enjoying today.


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2022 Wine Trends: What to Sell Today

Explore 7 ways to get your flower shop noticed this holiday season — and keep sales growing over time.

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7 Holiday Marketing Ideas for Flower Shops

The restaurant limited time offer (LTO) is an industry staple. When properly executed, customers respond by driving up demand and creating buzz. Here are five key ingredients for your restaurant’s LTO.



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The Art of a Successful Restaurant LTO

Learn how your business can turn over a new leaf with five creative fall marketing tips to boost revenue and drive loyalty ahead of the holiday season.

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5 Strategies to Prepare Your Business for Fall

Explore the latest floral industry trends to help your flower delivery service bloom.

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Floral Industry Trends to Watch

Learn the benefits of offering food discounts, as well as tips and creative ideas to help you determine the right promotions for your business. 


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12 Ways to Structure Restaurant Discounts and Promotions

Read on to learn about the best restaurant marketing tips to help you win big in your neighborhood.


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6 Local Marketing Tips for Restaurants

Customer satisfaction is critical to your success as a business but is also more nuanced than "the customer is always right". Learn how to solicit and address customer feedback, respond to negative feedback, and tips for going above and beyond.

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Improve Your Customer Ratings on DoorDash

To help you revamp your website, we’ve assembled a list of frequent online pitfalls that prevent restaurants from realizing their full potential.

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12 Restaurant Website Mistakes (& How to Avoid Them)

We spoke with four restaurateurs about how their marketing strategies have changed through the pandemic, and what they're looking forward to trying next. 

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Top Restaurant Marketing Tips from Restaurant Owners

A successful restaurant email strategy gives you direct access to your loyal customers. Here are top tips for improving your restaurant email marketing.

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How to Create a Restaurant Email Marketing Strategy

Customers are searching online for restaurants near them. Google Maps optimization can help your restaurant appear in these local searches.

How to Optimize Your Restaurant’s Google Maps Listing

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Learn how to grow customer loyalty with these 9 customer appreciation ideas for restaurants.

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9 Restaurant Customer Appreciation Ideas

To reach new restaurant customers, restaurants today must not only offer great food and excellent service, but maintain an engaging presence online. 

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How to Reach New Restaurant Customers

A strong restaurant website design is a must in the modern age. Today, 90% of customers research a restaurant online before ordering. 

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Restaurant Website Design: How to Create a Website that Sells  

One of the best ways to get new customers through your door — and drive repeat business — is to leverage restaurant marketing tools.

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The Best Restaurant Marketing Tools to Drive Sales

If you are looking to boost customer engagement then learn these top strategies restaurant owners can implement to get their businesses on the right track.

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Building Local Awareness for Your Restaurant

Check out these food delivery marketing ideas to help you get the word out about your off-premise offerings.

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5 Food Delivery Marketing Tips for Restaurants

When it comes to operating a restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic, how can you adapt your marketing strategy?

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How to Market Your Restaurant Right Now

Whether you’re new to restaurant marketing or a seasoned pro, here are some tips for cold weather promotions. 

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5 Winter Restaurant Marketing Tips for the Colder Months

Good word of mouth is the best advertising money can’t buy. Here's how you can generate reviews and get the word out about your restaurant.

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The Key to Getting More Restaurant Reviews

Learn how to make the most of your city's restaurant week, whether virtual or in-person.

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How to Make the Most of Restaurant Week

Learn how improving your restaurant's online visibility will help you reach new customers and drive more dine-in and takeout sales. 

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5 Ways to Boost Your Restaurant’s Online Visibility

As consumer demand for food delivery continues to grow, the Square Pie Guys founders launched their pizzeria with an off-premise strategy. 

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Why Square Pie Guys Launched with a Delivery-First Strategy

Here are 5 ways to start your marketing plan, including money-saving marketing tips for restaurants that are ideal for small to medium-sized businesses. 

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5 Ways to Ramp Up Your Restaurant Marketing

Want to turn one-time restaurant customers into regulars? Here are some tips to increase restaurant customer loyalty. 

Six Ways to Increase Restaurant Customer Loyalty