Running a successful restaurant is definitely a challenge in any part of the country due to lots of competitors. If you want your business to grow, you will need to set up reasonable sales and marketing budget that will bring customers in to your restaurant.

Marketing should be done at a constant basis and usually range somewhere between 2-5% of sales depending on a wide range of factors. Before you make a marketing plan for your restaurant, you have to make sure it is cost effective to get repeated orders than it is to chase new customers and some of the best ways to market could be of very low cost or free.

Some of the top restaurant marketing ideas are:

1) Regularly offering rewards that will bring back customers for more with your top notch menu and with a great rewards program.

2) Promotions and special events by marketing your restaurant as it will help bring more customers and help you to spread the word.

3) Email and social marketing which comes for free can be done simply by making a Twitter account, a Facebook account and even a Pinterest account to share news and create activity.

4) Share with your friends and ask them to inform their friends. This is another free way to promote your business and is one of the most effective ones.

The key is to be visible and get involved and communicate with the customers in your direct trade area. A strategically developed sales and marketing plan must take into consideration the capabilities of the restaurant. Therefore, the plan and its promises to customers must be supported by consistent operations execution.

Restaurant marketing ideas along with an amazing ordering system is what you can get through RestaurantOS. This will help boost your sales and will also give your restaurant recognition to a larger group of customers.

We will transform your restaurant/takeaway menu into a digital menu which will be based online, allowing customers to go through all your food items, prices, descriptions, menu options, special offers, mix and match deals and order directly through your restaurant website. The order will then go through a secured order management system making it ready to view and process.

• Contact us to learn more about our order food online software with marketing options and one of our representatives will contact you directly to discuss your business requirements. We have many happy clients who are enjoying the full potential of our order management system and harness the power of internet to grow their business every day.