A well-conceived social media strategy that is integrated with your overall marketing plan and effectively executed will result in butts in seats!

1. Social Media for Restaurants
“Butts in Seats!”
October 2011
Prepared by
VisualAllianceMedia.com
813.943.6053
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2. Your customers
are spending their time
on the leading
social networks.
Shouldn’t some of
that time be
spent
with you?

3. Some leading
brands
are engaging with their loyal followers
very successfully

4. A survey by Nation’s Restaurant News found that
43% of restaurant operators
saw
social media campaigns
as the most important aspect of their marketing plan
Source: “Outlook 2011: What the industry expects in 2011”

5. For smaller, boutique
& independent restaurants,
social media
can level
the playing field
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6. Social media can help with
social reviews and get people talking about
your brand
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7. Social media can help
with real time
reputation management
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Often times customers post or tweet about their dining
experience (good or bad!) before ever leaving your restaurant!!

8. Social media is a useful tool for
finding new customers,
getting customers in the door,
and
building repeat business
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9. Social media gives you one more way
to share
exclusive social offers
and
daily specials
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10. Social media enhances
and differentiates your
customer service capabilities
and impacts the
overall dining
experience
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11. Social media can help you to
build
brand identityand
recognition
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12. And perhaps most importantly:
social media
can help you to
increase revenue
and
cash flow
A well-conceived social media strategy that is integrated with
your overall marketing plan and effectively executed will!
result in!
butts in seats!!

13. Visual Alliance Media is a leading
interactive marketing agency
specializing in
social media marketing
Our standard restaurant package includes:!
A branded Facebook Page and Twitter Profile, Foursquare, !
Ongoing Management, Engagement and !
Online Reputation Monitoring!
Please call for more information or to request a proposal!!
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