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Online restaurant marketing & best practise advice - Livebookings

By Livebookings, 20 March 2013 What will the restaurant of the future look like? Will kitchens be run by robot chefs, preparing food in tablet sized portions packed with taste sensations yet to be invented? Maybe… Read More How You Can Use Twitter Vine as a Restaurant Marketing Tool By Livebookings, 13 March 2013 Making promotional videos for your restaurant can be daunting. Restaurant Fundraising Ideas for Taking Part in Comic Relief By Livebookings, 6 March 2013 Are you taking part in Comic Relief this year? Every £1 spent on email can generate £40 in revenue. By Livebookings, 28 February 2013 Email is the granddad of digital marketing. Valentine’s Day has passed, but ‘date night’ can still be a weekly opportunity in your restaurant By Livebookings, 20 February 2013 By Livebookings, 13 February 2013 Sign up to our newsletter. For Restaurants, Social Media Is About More Than Just Marketing.

Jenny An is a Chicago-based writer with a focus on popular culture, food and travel.

For Restaurants, Social Media Is About More Than Just Marketing

Her work has appeared in Time Out Chicago and VenusZine. Social media certainly has its benefits for those who love dining and drinking. From free drinks for Foursquare checkins, to Twitter notifications about happy hours, to Facebook messages about free food, there's always something tasty happening online. But the social web offers a lot more than just discounts and deals when it comes to drinking and dining. Restaurants and bars are giving social media users a backstage pass to the food and the people who make it. Revealing How Dishes Are Made While customers go to lower end restaurants looking for value and discounts, higher-end restaurants think that “discounts cheapen the experience,” says Tom O'Keefe, a Boston-based restaurant tweeter and social media-focused marketer.

But social media does a lot more than just satisfy curiosities. Getting to Know the Chefs More Foodie Resources from Mashable: Most Restaurant-Goers Rely on Online Reviews [INFOGRAPHIC] In the digital age, finding a scrumptious meal or delectable dessert is only a few clicks away.

Most Restaurant-Goers Rely on Online Reviews [INFOGRAPHIC]

Food review sites and apps like Yelp and Foodspotting make eating well superbly easy. Before setting foot outside, about 45% of consumers have already chosen where to eat with the help of an online dining guide. Online reviews are a huge decider of what's for dinner — 57% of patrons rely on them. Even more interesting is that despite the rise of online food directories such as Urbanspoon or Menupages, 41% of consumers still wine and dine at a particular restaurant after receiving a promotional email. The National Restaurant Association drew up the infographic below showcasing how technology is changing the food industry. 10 tendances gourmandes sur le web en 2012. Suite aux interviews enrichissantes des contributeurs de la première édition de Geek & Food, nous avons souhaité en extraire les 10 tendances phares qui ont commencé à marquer la cuisine sur la toile cette année et qui n’ont pas fini de faire parler d’elles.

10 tendances gourmandes sur le web en 2012

Si vous trouvez cet article incomplet, n’hésitez pas à nous donner votre avis ! 1. La photographie culinaire s’installe durablement sur les blogs Un blog de recettes ne suffit plus. Il faut à présent rivaliser de créativité pour valoriser ses exploits culinaires. Le trio gagnant en la matière est bien évidemment constitué des blogueuses de Carnets Parisiens, Christelle is Flabbergasting et My Little Fabric qui ont créé ensemble le magnifique blog Culinographie. 2. Gastronomie, marketing et art numérique n’ont jamais été aussi proches : aujourd’hui, on mélange cuisine et typographie, design et gastronomie, graphisme et gourmandise. 3. Côté contenant : la pénétration des tablettes tactiles n’épargne pas les cuisines, bien au contraire. How Online Marketing Can Fuel Offline Conversations. Brad Fay is the chief operating officer of the Keller Fay Group. This post was co-authored by Ed Keller, CEO of the Keller Fay Group.

Ed and Brad are coauthors of The Face-to-Face Book: Why Real Relationships Rule in a Digital Marketplace. Follow them on Twitter @KellerFay. The fact is no medium drives offline conversation better than online marketing. In fact, our research shows that in 15% of conversations about products and 23% of conversations about services, somebody refers to something they saw online. Yet, a key mistake made by digital marketers is allowing the effectiveness of campaigns to be measured with just digital metrics like clicks, shares, and re-tweets.