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5 Benefits of Creating An App For Tampa Restaurants

The dining industry has been revolutionized greatly by the emergence of restaurant apps. There are many hidden helpful perks that these apps offer to customers that it’s no surprise Tampa restaurants are beginning to go to the table to create and plan for their own apps. Quick turnover Your restaurant app can offer to take orders from customers even before they arrive at your restaurant. They can order the food directly through the app, which will then send the information to the POS (point of sale) system and therefore, directly to the kitchen. During the peak hours, there would be no need for the customers to wait for your staff to take their orders. More people will be served during the same time period because the wait time has been diminished. The customers can even use the same app to pay for the food, so there’s no need to wait for the check and the cashier to process the payment. Happy customers The faster service means that customers are happier. …

How to Plan Successful Fundraising Tampa Events

Tampa events have always been a good way to raise awareness for a cause or a charity. Fundraising events, in particular, are a great way to get people involved with a certain cause or issue and is a great way to get more support for your cause. It is also a great way to get more donors to get more donors to be interested in providing financial support for your cause. However, while this is a great thing for the cause that you’re trying to raise awareness for, it is by no means easy to pull this off successfully. I mean, how exactly do you get people to donate to your cause? You’re practically placing all of your bets on the assumption that the people that you invite to fundraiser will care enough to provide financial support. However, plenty of people have pulled off successful fundraising Tampa events, and you can too. Here are some things to keep in mind to guarantee that your event is a success. Set a feasible goal Before anything else, it’s very important that…

Why Tampa Nightlife Needs Mobile Apps

There’s one thing we know about running a business—it needs to have its own distinct brand. The success, therefore, of a business relies on how present this brand is and how customers will get to familiarize themselves with the brand. Having a mobile app for your Tampa nightlife business will allow your brand to be a part of the customer’s daily life. Since most smartphone users these days are glued to their phones up until the time they have to go to sleep, your mobile app will always be visible to them. Every time they browse through their phones, they will see the app and they will remember your business. Of course, there’s a whole different strategy on how you can make them download the app, but that’s for another article. Here, let’s focus on why creating a specific mobile app for your business is important. Create brand value Your mobile app will be very specific to your business’ brand. It will create content and it will have features that will emphasize t…

4 Mobile Marketing Tips For Tampa Restaurants

Tampa restaurants used to depend on phonebooks and on the word of mouth to get their business going. Customers come in droves because their friends and families recommended the restaurant to them. They go there without any inkling of what to order, hoping that the dishes will surprise and wow them. But now, running a restaurant is all about perception and first impressions. Even before the customers set foot in the restaurant building, they already have an idea of what to order and they’ve read reviews about the business. Optimize the restaurant’s presence online for mobile It’s one thing to have a working website. It’s another thing to have that website work on your mobile phones and tablets. Most websites these days are optimized for mobile viewing. Check if your restaurant’s website can be viewed on your mobile phone and tablet. Make sure that the lines are all within the screens, the fonts aren’t too large, and the pages are moving in a fluid motion. You have…

5 Tips For Making A Mobile App For Your Tampa Shopping Business

In a study by BI Intelligence, it found out that mobile commerce is expected to generate 45 percent of all e-commerce sales by 2020. That’s almost half of the expected Tampa shopping sales. Right now, mobile commerce is responsible for nearly 30 percent of the total e-commerce sales. That’s about $79 billion. Online shopping apps are the way of the future. In fact, the study found out that 85 percent of smartphone users would rather shop via an app than the website. This is the perfect opportunity for you to create an app for your online store and reap the rewards. Make it simple Smartphone screens are getting bigger and bigger but this does not mean that you can be negligent of the clutter on your app. Make the app easy to navigate and make sure that it has an uncluttered homepage and everything is easy to find. Customers are not going to adapt to a cluttered app. They would simply look for something better. Keep the sign-in and checkout process simple An…

What To Serve Millennials In Your Tampa Nightlife Business

Millennials are changing the way we are serving food. They are also changing the way we market our Tampa nightlife businesses. They are staying more at home, preferring to spend their money on their food and drinks and use their living rooms as the dance floor. They are smart and they are practical with their money. If you want them to come out of their comfort zones, you’ve got to offer something special. Mocktails That’s right, millennials are not alcohol-loving people. Sure, they chug down the occasional beer and tequila but they are nothing like the baby boomers when it comes to drinking alcoholic beverages? The reason might stem from the fact that being healthy has become trendy these days. Most of the millennials are following a strict diet program and most diet programs do not allow the consumption of alcohol. This means you have to offer something, a mocktail of some sorts, that would make millennials think they are drinking alcohol when they are not. Org…