Whether you own Tampa restaurants or you’re managing a simple corner deli, getting people to notice you and pay for your products and services is hard in these trying economic times. With every price in the market rising and the wages getting stuck, people are more inclined to whip up something simple in their own kitchens rather than to dine out. After all, it is not exactly cheap to pay for even a simple sandwich in a casual restaurant.
But if you want to keep on trying to get more people to support your restaurant, here are a few tips you could master.
More likes = more chances of winning
Use social media to its greatest advantage, which is to get more likes and followers and more chances of persuading people to check your business out. Create a mini contest for your Facebook followers wherein they would need to dine in your restaurant, post a picture of them there, and get as many likes from their own friends and followers. The one with the most likes could get a coupon which they could use to dine with their friends. Make sure that the prize is significant. It should not just be a $5 off from their bill, or no one would want to join that contest.
Free meals for birthday celebrants
You can offer birthday celebrants to dine in for free during their special day as long as they come with four paying adults, for example. That would get people to dine in your restaurant every time they would celebrate their birthdays. Most birthday celebrants anyway take out their whole family or their groups of friends, so you have many chances of earning than them getting a free meal.
VIP memberships get perks
Offer a membership card to your most loyal customers. You can ask for a one-time membership fee but in exchange, they would get a lot of freebies and coupons they can use throughout the year. This would ensure that you would have returning customers throughout the year because these members would surely be using their memberships as much as they could.
Catering services for special occasions
People like spending time at home, too, but with good food. Restaurants could be stiff and too formal at times that people find it hard to let loose and enjoy spending time with their friends and family. That’s why you should offer catering services or party trays, so they could simply order dishes from your Tampa restaurants and enjoy them in the comfort of their own homes.