Social media can now make-or-break a restaurant. Building followers and engagement on Instagram is a long-term process. Here are three things restaurants can do right now to see impressive results: implement strategic geotags, reach out to local food influencers, and use first-comment hashtags.
The hospitality industry has integrated AI at a large scale. For example, hotel guests can ask a digital assistant for room service with simple voice commands. Both Amazon and Google released new AI technology to help empower the hospitality industry. Learn More:
Whether you use social media to organically amplify your event’s visibility, run ads, or take your content marketing to the next level with rich media like video, here are some of the best ways to use digital strategies to enrich your event, engage with attendees, and sell tickets.
Social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) overlap in many ways. They’re both organic, inbound strategies focused on creating appealing identities to naturally entice visitors. Wondering how these two aspects support each other? Here are seven ways social media strategies can boost your SEO.
Social media strongly influences customer behavior, especially when it comes to food. Instagram marketing can play a huge role in your restaurant’s bottom line. Here are some tips to take your Instagram presence to the next level, along with businesses doing it right.
“Growth hacking” is a popular term these days. For many, though, it’s easier said than done. When it comes to social media, several tried-and-true public relations practices can create effective growth hacking strategies. Here are three key public relations tactics that can help lead to significant growth on social media.
With the rise of social media, a new kind of celebrity emerged: the social media influencer. This introduces a new concept called influencer marketing. Influencer marketing works for most industries, and especially for travel. Influencers are fantastic content creators and their content can make businesses more relatable and attractive to potential customers.
You’ve probably heard organic reach on Facebook is dead. Facebook makes money from advertisers, so they want businesses to run ads. While Facebook curtailed the reach you get from standard posts, Facebook Live and Facebook Stories allow marketers to still attain a strong organic reach.
There are many benefits of using Snapchat for events. Real-time storytelling before, during, and after the event can be done on Snapchat. Geofilters also provide marketers a unique opportunity. Event professionals should consider this platform to reach demographics that can be hard to reach.
Many eateries rely solely on the power of social media to pique people’s interest. Of course, this method only works if you know how to post and share so viewers will want to visit your establishment. Here are some of the most significant social media do’s and don’ts for your restaurant.
The digital age has revolutionized the way we experience most aspects of our lives. Modern technology gives us information at our fingertips (and in our pockets). Here are several important factors for adapting to customer service in the digital age.
There are many details to consider when you create and optimize a high-converting hotel website. Mobile optimization, stunning visuals, usability, and chatbots can all play a role in converting visitors. Here are four examples of captivating hotel websites.
Marketing to millennials can be tricky. These 17–36-year-olds are 2.5x more likely than other generations to be early adopters when it comes to technology. They’re also, of course, connected—to the internet, to their devices, to social media platforms.
It’s vital to keep customers happy and provide a great experience to improve customer retention at your restaurant. Here are a few tips on how to encourage brand loyalty and draw in new customers.
Technology has transformed travel. We have more access to information, recommendations, and tools. Planning and on-site decision making is unrecognizable compared to 20 years ago. Here are five ways technology is changing travel.
The customer journey reveals a lot. But marketing is not linear, as funnels and even customer journey maps fail to account for the way sales happen. Marketing hourglasses come closer to understanding the interconnections, but the buying process is really more of a loop.
Restaurant storytelling is incredibly powerful if done well. In today’s digital landscape, it affects everything from customer loyalty to your bottom line. Here are a few key tips to drive customer engagement through storytelling.
The team at Hotjar conducted a study to learn what successful companies are doing differently in regard to customer service. Here’s what you can do to improve your company’s customer experience in 2019.
Technology has the power to streamline your business and make it more efficient, while simultaneously offering more personalized service than ever before. Here is an overview of Hospitality 4.0, what it can offer, and why you should embrace it.
Food is one of the most popular segments on Instagram. Restaurants can take advantage of this trend by catering to those active on Instagram. Here are five major ways to impact the Instagram-worthiness of your eatery.