Illinois Video Poker Machines – Coin-op Vs Casino Gaming Company

As Illinois gears up for the licensing and install of the much anticipated Video Poker Machines (VGT), bar and restaurant owners have also begun the necessary steps preparing their businesses.  Bar owners are faced with a choice, do you utilize your current Coin-op service  “Coin-op Guy” or do you choose a full service sophisticated gaming [...]

Chicago Social Media Marketing BootCamp Event

Are you looking for more evidence to finally start your social media campaign?  As reported by eMarketer, businesses will see a shift of current marketing dollars from 4%  to 24% in annual spending to social media within five years.  This is one of the largest shifts in budgeting dollars our industry has ever seen.
As I [...]

Facebook and Twitter Design Services

Want to enhance your business’s Facebook Fan page or Twitter Profile Page? Your site’s visual presentation can be a very important part to your marketing and product branding. Give your fan page or Twitter profile a customizable look just for your business.

Advertising Your Bar or Restaurant in an Economic Downturn

Not sure which direction to take your advertising dollars?  Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time!  You have two choices: Dig in and live on your savings and hope things get better OR take a proactive approach; increase your market share to maintain profitability while your competitor tries to [...]

Fourquare Application Promotions for Bars and Restaurants

Using Foursquare to promote your Bar, Club or Restaurant
Want to increase traffic through mobile promotions?  There is a mobile application gaining some ground here in Chicago that could be a solid solution to mobile promotions, without costing a dime!  Let’s take a minute to really review the benefits to mobile promotions before we get into [...]

Top 10 Ways to Promote Your Social Media Sites

Top 10 Elements to Promoting Your Bar’s Social Media Sites
Now that you have a business plan behind your social media marketing, how do you plan on getting the word out?  Yeah, Yeah…. I hear you…. I will just start telling everyone.   Glad to hear you have taken the initiative to promote your business, but why [...]

Companies Need a Strategy

What is your businesses social media plan?
“Instead of researching the best ways to engage, many businesses create accounts across multiple social networks and publish content without a plan or purpose. However, businesses that conduct research will find a rewarding array of options and opportunities.”
—Brian Solis, founder and principal, FutureWorks, in [...]

Bar Promotions Using Twitter – Part 2 of 2

How to Tweet up your event to gain more than just followers by connecting with them before, during and after events to build a relationship of business to customer.

Bar Promotions Using Twitter – Part 1 of 2

Part 1: #Hashtagging Your Events In Twitter

So you have become the Twitter expert for your bar or restaurant……well, you at least hope so.  You tweet to your hearts content, you have a strong following, you promote specials, events, and more.  But you are still unaware on how to not only find more followers but how [...]

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