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Increasing sales needs to start with existing customers. Many times restaurateurs forget their best source of business are the people who frequent their operation the most.

The marketing tips below are for internal use and cost very little. However, they all help build sales and increase the customer’s satisfaction level. When guests leave happy, they tell other people. This word of mouth advertising is the least expensive and most rewarding type of business development.

• Mirror, mirror on the wall… – Most restaurants have mirrors in both the mens’ and ladies’ restrooms. Few patrons go in a restroom without looking in the mirror. Try placing a well designed little note on the mirrors that say, “You deserve something special today. Try one of our desserts like the Chef’s classic peach bread pudding”. You can change the little note each week or everyday.
• Here’s your check .. – Don’t stop selling when you deliver the guest’s bill. Print a few labels that can advertise your gift cards, upcoming events or new menu offerings the following week. Put the label in a guest check book or on a tray. If you want to print small coupons for their next visit, add them when the check is presented.
• A Rose is a Rose .. – What is the next holiday? Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter – almost any special day will work. Just offer a special service that will place a rose at the seat of a significant other. For instance, when a reservation is made for Mother’s Day, you can offer to have a Rose and a note at the table for the honored Mother. Of course, you can charge extra for the service, but the real reward will be the great “extra” service that will impress all at the table. You will go beyond their expectations.
• Mom’s Relief, Grab it and Go . – Want to build your carry out business? Try a special night of the week that you offer a complete dinner, packaged family style at a fixed price per person. For instance, a complete shrimp feast for four may be priced at $35 which will include all the trimmings for a full meal, You can call this your Mom’s Relief Night.When looking for new business start with your regular guests.

You can be sure they will respond quickly and affirmatively, since they already know your product.

Larry Edger is an author and multi-concept restaurant owner. Widely known for the best selling book, The Restaurant Ebook, A Guide to Keeping Your Dream Off the Chopping Block [http://www.therestaurantebook.com/blog]. Larry has written numerous articles, books and example of actual restaurant management tools that have been used for years in many operations.

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Super Bowl 46 kicks off on February 5, 2012 at 6:30pm EST on NBC. Amazingly enough, I found this information by searching on Google and clicking on the second result: nfl.com.

Amazing because every year, football fans flock to search engines searching for the start time, and until now, organizations like the NFL, the playing teams, and the broadcasting station didn’t show up at all in search results because none of their sites answered the question. Seem crazy?

• 2009  Results: In 2009, start-time related searches were among the most popular the morning of the game, but neither the NFL nor NBC were anywhere to be found.
• 2010 Results: In 2010, both nfl.com and cbs.com had significant technical infrastructure issues that kept search engines from crawling and indexing the content. Again, the search results were sad and this time, full of spammers trying to capitalize on the search volume.
• 2011 Results: In 2011, problems continued. But news organizations jumped in, and the Huffington Post in particular ranked well for its article that simply listed all of the various ways people were searching for the Super Bowl start time. (That article was later “edited for clarity”).

This year, things are finally getting better. Even the Huffington Post, while still getting every variation of spelling and tagging in the article for maximum search coverage (“For starters, it’s two words, not one. “Superbowl” is an incorrect spelling.”), has filled out their article a bit with actual information.

The results could still be better. While [Super Bowl start time] has overall higher search volume than [Super Bowl kick off time], the latter is the top search this morning, and NFL.com only ranks for the former (HuffPo does quite well with the latter). Superbowl.com, which redirects to the NFL site, ranks, but as I mentioned in earlier years, this domain 302 redirects to nfl.com. A 301 instead would consolidate the domains (including value signals such as links), which might cause the target URL to do better overall in relevant searches. But still, compared to earlier years, I’d call these results a win for the NFL.

Sadly, NBC, the Giants, and the Patriots, and TV Guide all fail to appear in results once again. Even though both Google Insights for Search and my articles over the years should have prepared them for this year’s search interest.

Why should these sites care about showing up for these searches? They’ve invested substantially in site content and those seeking out the game start time are a perfect audience for that content. Searchers would click for the start time and stay for the fan jam videos and view the ads.

Of  course, Super Bowl viewers will see lots of ads anyway today. But that’s a topic for the next article.

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I wish I could say that I created the business model called the Marketing Funnel, but it has actually been in existence for many years. This model is so powerful and has been used to transform many businesses just like yours It acts as a guide to help you create multiple streams of income. Being a successful entrepreneur is about turning time into money, and having more than one income stream is arguably the best way to do just that. This business model illustrates the way to leverage your time and knowledge which will allow you greater freedom and success in your life and business.

So, what exactly is the Marketing Funnel? Visualize a triangle and turn it upside down with the point at the bottom and the wide part at the top. It should look like an ice cream cone. The concept is to get as many people in your target market to enter your marketing funnel at the top. You do this by creating a free sample of your work. This can be a free report or any other kind of special offer.

Once people enter your marketing funnel, you continue to offer them free access to you by publishing an ezine with highly valuable content. As you move down your funnel, you offer products and services with increasing costs. The idea is to have some people reach the bottom of your funnel and work with you one on one (these are your VIPs) and offer products and services at various price points along the way. Not everyone will reach the bottom of your funnel, which is precisely why it’s more narrow at the bottom. The fact is that you need clients and every level of your funnel. The “do it yourselfers” will be happy to purchase a home study course or other information product that is located toward the top and middle of your funnel. Others will want more direct contact with you and will end up at the tip of your funnel where you work with them one on one.

I love this business model for many reasons. First, this is a great way for your prospects to “test drive” your products and services prior to making a purchase. Second, it’s a sure-fire way for you to connect with your target market and find those who are attracted to your energy, message and style. Let’s face it, there are many people out there in the same industry as you offering roughly the same things, but trust me – there is a segment of the population that you are meant to serve Third, you give your target market many options for how to work with and learn from you. For example, they can start by purchasing a low-cost e-book on a topic of interest for only $29. This is a low-risk investment for them, and it’s an opportunity for you to showcase your work. By delivering everything you promise in this e-book, chances are good that they will be willing and perhaps even eager to purchase from you again at this price point or higher, which then moves them down your marketing funnel. Fourth, this business model moves you away from trading time for money ($X per hour). Having multiple income streams allows you to free up your time to focus on the VIP clients you select – all while keeping, or more likely, increasing your revenue.

There are many ways to create products and services for your marketing funnel. Here are just a few:

- e-book – e-course – teleseminar – workbook – membership program – paid newsletter – manual – checklist – workshop – webinar – seminars – audio class

This works for any industry, so don’t think this isn’t for you

The Marketing Funnel is a fantastic way of helping more people and creating more streams of income It is a strong and relevant concept for today’s service-based entrepreneurs. While the concept is simple, it is also important to carefully structure your products and services so they compliment and build upon each other.

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Manticore Technology the trusted provider of easy-to-use, powerful marketing automation solutions for managing the marketing funnel, today announced online availability of The Lead Nurturing Cookbook, a comprehensive eBook that provides step-by-step guidance in the form of recipes for creating proven, effective lead nurturing programs that B2B marketers can use in real-world situations.

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A Cornish surfer, a Cambridge graduate, a former Navy officer and a supermarket supervisor are among the final six candidates who have been shortlisted for one of the UKs most sought-after and unusual roles currently on the market – the UKs first-ever human Ambassador for Russian entrepreneur and best-selling author Aleksandr Orlov (founder of comparethemeerkat.com).

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Nearly 1,500 applications were received for the position of Meerkovo Ambassador, representing the hometown of comparethemeerkat.com founder, Aleksandr Orlov, here in the UK. The role will pay 40,000* (gross) for a six month contract and will involve highlighting the plight of the Meerkovo villagers at some of the nations top sporting and cultural events this summer.

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The Best Practices Xchange (“BPX”) (http://www.BestPracticesXchange.com) is scheduled to meet on Friday, November 16, 2007 for a one day summit which will be attended by a “Who's Who” of top Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and Supply Chain Executives. This upcoming meeting will focus on “Strategic Sourcing/Supply Chain Performance: Metrics and Marketing”.

A study conducted by a research firm in 2006 suggests that using the conventional Purchasing Price Variance (“PPV”) as a metric has been linked to counter-productivity and less-than-ideal results and that the alignment of more appropriate Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”) to the overall business strategy will provide the best results and greatest benefit. This session of the Best Practices Xchange will explore the legitimacy of this study and discuss the best KPIs to use for today's value-creating Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain organizations.

Strategic Sourcing/Supply Chain organizations, having set the metrics and a method to accurately measure them, find that the next step is to make certain that the rest of the company knows why they are essential: Internal Marketing (“IM”). From an IM Best Practices Study conducted at Northwestern University, it was found that “IM can be deployed as a strategic tool to help an organization achieve its business objectives. by aligning, motivating, and empowering employees – at all functions and levels – to consistently deliver positive customer experiences that are aligned with the firm's organizational goals”.

In this session, BPX members will explore how to effectively market Strategic Sourcing/Supply Chain services and value internally through the benefit of a facilitated round-table discussion, revealing what each organization has adopted for their own performance metrics and internal marketing strategies.

The diversity of the membership of BPX with respect to industry, size, and geography will make for a very exciting discussion of the issues including: “Are metrics geared towards driving the right behavior in your organization?” and “How do you measure the strategic growth of your Supply Chain/Sourcing organization?” Additionally, the group will address internal marketing questions such as: “How are you marketing the value and importance of your Supply Chain/Sourcing organization?” and “How much time do you spend on your internal marketing efforts?”

Jason Busch of Azul Partners and Brian Sommer of Techventive, two of The Mpower Group's alliance partners, will be co-presenting on the topic with a talk entitled: Left-Brain and Right-Brain Procurement Adoption Techniques: Metrics and Marketing.

In this presentation, they will share their thoughts on two related sets of activities to drive procurement technology and process adoption. The first is leveraging metrics and benchmarks to build a business case and excitement for sets of specific investments. They will discuss some popular benchmarks that they know can work to drum up executive attention. The second area they explore is the marketing and internal selling of initiatives up and down the organization. In this part of the discussion, they will focus on what they have observed in successful internal selling campaigns.

Dalip Raheja, President and co-founder of The Mpower Group will present on the following topic: Metrics and Marketing: Measuring, Demonstrating and Selling the Value of your Sourcing/Supply Chain Organization.

If an organization is looking to become a strategic competency for their corporation, then they need to adopt the right set of metrics that drive the right behavior, both within their organization and with their own internal partners, and project the real value that they add. Incorporating a communication plan that utilizes all the elements of a marketing campaign that continuously communicates the value of your organization needs to be built. Without such an approach, Sourcing/Supply Chain organizations are doomed to never shed the image of a back office operation. Dalip will discuss some unique metrics to consider, an approach to developing and implementing metrics and a methodology to develop your own “marketing” plan.

About BPX:

The Best Practice Xchange (“BPX”) is a by-invitation-only, peer-to-peer group with a charter to provide thought leadership, advanced solutions, and networking opportunities to group members. The group meets four times a year and the meetings are facilitated by the globally recognized and award-winning Oak Brook, IL based Sourcing, Procurement, and Supply Chain consultancy – The Mpower Group. BPX addresses major Global Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and Supply Chain Management challenges such as:

• Building world-class Sourcing and Supply Chain Management Organizations
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Governance
• Outcome Based Process Improvement
• Integration of 6 Sigma and Strategic Sourcing
• Managing IT Outsourcing Arrangements

As is customary with every BPX meeting, one-half of the very nominal membership dues are allocated to support a charity designated by the membership. Some of the past charities that have been supported by this group include: the Ronald McDonald House Charities; a School for destitute children in India; the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund; various Chicago-area Domestic Violence Prevention Agencies; and the CS Foundation (India). The beneficiary for this quarter will be selected at the meeting.

A short list of the membership and attendees of the 9Th Best Practices Xchange Symposium includes the following companies:

VP Corporate Purchasing, Volvo Construction Equipment
Director, Global Sourcing, Navistar International
SVP & Chief Supply Office, Exelon
Director of National Purchasing, Discover Financial Services
VP Supply Chain & Administrative Services, WE Energies
VP Administrative Services – Purchasing and Distribution, State Farm Insurance
Director of Procurement, Sidley Austin LLP
Senior Director – Global Technology Sourcing, McDonald's Corporation
CIO & Chief Procurement Officer, FMC Technologies
VP & Chief Procurement Officer, Health Care Services Corporation
AVP Enterprise Procurement Group, CNA Insurance
VP Supply Services, Ameren
Director Supply Chain, Invensys Corp.
VP Purchasing, John Deere

About The Mpower Group:

The Mpower Group (“TMG”), a State of Illinois certified minority supplier with offices in Oak Brook, IL, assists Fortune 500 organizations globally, solving complex issues related to their Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing operations including outsourcing and off-shoring. TMG emphasizes world-class business practices related to strategy, process, and technology that truly drive superior financial results for our clients.

The mission of The Mpower Group is to Mpower client organizations to become self-reliant as quickly as possible by actively transferring skill and knowledge, while holistically integrating consulting disciplines with change management techniques. We are recognized thought leaders in Strategic Sourcing and authorities on change management, with large, complex organization experience. TMG brings focused, skilled teams to each engagement, which have a strong bias for actionable results.

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