Author - Brandon Hull

Branding • Restaurant Marketing • Social Media

Expand Your Restaurant Marketing with Instagram Stories

by Brandon Hull

1 min read

Instagram Stories can be used to enhance restaurant marketing by featuring everything from behind-the-scenes videos and snapshots to highlighting menu specials and giving followers access to hidden promotions.

Social Media

A Case Study: One Restaurant’s Results with LinkedIn

by Brandon Hull

1 min read

You may not think LinkedIn makes sense for marketing your restaurant.If you've got an engaged following on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook already, in fact, you may think, "Why fiddle with a business network like LinkedIn that's...

Restaurant Marketing

Sports Bars and Music. The Future Sounds Great.

by Brandon Hull

3 min read

Sports bars and music. They go together, like rama lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong. Don’t miss our free companion guide to this article: The Future of Music in Sports Bars But the times they are a-changin’. In the...

Reviews

Yelp Reviews for Sale

by Brandon Hull

2 min read

Yelp reviews. There are ways to get a handle on them and drive new customers to your restaurant. All review sites, for that matter, this isn’t limited to Yelp by any means. Click this image to enlarge. This is really...

Point of Sale

Restaurant POS Showdown: iPad vs. Android

by Brandon Hull

2 min read

The restaurant POS (point of sale) world is blowing up. While we’ve addressed this at length already at NextRestaurants, much of our past articles focused on building the case for our restaurateur friends to start...

Restaurant Podcasts

‘Bar Rescue’ Star Russell Davis on Restaurant Team-Building

by Brandon Hull

1 min read

Team-building is one of your most important jobs as a restaurant owner. That’s what Russell Davis of Bar Rescue fame wants you to take away from his interview with Eric Cacciatore, host of Restaurant Unstoppable, on the...

Restaurant Podcasts

Restaurant Podcast Episode: Let’s Talk Content Marketing

by Brandon Hull

1 min read

Content marketing for restaurants. Want some real-world examples of restaurants who understand it? I joined Eric Cacciatore, host of Restaurant Unstoppable, for a special podcast episode — his 198th episode — where we...

Reviews

Online Ratings & Reviews: A Quick Roundup of Providers

by Brandon Hull

3 min read

anaging your online ratings and reviews can become a full-time job. The realm of providers focused on helping you stay on top of your online reviews and ratings is already massive, but it’s growing extremely fast. You need...

Restaurant Podcasts

Restaurant Branding Success: The Key is Focus

by Brandon Hull

1 min read

Restaurant branding success starts with focus. You’ve got to know where your restaurant adds value, and what’s a distraction. We’ve introduced you to Chomp previously. Founded by Sam Glynn. If ever it were...

Restaurant Podcasts

‘Have a Plan and Go For It’

by Brandon Hull

1 min read

“Have a plan and go for it,” are words of wisdom. Do your research first, yes, but then go all-in on pursuing your passion. Eric Cacciatore interviews the co-founder combo of Allison Arevalo and Erin Wade of Homeroom...