Author - Brandon Hull

Industry Marketing News

Your Restaurant Marketing Secret Weapon

by Brandon Hull

6 min read

I published an article for Foodable titled, “The Changing Restaurant CMO in 2015”. Before clicking to go check it out, hang on, let’s talk about it for a sec. In it, I suggest there are three elements that the...

Restaurant Websites

6 Mobile Restaurant Websites You Should Copy

by Brandon Hull

7 min read

Your restaurant customers are often on the go. And when they are, they’re searching for restaurants more than any other category of brick and mortar business. How easy do you make it for them — if it’s your...

Restaurant Podcasts

Table Touch Podcast 001 — The Talk Show for Restaurant Leaders

by Brandon Hull

3 min read

Finally, it’s here! Welcome to the first episode of our new restaurant podcast, Table Touch (more details about your hosts on that link). You can listen to the show right here at NextRestaurants by clicking on the player...

This Week In

This Week in Restaurant Technologies #019 — The Sharing Economy, Michael Atkinson & Sosh Concierge

by Brandon Hull

3 min read

Nate Riggs. Brandon Hull. Back with a new episode of This Week in Restaurant Technologies, our 19th episode. This week we discussed just two topics of importance to the restaurant industry: this social sharing economy we now live...

This Week In

This Week in Restaurant Technologies #018 — Foursquare, Applebee’s, Instagram

by Brandon Hull

3 min read

After a week away, Nate Riggs and I are back with a new episode of This Week in Restaurant Technologies. On tap this week: Foursquare launches the newest version of its core app, and Applebee’s hands over the reins of its...

Featured

Dig in with the Best Restaurant Podcasts

by Brandon Hull

4 min read

We all have a special affinity for restaurants, the chefs who run them, and the brands behind them. Some of us work in them, some of us help them, all of us eat in them. They’re always on our minds. The restaurant industry...

Point of Sale

How to Engage Staff for Increasing Restaurant Sales

by Brandon Hull

5 min read

I’ve never met a restaurant operator who didn’t want a higher check average. You can do this through strategic pricing, obviously. Smart menu management is crucial. And you can push that average check size higher with...

This Week In

This Week in Restaurant Technologies #017 — Starbucks, Amazon, Local Marketing

by Brandon Hull

3 min read

Nate Riggs and I are back for a new episode of This Week in Restaurant Technologies. This week, we go deep on a couple of intriguing subjects for restaurants: mobile wallet and local social media. My microphone died just before...

Branding

The Food Truck Experience & Mobile Dining

by Brandon Hull

8 min read

My wife and I were excited to visit the Getty Museum in Los Angeles recently. We live approximately 1.5 hours away. We also have five children. So this was going to be no quick trip. Plus, did I mention, it was to a museum? And...

This Week In

This Week in Restaurant Technologies #016 — Applebee’s, TGI Friday’s, Caribou Coffee

by Brandon Hull

2 min read

Nate Riggs and I are back for another episode of This Week in Restaurant Technologies is on our Google+ page and available directly on YouTube, and this week we’ve got the casual dining segment in our crosshairs. Casual...