If you've heard the rumors about SMS marketing then don't think about spending another penny until you read this! Right now is the perfect time to build a customer list using SMS. Restaurants using text messages for marketing are seeing positive results and loving how inexpensive it is. There is over 95% readership within five minutes when you send text messages which makes SMS an outstanding marketing tool. Compare that to email open rates of less than 5% and you start to see how powerful this is.

Return On Investment

Let's talk numbers. Typical responses range between 4% - 13% and when you look at your average sale you realize an exceptional return. If you sent 1,000 messages and 50 people arrived because of that blast, you would see a return of about $1,200 gross. If your average customer spends $24 and profits range around 33% then you're looking at about 400% ROI. Try to get that kind of return from an email blast or a few radio spots.

   

Increase Visitor Frequency

Turn occasional customers into regulars by integrating text marketing with a loyalty program. Bring them back with time limited offers, customize an offer for your dining category. From fast food to fine dining this works exceptionally well. You could send out coupons, event notices, or specialty items like a rare dish.

Engage Your Audience

With text messaging you can tell a story about your business over as series of messages, blast out special offers, broadcast community news. Your customers will remember you because your message stays on their cell phone. When they are thinking about where to eat your name is in their hand, saved on their phone.

A Dependable Asset

Building a customer list creates a resource you can market to for the life of your business. It helps build good will and increases the number or times people return to eat at your establishment. Text messaging is the number one thing you can do right now to bring more people in the door.

If you are still wondering if this is right for you, many restaurants have found that this strategy produces exceptional results. Here are three samples of recent Restaurant Case Studies.

1. Shirasoni Japanese Restaurant California. Over a two month span Shirasoni acquired just over 4,000 mobile numbers in their program. Management decided to send out their first SMS campaign on Monday Nov 29th for Monday Night Football. An offer was sent to 3,700 subscribers. Revenue during three and half hours for sushi was over $2,000.00
2. Family Style Restaurant Text Campaign Case Study The message: *Special Offer* til March 31st; mention text – FREE QUESADILLAS with purchase of any Pizza AND Salad!! - The offer was good for seven days, and the response was excellent. They had about 70 extra orders compared to an average Friday. With an average order value of $15, this is an excess of $1050! And this was just one of the seven nights the offer was running.
3. The Couch Tomato Café is a family-style restaurant in Philadelphia, PA. They pulled approximately 5,000 numbers from their database that had opted-in over the past year. Their first campaign resulted in over $1000 in additional sales on a single evening.

Give your customers more reasons to return. Text about unique aspects of your place, promote events, broadcast your menu, create awareness, tell stories... all with text messaging.

Timing

With delivery rates approaching 100% you have the capacity to send thousands of messages per minute any time of day on our Carrier Grade marketing platform. For example, an offer delivered at 5:00 pm on a Tuesday evening would be seen by your customers as they are getting off work and thinking about where to eat.

Why Text Messaging Works

• 95% of All Text Messages Are Read Within 5 Minutes
• Builds Customer Loyalty
• Consistent Profits
• Minimal Investment
• More Frequent Purchases

Here's What You Get

• List Building Assistance
• Message Frequency Control
• Data Base Management
• Industry Standards Compliance

Message Options

• Menu Highlights
• Events
• Coupons
• Link To Mobile Webpage
• And Much More...

Drive Sales To A Whole New Level

Look around your restaurant when you get a minute. One or two customers are either texting or talking on their phones. Imagine how fast you could build a text messages marketing list if your customers had the option to join your SMS list. Fact is people are joining SMS lists all the time right now.

SMS for marketing is an exciting new media! It can grow your business at a comfortable pace. Our service guarantees you avoid the pitfalls and end up with an asset you can depend on for years.

One More Thing...

Restaurant SMS marketing is a virtually untapped market, start today and build a loyal following ahead of the competition.

Rates Starting at $97 per month + HST (includes first 1,000 messages) Message #1,001 + / Month @ $0.09 per message Message #5,001 + / Month $0.08 per message Surpass #10,000 / Month, rates are negotiable SMSDining.com - A Division of Virtual Anchor SEO

 









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