Archive for the ‘Restaurants’ Category

9 More Ways Restaurants Can Use Social Media

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Facebook and Twitter

Facebook and Twitter

[Smart WiFi from Less Networks can take the hassle out of figuring out social media by automatically integrating it into your WiFi system!]

For foodservice operators who still aren’t sure how to work social-networking sites to their advantage, R&I shares a host of helpful ideas straight from the trenches.

Allison Perlik, Senior Editor — Restaurants and Institutions, 10/26/2009

Americans have nearly tripled the amount of time they spend at social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according recent research from The Nielsen Company. In August 2009, 17% of all time spent online was spent at social-networking sites, up from 6% in August 2008. Yet even as social media’s profile continues to rise, plenty of foodservice operators still aren’t quite sure how this trend can work to their advantage. R&I offers these nine industry-specific ideas…

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via R&I Restaurants & Institutions Magazine

Free Food, Free WiFi

Monday, August 17th, 2009

After years of providing free WiFi to the masses, we love going to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Soutwest Food Expo because we get free food.  The expo is a perfect trade show for us because it helps us meet partners and prospects in our target market.

Toss the ingredients of Smart WiFi into the Crazy Chef's mouth

Toss the ingredients of Smart WiFi into the Crazy Chef's mouth

This year’s booth was designed by our newest team member, John Toole.  The concept was to pitch the ingredients of Smart WiFi to prospects as they pitched bean bags into the Crazy Chef’s mouth.  It’s amazing how popular this corny carnie concept was and how successful it was in producing leads.  This year, we met Joe Aguilar of Bullrito’s and were delighted to discover that Smart WiFi  is a great fit for their WiFi and social marketing needs.  We were also delighted to see the booth of our channel partner, Time Warner Business Class.  Their’s wasn’t as fun as ours!