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		<title>Is Restaurant Email Marketing Dead?</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/is-restaurant-email-marketing-dead</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Restaurant Commando</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[VIP Clubs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days you often hear about the imminent &#8220;death of email.&#8221; Social media junkies and newbie consultants eager to sell some new &#8220;fad-of-the-day&#8221; marketing idea usually point out that: email marketing doesn&#8217;t work as well as it used to social media, texting, mobile apps, etc. are the next big thing and are going to replace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Pick a Great Name For Your Restaurant&#8217;s Email Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/name-for-your-restaurants-email-newsletter</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/name-for-your-restaurants-email-newsletter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Restaurant Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you listen to any marketers, all you hear is Facebook this and SMS Mobile that. It may seem that email has lost its importance as a restaurant marketing tool. Well, paraphrasing Mark Twain, the rumors about the death of email for restaurant marketing are &#8220;slightly&#8221; exaggerated. Email marketing is still alive and well, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Not-So-Silent Killer of Restaurant Business</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/killer-of-restaurant-business</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/killer-of-restaurant-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Restaurant Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reputation Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Reputation Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Word of Mouth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bad publicity can be good for a celebrity, but not for a restaurant business. Read these comments: &#8220;Why do people come here?&#8221; &#8220;The food wasn&#8217;t anything to write home about&#8221; &#8220;The food sucks, and the employees are treated like crap&#8221; Pray tell me, would you come here on your date night or would you go somewhere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Create an Effective Geo-Targeted Restaurant Marketing Campaign</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/how-to-create-a-effective-geo-targeted-restaurant-marketing-campaign</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/how-to-create-a-effective-geo-targeted-restaurant-marketing-campaign#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Restaurant Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geo Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Coupons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Targeting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Restaurant marketing is essentially communicating what your restaurant, cafe, bakery, pizzeria, etc has to offer to potential guests. It is a way of inciting interest and describing the unique features of your menu, of your service, and of your location. However, as valuable as  marketing can be, it presents serious issues when it comes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Restaurant Business Predictions for 2011</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-business/7-restaurant-business-predictions-for-2011</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-business/7-restaurant-business-predictions-for-2011#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Restaurant Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Owner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geo Targeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groupon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Business Predictions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we bring in the new year, we are going to take on a risk of predicting what the near future has in store for the restaurant business. While we want to be right in our analysis, we hope that some of these predictions don&#8217;t come true as they mean it will be harder for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant Marketing: To Groupon or not to Groupon?</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/restaurant-marketing-to-groupon-on-not-to-groupon</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/restaurant-marketing-to-groupon-on-not-to-groupon#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Restaurant Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Coupons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIP Clubs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daily Deals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groupon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loyalty Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://restaurantcommando.com/?p=239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About two years ago, a new word was entered out lives: Groupon. This company came seemingly out of nowhere and created an entire new industry. Thousands of coupon junkies are now glued to their computers waiting for the next daily deal to show up that they can share with their friends. Groupon is now arguably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Tips On How To Grow A Restaurant VIP Club</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/tips-to-grow-restaurant-vip-club</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/tips-to-grow-restaurant-vip-club#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chief Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIP Clubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guerrilla Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant VIP Clubs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://restaurantcommando.com/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It just hurts me to see restaurants to not be able to grow their VIP Club membership as fast as they could. Having experienced a sluggish growth of their membership, or no growth for a long time, many restaurant owners abandon the whole idea of VIP Club. Almost always, prematurely. Which is sad. Because there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Numbers To Watch In Your Restaurant Business</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-business/key-numbers-to-watch-in-your-restaurant-business</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-business/key-numbers-to-watch-in-your-restaurant-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chief Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Owner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://restaurantcommando.com/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To build and maintain a successful restaurant business, you need to constantly keep your thumb on its pulse and know how fast its heart is beating. You need to be checking the key numbers. Obviously, your cash registers and your accounting system will provide you with some very important information. That&#8217;s the good news. The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>5 Key Principles Of Restaurant Marketing</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/restaurant-marketing-principle</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-marketing/restaurant-marketing-principle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chief Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://restaurantcommando.com/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Marketing has to pay for itself (it’s never an expense, it’s an investment) The whole idea of a &#8220;marketing budget&#8221; is wrong. Most restaurants define it as a percentage of their sales. Wrong, wrong, wrong! If you had a reliable and proven way of investing $20 and getting back $30, how many of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running Restaurants: Preparing for 2009</title>
		<link>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-business/running-restaurants-preparing-for-2009</link>
		<comments>http://restaurantcommando.com/restaurant-business/running-restaurants-preparing-for-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chief Commando</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Owner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommendation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Running Restaurants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://restaurantcommando.com/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations! The fact that you are a reader of this site, puts you in the top 20% of restaurateurs who are not satisfied with the status quo and are constantly looking for new ways to offer greater value to customers, make better food, provide greater experience, and create a bigger legacy in their restaurant business. [...]]]></description>
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