Growth & Marketing

Catering to Older Diners: How Restaurants Can Keep Hospitality Human

Learn how restaurants can attract older diners with better hospitality, flexible options, and thoughtful restaurant accessibility.

Restaurant Delivery Fees: What They Cover and How To Explain Them

Learn why restaurants charge delivery fees, what those fees cover, and how to explain delivery costs to customers while protecting your margins.

Marketing Your Restaurant Through Community Involvement

Find out how restaurant community engagement can improve your restaurant’s sales, traffic, and reputation, as long as you do it the right way.

How To Prep Your Bar & Grill for a Winning Football Season

Prepare your bar and grill for football season with bar food for game day, using our staffing advice, marketing tips, and proven operational strategies.

How AI Can Give Your Independent Restaurant a First-Mover Advantage

Discover how restaurant AI for restaurants can help improve customer experience and operational efficiency with phone answering, website optimization, and more.

Restaurant Customers Still Want To Splurge

Consumers want value but they’re also willing to splurge. Find out how to optimize your menu and restaurant pricing strategy to meet consumer expectations.

Top 5 Tips for Using Social Media To Promote Your Restaurant Today

Boost your restaurant social media marketing strategy and learn how working with restaurant influencers can help boost visibility and credibility.

How To Promote Online Ordering for Your Restaurant

The online ordering segment is growing but so are delivery fees. We tell you how to promote online ordering for your restaurant while navigating the costs.

Your Restaurant Website Is an Underrated Revenue Channel (And How to Fix It)

Restaurant websites don’t always convert visitors into orders. Learn how restaurant website optimization and direct online ordering increase online sales.

You Get What You Pay For: Why Outsource Restaurant Website Design and SEO

Stronger restaurant website design and SEO help customers find and choose you. See why outsourcing your restaurant website leads to better results.

How Your Restaurant Can Capitalize on High-Protein Food Trends

Get the tips and tech you need to capitalize on today’s high-protein food trends. Our experts break down the operational and marketing changes to make.

What’s the Right Loyalty Program for My Coffee Shop?

Discover how to choose the best loyalty program for your coffee shop to boost repeat visits and strengthen customer retention.

How To Hop on the Top Value Dining Trends Without Hurting Profits

Value dining trends are up as cost-conscious consumers look for ways to save. Find out how to attract deal-seeking diners without hurting profit margins.

How To Build a Restaurant Marketing Strategy and Communications Plan

Learn how to build a restaurant communications strategy that strengthens staff, boosts marketing, and drives PR success for new and established restaurants.

Why Butts in Seats Matter: Increase Occupancy to Increase Restaurant Revenue

Boost restaurant revenue by filling empty tables. Learn how Seated helps increase occupancy and turn slow shifts into profit opportunities.

Our Top 7 Restaurant Predictions for 2026

Discover 2026 restaurant trends, including profitability strategies, AI, marketing shifts, and technology decisions shaping the future of dining.

5 Ways to Improve Your Restaurant Operation When Business Is Slow

Things are slow in the restaurant biz after the holiday rush. Use this time to work on your marketing and other long-term projects.

I'm Opening a Restaurant, What Tech Do I Need?

Learn what should be in your restaurant tech stack in order to operate a profitable restaurant. After a point of sale system, what’s next on our checklist?

SEO for Restaurants Made Simple: Strategies You Should Be Using

Restaurant marketing success starts with strong SEO. Boost visibility, attract more diners, and grow revenue with smart, local-focused optimization.

5 Things To Do Now To Drive Restaurant Event Bookings in 2026

Increase revenue in 2026. Get practical tips on how your restaurant can dive headlong into event booking next year and beyond.

Your Restaurant Communication Strategy: Use Emails, Texts, or Both?

Learn how managing customer relationships with emails and texts supports your restaurant communication strategy and boosts guest engagement and loyalty.

10 Ways Poor Restaurant Website Design Costs You Customers

Avoid common restaurant website design mistakes that drive customers away. Learn how to improve design, menus, mobile usability, and online conversions.

Should My Restaurant Offer Gift Cards?

Our in-house panel of experts discusses the benefits of restaurant gift cards and highlights the growing popularity of restaurant eGift cards.

Deepening the Restaurant Customer Experience

Learn how to improve your restaurant customer experience with quality, service, atmosphere, menu insights, technology, and loyalty strategies.