The “Showbiz” Approach to Hospitality
Your customer is coming in for more than just the food….
Episode #139 Make More Money Over The Holidays (START NOW)
Opportunity is upon you and it starts now…there’s a ton of business coming your way! Starting in just two under two weeks and right through the holidays! Listen up as I’m giving you 5 Big Ideas and even a bonus that you can execute right now… Don’t leave opportunity (and CASH) on the table!
Theatre Of The Mind – The Art Of Suggesting And Selling
Your restaurant’s patrons appreciate inside knowledge, personal recommendations, and glowing descriptions. By training your service team to creatively use ‘Theatre of the mind’, you’ll soon be watching your customers smile, the cash register ring and online reviews bring in new and repeat business. Now, that’s a true competitive advantage.
Restaurant Lessons From Your Favorite “Pro” Team
It’s no secret that training takes time, discipline and most of all follow-through. You need a game plan, an attentive and willing staff and regular exercises that keep everyone on top of their game. That game plan is your restaurant’s competitive advantage! Learn more….
Episode #89 Are Millennials REALLY Hard to Manage?
Today’s episode is all about reinventing your restaurant and your management style. Listen as I share 3 simple best practices to inspire, raise the bar on service and get your team working together to over deliver and beat the competition.
Episode #79 How To Deliver AMAZING Customer Experiences
The interaction and relationships your restaurant creates between your staff and your customer is job 1 every table, every time. Listen to how your restaurant can apply this simple approach to daily pre-shift meetings and ultimately your restaurant’s culture of Hospitality. Practice F.A.C.E.S. with every new face and you’ll create an unstoppable brand and lines out the door.
Episode #55 Dominate Your Competition With Personalized Guest Service
Listen as I interview Joel Montaniel, the head of SevenRooms.com who has developed a cutting-edge app that allows your restaurant, hotel or hospitality staff to treat every customer like your Most Important Customer. Now your operation has a powerful service and marketing tool to tap into powerful guest profiles from any device even from away, manage your reservation book, know in an instant your customer’s preferences and so much more. SevenRooms is also your database whether you have one location or multiple locations.
Episode #54 How To Sell More Gift Cards This Holiday Season!
Its the Holidays and there’s no better time to sell more Gift Cards!
This time of year is a cash injection in your business that can bring in hundreds even thousands of extra dollars in the next 3 weeks!
Listen to this episode as I give you some simple and very effective marketing ideas to make your cash register ring this holiday season… you might even learn a few secrets you can use all year long to boost your sales and build your restaurant’s brand.
Episode #48 Why The Absolute Best Servers Assume The Sale
Think about sales as the lifeblood of your restaurant and Service and Sales naturally go together…you can’t have one without the other. And isn’t your goal to make as much money in your restaurant as possible? I hope so! Listen as I explain how the ABSOLUTE BEST servers Assume the Sale!
Top Server Mistakes
These are some of my biggest pet peeves…
I visit restaurants across the USA and around the globe, 9 times out of 10, the servers I get are making serious mistakes…mistakes that cost restaurants money and customers!