How do sports impact restaurants — and even the revenue of non-sports-theme restaurants? Here are a few quick statistics: When Lebron James returned to Cleveland and the Cavaliers, the city saw a 30%-200% increase in local restaurant revenue.
His return boosted restaurant revenue all year long, including during winter, Cleveland’s traditional restaurant off-season.
Experts estimate that his return was worth $500 million to the city of Cleveland.
Sports mean big money for the restaurant industry — with or without your city’s own Lebron James.
But it’s likely that if you’re not a sports bar or sports-themed restaurant, you may have viewed sports promotions as outside of your purview. Not only is that a mistake, but it’s a costly one.
The sports industry is worth $73 billion and growing. In a nutshell, there are four ways to take advantage […]
Today we caught up with Systems Administrator Paul Marrero of Uncle Julio’s, the person behind the award-winning campaign that Uncle Julio’s was recognized for today with a 2017 Loyaltees Award. Paul offered some additional insight on how he’s leveraging Paytronix and the Uncle Julio’s loyalty platform to make an impact.
Paytronix: Congratulations Paul, on Uncle Julio’s recognition as a 2017 Loyaltees Award winner. Thanks for taking the time to tell us a bit more about your loyalty platform today. As the System Administrator for Uncle Julio’s, you are the person responsible for designing the loyalty program, or the Uncle Julio’s Loyalty Czar as we’ve heard you called.
Paul: Thanks, the Uncle Julio’s team is honored by the recognition.
Paytronix: In talking with you about the Uncle Julio’s loyalty program, you mentioned having done away with your old email club in the process. How has the Paytronix platform replaced your previous email solution and how are you leveraging the integration of email and loyalty today? […]
The only way to know if your loyalty or other guest-engagement campaigns are succeeding is to track them and analyze your results. Unfortunately, even numbers that appear straightforward can contain hidden implications.
Depending on how you look at your data, a campaign can seem like a roaring success or a misfire. But sometimes it requires further analysis to determine if your initial assessments are accurate.
In worst-case scenarios, you may discover that a campaign you decide to run again based on previous positive data had been a misfire the entire time. Not only are you producing unfavorable results, but you are also wasting time, manpower, and money.
For example, let’s say you set up a “We Miss You” campaign. These are fairly common loyalty program campaigns in which you send out an offer to people who have not visited your stores in a while to encourage them to return. After deciding that you’re going to set up a campaign for people who have not visited in 60 days, you send them a coupon for 15 percent off an entrée.
Once you’ve run the campaign and examined your results, the numbers look great. Many guests who had not visited in 60 days made visits during the campaign period and used the coupon you sent them. It seems like the campaign was a resounding success!
But was it truly successful? Sometimes results in campaigns like this are deceiving. […]
An Interview with Content Marketing Professor Neil Feinstein
Content marketing professor and consultant Neil Feinstein has helped brands like Disney, American Express, and The New York Times improve their marketing efforts via social media, email, and mobile. In a recent interview, Neil provided insights from his years of experience that you can use to leverage content to bolster your own marketing efforts.
Paytronix: What are brands getting wrong about content marketing?
Neil: Too many brands align their marketing strategies with themselves, and not their customers. For a consumer interaction to be meaningful, it needs to be based on a consumer insight. What does the customer care about? Why should the customer care? Before marketers push out content, before they start tweeting or blogging or gramming, they need to understand the customer and then build a strategy that aligns with his/her expectations – not the business’s.
Paytronix: If that’s the case, what are most brands getting right about content marketing? […]
The only way to know if your loyalty or other guest-engagement campaigns are succeeding is to track them and analyze your results. Unfortunately, even numbers that appear straightforward can contain hidden implications.
An Interview with Content Marketing Professor Neil Feinstein