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Subject: Re: Promoting your place of business
From: elounge
Posted: Fri Jun 5. 1998, 13:33 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Promoting your place of business"  by elounge  (Fri Jun 5. 1998, 13:27 UTC)
> > Hi, I was wondering if anyone might have any ideas on how to bring in the 
> > business crowd for either lunch or happy hour and keep them COMING BACK!
> > 
> > The place I work in is brand new - about 6 months old.  The owner built it 
> and 
> > 
> > it is absolutely gorgeous.  Unfortunately it is in a poor area of town and 
> not 
> > 
> > too many business people venture in there.  The owner seems to be kicking 
> > himself for the location of the place.
> > 
> > At first, when we opened back in January, we couldn't keep people away from 
> 
> > 
> > the place and now it has died down considerably.  Most of the bars in this 
> > town are DUMPS and this place is just too nice.  It seems like it gets busy 
> 
> > 
> > during the weekends but it is the same group of people - the younger ones, 
> > trouble makers, 
> > 
> > For a while we used to have a group of lawyers.  They just started coming 
> back 
> > 
> > for happy hour on Fridays.  I'm looking for any ideas on how to promote this 
> 
> > 
> > place to get the business crowd back in there.  Not to be prejudiced or 
> > anything, but they don't cause trouble, tip much better and are much more 
> > polite than the normal drunk that wonders in there.
> > 
> > We do have some real nice regulars and we want to keep them but it's scarey 
> 
> > 
> > cuz they are decent people and we don't want them to stop coming cuz of the 
> 
> > 
> > rest of the crowd that wonders in there.  Any suggestions?  Any links anyone 
> 
> > 
> > can think of where I can go for ideas?
> > 
> > yankeegirl
> > 
> sounds like you are going to have to spend some on advertising -
include what credit cards you take, banquet facilities, businesspersons
lunch specials, fax daily specials to different business.  also might
want to try business card drawing.  collect cards from every business
person who walks in - once a week draw one out and give winner lunch for
two. good luck!!


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