My name is Doug Jacobson. I am the owner of Loreley Beer Garden in New York City and the Founder of ION Hospitality. I've created this group to help Restaurant Owners get more customers and keep them coming back. Like most owners, I struggled for years figuring out how to increase sales, decrease costs and create a successful restaurant. I'd like to use this opportunity to share whats worked for me, and help connect restaurant owners to grow, collaborate and network with other owners! I was a Restaurant GM at 21 years old, and I became an Owner at 27. As a young owner, there was a time where I was almost a million dollars in debt and running $100k balance on my personal credit cards to survive. Nobody in my life really knew what I was going through. Not my employees, not my friends, not my family, nobody. It's one thing to understand the financial responsibility. It's another to live it every day. With the fear of bankruptcy haunting me every day, I had no choice but to push forward. I know what it took for you to get here. I have been there. But I promise you, there is a systematic way to increase sales that will work in any city in the world. I can tell you that because I've lived it, and today I am debt free. Since taking over Loreley Beer Garden, I have increased annual sales by over 300% using mostly social media marketing and avertising, and a series of strategies to attract new customers & keep them coming back again and again. Over my 15 year career in hospitality, I have learned what works and more importantly what doesn't work. I've tried it all. I've seen what has worked for other restaurants and I've seen far too many close their doors for the last time. I have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last 10 years in social media advertising figuring out what works, so you don't have to. I'd love to share what I have learned through my own trials and tribulations, and use my network to help create a series of master classes and fool-proof courses for restaurant owners to grow their own businesses.

Hello everyone. I own a small restaurant in the middle of nowhere in a smaller community. We are in a tough marketing environment. We are off the beaten path so we don't have visibility and struggle to be top on people's minds when deciding where to go eat.

Hey everyone!! First of all, thank you, @Doug Jacobson , for letting me post here. I really appreciate it. I’m Mohneesh, I'm 21 years old, and I'm the founder of GoodKlicks.com, an online reputation management platform designed to help restaurant owners take charge of their reviews. I'm currently in my junior year of college, pursuing a degree in Computer Science. I developed this platform as a side hustle to earn some extra money on the side after recognizing the significant impact negative reviews can have on a business. I started by doing walk-in sales in restaurants to pitch my product (this helped me get over my fear of rejection too, haha). I started seeing some success after a few door-to-door walk-ins, and now I've got about 13 restaurants as my clients. My platform helps restaurant owners with private negative feedback collection - it prevents negative reviews from being posted on their online listings and captures the reviewer's contact info, allowing you to handle the matter privately while also protecting your online listings. It also automates the entire review collection process with a bunch of native integrations with major review platforms. I believe in providing value upfront, so if any of you need help with reviews, I'm here, and you guys are more than welcome to try out my platform for free. I'm excited to be here and connect with you all!

Indeed I will be using this script! Thank you Doug! I need some structure to work from 🤣 Hey Everyone!! I am Gina, the social media team/server of feast, gibsonia, PA and we're a chef driven scratch restaurant, global flavors, local ingredients. We're located outside Pittsburgh, PA (USA). I joined the Restaurant Owners community because I found y'all on reddit searching for social media strategies, especially for a young (1.5 year) spot. I am hoping to learn how to not waste our time on social media and develop a community. I have done social media marketing/management in the past for tech startups and wellness, but I have returned to the food and beverage industry because it's home. I think I can be valuable to the community from my past experience in marketing and hr (hiring/social media presence). I am also a full time server, so I'm having the conversations first hand, telling guest to follow, etc. I am truly looking to get to know everyone! If anyone feels like I can add value to their business, please reach out! Name: Gina You can find us on: Website: feast-pa.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feast.pa Instagram: [Full URL] https://www.instagram.com/feast.pa/ TikTok: [Full URL] owners do not see this as a way to reach the customers we target YouTube: [Full URL] nothing yet. maybe cooking/drink tutorials in the future

Hey everyone, just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a 3rd generation restaurant owner. I took over my family's sub shop a few years back and looking to continuously improve it. Currently, I'm looking to improve the technical quality of my social media output. Any feedback somebody could provide would be appreciated. I'm looking for any tips and tricks to take our social media to the next level! Links below: https://riccottis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/riccottis_sandwich_shop/