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    Our huge collection of resources is designed specifically for bar owners and operators and include industry specific downloads, operation and employee forms, actionable how-to-articles, ready-to-use training manuals, opening and closing checklists, spreadsheets, and much more to help you unlock and get more from the opportunities within your bar.

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    BAR MARKETING BEST PRACTICES: Proven Low Cost Ways to Consistently Drive Customer Traffic to Your BarBAR MARKETING BEST PRACTICES: Proven Low Cost Ways to Consistently Drive Customer Traffic to Your Bar
    Getting more customers for your bar requires that you not only have but execute a workable bar marketing strategy. Too many bars make the mistake of focusing their time and resources on strategies that don't get the best results. Learn the top proven and tested bar marketing best practices being used by successful bar owners today and how you can implement them at low cost into your bar marketing plan . . . more>>

    How To Create Successful Bar Promotions: A Step By Step GuideHow To Create Successful Bar Promotions: A Step By Step Guide
    Understanding what works (and what doesn't) with bar promotions is vital in maximizing your customer traffic. The addition or tweaking of just a few things can skyrocket the response to your promotions. Use this step by step guide to help you create successful bar promotions that will drive tons of customer traffic . . . more>>

    BAR TRAINING MANUALSBAR TRAINING MANUALS
    In order to get consistent results from your staff, it's essential to have your employees all pulling in the same direction using the same standards and operating knowledge. Don't leave this critical area up to chance. Use our professionally designed Bar Training Manuals to provide clear directions to your staff on exactly what is expected in their postion and the exact policies, procedures, and methods needed to be successful . . . more>>

    Bar Opening and Closing ChecklistsBar Opening and Closing Checklists
    Use the opening and closing checklists to give your staff specific instructions on what needs to be done during opening and closing so that your operation is run in a consistent and efficient manner. Our opening and closing checklists are complete and ready to use immediately. You can also use it as a template and customize it as you see fit for your bar's operations . . . more>>

    Food Safety Inspection Checklist
    Food Safety Inspection Checklist Should you fail to pass your health inspections you can be fined or worse - shut down. Doing frequent self inspections will ensure that your bar is up to code and will help you feel confident when the real inspector comes. Use the Food Safety Self Inspection Checklist to see how you measure up to an inspection and make any changes needed before the health inspector comes. . . . more>>
    How to Quickly Create and Roll Out a Food Allergy Plan For Your Bar
    How to Quickly Create and Roll Out a Food Allergy Plan For Your Bar With 12 million Americans affected by food allergies, chances are some of these people are already your customers. If you don't have food allergy plan in place, you're at risk for liability issues relating to allergy incidents. Use our food allergy guide to create a viable plan for your bar on how your staff should handle customers with food allergies . . . more>>
    How to Setup and Get the Best Results From Your Bar's Google+ Profile
    How to Setup and Get the Best Results From Your Bar's Google+ Profile Google is now allowing businesses to set up a free profile and promote to Google+ users. Don't miss out using this new Facebook rival to market you bar and promote your events for free. Use our step by step guide to help you set up your bar's profile on Google+ and maximize your results from this fast growing social media platform . . . more>>
    Bar Theft Prevention: What You Must Know to Prevent Customer Theft Using Gift Cards
    Bar Theft Prevention: What You Must Know to Prevent Customer Theft Using Gift Cards The growing usage of Visa/Mastercard/Amex gift cards has attracted scammers targeting bars and restaurants, causing some establishments to lose hundreds of dollars due to theft. Don't let your bar fall victim to gift card theft. Learn how this scam works and how you can properly train your staff to prevent customer theft using gift cards . . . more>>
    Internet Bar Marketing To Do List
    Internet Bar Marketing To Do List Using the internet to drive customer traffic to your bar is no longer an option. Unless you have the proper presence, on the right websites, you're losing these customers to your competitors. With this guide you'll learn exactly where your bar needs to be represented and the exact steps on how to do it so that your bar is getting the most customers possible from the internet . . . more>>
    How to Hold a Successful Facebook Fan Party Night
    How to Hold a Successful Facebook Fan Party Night Once your bar's Facebook Fan Page reaches 500 to 1000 fans, you're in a great position to hold an exclusive party for your Facebook fans. Learn the most effective ways to make your Facebook party event both a financial and marketing success and how to get your Facebook fans to actively market your bar to their Facebook friends . . . more>>
    How to Use a Reverse Happy Hour to Create Additional Late Night Revenue
    How to Use a Reverse Happy Hour to Create Additional Late Night Revenue If your bar has difficulty attracting a steady stream of customers later in the evening on certain nights, you should strongly consider offering a reverse, or late night, happy hour. Learn how successful bars are using late night happy hours to drive sales and customer traffic when they need it most . . . more>>
    Bar Manager Hour by Hour Checklist
    Bar Manager Hour by Hour Checklist If your manager is overwhelmed by tasks or doesn't know where to start, nothing productive gets done. Instead of letting events get out of hand, set some guidelines to help determine the day's tasks. Use the Bar Manager Hour by Hour Checklist to cover the specific tasks the manager needs do to throughout the day so that your bar runs the way you want . . . more>>
    Proven Bar Promotion That Works: How to Triple Your Happy Hour Sales By Holding Group Nights
    Proven Bar Promotion That Works: How to Triple Your Happy Hour Sales By Holding Group Nights The following promotion is a case study straight from one of our members, and has been used by several other members with great success. Learn the exact steps used by these bar owners to triple their happy hour revenue and fill up their bar on slow nights by targeting groups . . . more>>
    Bar Revenue Management: Proven Ways to Increase Your Sales 3% to 5%
    Bar Revenue Management: Proven Ways to Increase Your Sales 3% to 5% Most bars do not operate at peak efficiency during their busiest times. This results in additional sales and profits being lost each day due to the failure to follow a few key revenue management strategies. Learn several specific revenue enhancing steps successful bars are using to increase sales from 3% to 5% and that cost almost nothing to roll out . . . more>>
    Bar Promotion Fundamentals: Understanding What Result Areas Your Bar Promotions Should Achieve
    Bar Promotion Fundamentals: Understanding What Result Areas Your Bar Promotions Should Achieve You know you need to run promotions for your bar. But do you know the specific objectives each bar promotion should accomplish? Learn how to get more customers and increase sales by understanding with clarity the objectives you should have for each bar promotion . . . more>>
    Bar Pre-Shift Meeting Topics
    Bar Pre-Shift Meeting Topics Pre-shift meetings give your managers/supervisors the opportunity to discuss with your staff numerous relevant topics to improve your operation, customer service, and profitability. Use the Bar Pre-Shift Meeting Topics to have a variety of topics to choose from that will keep your staff from getting bored with what's discussed and keep your meetings fresh . . . more>>
    Bar Marketing Results: How to Measure (And Know) How Effective Your Marketing Really Is
    Bar Marketing Results: How to Measure (And Know) How Effective Your Marketing Really Is The average bar owner spends between 3% and 6% of gross sales on marketing. With so much being investing in getting, and keeping, customers, how well you spend this budget is critical to your bar's financial performance. Learn how to set up an easy to use way to track the marketing costs, effectiveness, and ROI of every marketing promotion and strategy in your arsenal so you know which ones to repeat and which ones to stop running . . . more>>
    Use Sponsored Tastings to Build Business on Slow Nights
    Use Sponsored Tastings to Build Business on Slow Nights Sponsored tastings are an ideal way to bring in more customers for very little money marketing investment. Learn how to work with your beverage brands to host these special events in your bar that will generate interest in a new product and add to your revenue as well . . . more>>
    BARTENDER TRAINING MANUAL
    BARTENDER TRAINING MANUAL In order to get consistent results from your staff, it's essential to have your employees all pulling in the same direction using the same standards and operating knowledge. Use the Bartender Training Manual to provide clear directions to your bartenders on exactly what is expected in their postion and the exact policies, procedures, and methods needed to be a successful bartender . . . more>>
    Sponsoring Sports Teams in Your Bar: How To Generate Steady Profits and Customers By Following Specific Steps
    Sponsoring Sports Teams in Your Bar: How To Generate Steady Profits and Customers By Following Specific Steps Sponsoring sports teams can be a steady money maker for your bar. It can also be a money loser if you don't have the right game plan. Learn the do's and don't about sports team sponsoring and how to make this a profitable part of your business . . . more>>
    How to Successfully Host a Car Show at Your Bar
    How to Successfully Host a Car Show at Your Bar Hosting a car show at your bar is a great way to get customers into your bar and boost sales. These fun events attract a lot of attention and don't require a big investment to execute. Learn step-by-step how to organize and carry out a car show at your bar. . . . more>>
    How to Hold a Chili Cookoff In Your Bar
    How to Hold a Chili Cookoff In Your Bar Holding a chili cookoff in your bar is an exciting event that is known to attract new and repeat customers. However, holding a big event like a cookoff is something that requires detailed planning and organization. Learn the exact steps to take in order to create a successful chili cookoff in your bar . . . more>>
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