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"Learn Proven Ways How You Can Grow Your Bar Business And Become More Profitable.... Beginning Today!"
Gain access to THE most comprehensive online resource for bar owners and managers who want to build a more profitable and successful bar business. Here you'll find numerous low-cost customer acquisition strategies, bar promotions, downloads, spreadsheets, bar forms, information packed how-to-articles, video tutorials, and online bar calculators designed specifically for bar owners and operators to help you attract new customers without going broke, motivate your staff, reduce theft, manage your pour costs and overhead better, and successfully run a more profitable bar or nightclub.
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BAR 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 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 Customer Goldmine: How to Successfully Market Your Bar to Groups
One area many bar owners fail to capitalize on is marketing their bars to groups. If you don't have a share of the group business you're missing out on easy and predictable money every month. Learn the best ways to find and attract group customers to your bar . . . more>>
Attacking a Pour Cost Problem: How To Bring Your Pour Costs Under Control
When you have high pour costs you've got to make some quick changes or you'll lose much of your profits. Don't fail to act on this problem - it can be fixed if you know what to do. Learn some of the main reasons for high pour cost and what you can do to fix the problem before it's too late . . . more>>
BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Job Descriptions
Having detailed job descriptions for every position in your bar results in better job execution from your employees, prevents misunderstandings, and reduces you bar's liability. Use these ready-to-use Bar Job Descriptions to help your employees understand more thoroughly their job responsibilities and what results are expected from them . . . more>>
BAR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
Having a well-written and complete Bar Employee Handbook is vital to the success and safety of your bar business. Use the Bar Employee Handbook template to create a customized version of a key document for any bar business. If you desire you can include your own unique employee requirements, procedures, policies, and practices in writing so there is no question as to what is expected of your . . . more>>
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Setting Up Free WiFi in Your Bar
WiFi usage is exploding. With the rapid adoption of smartphones by consumers, the demand for WiFi will continue to increase. Learn all that's involved in setting up free WiFi in your bar so that you can get your existing customers to stay longer as well as attract new customers . . . more>>
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Setting Up a Customer Paid-For Loyalty Program
Customers will pay to be a part of your loyalty club if they can see it benefiting them. If you know how to do it right, you can build a loyal group of regulars and also get them to pay a sign up fee to join the loyalty club at your bar. Learn how to devise and roll out a paid loyalty program in your bar . . . more>>
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How To Get Your Bar Listed in GPS Databases
GPS receivers are becoming more common among car owners and smartphone users. If your bar is not listed, you're losing customers who you could easily attract. Learn how to get your bar listed in the GPS databases so that you can take advantage of this excellent and free customer traffic driver . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Promotions Results Form
Measuring the success of every bar promotion you run is vital if you want accurate data to determine whether you should run that promotion again, make some changes or get rid of it completely. Use the Bar Promotion Success Form to measure the success of your bar promotions with sales and number of customers compared to costs . . . more>>
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How to Write Online Job Postings That Get Results
Getting qualified applicants to respond to your bar's open job positions while at the same type keeping your inbox from being filled by unqualified responders can be a challenge if you approach your online job postings without a plan. Learn what to include and how to structure your online job postings to get the best job candidates . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Monthly Bar Sales Tracker Worksheet
If you don't track and record sales you'll never be able to measure your bar's sucess and recognize sales trends. You want to track sales by product and by month so you can analyze your sales and understand trends. Use the Monthly Sales Tracking Spreadsheet to track sales, receipts, and cash for every month of the year . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Staff Meeting Checklist
It's always a challenge to make sure that staff meetings are productive and organized. Use the Staff Meeting Form to keep staff meetings on point and keep a record of items discussed. You can also review the Staff Meeting Form afterwards to go over new ideas or create action items for the day ahead . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Social Media Policy Template for Bars
Social media is now mainstream. Your employees do communicate with other employees and your customers on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and more. Unless you have a social media policy in place, you run the risk of employees posting disparaging or negative comments about your business and damaging your bar's reputation. Use the Social Media Policy Template to clearly spell out what is acceptable social media behavior for your employees . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Safety Inspection Worksheet
Safety is a number one priority for your bar. But is your bar really safe for employees and customers? Running regular safety inspections will ensure that your bar is safe for employees and customers. Use the Bar Safety Inspection Worksheet to check the safety of your bar - from the backbar to the emergency exits . . . more>>
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7 Key Steps to Effectively Promote Your Bar's Website
Getting more business as a result of your website is the goal of most bar owners. If you're not seeing results from your website, now's the time to make some changes. Learn seven key steps every bar owner should take to turn their website into a solid source of new customers and profits . . . more>>
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Can Smartphone Users Find Your Bar?
Smartphone usage for mobile computing is growing at a rapid pace, especially among ages 18-45. If you're not easily found when a potential customer does a smartphone search for bars, you're losing valuable customer traffic. Learn what you can do to ensure that your bar shows up when customers are searching for bars in their area . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Incident Report Form
It's essential to create a report for accidents and incidents that happen in your bar. A report of the events surrounding an incident will help you keep accurate records and to protect your bar from liability. Use the Bar Incident Report Form to record the details of accidents and incidents that happen in your bar . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Employee Sales by Station Spreadsheet
To place the right employees in the most profitable positions and sections of your bar, you first need to track the sales of each employee at the different stations where they work. Use the Employee Sales by Section Spreadsheet to track who performs better on a certain night and in a certain position. . . . more>>
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Bar Employee Reprimand Form Templates
When an employee does something or fails to do something according to your bar's stated policies, it is necessary to bring this unacceptable behavior to his or her attention. Use the Bar Employee Reprimand Form Templates to document the occurrence and make the employee aware of the issue so that they do not repeat it again . . . more>>
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Essential Steps to Get Better Results From Your Text Message Marketing
If your bar is new to text message marketing or you've been texting for a while without the desired results, you're not alone. The good news is that bars do get great results with text message marketing by executing on a few important key steps. Learn the essential steps on how to get better results with your text message marketing . . . more>>
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How to Reduce Costs on Equipment Repair
Broken or malfunctioning equipment can cost you a lot - expensive repair costs, inconvenienced customers, stressed employees and potential new customers. Reduce your equipment repair costs and keep your bar running smoothly by using a simple equipment maintenance plan . . . more>>
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How to Market Your Bar to Charity Groups Using Guest Bartenders
Many charities are searching for ways to raise money in today's economy. You can successfully market your bar to charity groups using a guest bartender promotion at very low cost. Follow our step by step guide to putting in place a charity guest bartender promotion that will fill up your bar on your slower nights and impact your bottom line . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Wine Profit Worksheet
Knowing the gross profit and cost percentage of your products will make it easy to decide which items to push on your menu, what products can be discounted as specials and how much of a discount your bar can afford. Use the Wine Profit Worksheet to help you find the most profitable items in your wine inventory . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Manager Opening Checklist
Having an organized to-do list of the procedures needed to be done when opening the bar each day will help your manager operate more efficiently and thoroughly. Use the Manager Opening Checklist to guide the manager in completing your daily opening tasks . . . more>>
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Bartender Opening Checklist Download
Before opening the bar each day, your early shift bartenders need to clean, stock, and prepare the bar area for business. Having a set of daily opening procedures and a bar opening checklist to verify they have been completed will make their day easier and your bar run more efficiently. Use the Bar Opening Checklist to keep your opening procedures organized . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Cleaning Schedules For Your Bar
Keeping your bar clean is of the utmost importance. A high degree of cleanliness and hygiene is required to both satisfy health department inspections and to keep customers coming back. Use the following four cleaning schedules to manage who cleans specific areas and items, when cleaning is to occur, what is to be cleaned, how it is to be cleaned . . . more>>
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Getting Repeat Customers: What You Need to Know About Bar Customer Loyalty Programs
If you don't have a program designed to keep customers coming back to your bar, you're probably losing them to your competitors. You can't afford to lose customers in today's economy. The good news is that it's not too late to put a stop to this. Learn 7 different types of loyalty programs that are proven to bring customers back to your bar to spend moeny with you again and again . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Promotions Planning Form
Successful promotions have numerous details that must be managed and organized in order for any promotion to be successful. Use the Bar Promotions Planning Form to plan and organize each bar promotion you run . . . more>>
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BAR CALCULATOR: Measure the Effect of Price Increases on Your Sales
Increasing the prices on your drinks is a fact of life for most bar owners. Whether you're looking to earn more profits per sale or responding to a cost increase from a supplier, you need to have a way to determine the impact a price increase will have on your bar. Use this calculator to measure the effect of price increases on your sales . . . more>>
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BAR DOWNLOAD: Bar Special Events Calendar
Putting together and distibuting to your customers your bar's upcoming special events and promotions each month is one of the most important tasks to be accomplished each month. Simply put, special events and promotions drive traffic and sales. Use the Bar Special Events Calendar as a guideline for your bar's monthly special events calendar . . . more>>
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Bar Event Calendar For 2010
Keeping track of your bar events and special promotions can be a challenge even for the most organized bar owners. Use the Bar Event Calendar For 2010 to add or edit your upcoming bar events and keep this part of your business organized . . . more>>
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