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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>>

Bar Employee Overtime Policy
Bar Employee Overtime Policy Unnecessary overtime by your employees is a quick way to over-spend your labor budget. Unless you have a written overtime policy in place, your cutting into your profits. Use the Bar Employee Overtime policy to have each employee sign and acknowledge that they understand your bar's policy for overtime . . . more>>
How To Save Several Thousand Dollars Each Year by Using Direct Deposit to Pay Your Employees
How To Save Several Thousand Dollars Each Year by Using Direct Deposit to Pay Your Employees Using direct deposit instead of paper paychecks to pay your employees is an easy way to save your bar several thousand dollars each year. Setting it up is very easy to do. Learn the correct steps to set up direct deposit and begin reducing your payroll overhead costs immediately . . . more>>
How Smart Bar Managers Prepare For Peak Busy Times to Avoid Being Overwhelmed
How Smart Bar Managers Prepare For Peak Busy Times to Avoid Being Overwhelmed Predicting when busy days and nights are likely to occur and then taking care to set your bar up for success can mean the difference between a chaotic atmosphere with poor service and a well oiled machine. Learn what smart bar managers do to prepare for peak busy times without the customer experience suffering . . . more>>
How to Recruit and Hire the Right Bar Manager
How to Recruit and Hire the Right Bar Manager One of the most important decisions you make as a bar owner is hiring the right manager. Making the wrong hire will cost both profits and YOUR time, potentially setting your bar back at least a year. Learn how to find a quality manager with the right hands-on-experience, knowledge, and understanding of your bar's needs to help your business thrive . . . more>>
How an Unclean Bar Directly Affects Your Profitability
How an Unclean Bar Directly Affects Your Profitability If your bar is not firing on all cylinders when it comes to cleanliness, your repeat business will suffer. Don't let easily correctable items cost you customers and profits. Learn where many bars drop the ball and how you can avoid making these same mistakes . . . 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 Promotion Marketing: The Most Effective Ways to Get the Word Out
Bar Promotion Marketing: The Most Effective Ways to Get the Word Out The success of your bar promotions will be largely determined by how effectively you get the word out. Choose the wrong marketing avenues and you'll both waste money and not get the crowd you need. Learn the most effective marketing and advertising ways successful bars use to promote their upcoming bar promotions and which ones to avoid . . . more>>
How to Obtain Prizes for Your Bar Promotions at Very Low Cost
How to Obtain Prizes for Your Bar Promotions at Very Low Cost Prizes given away during your bar promotions can quickly add up in cost and reduce each promotion's profitability. Learn how to significantly reduce your prize costs by following these key techniques for obtaining prizes . . . 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>>
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>>
Fire Emergency Procedures
Fire Emergency Procedures A fire can be one of the worst things to happen to your bar or restaurant. You can minimize the damage and quickly move onto the road of recovery if you know the right steps to take. Don't be caught without a plan in place. Use the Fire Emergency Procedures as a guideline to develop a fire plan for your bar and review the proper course of action . . . 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>>
BEST PRACTICES For Getting Repeat Customers in Your Bar
BEST PRACTICES For Getting Repeat Customers in Your Bar Focusing on increasing repeat customers is one of the smartest uses of any bar owner's time. Research on customer buying habits shows that by increasing return visits by only 5% can increase your profits by at least 25%. Learn the best strategies bar owners use to cost effectively increase their repeat customers return rate and make your bar more profitable . . . 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>>
Free High Traffic Websites You Can Use to Promote Your Bar's Upcoming Events
Free High Traffic Websites You Can Use to Promote Your Bar's Upcoming Events Getting the word out about your upcoming events is vital for making your promotions successful. Fortunately, with just a little bit of computer time, you can reach a large section of potential customers in your area. Learn the top event calendar websites where you can list your bar's upcoming events for free . . . 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>>
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>>
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