Restaurants & the Web
Is Groupon Good For Restaurants?
Welcome back!I don’t think it is necessary to explain the Groupon thing. The truth is that you can’t get away from it now that approximately one million copies of their concept are now available.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is doing it and they tell me even Clipper Magazine has joined the fray. It’s [...]
Restaurant Promotion Gone Afoul: The Most Expensive Free I’ve Ever Seen…
Ok, so this hit my desk in the early AM on 9/9/09…
“Restaurant.com Stretches the Dollar with 90% off Gift Certificates”
A limited time promotion they are running using the date of 9/9/09 as an excuse.
I don’t care what day it is on the calendar this is a terrible promotion.
Well, let me clarify that - this is [...]
Yelping Out Loud
The writer said it best – “Is this a Service or a Shakedown”(San Francisco Business Times article)
The good folks at Yelp in San Francisco have taken the public restaurant reviews to a whole new level, and it’s not a pretty picture. When the media encourages the public to literally hold a gun to the heads [...]
