How being on Pinterest can benefit your restaurant

 Many may have heard of Pinterest, but despite this, most brands have yet to hop on the hottest new social network. In this article, we examine how Pinterest can benefit your own restaurant.
1. Grow your customer base- Pinterest can help you interact with your existing or future customers and build meaningful relationships by sharing anything from recipes to tips on setting an intimate dinner for your loved one.

Six proven marketing ideas for restaurants

 With new social-media platforms springing everywhere and mobile marketing exploding, it's hard to know where to focus your marketing time and dollars. Learn how these six proven marketing ideas can help your restaurant stand out:
1. Ask your customers- when was the last time you got some data from your customers about how they like to interact with your restaurant? There's no excuse when you can easily run polls or surveys on your Facebook page.

Chocolate Truffle Cookies

 A very dark, rich chocolate cookie for the true chocoholic. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 3 eggs

Five restaurant ideas to make Valentine's Day unique

 Valentine's Day has become one of the most successful nights of the year for restaurants around the world. And if your restaurant puts in half the effort of its romantically inclined guests, everyone will walk away happy. Learn how these five ideas can help you make this special day an unique celebration.
1. Have your customers post their romantic or not so romantic stories of how they met their other half where the most unique comments win Champagne dinner for 2 on Valentine's Day.

Five Facebook contests ideas for restaurants

 Facebook's contests are not only gaining popularity but are becoming a good marketing strategy for restaurants of all sizes. Learn how this five ideas can help you start your very own low cost contest.
1. March Madness- encourage your restaurant members to present some of their own favorite recipes. To participate contestants need to like your restaurant page and submit a photo with the recipe of their creation. And to win and move to the next level participants need to collect the most "likes" from fans

Two social media driven contests and how they can benefit your restaurant

 Scoring financing for you business had never been easy especially when it comes to restaurants. So it's nice to see major corporations stepping up for small businesses through contests which are emerging as low-cost way for big companies to get people to connect with their brand in social media. To find out what these contest can do for your restaurant, take a look at what they offer:
1. Staples' "Give your small business the push it needs"- to enter this contest your restaurant must submit a 15-second video about your business on Staple's Facebook page. To the winning five businesses, the office supply giant is offering up to $50,000 in free television ad in the form of inclusion in a Staple's ad or $40,000 in free advertising and $10,000 in cash each. Winners will also get $500 in Staples merchandise and services.
2. Facebook Small business boost- the social media network is offering $100,000 in prizes or more specifically up to $10,000 in free advertising to the 10 U.S.-based businesses that can drive the most "likes" to their business Facebook page by April 1st. Those businesses that attract 100 likes before the deadline will receive $100 in free Facebook advertising, and fifty likes will get you $50 ad credit.