For 35 years, Rewards Network has helped local restaurants to grow. We strive to be your partner, providing not just marketing and capital funding, but also helping you find the answers you need to build a stronger, more resilient business. Through our blog, e-books, videos, and other tools, we share information that helps you focus
Our Brand Refresh: The Power of Rewards Network
It’s not every day that a thirty-five-year-old company modernizes its image. Today we’re thrilled to announce the new Rewards Network brand identity. Our revitalized look heralds an evolution of our business, reflecting who we are and where we are poised to go. The refreshed brand will be everywhere Rewards Network is, including our website, products,
September 2018 Restaurant Promotion
As summer comes to a close, your customers are busy with getting their kids back to school and winding down with all the summertime fun. As one season ends and another begins (and with the holidays still several weeks away), you don’t want to lose sight of your promotional strategies to increase your restaurant sales.
Innovative Seasonal Restaurant Marketing for July
Since the United States starts this month off with fireworks, you want to look to implement restaurant marketing strategies that light up your sales in July. From a celebration of the culinary arts to highlighting some of America’s most beloved foods, you can attract new customers as well as returning guests to your restaurant. With
How Restaurant Gift Cards Can Bring You Profit
Without a doubt, product expansion has the potential to bring big profits to small businesses. Restaurants should always be brainstorming what other products they can effectively sell besides — or separate from — regular items on their menus. Such expansions could include a packaged version of an original ingredient, like jam or barbecue sauce, or
How Your Restaurant Can Compete in a Crowded Market
Let’s say you own a restaurant in a community known for loving food and dining out regularly. Sounds perfect, right? But that demand can sometimes come with its own problem: often the densest-population areas also have the highest ratio of restaurants to diners. When foodies in your community have dozens and dozens of restaurant choices
Do You Know Your Restaurant's Return on Ad Spend?
“If you build it, they will come.” That’s the dream, right? You work hard to build your restaurant into the perfect dining experience for customers, prepare your staff, open your doors, and the diners will just start streaming in. Right? Unfortunately, opening a restaurant is only half the process toward having a successful business. If
How to Design Effective Restaurant Window Signs
Despite the old adage, sometimes a book is actually judged by its cover. Or rather, a restaurant is judged by its exterior. Your food, service, interior décor, and restaurant window sign can be wonderful, but if walkers by don’t find any of it appealing from the outside (or can’t figure out where your restaurant is
Time to Grow: Early Day Investments for Your Restaurant Start Up
So your restaurant start up has been open for several months. Maybe you’re even nearing your one- or two-year anniversary! Business has slowly picked up steam and you have some room in your profits to invest back into your business. But the question is… what investments should you choose to make now? After all, you