The basic rap sheet on direct mail is a high cost/low response medium. And it certainly can be. It can also drive both transactions and margin if you analyze and optimize.
Here are 7 steps that will get you started: (more…)
Think of the time you, your marketing department and ad agency spent on debating which message or execution would be most effective.
You usually don’t have time to conduct online research or focus groups. But you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how willing your customers are to give you their opinions while at your drive thru. You’ll be amazed at how much helpful marketing intelligence you’ll pick up just hanging out there.
It’s Drive-Thru Marketing Research. (more…)
When you’re a regional QSR, everywhere you turn you’re being outspent. Turn on the TV and you don’t just see one of your McGiant competitors’ spots. You see two or three different versions for two or three different dayparts.
So, how do you compete? (more…)
For the past three years, breakfast is the only daypart that has seen increases according to NPD research. And QSRs account for about 80% of those breakfast visits. So if you want to grow your transactions, you have to win at breakfast. And you have to win against the McMassive resources of McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Burger King. Here are the 3 encouraging facts that usually hold true for QSRs: (more…)
Most regional brands don’t have the store penetration in a given market to go toe-to-toe with the McGiants’ media budgets. And even if you focus your budget on a single medium to try to breakthrough, your pockets still aren’t deep enough. That’s when Guerrilla Marketing can make up the difference. There are 3 keys to developing good Guerrilla Marketing: (more…)
Slaying the McGiants 