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Applies to: Agencies serving local businesses

How can I use Votel to help a local restaurant with no website or social presence get more customers?

Votel recommends starting by looking at where the business is and what it needs, then offering the services that move the needle for it. Ideas that work well for a restaurant or a similar local business:

Marketing, online or old-fashioned, such as flyers and mailers.

If reviews are hurting the business, set up a review agent to ask more customers for reviews and improve its ranking on Google Maps.

To get more repeat visitors, put a QR code by the cash register that says scan me to leave a review. On the form, ask for an email address or phone number before the review, then text offers such as a 10 percent off coupon or free fries with a burger, and add those contacts to a drip campaign.

Use any way you can to collect contact information, offer coupons and put people on a drip campaign. If the business already has a customer or lead list, run a database reactivation to bring people back.

Small details matter too, such as showing a good health inspection score that customers look at.

Then decide which services to offer based on how much the client will pay you.