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A real, raw, and relevant look at the reality of marketing your bar or restaurant in today’s noisy online world. Learn why social media marketing has lost its effectiveness over the years and how content marketing can give you a simple, much-needed edge.

Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor are often the consumer’s first impression of your brand, especially in a tourist economy. Is your business dominating your competition, or have you not addressed your search engine ranking because you “show up” if you Google your own business? Good enough, right? Not even close. What works for your competitor’s brand could be worthless for yours.

Erik has been in the industry since he was 13 years old. He’s washed his fair share of dishes. What he’s really done, though, is built a successful corporate restaurant and bar marketing career with clients across the country. He’s got the answers you’ve needed. He will walk you through the ways restaurateurs fail at marketing and clearly explain how to avoid those traps. It isn’t just about the food; it’s the mindset that separates the successful from the “former owners”. Are you ready to build the successful restaurant or bar you’ve always known was attainable?

Erik Shellenberger is back with Restaurant & Bar Marketing IV: If I Could Give It Zero Stars, I Would - his latest installment in the Bar Marketing Basics series. In this no-nonsense guide, Shellenberger cuts through the BS with refreshing honesty and raw insight.

THE EXPERTS ARE LYING TO YOU! Tired of wasting time and money on marketing strategies that don’t deliver? Sick of being fed empty promises by so-called ”gurus” who couldn’t sell a drink in a desert? Want to use AI and the internet to increase sales without coming off sounding like a robot? Erik Shellenberger has written 4 books in the Restaurant & Bar Marketing series including his latest book - ”Restaurant & Bar Marketing IV: If I Could Give It Zero Stars, I Would” Through this no-nonsense approach, Shellenberger cuts through the BS with refreshing honesty and raw insight. Drawing...