Pulling in the punters through websites has been the thorn in the side of the pub industry. Smarter Pub joins forces with Pub Rooms to provide British Pubs and Inns with good advice for marketing their pub offers and services through the internet. For the last 10 years the penny has been slowly dropping that customers no longer wait for pub doors to open, with the possible exception of Wetherpoon pubs. Real life customers research pubs on the internet before visiting in person or meeting up in groups. Men no longer go out on their own and pubs are much more family ...
The British online Pub & Inn guide Pub Rooms, has reached another milestone since it was restructured in 2007. Founded in 2002, the 10 year anniversary has plenty of surprises in store. Introducing the pub food chalk board menu and new look venue finder are just two planned up-dates for 2012. The new look Pub Rooms website will take on a new design early in 2012 and will have an integrated update system for pub owners. The British pub and inn guide previously listed venues with basic contact details images and telephone numbers the internet has changed dramatcially in the last 3 years, contact ...
How to promote your pub for 2011 and beyond will be a challenge. Make it simple and sign up with Smarter Pub today. Internet searches and social media all playing a vital role in promoting your business (whether it's a local pub or country inn it's a business you need to tell everyone about). London pubs and city pubs and bars in general can be comforted by large numbers of footfall. Increasing footfall for a rural country pub is not easy and a challenge for the most ardent pub marketing expert. Talking of pub marketing experts, in ...
Looking for great pubs and bars for christmas parties? Here are a few tips. Most pubs will whack a big banner on the outside of the pub with santa on it, avoid these pubs they have lowered the tone already so what to expect once inside? We shot some video in a pub with such a banner and it was not a pretty picture.
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When we set out to research pubs and inns around the coast of the UK we were disappointed that there is not that many high qaulity traditional pubs and inns.
Why is this?
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Two tips - turn off your online reservation account when you have reached 70% and push your keywords.
The other is to concentrate on increasing your own traffic and switch from a commission based system to your own system. Sounds too easy? It is easy.
One travel agent says that well-heeled travelers are downgrading, while another says that the wealthy are still traveling and looking to take a break, particularly to England ...More
Does your website win business?
The answer in all honesty is more likely to be yes if a professional web design company did it.
Yet it is still very difficult to shift the proud owners of a DIY website out of the dark ages and into the glorious sun.
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After all we would rather spend a day in the sun shine than under ...More
