Recent content by pizza3.1416

Quick update. Just had my 4000th dine in mobile redemption yesterday. Ive been open 48 days.

indie pizza: It seems expensive at 30c per customer to me, but if you feel its worth it then who am I to argue. I don’t like the fact of mail pieces every 10 weeks(becomes junk mail in the eyes of consumers) . You have to find your niche. I used a scratch off piece I produced myself and got a...

The mistake that all these small businesses(doing Groupon) are making is a very simple one. They are getting great exposure at a big cost and haven’t figured out that they are not harnessing this new traffic into becoming repeat customers. Its a one day rent of someone else’s data base. I built...

Let me see if I understand. $20 coupon is sold for $10 which you get $5. Last I checked that was a 75% discount. Where can you make a profit on that scenario??? Buy one get 3 free. Crazy.

royster13: Upsell is my key. All my offers are dine in only(so far) and I have a bar. I’m also selling alot of salads, wings, soda and beer. I see it as a perceived value for the customer but I’m really pushing volume. If a customer dines with me 3 times a month, my goal is to “make it hard for...

The only unhealthy pizza is the unsold one

itsjustpizza: Great Post. I’m 42 and the father of 2 teenage daughters and a 8y.o. son(no phone for him). The teen kids text all the time and have been since they have had a phone (3-4 years) My younger staff all text and all their peers text. In fact demographics suggest the majority of...

I’m using email and text. My email database is also coming through my text opt-ins, as I don’t have time or energy to manually upload business cards or email sign-up forms. Text is outstripping email redemption nearly 10:1 and my read rates on email don’t compare. I’m doing no discounts for...

Update: 5 official days open to the public. 12.5 K raised for 2 fundraisers. I have officially redeemed 1342 text coupons as of close last night. My initial member numbers we a little misleading as many households opted in on secondary phones and have redeemed twice, but all in all this is...

pizzatime: I had to talk to my rep to get the jargon straight. So this is what I have. I have my own unique “keyword”. My “keyword” is on a shared shortcode (seemingly a shortcode cost upwards of $1000/month to lease.) I live in the suburbs of Chicago. I have approx 60,000 population in a 3...

pizza3.1416 wrote: Store opening 11/18 Please say that you are doing a soft opening sometime before this date to work out the kinks in your operations and get everyone up to speed… pretty please?!? pizzatime: Lol Guys. Thanks for the concern. Yes I have a few things going on re: opening. My...

“I would be willing to bet you are in your early 20’s and have a large friend list on facebook(which is a good thing for you)” No I’m actually 42 without a personal facebook page but I set one up for my business about 5 weeks ago. I just did 10,000 postcards(delivered fri,sat and mon) that had...

BCPizza: I’ve just got a sms provider and although I have not advertised yet, my Facebook page has 180 fans(as of a couple of days ago). From my facebook page Ive been getting sms fans and have 171 sms subscribers and their feed back is exciting regardinf sms. I’m using a text loyalty program...

pizza2007: I haven’t opened yet(Nov 17th) but have been purchasing with my new business card as we get close. Haven’t got a statement yet but this is a nice bonus for just doing business. $200 free dollars a month will take care of one of my advertising bill(see my other post) but in all...

The problem with loyalty cards is this in my opinion. For sake of argument I just emptied out my wallet to see how many loyalty cards were hiding in there. 13 is the number and I know for sure I have 3 or 4 more in the car.2 local pizza places, TGI Fridays, a local fine dine establishment I...