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I was just touring a few ad agencies a couple weeks ago - one of which was the agency for FourSquare. I have to tell you that they are incredibly excited and passionate about this company. FourSquare is currently being run by some deep-pocketed investors so it is supposed to remain free (and...

I’ve always had great experience with PrintPlace.com. They have digital proofs and a really competitive price. I suggest requesting a free sample pack to see some of their quality and printing capabilities.

For those of you who are interested in standardizing the topping portions on all of your pizzas, Burke has a new resource available. Our Pizza Topping Portion Wall Chart is a poster-sized version of our popular Pizza Topping Portion Guide (see preview below) for you to post over your prep...

At Pizza Expo this year, I heard an impressive speaker who was adamant about not discounting your food because essentially you are lowering the price in your customers minds and no one seems to want to compete on price except Pizza Hut. Instead, he recommended that restaurants distribute only...

Twitter came out with a new service that if you text Follow [twitter account name] (eg. BurkeCorpMeats) to 40404 you will automatically receive twitter updates via text from that account even if you aren’t signed up for twitter. Free text messaging service. My suggestion is that you set up two...

I use both Hootsuite and TweetDeck. In my opinion, they both have their strengths and weaknesses. I love that Hootsuite is hosted online so you can sign in anywhere and multiple people can have access and monitor your accounts. I love that Tweetdeck is a download and that it runs in the...

If you are interested in sampling pepperoni from Burke, please contact me or fill our our Sample Request Form.

There are a few really good meatball sandwich recipes available on the recipe section of our website. Search by “Menu Part” and “Sandwich” or “Category” and Meatballs". One of the favorites around here is the “Seconds Flat” Meatball Sub Sandwich made with Apple Jelly. We have meatballs ranging...

We have a post on our new blog, Out of the Oven called Where in the World Wide Web is Your Pizzeria which gives links on how to get listed on Google, Yahoo! and Bing. Getting listed on these search engines will help the information you want to rise to the top of searches in your area - I suggest...

I would suggest asking your customers which social media they use before you start an account because any that you start you should actively maintain and if your customers aren’t on Twitter or Facebook then it may not be a good use of your time. I also suggest setting everything to a public...

We get some printing from http://www.printplace.com - you can get 2 sided 4/c 8.5x11" flyers here. They have a 250 free business cards promotion right now so you can try their services without worry. As for the design - you can run a contest for your new menu on 99 designs. If you go this...

We do some printing through PrintPlace.com - they have always had great quality, good pricing and really fast delivery. They are running a 250 free business cards promotion if you are interesting in trying out their services without spending any money. From their landing page: “Don’t limit...

We have quite a few beef and meatball options available without extention. Our specialty is Hand-Pinched Style® toppings which has an inconsistent look like raw sausage. If anyone is interested please pm me. Also, you may want to check out our recipe page.

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Scott Miller, our national sales manager went last year and will be attending again this year. If you would like me to have him contact you just PM me your info.

We have sliced, bias-sliced and whole Italian sausage links and various Italian sausage toppings available. If you would like one of our salespeople to call you for a consultation please PM me your info. We also have a few tools and resources which you may be interested in when making your...

Are you promoting it on Facebook or Foursquare? Maybe you can have a special tab on your facebook page or a special badge that people can unlock as “supereaters” Also, one of our local pizzerias also puts up pictures of both the winners and losers for their eating contest on the wall - if you...

As another solution, we offer fully cooked Hand-Pinched Style® sausage and beef toppings in various sizes and flavors. If anyone is interested just PM me your phone number or fill out our sample request form and I’ll have one of our sales managers contact you for pricing, distribution and samples.

I just got our sorely neglected facebook page updated. Amazing how long some of this takes.

I went to Bill Marvin, The Restaurant Doctor’s “How to dominate your market: holding your own against the chains” seminar at the pizza expo and he said to always have full price or free. Anything else diminishes the value of your product and people will come to expect $1 or $2 dollars off all of...