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At the pizzeria we used to cut letters in the top (eg. P for pepperoni, S for sausage, etc.) it seemed to work pretty well.

I can tell you shipping frozen is expensive - we use special coolers with dry ice and have to ship them overnight.

Here we have pre-employment screenings at the local hospital and we have random drug screenings through our HR department - they purchase these cups with sensors on the side and if you pee dirty you go to the hospital for a followup. I’ve heard of more than one instance where people were sent to...

Rockstar, I totally agree with you. Anytime I am out of town I do all of my pizza research/ordering with my smartphone - if there isn’t an available menu for me to look at I order from/go somewhere else.

Maset, If you are interested in Meatballs or Sausage to put in your sauce I would love to put you in touch with a member of our team. We have a variety of each to meet your needs.

We use MailChimp - people do have to opt-in but you significantly reduce the chance of being labeled a spammer. It has templates to make your emails a little prettier and quicker to make and lets you segment your list based on any of the criteria entered (eg. zip code, preferences)

If anyone is looking to make a quick flyer for a summertime special or promotion we have a POSitive Promotions flyer creator on our website where you can add your description, prices and logo. For other Tools & Resources: http://www.burkecorp.com/PositivePromotions

I much prefer the Pay-per-click model - so you only have to pay for the number of people who actively view your advertisement. Through review of our various advertising avenues we’ve found that even if you get a high number of impressions it doesn’t mean you will get a decent number of...

I just received a copy of HubSpot’s How to Use Twitter for Business: A Beginner’s Guide. It includes an Intro to Twitter, Setting up and Optimizing Your Profile and Using Twitter for Business. If anyone is interested email me and I will send you a copy.

I read about a couple companies who print up business-sized cards that read something like: name, company name, phone number They would give them to any person in retail who gave them outstanding customer service - other restaurants, shops in the mall, etc.

I just listened to a webinar sponsored by HubSpot and the American Marketing Association about using Twitter for business and they recommended a couple things: []Remember to make it more about conversation (engaging with your followers) than distribution (promoting your product) []Use Twitter...

I know this has been said but going negative is tricky - the only company I’ve seen do it well is Apple with the Mac v. PC campaign. But even that set them up for the “I am a PC” campaign" rebuttal.

If you’re interested in trying to maintain Twitter and Facebook at the same time I recommend trying TweetDeck. It allows you to post to twitter and facebook at the same time and gives you columns so you cans see all of your posts, who is mentioning you, your friends and group updates and easily...

I went to a marketing seminar a while ago where Catchwind (http://www.catchwind.com/services/services.php), a mobile/SMS marketing company presented their product. It seemed pretty safe because they had strong opt-in/opt-out procedures but they seemed to have a good deal of success with their...

I got this from the MonkeyDish newsletter. It’s pretty basic and concise but a good reminder that Twitter isn’t everything. Keeping the Seats Filled and the Customers Coming Even on a shoestring, restaurants have to market themselves. Every restaurant has competition, whether it’s the Italian...

Indie, I don’t sell these, I just read about them in a blog post but it seems around here (Iowa) in the summer anything on a stick, deep fried or some sort of reinvention of the norm is what sells. Fun Iowa fact - there are over 35 different items on a stick at our state fair.

This isn’t truly garlic knots but there is a pizza place around here that has “Italian Egg Rolls”. They roll their dough thin and then fill with various toppings like sausage and cheese. They then roll them to look like egg rolls, cook until crispy, cover them with garlic butter and serve them...

We have a few different fully cooked bacon options available. If you are interested I can have a salesperson call you to discuss them.

Re: scary stuff…i think this means flour prices will be ris They don’t have wheat but Foodservice.com has a great section called Market Reports which shows the history of quite a few commodity prices (http://www.foodservice.com/marketprices/). It gives a nice basic overview of price trending...

mrkona, We have quite a few recipes on our website, mostly made with a pizza oven. For our full list of sandwiches: http://www.burkecorp.com/index.php?opti … emplate=T3 A couple direct recipes: “Seconds Flat” Meatball Sub Sandwich Traditional Cheesesteak Sandwich Panino della Polpetta Fresco...