Sunday, 17 January 2010
Smal business website design
Phrase one business web design and SEO offer a range of Internet marketing services for both the large and small business, we have offices in Wiltshire and do not sub contract to other clients. All of our web design and business SEO services are done in house here in the UK.
menu holders covers
We are proud to announce that the menu shop has recently uploaded a new site targeted at the EU market, offering a host of restaurant menu holders and covers to the hospitality industry.
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Restaurant menu covers holders
I believe that any restaurant business will benefit from having a website. I have worked with internet marketing for many years, and I have seen that people feel like a business has "validity" when they have a website. I do not do this commercially, however it is a passion and hobby of mine. I have created many holders websites.
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One main point is that it should not cost a fortune to have a website. An excellent one page site and maybe a contact page is easy to accomplish. Microsoft Office Live http://www.officelive.com/ is offering a free domain and hosting for one year, as well as providing an easy way to create your own website without any experience.
Keep it simple is an adage that works well here. People need to only know the vital information that covers your business. IE: Cuisine, address, contact info, reviews, etc.
There are many ways to promote yourself on the internet. One example is the last restaurant that I owned. Go to google and type in: hot dog charlotte
My place is the first that comes up. City Hot Dogs, or my site www.cityhotdogs.com .. My site is still active, however it tells my friends in Charlotte that I have relocated to Atlanta folders!
I would be glad to assist anyone who wants to increase their presence on the internet if you currently have a site. Any GRA member is welcome to contact me, and we can meet at my office for 30 minutes and I will provide you with enough information and simple tips to get you started, at no charge! I will provide this information on a personal basis, but not publish it here, because I support the small business folks who are making their living doing this type of work while supporting the restaurant industry.
menu holders
If you don't have the time to make your own site, look at the GRA website buyers guide and you will find great resources to create a website for you, and these people can help you optimize your site to be found on the search engines. I would highly suggest that you use one of the GRA partners to do you site. The main thing that you have with these folks is personal contact.
Every day, every restaurant receives solicitation phone calls (especially during lunch hour, don't they know they are calling a restaurant!!!) and many big companies try to sell you a site for more than 250.00 per month. Once your site is up, their job is done. Spend your money wisely, and preferably with a local designer who covers their stuff (and preferably a supporter of GRA)restaurant menu covers
So, in summary, Yes, in my experience, a website is important, however, it does not have to cost an arm and a leg!
Doug Marranci
Atlanta Restaurant Exchange
Restaurant Brokers Atlanta Georgia
We sell restaurants in Atlanta and the Atlanta Metro Area
menu holders
One main point is that it should not cost a fortune to have a website. An excellent one page site and maybe a contact page is easy to accomplish. Microsoft Office Live http://www.officelive.com/ is offering a free domain and hosting for one year, as well as providing an easy way to create your own website without any experience.
Keep it simple is an adage that works well here. People need to only know the vital information that covers your business. IE: Cuisine, address, contact info, reviews, etc.
There are many ways to promote yourself on the internet. One example is the last restaurant that I owned. Go to google and type in: hot dog charlotte
My place is the first that comes up. City Hot Dogs, or my site www.cityhotdogs.com .. My site is still active, however it tells my friends in Charlotte that I have relocated to Atlanta folders!
I would be glad to assist anyone who wants to increase their presence on the internet if you currently have a site. Any GRA member is welcome to contact me, and we can meet at my office for 30 minutes and I will provide you with enough information and simple tips to get you started, at no charge! I will provide this information on a personal basis, but not publish it here, because I support the small business folks who are making their living doing this type of work while supporting the restaurant industry.
menu holders
If you don't have the time to make your own site, look at the GRA website buyers guide and you will find great resources to create a website for you, and these people can help you optimize your site to be found on the search engines. I would highly suggest that you use one of the GRA partners to do you site. The main thing that you have with these folks is personal contact.
Every day, every restaurant receives solicitation phone calls (especially during lunch hour, don't they know they are calling a restaurant!!!) and many big companies try to sell you a site for more than 250.00 per month. Once your site is up, their job is done. Spend your money wisely, and preferably with a local designer who covers their stuff (and preferably a supporter of GRA)restaurant menu covers
So, in summary, Yes, in my experience, a website is important, however, it does not have to cost an arm and a leg!
Doug Marranci
Atlanta Restaurant Exchange
Restaurant Brokers Atlanta Georgia
We sell restaurants in Atlanta and the Atlanta Metro Area
Menu stand holders and folders
We have all visited websites with navigation menus. No we’re not talking about the food offered on a road trip, Menus on a webpage are the tools to get you where you need to go. Menus can be made up of different elements, but they always serve the same purpose: to get your site’s visitor the information they need quickly, and display all that your site has to offer in a concise way.menu holders,folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
Generally speaking menus are located near the top of the page either running vertical or horizontal depending on the design of the page. A menu can be as simple as a collection of words that have hyperlinks attached to them, to images that perform the same function but may have rollover capabilities, to Java Script or Flash menus that contain more information from things like a drop down menu or create a little more animation.
menu holders
When building menus for your page there are some “do’s and don’t’s”:
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DON’T have your menu hidden from view when the page loads, preventing visitors from quick navigation.
*
DO have your menu stand out from other content on the page by using colour, size or font attributes to set it apart.
*
DON’T have your menu items spill over into a new row unless clearly separated from other links.
*
DO test the navigation of each and every menu item to be sure that you don’t have any broken links.
*
DON’T lose consistency of your menu from page to page – the menu should appear in exactly the same place on each page for consistency.
*
DO use drop down menus to keep visible titles simple but offer some extra navigation.
*
DON’T keep changing your menus around unless you want to go on to every page and change it again for consistency.
*
DO offer a simple and discreet menu at the bottom of your page (especially on pages with long content) so viewers can continue browsing but don’t need to go back to the top of the page.
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*
menu holders
DON’T use flash menus with loud annoying sounds that irritate the visitor when they roll over the buttons this will prohibit further navigation deeper into your site.
*
DO use menu titles specific to your site. Sometimes “contact, about, home, etc...” might be called for but choosing creative titles might cause visitors to navigate further.
And finally DO plan out your site before building a menu, a well planned site is an easy to navigate site! If you’re unsure about where to start, contact us for some more pointers or to get QT Web Designs started building your easy-to-navigate site!
menu holders,folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
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Generally speaking menus are located near the top of the page either running vertical or horizontal depending on the design of the page. A menu can be as simple as a collection of words that have hyperlinks attached to them, to images that perform the same function but may have rollover capabilities, to Java Script or Flash menus that contain more information from things like a drop down menu or create a little more animation.
menu holders
When building menus for your page there are some “do’s and don’t’s”:
*
DON’T have your menu hidden from view when the page loads, preventing visitors from quick navigation.
*
DO have your menu stand out from other content on the page by using colour, size or font attributes to set it apart.
*
DON’T have your menu items spill over into a new row unless clearly separated from other links.
*
DO test the navigation of each and every menu item to be sure that you don’t have any broken links.
*
DON’T lose consistency of your menu from page to page – the menu should appear in exactly the same place on each page for consistency.
*
DO use drop down menus to keep visible titles simple but offer some extra navigation.
*
DON’T keep changing your menus around unless you want to go on to every page and change it again for consistency.
*
DO offer a simple and discreet menu at the bottom of your page (especially on pages with long content) so viewers can continue browsing but don’t need to go back to the top of the page.
menu folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
*
menu holders
DON’T use flash menus with loud annoying sounds that irritate the visitor when they roll over the buttons this will prohibit further navigation deeper into your site.
*
DO use menu titles specific to your site. Sometimes “contact, about, home, etc...” might be called for but choosing creative titles might cause visitors to navigate further.
And finally DO plan out your site before building a menu, a well planned site is an easy to navigate site! If you’re unsure about where to start, contact us for some more pointers or to get QT Web Designs started building your easy-to-navigate site!
menu holders,folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
carp fishing in france
Menu folders, holders, stands
menu holders,folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
menu holders
It’s one of the few things that you will normally see inside a bistro, café or your favorite restaurant; a chalkboard menu that will list the offered food items for the day. The chalkboard menu is an important part of establishment as this will serve as the initial guide of the customers who will order their food items.
Chalkboard menu guides customers on what to get
In some restaurants and bars, the chalkboard menu is positioned inside the premises just before the counter in order to help the customers decide on what to order for the day. In other bistros and cafes, the chalkboard menu is often positioned near the door or even outside the door so that it will catch attention and convince passers-by and doubting customers to try out what are in store at the stores.
Simply put, the chalkboard menu is all-important equipment that can be used in any food and drink establishment. The food and drink establishment who gets the services of the chalkboard will find that doing their business will be more convenient, easy and fun.
The chalkboard menu is your traditional equipment with some issues
The chalkboard hasn’t change much for the last years. It is the same chalkboard menu that is known by business owners and consumers alike. Traditionally we see this on schools and have also been appreciated in the workplace. The chalkboard has been used as a way to impart knowledge and has been used in many meetings to drive home the point.
But it is in the food and drinks industry where the chalkboard has gained a lot of prominence and talks. It is the presence of the chalkboard menu that has helped restaurant owners gain more following and also allowed for business owners to have a sense of control when they are running their business. Now they will no longer need to answer any individual questions and queries about what is their specialty for the day. That job is now in the hands of the chalkboard menu- and all the business owner needs to do is to write his ‘Soup for the Day’ or ‘Specialty for the Day’, put the chalkboard menu in a convenient location and the orders will just flow in. But what the chalkboard menu offers are not all good things though, and there are some minor flaws and issues that help make the chalkboard menu a little in-efficient. One issue is the material used in writing on the board. Because chalk is the main material used on the chalkboard menu, there will be instances when the prints in the chalkboard can be erased easily. At times too, when ordinary chalk is used on the chalkboard menu the writing cannot be easily read from afar and this cannot serve the interest of the passers-by who may want to try out the food and drink establishment.
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Time to make the shift to an upgraded chalkboard menu
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The good news is that innovators in the field have worked on ways to improve the traditional chalkboard menu. A lot of add-ons and tweaks are made on the traditional chalkboard menu. And what we have right now in the market are more efficient menu boards that are efficient and complete stand-outs. The perfect example of an innovation is the field is the VisoBoard. This is a writing board that used water-based markers which means business owners can easily erase the writings on the board. And yes, the writings do stand out with LED lights for better visibility.
Dump the chalkboard menu and use VisoBoard! Are you trying to make your information stand out to the crowd? VisoBoard is an excellent way to get information to your audience.
Chalkboard, menu holders,folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
menu holders
It’s one of the few things that you will normally see inside a bistro, café or your favorite restaurant; a chalkboard menu that will list the offered food items for the day. The chalkboard menu is an important part of establishment as this will serve as the initial guide of the customers who will order their food items.
Chalkboard menu guides customers on what to get
In some restaurants and bars, the chalkboard menu is positioned inside the premises just before the counter in order to help the customers decide on what to order for the day. In other bistros and cafes, the chalkboard menu is often positioned near the door or even outside the door so that it will catch attention and convince passers-by and doubting customers to try out what are in store at the stores.
Simply put, the chalkboard menu is all-important equipment that can be used in any food and drink establishment. The food and drink establishment who gets the services of the chalkboard will find that doing their business will be more convenient, easy and fun.
The chalkboard menu is your traditional equipment with some issues
The chalkboard hasn’t change much for the last years. It is the same chalkboard menu that is known by business owners and consumers alike. Traditionally we see this on schools and have also been appreciated in the workplace. The chalkboard has been used as a way to impart knowledge and has been used in many meetings to drive home the point.
But it is in the food and drinks industry where the chalkboard has gained a lot of prominence and talks. It is the presence of the chalkboard menu that has helped restaurant owners gain more following and also allowed for business owners to have a sense of control when they are running their business. Now they will no longer need to answer any individual questions and queries about what is their specialty for the day. That job is now in the hands of the chalkboard menu- and all the business owner needs to do is to write his ‘Soup for the Day’ or ‘Specialty for the Day’, put the chalkboard menu in a convenient location and the orders will just flow in. But what the chalkboard menu offers are not all good things though, and there are some minor flaws and issues that help make the chalkboard menu a little in-efficient. One issue is the material used in writing on the board. Because chalk is the main material used on the chalkboard menu, there will be instances when the prints in the chalkboard can be erased easily. At times too, when ordinary chalk is used on the chalkboard menu the writing cannot be easily read from afar and this cannot serve the interest of the passers-by who may want to try out the food and drink establishment.
Chalkboard, menu holders,folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
Time to make the shift to an upgraded chalkboard menu
menu holders
The good news is that innovators in the field have worked on ways to improve the traditional chalkboard menu. A lot of add-ons and tweaks are made on the traditional chalkboard menu. And what we have right now in the market are more efficient menu boards that are efficient and complete stand-outs. The perfect example of an innovation is the field is the VisoBoard. This is a writing board that used water-based markers which means business owners can easily erase the writings on the board. And yes, the writings do stand out with LED lights for better visibility.
Dump the chalkboard menu and use VisoBoard! Are you trying to make your information stand out to the crowd? VisoBoard is an excellent way to get information to your audience.
Chalkboard, menu holders,folders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
Menu folders, holers stands
It’s one of the few things that you will normally see inside a bistro, café or your favorite restaurant; a chalkboard menu that will list the offered food items for the day. The chalkboard menu is an important part of establishment as this will serve as the initial guide of the customers who will order their food items.
Chalkboard menu guides customers on what to get
In some restaurants and bars, the chalkboard menu is positioned inside the premises just before the counter in order to help the customers decide on what to order for the day. In other bistros and cafes, the chalkboard menu is often positioned near the door or even outside the door so that it will catch attention and convince passers-by and doubting customers to try out what are in store at the stores.
Simply put, the chalkboard menu is all-important equipment that can be used in any food and drink establishment. The food and drink establishment who gets the services of the chalkboard will find that doing their business will be more convenient, easy and fun.
The chalkboard menu is your traditional equipment with some issues
The chalkboard hasn’t change much for the last years. It is the same chalkboard menu that is known by business owners and consumers alike. Traditionally we see this on schools and have also been appreciated in the workplace. The chalkboard has been used as a way to impart knowledge and has been used in many meetings to drive home the point.
But it is in the food and drinks industry where the chalkboard has gained a lot of prominence and talks. It is the presence of the chalkboard menu that has helped restaurant owners gain more following and also allowed for business owners to have a sense of control when they are running their business. Now they will no longer need to answer any individual questions and queries about what is their specialty for the day. That job is now in the hands of the chalkboard menu- and all the business owner needs to do is to write his ‘Soup for the Day’ or ‘Specialty for the Day’, put the chalkboard menu in a convenient location and the orders will just flow in. But what the chalkboard menu offers are not all good things though, and there are some minor flaws and issues that help make the chalkboard menu a little in-efficient. One issue is the material used in writing on the board. Because chalk is the main material used on the chalkboard menu, there will be instances when the prints in the chalkboard can be erased easily. At times too, when ordinary chalk is used on the chalkboard menu the writing cannot be easily read from afar and this cannot serve the interest of the passers-by who may want to try out the food and drink establishment.
Time to make the shift to an upgraded chalkboard menu
The good news is that innovators in the field have worked on ways to improve the traditional chalkboard menu. A lot of add-ons and tweaks are made on the traditional chalkboard menu. And what we have right now in the market are more efficient menu boards that are efficient and complete stand-outs. The perfect example of an innovation is the field is the VisoBoard. This is a writing board that used water-based markers which means business owners can easily erase the writings on the board. And yes, the writings do stand out with LED lights for better visibility.
Dump the chalkboard porte-menu and use VisoBoard! Are you trying to make your information stand out to the crowd? VisoBoard is an excellent way to get information to your audience.
Chalkboard menu guides customers on what to get
In some restaurants and bars, the chalkboard menu is positioned inside the premises just before the counter in order to help the customers decide on what to order for the day. In other bistros and cafes, the chalkboard menu is often positioned near the door or even outside the door so that it will catch attention and convince passers-by and doubting customers to try out what are in store at the stores.
Simply put, the chalkboard menu is all-important equipment that can be used in any food and drink establishment. The food and drink establishment who gets the services of the chalkboard will find that doing their business will be more convenient, easy and fun.
The chalkboard menu is your traditional equipment with some issues
The chalkboard hasn’t change much for the last years. It is the same chalkboard menu that is known by business owners and consumers alike. Traditionally we see this on schools and have also been appreciated in the workplace. The chalkboard has been used as a way to impart knowledge and has been used in many meetings to drive home the point.
But it is in the food and drinks industry where the chalkboard has gained a lot of prominence and talks. It is the presence of the chalkboard menu that has helped restaurant owners gain more following and also allowed for business owners to have a sense of control when they are running their business. Now they will no longer need to answer any individual questions and queries about what is their specialty for the day. That job is now in the hands of the chalkboard menu- and all the business owner needs to do is to write his ‘Soup for the Day’ or ‘Specialty for the Day’, put the chalkboard menu in a convenient location and the orders will just flow in. But what the chalkboard menu offers are not all good things though, and there are some minor flaws and issues that help make the chalkboard menu a little in-efficient. One issue is the material used in writing on the board. Because chalk is the main material used on the chalkboard menu, there will be instances when the prints in the chalkboard can be erased easily. At times too, when ordinary chalk is used on the chalkboard menu the writing cannot be easily read from afar and this cannot serve the interest of the passers-by who may want to try out the food and drink establishment.
Time to make the shift to an upgraded chalkboard menu
The good news is that innovators in the field have worked on ways to improve the traditional chalkboard menu. A lot of add-ons and tweaks are made on the traditional chalkboard menu. And what we have right now in the market are more efficient menu boards that are efficient and complete stand-outs. The perfect example of an innovation is the field is the VisoBoard. This is a writing board that used water-based markers which means business owners can easily erase the writings on the board. And yes, the writings do stand out with LED lights for better visibility.
Dump the chalkboard porte-menu and use VisoBoard! Are you trying to make your information stand out to the crowd? VisoBoard is an excellent way to get information to your audience.
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A key part to any restaurant marketing plan is often overlooked because it's right in front of everyones eyes: the menu holders. It's very important to have a well-crafted menu because it's one of the first things customers look at when they sit down. A menu will reflect the taste and the personality of a restaurant while selling the meals that are available by offering well-written descriptions of plates and drinks. Plus, as you're designing a menu, you'll be able to figure out if you're selling meals that will cost enough to cover your budget, or that will cost so much that it will turn away your target demographic. So, as important the menu design is to the customers who read it, it's also important to the restaurant itself as it is being put together.
Before you actually start to put together your restaurant, you need to do some research in order to be able to make it the best it can be. Take this into consideration when you're planning your menu: 80% of your typical customers will come from people living within a 10-minute drive of your restaurant. So, take a look at the neighbourhood around your restaurant. Get to know what type of people live there and also look at the other restaurants in the area. You can compare prices of other restaurants as well as the types of food that's being served. This way, you can be able to tailor your menu to be affordable and unique, and therefore attractive to the people who happen to live around you.
The menu covers, menu holders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
Now onto actually creating your menu, which takes steps that are both creative and systematic. Menu design for a restaurant isn't rocket science, but it's best to keep things in a certain order, one that mimics the dining experience. Start by listing the appetisers, soups, and salads, then move onto the meals, then the desserts. If there are items that you want people to pay particular attention to, make sure they stand out. List them in a different font, place an asterisk near them, or print a picture next to the item's name. You can do the same with new dishes as well, once you get your restaurant underway, so repeat customers will know if you've added something since their last visit.
You should also design your menu to reflect the personality of your restaurant. If you are a simple, down to earth establishment, let your menu reflect that. Make it simple, less image-intensive, and easy to read. If you are a lavish, upscale restaurant, give your menu some elegance to it. Colour it and design it to appeal to customers who will probably be a little more scrutinizing. If you know the personality of your restaurant, you'll find that putting together and designing a great menu will come to you easily.
There are a number of mistakes that people tend to make when designing a menu as well. If you know what these are, you can stop yourself from making the same mistakes and ruining a menu. First, make sure that your menu is easy to read. Lettering should be big enough for people to see clearly, and the language you use needs to be clear as well. If a customer questions what he or she is ordering, it may create conflicts when the food is actually brought out. If you are serving foreign cuisine, make sure to have English-language translations for all the words people might now know. Again, this will clear up any confusion.
As you can see, there are quite a bit of things you need to think about when designing the menu for your restaurant, but in reality it will be very easy. As long as you have done research into what other restaurants do with their menus and you have a very clear vision of what you're selling, the perfect menu can be easily crafted.
The menu covers, menu holders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
A key part to any restaurant marketing plan is often overlooked because it's right in front of everyones eyes: the menu holders. It's very important to have a well-crafted menu because it's one of the first things customers look at when they sit down. A menu will reflect the taste and the personality of a restaurant while selling the meals that are available by offering well-written descriptions of plates and drinks. Plus, as you're designing a menu, you'll be able to figure out if you're selling meals that will cost enough to cover your budget, or that will cost so much that it will turn away your target demographic. So, as important the menu design is to the customers who read it, it's also important to the restaurant itself as it is being put together.
Before you actually start to put together your restaurant, you need to do some research in order to be able to make it the best it can be. Take this into consideration when you're planning your menu: 80% of your typical customers will come from people living within a 10-minute drive of your restaurant. So, take a look at the neighbourhood around your restaurant. Get to know what type of people live there and also look at the other restaurants in the area. You can compare prices of other restaurants as well as the types of food that's being served. This way, you can be able to tailor your menu to be affordable and unique, and therefore attractive to the people who happen to live around you.
The menu covers, menu holders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
Now onto actually creating your menu, which takes steps that are both creative and systematic. Menu design for a restaurant isn't rocket science, but it's best to keep things in a certain order, one that mimics the dining experience. Start by listing the appetisers, soups, and salads, then move onto the meals, then the desserts. If there are items that you want people to pay particular attention to, make sure they stand out. List them in a different font, place an asterisk near them, or print a picture next to the item's name. You can do the same with new dishes as well, once you get your restaurant underway, so repeat customers will know if you've added something since their last visit.
You should also design your menu to reflect the personality of your restaurant. If you are a simple, down to earth establishment, let your menu reflect that. Make it simple, less image-intensive, and easy to read. If you are a lavish, upscale restaurant, give your menu some elegance to it. Colour it and design it to appeal to customers who will probably be a little more scrutinizing. If you know the personality of your restaurant, you'll find that putting together and designing a great menu will come to you easily.
There are a number of mistakes that people tend to make when designing a menu as well. If you know what these are, you can stop yourself from making the same mistakes and ruining a menu. First, make sure that your menu is easy to read. Lettering should be big enough for people to see clearly, and the language you use needs to be clear as well. If a customer questions what he or she is ordering, it may create conflicts when the food is actually brought out. If you are serving foreign cuisine, make sure to have English-language translations for all the words people might now know. Again, this will clear up any confusion.
As you can see, there are quite a bit of things you need to think about when designing the menu for your restaurant, but in reality it will be very easy. As long as you have done research into what other restaurants do with their menus and you have a very clear vision of what you're selling, the perfect menu can be easily crafted.
The menu covers, menu holders, placemats, blackboards, menu stands, folders
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