Linda Baldwin, associate publisher of Isthmus, the alternative weekly in Madison, Wisconsin, wrote to tell me she liked the advice I gave to restaurants that get bad reviews. In short, don’t complain to the newspaper that the reviewer visited on the night two people called in sick. And don’t threaten to pull your advertising because… Read More
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‘Hudson Restaurant Week’ in New Jersey needs publicity tips
Tamara Remedios of New Jersey writes: “We’re doing a restaurant promotion July 24-August 4 in northern New Jersey. It’s Hudson Restaurant Week for Hoboken & Jersey City (across the river from Manhattan). I created the event last year. I own a local magazine and it was an idea brainstormed with one of my advertisers. It’s… Read More
Dazzling grand opening won’t ensure a great restaurant review
I found the January issue of Restaurant Startup & Growth magazine in my mailbox today, sent by Patricia Luebke, the freelance writer who interviewed me for the story she wrote on restaurant publicity. The article includes a sidebar on how to please the media, with an interesting tip from Craig Gilbert—freelance writer, food lover and… Read More
Publicity for restaurants
If you manage a restaurant, B&B, museum, amusement park or any other attraction that appeals to tourists, stop dreaming about getting free publicity and do what John Muller does. John, general manager of Punderson Manor Resort at Punderson State Park in Newbury, Ohio, wants to know what his local tourism board is doing to drum… Read More