Your Restaurant Sucks! | Donald Burns (The Restaurant Coach) | DH089
The Restaurant Coach Donald Burns wants to be a little voice in the back of your brain to remind you: “you can do it” — if you try. Donald Burns (@therealrestaurantcoach) wants to help your restaurant not suck. The restaurant industry veteran, speaker, author, and…
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Serving Restaurant Owners with Numbers, Systems, and Culture | Jim Laube (RestaurantOwner.com) | DH082
From Auditor to Editor, and many significant stops in-between, Jim Laube’s journey has focused on serving those who serve others: restaurant owners and operators. *** Some of the biggest successes in business come from unlikely career pivots. For Jim Laube, founder and president of RestaurantOwner.com,…
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2020 Stories and Lessons from Cali BBQ Media – Part 1 | Tiger King and the Pandemic | DH073
There were many stories and lessons that we at Cali BBQ Media will always remember from 2020, a year when so much changed. We wanted to do something a little bit different for our first five Digital Hospitality podcast episodes of 2021. To celebrate the…
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Digital Resources and Help to Inspire Restaurant Owners | Shawn Walchef on Corner Booth Podcast | DH071
There’s a reason we recommend every restaurateur read Restaurant Startup and Growth and join RestaurantOwner.com. Having up-to-date information aggregated from experts in the industry is vital to staying current in any business, especially for restaurant owners and operators. As we built up Cali BBQ and…
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The ‘Four Ps’ of Content Creation: Plan, Produce, Publish, Promote | Stover Harger III (Cali BBQ Media) | DH051
Stover E. Harger III is telling brand stories — and so should you. To be successful at anything, you have to know your “Why.” For Stover Harger III, content publisher and digital strategist for Cali BBQ Media (and producer of this very podcast Digital Hospitality),…
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Becoming a Digital Media Machine | Aaron David Roberts (Rising Tides Creative) | DH045
How does a business become a media company? One of the first steps is by hiring a creative team to help you turn your life into digital content. In 2019, Aaron David Roberts, the president and founder of Rising Tides Creative, was called upon by restaurant…
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How to Avoid Burnout with Scaling Systems and Personalized Automation | Ravi Abuvala | DH044
Ravi Abuvala has a challenge for any aspiring entrepreneur, but only if you choose to accept. “If you’re saying that you don’t have the time to build a personal brand, actually clock how much time you’re looking at other people’s personal brands,” Ravi Abuvala said….
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Making Dough (in more ways than one) with Smart Pizza Marketing | Bruce Irving | DH043
Drawn to the dough — in more ways than one — Bruce Irving’s rise in the pizza industry was low and slow. Bruce Irving is a marketing strategist, speaker, and founder of Irving Media Group LLC. The entrepreneur found fame as the voice and host…
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Guide to Success on Yelp for Small Business Owners | Emily Washcovick | DH042
Engaging with customers on Yelp could save your business. Direct engagement is key to online marketing. The best way for a small business to start directly communicating with their online audience right now is by owning and claiming a Yelp page. Serving as the Yelp…
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The Hook Point to Gain One Million Followers | Brendan Kane | DH041
What do you share? Why do you share it? These are questions growth strategist Brendan Kane asks clients like Taylor Swift and Katie Couric when it comes to crafting their own content. They’re also questions you should ask yourself — How do you use social media and digital…
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