Updated October 2026 · Written and maintained by the Progression Agency strategy team
Restaurant email marketing is the use of a guest list, built with consent at the table, at online checkout and on the reservation form, to bring people back for another meal: a welcome message, a birthday treat, the new menu, a slow-night offer, a note when someone has not visited in a while. Restaurant SMS marketing does the same job by text for guests who chose it, with stricter consent rules. Both suit independent restaurants, cafes, bars and multi-location brands, and both are judged on return visits and orders, not opens. Progression Agency is based in New York City and works with restaurants across the United States and worldwide.
On this page · 20 sections
- What restaurant email marketing services include
- Text message marketing vs email marketing for restaurants
- How do you build a restaurant email list without buying one?
- Restaurant email marketing ideas, by the job each message does
- Automated restaurant emails that run every day
- Is SMS marketing legal for restaurants?
- Sample text message marketing for restaurants
- CAN-SPAM rules every restaurant email has to follow
- Getting restaurant emails into the inbox
- Email inside a restaurant loyalty program
- Email marketing software for restaurants: what to look for
- Restaurant email templates and newsletter examples
- A restaurant email and text calendar for the year
- How do you measure restaurant email marketing?
- How AI assistants answer questions about restaurants
- How much does restaurant email marketing cost?
- How to choose a restaurant email marketing agency
- Cafes, bars and multi-location restaurants
- How Progression runs restaurant email and SMS
- Related services for restaurants
The short answerA restaurant gets the most from email by collecting addresses from guests who have just eaten there, sending an automatic welcome, birthday and win-back series, and adding one or two planned emails a month with a real reason to come in. Texts go only to guests who signed a clear written consent, stay inside 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. for promotions and stop within ten business days of any request. Every marketing email needs a postal address and a working unsubscribe link, honored within ten business days. Published US price bands for email management run $500 to $4,000 a month; results are counted in repeat visits and orders, not opens.
What this page says about the CAN-SPAM Act, the FCC’s consent and revocation rule, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Florida’s telephone solicitation statute, the CTIA Messaging Principles, the 10DLC registry, the FTC’s review rule, and the Google, Apple and Mailchimp policies describes those texts as they read in October 2026; they can change, and your lawyer decides how they apply to your restaurant, since this page is not legal advice. Prices on this page are published US price bands for email and SMS work, market figures rather than a Progression rate card; each quote follows a written scope.
What restaurant email marketing services include
Restaurant email marketing services are the setup and monthly work that turn a list of guests into return visits: list growth, automations, planned campaigns, texting, design, deliverability and a report in covers and orders.
A restaurant’s list is the one marketing asset it owns outright. The delivery app owns its customers, the review site owns its readers, and the social platform decides who sees each post. An email or text list reaches the guest directly, which is why it is worth building carefully and using sparingly.
This page goes deep on the list. Our restaurant marketing program covers the Google profile, reviews, ordering and the wider plan, and email marketing services explains how we run email for any business.
List growth with consent
Sign-ups at the table, at online checkout, on the reservation form, through guest Wi-Fi and by text keyword, each with plain wording about what the guest will receive.
Automations
Welcome, thank-you, birthday, anniversary of the first visit and win-back messages that send on their own, every day, without anyone remembering to write them.
Planned campaigns
One or two emails a month with a genuine reason: a new menu, an event, a holiday booking window, a slow night that needs filling.
Texts for the guests who want them
Short, timely messages for same-day news, such as a table that opened up or a special that is nearly gone, sent only to guests who signed up for texts.
Deliverability
Domain authentication, list cleaning and sending habits that keep messages in the inbox rather than the spam folder.
Reporting in visits and orders
Opens are unreliable on many phones. The report counts redemptions, online orders, reservations booked from links and repeat visits matched in the POS.
Text message marketing vs email marketing for restaurants
Email carries menus, photos and stories cheaply to a large list; text reaches a smaller list faster and suits same-day news. Most restaurants run both, with email as the base and text for the guests who asked for it.
| Question | SMS | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Menus, events, stories, automations | Same-day openings, last-call specials, order updates |
| Consent for marketing | Opt-out model under CAN-SPAM; platforms such as Mailchimp require evidence of opt-in | Prior express written consent for automated marketing texts |
| Timing limits | None in federal law | No telephone solicitations before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. local time |
| Opt-out handling | Honored within 10 business days | Honored within 10 business days, by any reasonable means |
| Cost per message | Usually priced by list size | Usually priced per message, plus carrier fees |
| How often | A few times a month plus automations | Sparingly, a few times a month at most |
When text is the better channel
A cancellation that frees a table for eight tonight, a fish special that sells out, a pickup order that is ready. Anything that loses value by tomorrow belongs in a text.
When email does the job better
A seasonal menu with photos, the chef’s story, a holiday party booking guide, the monthly calendar of events. Anything a guest might want to read twice belongs in email.
Restaurant text message marketing works best as the smaller, more personal list: guests who want to hear first. Our SMS marketing page covers texting programs for any business.
How do you build a restaurant email list without buying one?
Ask guests who have just had a good meal, at every point where they already give you their details, and say plainly what they will get. Bought lists break email platform rules and damage the inbox placement of everything else you send.
Mailchimp’s acceptable use policy is typical: it prohibits sending to purchased, rented, third-party or publicly available lists and requires you to point to an opt-in form or other evidence of consent for any marketing email. A list of addresses scraped or bought from a vendor also fills up with people who never heard of you, and their spam complaints follow your domain.
| Sign-up point | How to ask | What to store |
|---|---|---|
| The check presenter | A card or QR code: join for the birthday treat | Name, email, birthday month |
| Online ordering checkout | An unticked box with clear wording | Email, order history, location |
| Reservation form | A separate opt-in line, not a condition of booking | Email, party size, occasions |
| Guest Wi-Fi | Marketing consent asked as its own question | Email, visit dates |
| Table tent keyword | Text JOIN to a number, with the required terms | Phone, signed consent record |
| Events and classes | Sign-up form for the tasting or class | Email, interests |
Restaurant email sign up wording that works
Say what they get and how often: the birthday treat, first look at new menus, two emails a month. Guests join for a clear benefit, and clear wording also reduces unsubscribes later.
Keep text consent separate
A phone number on a reservation is not permission to send marketing texts. Ask for texts as their own choice, with the disclosures the next sections describe.
Restaurant email marketing ideas, by the job each message does
The restaurant email marketing ideas that work give a guest a reason to come back on a specific day: something new, something personal, something limited. A discount alone teaches guests to wait for the next one.
| When it sends | Job it does | |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome | The moment someone joins | Turns a sign-up into a second visit |
| Birthday club | Start of the birthday month | Brings a table of friends, not one guest |
| New menu | The week the menu changes | Gives regulars a reason to return |
| Slow-night offer | Two days before a quiet night | Fills covers you would otherwise lose |
| Event invitation | Three to four weeks ahead | Sells tickets or fills a special night |
| Private dining and catering | Ahead of holiday and graduation season | Books larger, higher-value parties |
| Gift card reminder | Before the holidays | Sells cards that bring new guests later |
| Win-back | After a set gap with no visit | Recovers guests drifting away |
Email marketing ideas for restaurants that cost nothing to produce
A note from the chef about a farmer you buy from, the story behind a dish, the staff member who has been there longest, a recipe for something you do not sell. These keep the list warm between offers.
The slow-night email
Pick the night that needs help, offer one thing for that night only, and send it two days ahead. A single clear offer with a booking link beats a menu of discounts.
Events and limited menus
Wine dinners, tasting menus, cooking classes and holiday prix fixe menus sell best to people who already like you. Send the invitation weeks ahead and a reminder when seats are nearly gone.
Private dining, catering and gift cards
These are often the highest-value emails of the year. A short guide to booking the private room or ordering catering, sent before the rush, reaches the guests most likely to plan a party.
The anniversary of a first visit
One year after a guest’s first order or reservation, a short thank-you and a reason to come in. Few restaurants send it, so it stands out.
Automated restaurant emails that run every day
Automations do most of the work in restaurant email marketing: they send to the right guest at the right moment without anyone writing a campaign. Set them up once, review them each quarter.
| Automation | Trigger | Timing | What it should include |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | Joins the list | Immediately | What to order first and a reason to visit soon |
| Thank-you and review request | Visit or order recorded | The next day | The same ask to every guest, with nothing offered for it |
| Birthday | Birthday month on file | First day of the month | A dated treat and the booking link |
| Win-back | No visit or order for a set period | Sixty days is a common start | A warm note and one reason to return |
| Abandoned online order | Cart started, not finished | Within the hour | A reminder, not a discount every time |
| Catering follow-up | Catering order delivered | Two days later | A rebooking link for the next event |
Review requests by email
Ask every guest the same way. Google’s Maps content policy bars offering incentives such as discounts or free items for reviews and bars selectively asking only happy guests, and the FTC’s consumer review rule bans incentives tied to a review’s sentiment. A plain thank-you with a link stays inside both.
Reviews and social posts are covered on restaurant social media marketing, which shares the same guest list where guests agree.
One restaurant and a list that never gets used?Send the size of your list, the tool you use and the nights you want fuller. We return a free proposal and written scope that same business day.
Is SMS marketing legal for restaurants?
Yes, with the guest’s prior express written consent for automated marketing texts, sending hours for promotions, and opt-outs honored by any reasonable means. Restaurant SMS marketing breaks down when numbers from reservations or orders are reused without asking.
The FCC’s rule at 47 CFR 64.1200 requires prior express written consent for telemarketing messages sent with an autodialer: a signed agreement, which can be electronic, that names the number and clearly says the person authorizes the messages and is not required to agree as a condition of buying anything. The same rule bars telephone solicitations before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. at the recipient’s location, and it now says consent can be revoked by any reasonable method, with words such as stop, quit, end, cancel or unsubscribe counting automatically, and revocations honored within ten business days.
The stakes are real. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act lets a person sue for $500 per violation, and a court may triple that for a willful or knowing one. Some states add their own rules: Florida’s telephone solicitation statute counts a text message as a telephonic sales call and requires prior express written consent for automated ones.
| Rule | What it requires | What it means for a restaurant |
|---|---|---|
| FCC consent rule | Prior express written consent for automated marketing texts | A keyword or form with the required wording, saved as a record |
| Sending hours | No telephone solicitations before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. local time | Lunch and dinner specials go out mid-morning or mid-afternoon |
| Revocation | Any reasonable method, honored within ten business days | Treat replies like stop or no more texts as an opt-out |
| Industry principles | Clear call to action, frequency, fees, STOP and HELP | Put all of it on the table tent and the confirmation text |
| Number registration | Brand and campaign registered for 10-digit numbers | Your texting provider registers you before the first send |
| State law | Some states add consent or timing rules | Check the states you operate in before launch |
What the confirmation text should say
The wireless industry’s Messaging Principles and Best Practices say a confirmation message should include the program name, customer care contact or HELP instructions, how to opt out, that messages are recurring and how often, and any fees. One short text can carry all five.
Registering to text from a local number
Texting customers from an ordinary 10-digit number runs through the 10DLC system, in which brands and campaigns are verified before sending. The Campaign Registry does not register brands directly; your texting provider does it for you.
This is how we build texting programs, inside these rules; your counsel decides how they apply to your restaurant, and nothing here is legal advice.
Sample text message marketing for restaurants
A good restaurant text is short, names the restaurant, says what is happening and when, and carries one link. These samples show the pattern; adapt the offer to your own nights.
| Purpose | Sample text | When |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmation | [Restaurant]: you’re in for texts, about 4 a month. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to opt out. | Right after sign-up |
| Same-day table | [Restaurant]: a table for 6 just opened at 7:30 tonight. Book it here: [link] | When a cancellation comes in |
| Special | [Restaurant]: soft-shell crabs are in today, while they last. Menu: [link] | Late morning on delivery day |
| Event | [Restaurant]: 10 seats left for Thursday’s wine dinner. Reserve: [link] | Midweek before the event |
| Order ready | Your [Restaurant] pickup is ready at the side door. | Transactional, any time |
| Birthday | [Restaurant]: happy birthday month. Dessert’s on us this month with dinner. [link] | First day of the month |
Keep promotions rare
A list that hears from you twice a week learns to ignore you. A few planned texts a month, plus the occasional same-day opening, keeps unsubscribes low.
Transactional texts are different
An order-ready or reservation reminder text is part of the service the guest asked for. Keep promotions out of those messages so they stay what the guest expects.
CAN-SPAM rules every restaurant email has to follow
Every marketing email needs accurate sender details and subject lines, a valid postal address, a clear way to unsubscribe, and opt-outs honored within ten business days. The law covers all commercial email, not only bulk sends.
The FTC’s CAN-SPAM compliance guide lists the requirements: header information that identifies who sent the message, a subject line that reflects the content, disclosure that the message is an ad, a valid physical postal address, and a clear explanation of how to opt out. Opt-outs must be honored within 10 business days, the mechanism must work for at least 30 days after sending, and you cannot charge a fee or ask for more than an email address to process one. Each separate email in violation can cost up to $53,088, and hiring an agency does not move the responsibility off the restaurant.
- A from-name guests recognize: the restaurant, not a staff member’s personal name.
- Subject lines that match the email; no fake reply or forward prefixes.
- The restaurant’s street address, a registered post office box or private mailbox in every footer.
- An unsubscribe link that works on the first click and stays working.
- Opt-outs removed within ten business days and never shared or sold.
- Order confirmations and receipts kept free of heavy promotion.
Getting restaurant emails into the inbox
Authenticate the sending domain, keep complaints low, make unsubscribing easy and stop mailing people who never open. Gmail and other mailbox providers now enforce these basics on bulk senders.
Google’s sender guidelines require anyone sending more than 5,000 messages a day to Gmail addresses to set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC, support one-click unsubscribe with a visible link in the body, and keep the spam rate reported in Postmaster Tools below 0.3%, ideally under 0.1%. Every sender, at any volume, needs SPF or DKIM and a spam rate below 0.3%.
Clean the list twice a year
Guests who have not opened or clicked in six months, and have not visited, should get one last note asking if they want to stay. Remove the rest. A smaller list that responds reaches the inbox more reliably.
Why open rates mislead
Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection hides a reader’s IP address and prevents senders from seeing whether a message was opened. Opens on iPhones are unreliable as a result, so judge emails on clicks, redemptions and orders.
Email inside a restaurant loyalty program
A restaurant loyalty program and an email list work best as one system: the loyalty tool records visits and points, and email tells guests what they have earned and when it expires. Points nobody hears about rarely bring anyone back.
| Trigger | What it says | |
|---|---|---|
| Joined the program | First sign-up | How points or visits work, in one sentence |
| Reward earned | Threshold reached | What they can claim and how |
| Reward expiring | A week before expiry | A reminder with the booking or order link |
| Birthday club treat | Birthday month | The treat, the dates it is good for |
| Tier or milestone | Tenth visit, first year | A thank-you and something small |
| Lapsed member | No visit in a set period | Their balance and one reason to return |
The restaurant birthday club
The simplest loyalty program most guests understand: join, give your birthday month, get a treat. Ask for the month only, keep the offer simple and make it good for the whole month so guests can plan a dinner around it.
Keep the rules short
A program guests can explain in one sentence gets used. Complex tiers and point tables produce sign-ups that never redeem.
Email marketing software for restaurants: what to look for
The best email marketing platforms for restaurants connect to the POS, online ordering and reservations, so a guest’s visits and orders shape what they receive. Templates matter far less than that connection.
| Requirement | Why it matters | How to check it |
|---|---|---|
| POS and ordering integration | Automations depend on knowing who visited | Ask which systems sync and how often |
| Reservation sync | Party size and occasions drive offers | Test a booking and see what arrives in the tool |
| Segments by visit history | Regulars and lapsed guests need different emails | Build a lapsed-guest segment in the trial |
| Email and SMS in one place | One consent record, one unsubscribe list | Check how text consent is stored |
| Location tags | Multi-location brands send local news | Send a test to one location’s list |
| List ownership and export | The list is yours if you change tools | Export the full list with consent dates |
Your POS’s built-in tool or a dedicated platform?
A built-in tool is easy and already knows who visited; a dedicated platform offers deeper automations and design. Start with whichever connects cleanly to your POS and ordering system, and move when you outgrow it.
Keep the list in the restaurant’s name
Whatever the tool, the account and the list should belong to the restaurant, not to an agency or an ordering platform. We work in Klaviyo, Mailchimp, HubSpot and ActiveCampaign, set up in the client’s own name.
Several locations, one brand?List the locations, the POS and ordering systems and who approves offers, and the free proposal, with its scope in writing, comes back that day.
Restaurant email templates and newsletter examples
A restaurant email that works has a clear subject, one strong photo of your own food, a short paragraph and a single button. Restaurant email marketing templates should make that easy to repeat every month.
| Part | What it should do | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Subject line | Name the reason, plainly | Soft-shell crab season starts Thursday |
| Preview text | Add the detail the subject left out | Three dishes, this week only, book a table |
| Hero image | Show your own food or room | The dish, shot in your light |
| Body | Two or three short sentences | What it is, why now, how long it lasts |
| Button | One action | Book a table, Order now or See the menu |
| Footer | The legal basics | Address, unsubscribe link, hours |
Restaurant newsletter examples worth copying
A monthly letter from the owner with the new dishes, the month’s events and one story from the kitchen. A restaurant email newsletter works when it reads like the restaurant talking, not like a flyer.
A restaurant promotion email sample
Subject: Tuesdays are pasta night. Body: Every Tuesday in March, any pasta comes with a glass of house wine or a soft drink. Book for Tuesday and mention this email. Button: Book a Tuesday table. Short, one night, one offer, one link.
The restaurant email blast, used rarely
A blast to the whole list suits big news: an opening, a reopening, a new location. For everything else, a segment, such as regulars, lapsed guests or catering customers, gets a better response.
Our email marketing examples page shows formats from other industries that adapt well to restaurants.
A restaurant email and text calendar for the year
Plan sends around the dates that already drive bookings in your market, and send them early enough for guests to plan. Holiday and private-dining emails need weeks of lead time.
| Month | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| January | Slow-season dinner series, gift card balance reminder | A quiet-night table offer |
| February | Valentine’s booking, three weeks ahead | Last tables for the 14th |
| March to May | New spring menu, patio opening, Mother’s Day | Patio open today |
| June to August | Summer events, catering for parties | Same-day specials |
| September to October | Fall menu, holiday party booking opens | Private room dates filling |
| November to December | Gift cards, holiday hours, thank-you note | Holiday hours reminder |
How do you measure restaurant email marketing?
Count what fills tables: reservations and online orders from links, offers redeemed, and repeat visits by subscribers matched in the POS. Opens and clicks explain the trend; covers and orders are the result.
| Measure | How it is counted | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Orders and reservations from links | Tagged links into ordering and booking | Direct revenue from each send |
| Offers redeemed | Unique codes or a POS button | Whether the offer moved people |
| Repeat visit rate of subscribers | POS match on email or phone | Whether the list makes regulars |
| List growth | New sign-ups by source | Which sign-up points work |
| Unsubscribes and complaints | Per send | Whether frequency or content is off |
| Text opt-outs | Per send | Whether texts feel like too much |
A test that tells the truth
Hold back a small slice of the list from a campaign and compare their visits with everyone else’s. The difference is what the email actually produced.
Revenue per subscriber
Total orders and visits from email in a quarter, divided by the list size, is one number an owner can watch over time.
How AI assistants answer questions about restaurants
People ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Google’s AI Overviews where to eat tonight, which place has a private room or who does the best brunch nearby. The answers draw on listings, reviews, menus and local writing the assistant can read.
What the assistants tend to cite
Google and other business listings with reviews, the restaurant’s own website with the menu in text, local food writers and lists, reservation pages and event listings. Email itself is private, so it never appears in an answer.
How email helps anyway
Email prompts the reviews, the bookings and the event pages that assistants do read. A website archive of past newsletters, with menus and events in plain text, gives assistants more to quote. Our AEO for restaurants page covers the rest.
How much does restaurant email marketing cost?
Published US price bands (market figures, not a Progression rate card) put email marketing management at $500 to $4,000 a month and an SMS program at $500 to $3,500 a month, with a one-off build of the full set of automations at $4,000 to $18,000. A quote follows a written scope.
| Work | Published band | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|
| Email marketing management | $500 to $4,000 a month | Number of automations and segments, sends per month |
| Full lifecycle automation build | $4,000 to $18,000 one-off | Welcome, birthday, win-back, ordering and loyalty flows |
| Five-message email sequence | $800 to $2,000 | Segmentation and design |
| SMS program | $500 to $3,500 a month | Consent setup, list size, sends per month |
What sits outside those bands
The email and texting platform’s own subscription, carrier fees for texts, food photography and the cost of any offer you give away. Platform fees scale with list size, so clean lists cost less to keep.
When a restaurant can do it alone
A single restaurant with a POS that includes email can set up the welcome, birthday and win-back series in an afternoon. Pay for help when nobody has time to write the monthly email, or when texting, several locations or ordering integrations make the setup harder.
How to choose a restaurant email marketing agency
Choose a restaurant email marketing agency on how it builds consent, whether it sets up automations before campaigns, who owns the list and how it reports covers and orders. A portfolio of pretty templates says little about any of that.
| Requirement | How to check it |
|---|---|
| Builds texting on written consent | Ask to see the sign-up wording and confirmation text they use |
| Starts with automations | Ask which flows they set up in the first month |
| Connects to your POS and ordering | Ask which systems they have integrated before |
| The list stays in your name | Ask whose account the platform sits in |
| Handles deliverability | Ask how they set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC |
| Reports visits and orders | Ask for a sample monthly report |
| Plain terms | Ask about notice, renewal and what you keep if you leave |
Warning signs
Offers to sell you a list, texting everyone who ever made a reservation, weekly discount blasts, reports built on opens alone, and accounts held in the agency’s name.
Questions for the first call
What would you send in the first thirty days? How will we know an email filled tables? What happens to the list and the automations if we stop?
Cafes, bars and multi-location restaurants
The same list works for every kind of food business, but the rhythm changes: cafes send short, frequent notes, bars lead with events, and multi-location brands need one voice with local details.
| Business | What leads | Rhythm | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent restaurant | Menus, events, the owner’s voice | Two emails a month plus automations | Discounts every week |
| Cafe or bakery | New bakes, seasonal drinks, loyalty | Short weekly notes | Long newsletters nobody reads |
| Bar | Events, live music, trivia, food | Event-led | State liquor advertising rules |
| Fine dining | Tasting menus, wine dinners, private dining | Monthly, plus invitations | Over-sending to a small list |
| Multi-location brand | Brand news plus local events | Central calendar, local slots | One location’s offer going to every list |
| Catering and events | Seasonal menus, booking windows | Ahead of each season | Missing the booking lead time |
Cafe email marketing
Cafes and bakeries do well with short notes: the new pastry, the seasonal drink, a loyalty reminder. Keep each email readable in ten seconds on a phone.
Bars and drink promotions
Bars should lead with events and food, check their state’s liquor rules before promoting drink specials, and keep promotional texts to adults who signed up. Our restaurant and bar marketing page covers alcohol promotion in more depth.
How Progression runs restaurant email and SMS
We start with consent and the automations, connect your POS, ordering and reservations, write one or two campaigns a month with a real reason to visit, and report covers and orders each month.
The first thirty days
Sign-up points at the table and online, welcome, birthday and win-back automations, domain authentication, and a texting sign-up with the right wording if you want texts.
Ownership
The email platform, the texting account and the list stay in the restaurant’s name. If you move on, everything keeps running.
Beyond the inbox
Email works best alongside a site that takes orders and a Google profile that is complete. Restaurant website design and restaurant SEO cover those.
Related services for restaurants
These pages cover the channels that work alongside restaurant email and texts.
- Restaurant marketing: the full program, from the Google profile to regulars.
- Restaurant social media marketing for Instagram, TikTok and creators.
- Restaurant advertising on Meta, Google and delivery apps.
- Restaurant SEO for menus and local search.
- Restaurant website design that takes orders and bookings.
- Restaurant branding for a name, look and voice.
- AEO for restaurants: being named in AI answers.
- Email marketing services for any business.
- SMS marketing programs and consent.
- Email marketing examples across industries.
- Digital marketing services across channels.
- SEO services for sites of every size.
- Search engine advertising on Google and Microsoft.
- Social media marketing for any business.
- Website design and development with fixed-price tiers.
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Frequently asked questions
What is restaurant email marketing?
Does email marketing work for restaurants?
Which tasks are part of restaurant email marketing services?
What should a restaurant’s welcome email say?
How does a restaurant get email sign-ups without buying a list?
Can a restaurant buy an email list of local diners?
What are the best restaurant email marketing ideas?
Do restaurants need permission to send marketing texts?
What hours can a restaurant send promotional texts?
How must a restaurant handle STOP replies to texts?
What can a restaurant be fined for texting without consent?
What must every restaurant marketing email include under CAN-SPAM?
Why do some restaurant emails land in spam?
Are email open rates still useful for restaurants?
Should a restaurant use text message marketing or email?
How do a restaurant loyalty program and email work together?
How should a restaurant birthday club work?
Which email marketing software is best for restaurants?
What does a good restaurant email newsletter look like?
How do you know whether restaurant emails bring guests back?
How are restaurant email and texting programs priced?
Do restaurant newsletters help with ChatGPT and Google AI answers?
Who owns the email list if Progression runs it?
Can a bar send texts about drink specials?
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