How restaurants are selling with social media

Restaurants are driving paying customers into stores using Facebook and tracking ROI to the penny. And here's how...

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Posted 07 December 2010 10:44am by Jeff Molander with 16 comments

SxSW: Trash talk. What's it good for?

Social media, whether you like it or not, is about conversations. For brands, that can be a headache. Especially when people are angry with your brand and talking about it. But marketers should take solace: there are much worse things they could be doing.

At SxSW this weekend, the panelists at Does My Sh*t-Talking Really Help Your Brand? panel were agreed: it does.

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Posted 14 March 2010 18:39pm by Meghan Keane with 3 comments

Burger King launches mobile commerce app

It's currently covering just the Queens area of New York, but Burger King has started to trial a mobile commerce app for the iPhone, as a way of maximising orders.

Customers can use the app to order and pay for their meals and skip queues at their local Burger King. I've been pretending to be in Queens so I can try the app out....

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Posted 16 June 2009 09:29am by Graham Charlton with 4 comments

Burger King: when great marketing doesn't produce great results

Which fast food megabrand has the best marketing: Burger King or McDonald's?

Chances are if you're a member of the marketer's club, you're going to choose Burger King.

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Posted 18 May 2009 09:01am by Patricio Robles with 11 comments