Facebook in Rural Montana & Embracing picture posting.

To follow up the earlier post we investigated current Facebook user data alongside the 2010 census. Your customer base is "Face-booking", and waiting to hear from you.

http://sparkgf.blogspot.com/2012/09/community-data-census-or-facebook.html

While you get excited about Facebook, don't forget to set up your restaurant on Foursquare. At this point, Montana restaurant deals are mostly represented by chains. Take advantage of offering check-in deals, it's time to make it local!

Last but not least, remember that your customers will post pictures of your food and restaurant. Embrace it! Encourage your wait staff to offer taking pictures of dining groups, teach them how to make those pictures look as good as possible (freshly served food, no chewing, maybe take a quick series of them), and be amazed of how those pictures will work for your restaurant.

Picture taking should serve as a motivation to add some nice touches to your food presentation, table decor, and interiors. Customers love little details and surprises, whether it is a good joke on your menu, artwork on the wall, or Santa surfing on top of their Hawaiian Holiday Burger.