Category Archives: Branding and Marketing

Posts that relate to branding and marketing issues

Erie Rib Fest Not Just For Ribbers

One would think that the Erie Rib Fest would be a great place for local restaurants to bring samples of their signature food, however, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. I actually asked Kathy Danielson of  Performance & Event Management why we didn’t see this and the reason was staring me right in the face. [...]

Work Like Hell and Socialize

Recently, a patron’s suggestion lead me to the Ted Turner quotation many of us have heard in business: “Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise”. I couldn’t help thinking how much things have changed since the origination of this quote. Most of us would agree that there has been a dramatic [...]

Expect an encore with social networking

I recently attended a local small business meeting with a little over 100 members/guests in attendance. One of the members spoke about how he uses Facebook for his automotive shop. He runs specials, takes appointments and gives advice to his customers and “fans”. Why was Mark asked to speak? Well, he has experienced tremendous growth [...]

Restaurant managers get a Free trial for a whole month

Restaurants can now sign-up for a new Diningverse full restaurant profile or upgrade their existing basic profile to a full restaurant profile and pay nothing for a whole month.

Can you use some Magic?

A question Diningverse is asking its hungry patrons! Teaming up with ErieBlogs, they will bestow a little magic; that is, a $50 dining gift certificate on 2 lucky winners in their monthly contest.

The Website will be an essential marketing tool for your restaurant business!

Your website will be an essential marketing tool for your business. If done properly it can become one of your best ways of generating customer leads.

And the High Five goes to…

Diningverse reached the first milestone, 555 recommendations posted by our patrons. We are sending our High Five together with $55 dining certificate to one of them. Read the full post to learn more.

A quick face lift for our blog

Just completed a quick face lift for our blog. Trying to match the blog with the DV site while keeping the blog simple and clean.

New branding for diningverse

Over the past weekend we have officially released the new diningverse branding and logo.