Daisy Duke's restaurant and bar was about to call it quits. The pandemic took away the dine-in customers which accounted for 95% of business. Before giving up, owner Brad Dahl turned to DirectMail.io to see if the all-in-one marketing platform could help. This is that story.
Daisy Dukes is a family owned restaurant chain in the New Orleans metro area, each owned by different family members. Brad Dahl, opened this location in 2017 in Mandeville, LA, just 30 miles north of New Orleans. Business was doing well and was on the upswing. Daisy Dukes has a cool vibe and culture where many of the partrons like to hang out, have drinks and listen to music. Take-out only accounted for 5% of the revenue.
Every good marketing strategy starts with a goal:
Compelling offer to drive immediate sales.
Leverage family, friends, and co-workers to share the offer on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and SMS, creating momentum in the market place.
Create contest/sweepstakes that incentivized people to share making the promotion go viral.
A message that would usually just get minimal reach from your social channels now has exponential reach.
Daisy Dukes created a landing page with two offers. One to motivate customers to buy today, the other to incentivize them to share. They also used the source link tool to create tracking links to give out to friends and family members to kick off the promotion. Lastly, the Facebook & Instagram integration made it real easy for them to launch a campaign directly from the platform.
Revenue: Up 300%! Some days business is better than before the pandemic.
Leads: 192 (in just 2 weeks of marketing)
82 of those had never eaten at Daisy Dukes
171 birthday dates
106 emails acquired
78 mobile numbers (SMS Opt-in)
In three easy steps you can start generating more revenue today.
Once you sign up, you'll be given access into the platform along with a few helpful guides and best practices to make sure that creating your promotion is as easy as possible.
Think about what attracts most of your customers...then build it. Make sure to have fun with it. You have a passion for good food and service, show that in your marketing.
Get family and friends involved. Share the message around and watch the business pour in. Watch your analytics and, be sure to engage with you customer digitally to create loyalty.