6 Holiday Ideas For Restaurants
Grow profits and happiness this holiday season with six simple tips. Create a warm, efficient space for guests and staff, and keep customers coming back.
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Maximize Guest Loyalty: Build Repeat Business with Digital Programs
How your restaurant can use data-driven loyalty programs to increase revenue.
6 Ways to Increase Restaurant Revenue
Making money in restaurants is hard. Here are some ways to reach profitability.
What Is Vishing, Phishing, and Smishing? How Businesses Can Avoid Being Scammed
Protect your business with tips on how to identify and report phone, email, and texting scams.
Turning the Corner: How to Manage a Restaurant (As a Restaurant Owner)
Former Restaurant Owner and Chef Scott Youkilis shares his secrets on how to successfully manage a restaurant.
The Server’s Guide to the Handheld POS
Handhelds can make your work easier and more profitable. Here's how.
How Much Does It Cost to Open a Restaurant?
Get a breakdown of how much money you'll need to get your restaurant from concept to profitability.
7 Tips For Stellar Restaurant Ads
Director of Marketing Gigi Cohen shares tips for restaurant ads that move the needle.
How to Win Back Your Day with Tools for Restaurant Managers
Spend more time with your staff and guests by implementing restaurant management software. SpotOn's Manager Toolkit will show you how.
7 Tips for Creating a Winning Restaurant Schedule
Creating and communicating a restaurant schedule can take hours out of your day. But with the right strategies, it doesn't have to.
How to Calculate the Break-Even Point for Your Restaurant
Learn about restaurant break-even analysis and get our calculator to find your break-even point.
7 Signs It’s Time to Reassess Your Tech Stack
Whether it’s time to say farewell to outdated systems or hello to a new time-saving scheduling tool, change can be challenging. Here’s how you know it’s time.
Menu Engineering: 5 Steps to a Menu That Can Beat Inflation
Create your most profitable menu yet. Learn how to analyze the popularity and profitability of your menu with restaurant menu engineering.
How to Remove Your Restaurant From Food Delivery Apps
Get step-by-step instructions for getting your restaurant off food delivery apps and replace them with an online ordering system.
The Ultimate Restaurant Marketing Guide
The right restaurant marketing campaign can drive business and sustain a loyal following. Here's how to craft it.
SpotOn’s Series D Funding Will Enable Continued Growth & Innovation in Service of Local Businesses
A little over a year ago, SpotOn sent our employees home to work remotely as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country. We had just announced our $50 million Series B funding [https://spoton.com/blog/spoton-raises-50-million-in-series-b-funding-from-former-twitter-executives/] from former Twitter executives, but the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic quickly overshadowed our...
SpotOn Raises $125 Million in Series D Funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Investment values the company at $1.875 billion and cements SpotOn as a leading software and payments provider for restaurants and SMBs SAN FRANCISCO—May 25, 2021—SpotOn (www.spoton.com [http://www.spoton.com]), one of the fastest-growing software and payments companies with comprehensive solutions for restaurants and retail...
How to Gain Access to Capital for Your Small Business
As a small business owner, you want to grow your business into a brand that customers know and trust. But that kind of cred doesn't come cheap. Getting access to capital to fuel your growing business can be tough, but there are several ways you can get the...
SpotOn Named the Preferred Technology Partner of the Georgia Restaurant Association
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How Marketing Management Tools Can Streamline Your Business
Being a small-business owner comes with a unique set of challenges. You're managing employees, plotting marketing campaigns, and keeping your business afloat. On top of this, you're figuring out how to deliver more services digitally. The problem with keeping so many plates spinning is that you...
Supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander-Owned Small Businesses
This past weekend marked the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This observance is dedicated to recognizing the societal contributions of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Asian Indian, Korean, Hmong, and Vietnamese cultures, among others. The theme for this year’s observance is Advancing Leaders through Purpose-Driven Service....
