Restaurant Marketing Idea: 40 Social Networking Sites SmallBizBee

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How do you use the Internet to help you with great restaurant marketing ideas?  Let's not stop at one, lets talk about 47 social networking sites to choose from.

First:  Hospitality101radio.com  If you need restaurant experts in a community that is rich in B.S. Stories (Business Success Stories) and low on SPIN (Sarcastic Painful Inept Nobodies), Hospitality101radio.com can be your first stop.  Restaurant marketing ideas and support will not be in shortage. 

Then SmallBizBee.com steps up to the plate and shares 40 Social Networking Sites Specifically for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, and Startups   SmallBizBee outlines the offline/online social networking websites to give you the ultimate buffet.  The internet proves it power as readers pitch in with six more.

We all know of the huge social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. They're great for large scale connections and discussion.

But, as entrepreneurs and small business owners sometimes it's nice to connect with other like minded individuals in a smaller, more focused setting.

If that sounds like what you are looking for in a social network, the below list is for you.

We've scoured the Internet looking for social networking sites specifically for small businesses, entrepreneurs and startups, and found 40 we feel are worth a look.

1. LinkedIn

2. Meet The Boss

3. PartnerUp

4. Qapacity

5. Ryze

6. Talkbiznow

7. XING

Need more?  Read on here to get the information on 39 more social networking sites.

Here is the challenge to implement your restaurant marketing idea using social networking websites and resources: 

Which top three will you start with?  Who will own them as part of their daily/weekly routine?  How much time commitment can be made?  Having the list is only a drop in the bucket to achieve success but it does save you dozens of hours in research.  Be sure to thank SmallBizBee.  I have great experiences with Biznik but maybe you will find another that suits your business better.  There are no rules, just new ways to connect to the community.

To help you with a plan, here is marketing planning calender spreadsheet.

If social networking is not your cup of tea?  Then I have devised the best email marketing services list on the planet.   You only need one, and yes, there are many free email marketing services for your restaurant business available.

Can't handle email or social networking?  You are in a more rural area?  Then check the video:  Guerrilla Marketing Squad.  With a telephone and newspaper you can change your business.  I know from personal experience.

Don't forget the best part!  As a restaurateur, yours is possibly the place where these groups will want to meet!  Groups of people equals opportunity for food sales.  Get your computer dusted off and start contacting your local meeting groups and make the invitations.