• Putting out an APB for restaurants not on Twitter

    Putting out an APB for restaurants not on Twitter

    In addition to my birthday, March is always an exciting month, thanks to the annual Dine Around Seattle promotion. Seriously, what’s not to like about 28 great restaurants offering fantastic 3-course meals for just $30?! But I’m confused about something, in regards to this fabulous...
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  • Using all the tools in your toolbox

    Using all the tools in your toolbox

    I just love, love, love what my ”right coast” colleague Lara Dickson does at Twitter For Restaurants.  Besides constantly beating me to the punch with great ideas for restaurants on how to use social media in creative ways, she is just one smart cookie.  And so today, I am taking my...
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  • Dine out – save a life

    Dine out – save a life

    Today I stumbled across a reminder about a great organization/event for restaurants looking for a way to give back to the community – and really, shouldn’t we all be doing that? The event is called Dining Out For Life, and it’s produced by the Lifelong Aids Alliance, which...
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  • Which Seattle restaurants have the most Twitter followers?

    Which Seattle restaurants have the most Twitter...

      Which restaurants in the Seattle area have the most followers on Twitter?  A client asked me this recently, so they could gauge where they rank among the 200+ restaurants using Twitter locally. So I decided to do a quick inventory – and I apologize in advance for anyone that was...
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  • Bring customers in with “food holiday” promotions

    Bring customers in with “food...

    Did you know there’s a National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day? Or a National Fettuccine Alfredo Day?  And as a restaurant, why should you care? Believe it or not, nearly every day on the calendar is some sort of “food holiday” or celebration, according to The Nibble web...
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Some days are just smorgasbords

Mar 4th

Posted by Karen in Uncategorized

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Have you ever had one of those days where you just couldn’t decide what to eat – so you ate a little bit of everything you could get your hands on?  Okay then, it must just be me.
And in trying to focus on a topic for today, day four of my ”31 posts in 31 days” effort, [...]

Three twitter classes tell all (sort of!)

Mar 3rd

Posted by Karen in Classes

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Are you scared of Twitter?  Or do you know it’s time to “get tweeting” but don’t know how to get started?  Or have you been using Twitter but have no idea what you are doing?
Don’t worry your pretty little head any longer – I have many ways to help you!  One of my new services [...]

Celebrating birthdays in the Seattle foodie scene

Mar 2nd

Posted by Karen in Food Companies

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Yes, it’s my birthday today and as much as I wanted to skip writing a post today, I didn’t. 
And why not, you ask? Because I’m committed to honoring my “31 posts in 31 days” project, and today is only the second day – I can’t break the streak so soon!
So today I will write about celebrating [...]

Finding my blog’s purpose

Mar 1st

Posted by Karen in Focus

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What is the purpose of this blog?
I thought I knew, but I think I better make sure before we go much farther – and definitely before I start my “31 blog posts in 31 days” project today! 
I hope I haven’t confused anyone, but my business is going through a bit of a metamorphosis these days, and [...]

Don’t quit Twitter – get TweetDeck!

Feb 21st

Posted by Karen in Tools

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Since we’re all foodies here, I have a question for you.  If you went to a restaurant and the menu was presented in a “news ticker” style – one long enormous random list that scrolled on endlessly and rapidly - how long would it take you to get frustrated and leave?
And isn’t that how some of [...]

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