Introduce SMS functionality into restaurant or bar services

Since mobile phones are carried everywhere by owners there is no better way for reach potential customers than their cellphone. It is also the most proper way to address young generation who are most likely to react your advertisment if it is sent to their phone as SMS text message. Therefore SMS technology can be boosted in any restaurant or bar as people read the received SMS messages within four minutes. Learn how to implement SMS functionality into your business to be able to provide efficient and profitable SMS services in this article.

Mobile marketing is on the rise today since businesses realize the importance of mobile phones as marketing tools. Implementing SMS technology into corporate IT system will result in several additional advantages beside the fact that you will be able to send SMS messages from PC to cellphones. The most important benefit is that mobile messaging allows a direct way of communication with your customers in real time. In this way you can start various SMS services to increase the traffic and profit of your business.

SMS technology opens a wide range of possibilities for restaurants and bars to attract customers with special SMS services. In this way you can send promotional deals to customers such as free appetizers, deserts, drink or a percent off their next meal. As SMS messages are immediate you can launch these offers just before a specific time of the day to drive sales. So you can send a special lunch offer to customers just before lunch. Or on a low traffic night you can send out SMS offering drink or food specials to increase traffic. Moreover you can create a VIP group and send them VIP offers to their phones via SMS.

"Welcome to XY restaurant! Taste our speciality today between 11-15pm - Hand buttered fish N chips. Get a free desert with this message as a valued customer."


Beside these SMS offering specials you can also introduce SMS booking service since SMS messaging allows two-way communication. If you specify a phone number then customers can send SMS messages to book a table. It is possible to send autoreplies to confirm the reservation. At the restaurant you can send SMS notification if the booked table is ready.

How can you get customers to sign up?

Advertise your SMS marketing program on your web site, print ads, table tents and everywhere! Ozeki can offer you relaible solutions to let customers provide their phone numbers on your web site. Though it is also possible for them to subscribe to SMS contents on your web site. Visit our solutions for customer subscription: Subscribe SMS content on Joomla sites, or Subscribe SMS content on Dupal sites. These solutions can be realized by Ozeki SMS module that is available on the respective sites. If you have further questions please contact us: info @ ozekisms.com.

Benefits of SMS functionality for restaurants / bars

  • Attract new customers
  • Increase frequency of restaurants visits of existing customers
  • Increase average spend per customer (you can call attention to specials)
  • Engage customers (build loyalty by paying attention to customers)
  • SMS sending is instant. In this way you can be sure that your sent message will be read within seconds. This allows you to send out launch specials just before noon).
  • You can adopt various SMS services: send promotions, weekly specials, SMS coupons, event alerts, etc. So you can send anything that will increase traffic.
  • Such SMS promotions are very effective as customers previously have provided their phone numbers. This fact shows that they are interested in your promotions and special offers.

Ozeki NG SMS Gateway can be obtained by opening the download page: Download Ozeki NG SMS Gateway!

How to start SMS solutions for restaurants and clubs

To be able to send out SMS messages to customers you need to install and download Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. Once this software product is installed you can start to send SMS messages to mobile phones. The SMS gateway forwards SMS messages to the mobile network in two possible ways: you can attach a GSM modem to your PC with a phone-to-PC datacable and the SMS gateway will operate this modem (GSM modem connection). Or Ozeki NG SMS Gateway connects directly to the SMS center of the mobile service provider over the Internet (IP SMS connection).

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Download the free trial of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway right now to see how it works in practice!

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