The people who already ordered from you are the cheapest table you will ever fill. I text them from a real number in your restaurant's name, as a blue bubble, with one honest ask. First-timer codes, win-backs, birthdays, catering, the private room. Built and run for Seafood Kings in Fort Lauderdale first. The replies come back "Sure," and the order happens in the same thread.
Call or text (754) 325-1555. Tell me how many customers are in your ordering system right now.
Nothing is bought. Consumer lists are your own opted-in customers, exported from the systems you already run. Catering and event lists are local businesses, built from public records.
Sent as iMessage from a real iPhone so the customer sees a blue bubble from a real number, not a short code. Falls back to SMS for Android. Every thread is pushed into your CRM so the reply never sits in one phone.
"hey [first name], [restaurant] on [street]. real quick, we have a code going out this week for folks we have not seen in a minute. mind if we send it your way? no pressure. good on pre-orders and pickup. [yoursite.com]"
Why it works: lowercase and casual, because that is how the owner texts. It asks before it sends the offer. It names the restaurant and the street, so it is clearly from a place they know.The real version of this message, with the real reply, is on the main lead generation page.
The kitchen is slammed. Nobody is watching the phone. Here is what happens anyway.
The automations behind it, including the invoice-to-price-list system built for Seafood Kings, are on the restaurant systems page.
Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach restaurants get the option of me at the counter. Everywhere else, the phone does not care.
List size, cadence, and channels differ by restaurant, so there is no public menu. You get the number, the first message, and the first list to approve before anything goes out.
The files that give your SI permanent memory of your restaurant. Grab it and see how I think before we talk.
Send me the kit →Your customer list and the businesses around you, sent in your name across iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, and email. Replies handled. Monthly report. Cancels anytime.
Book the 15-minute call →Invoice to price list, menu sync, the after-hours catering assistant. One job, running in about a week. You pay when it runs.
See the restaurant systems →The whole operation behind the leads: an assistant with permanent memory of your restaurant, follow-up on a schedule, content in your voice. Run monthly from $1,200.
What is in the install →Your own customers. Online orders, reservations, loyalty sign-ups, catering inquiries, the birthday club, the people who DMed you on Instagram. Exported from Toast, Square, Clover, your ordering site, or a spreadsheet. Consumer lists are opt-in only and documented. For catering and private events, the list is local businesses, offices, and event planners, which is business-to-business and built from public records.
A blue bubble from a real number in the restaurant's name gets opened and answered like a text from a friend. A green bubble from a 5-digit short code gets ignored or filtered. Messages go out as iMessage and fall back to SMS for Android, so everyone gets it. Every thread is pushed into the restaurant's CRM so the reply never sits in one phone.
A first-timer code, KINGS15, sent to opted-in customers in the restaurant's name. The message asked permission before sending the offer. Replies came back as "Sure," "Ok," "Sure fam," and the code went out in the same minute. The real thread, with the customer's name hidden, is on the main lead generation page.
Across clients, the average is 2 to 3 leads for every 500 messages sent. A restaurant texting its own regulars usually sees warmer replies than a cold business list, but the number depends on the list and the offer, so you approve the first list and the first message and the monthly report shows the real rate.
Monthly, stated in writing after a 15-minute call. List size, campaign cadence, and channels differ by restaurant, so there is no public menu. You leave the call with the first message and the monthly number either way.
Fifteen minutes. You leave with the first message, the segment to send it to, and the monthly number in writing, either way.
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