RESTAURANT STRATEGY · Chip Klose

Building a Strategy to Spark Word-of-Mouth (ENCORE)

·19 min·1 clip
A sushi restaurant sparked word-of-mouth by giving every customer a free hand roll as a unique, talk-worthy gift.
Chip Klose discusses the importance of creating remarkable experiences to drive word-of-mouth marketing for restaurants, using examples like free hand rolls, bacon on a clothesline, and helium balloons to illustrate actionable strategies.

As heard by us

A restaurant has to design for word of mouth, not wait for it.

It makes a simple business case: restaurant marketing cannot run on hope that good food and steady service will do all the talking. The stronger point is that word of mouth has to be earned on purpose, by giving people something memorable enough to repeat.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

Turn your restaurant into the place people mention first.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →
Listen to the show on