http://bmjmobilerestaurant.com A mobile website is a must for restaurants. Whether it is online marketing for restaurants, social media for restaurants, or deal site marketing for restaurants, they all feed the mobile web. For restaurant owners looking to attract today's mobile customer, a mobile website provides the path.

1. Is Your Restaurant Ready For The Mobile Era?

3.  Within the next 12 months, the majority of
YOUR website visitors will be mobile.
 80% of restaurants that ignore this one fact
will be out of business in 5 years

4. For the first time since the Pew Research Center’s Internet &
American Life Project began systematically tracking
smartphone adoption, a majority of Americans now own a
smartphone of some kind.
 55% of cell phone owners say that their phone is a
smartphone.
 58% of cell phone owners say that their phone operates on
a smartphone platform common to the U.S. market.

5. Google Takes Stance On Mobile
SEO:
Site Not Mobile Friendly, You Won't
Rank Well.Source: Search Engine Round Table

16. A mobile friendly website
should be the foundation of
your restaurant’s marketing
strategy.

17.  Transactional
Call the restaurant
Get driving directions using GPS
Redeem a coupon
Buy a gift card
Opt-in

18.  Measurable
Track the number of calls
Track coupon redemptions
Track gift card purchases
Track Opt-ins
All in real time

19.  “Quick And Simple”
Easy to call
Menu
Hours
Directions
Specials
Link to traditional site
Social media

20.  Less is more!
 “Tap to Call” button is critical
 Make your branding consistent with your
desktop website. Use the same logo, colors,
and fonts

21.  Ensure the navigation is thumb-friendly. Make it
easy to click on buttons and links with fingers.
 Make sure the pages load quickly. Reducing use
and size of images, and include only the code
necessary for the mobile version of the page.

22.  Don’t use Flash. It does not work on iPhones
and it increases page load time.
 Automatically redirect mobile visitors to your
mobile site. Don’t make mobile visitors have
to visit a different URL.

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