Ken Burgin

Restaurant Productivity

Art & Design

Hospitality Christmas Photos

40 Photo Ideas for Your Restaurant’s Christmas Social Media

Social media posts thrive on visual content, and there are dozens of opportunities to take all sorts of photos during the Christmas season – food, decorations, people and local scenes. They will look good on Facebook, Instagram and your website. Snap and share, and many can be used again next year. Gather props – Christmas balls or decorations, Santa hats and strings of lights – they will all be useful. Starting the Day – setting

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Let’s Help This Cafe Add Some Pre-Opening Excitement…

It’s big opportunity missed – this shop is due to open as a cafe, but they’re keeping the good news well hidden. What could they add to this wasted publicity space? Essential information – website, phone and email address in large print. Facebook and Instagram address, with a request to ‘checkin’ and ‘like’. Run Facebook local ads, targeted to the neighbourhood – look what’s coming! How to get on the email list – when they

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Amazing public art in Brisbane

Do you know the work of Fintan Magee? He’s one of Australia’s most prolific and talented public artists – his large wall murals are all over Australia and around the world. This work, called Head in the Clouds, was recently completed on the side of a building in South Brisbane. Below it is another one he did in 2016 on the side of a silo in Victoria, as part of the Silo Art Trail. Follow Fintan

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Restaurant Decoration

7 Low-Cost Restaurant Decoration Ideas

When you deal with thousands of customers a week, everything is on a BIG scale – and the decorations should be the same. If you want to make an impact, here are 7 ways to get people talking and photos being taken (and shared). Great restaurant decoration creates great of mouth! 100 balloons. Don’t waste money on helium to have them floating to the ceiling. It looks great, but the next day they’ll be sinking to

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