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Marketing

Share information and best practices with fellow restaurant industry marketers.

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Marketing

The Marketing Expert Exchange offers you the opportunity to learn the latest on third-party delivery,  menu innovation, contactless payment & technology trends, local store marketing, social media, creative marketing plans and more. Don’t miss your chance to talk through issues and learn directly from other marketing leaders in the restaurant industry.
 

Listserv

We’ve created a marketing listserv as an added value to our members. The listserv is an effective way to ask your colleagues questions, share news, and contribute to discussions on issues important to professionals in your field. To be eligible, you must work full-time in the field of advertising, branding, communications, social media or marketing for a company that is a restaurant member of the National Restaurant Association. Click here to subscribe.
 
Once you join the list, simply send your email message to marketing@lists.restaurant.org. Your message goes to everyone who is subscribed to the list.
 

Expert Exchange Gatherings

 
Our Expert Exchange Gatherings are a way for our communities to connect virtually. These are collaborative, informal, operator-led events, and they’re intended to touch on topics that are pressing and relevant to your jobs and to the restaurant industry as a whole. If you attend, you will get the opportunity to meet online with your peers, share, learn, and ask questions in an engaging and safe peer-to-peer environment. At a time when we cannot meet in-person, the need for connection is more important than ever. We are pleased to offer these Gatherings across all our communities on a recurring basis.
 
Please note the majority of our Gatherings are for National Restaurant Association members only. If you are interested in participating or curious when the next Gathering will be held, you may opt-in here to the community of your choice, and gain access to our calendar of upcoming Gatherings.
 

Marketing Executives Group (MEG)

The Marketing Executives Group (MEG) Conference is the signature event for marketers in the restaurant industry and who are connected 365 days a year and come together every May in Chicago preceding the National Restaurant Association Show. MEG raises the level of industry excellence by connecting, inspiring, teaching and challenging each other through the exchange of ideas, thought leadership and best practices. Learn more here.
 

MEG Talks

September launches a series of “Ted Talk”-like forums for the Marketing Community, called MEG Talks – a concentrated suite of presentation opportunities intended to reach both Association members and non-members as we continue to serve the industry more broadly during this COVID-19 season. They will be short, focused meetings intended to convey Marketing Now and will reflect how restaurant operators and suppliers are responding to immediate issues in their operations. 

 

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Questions?

Contact Marketing Community Program Manager Jaclyn Sanford at jsanford@restaurant.org.

News Articles

September 9, 2020
MEG Talks keep operators up on latest marketing strategies

The Marketing Executive Group is launching a new series, MEG Talks, to help restaurateurs ramp up marketing efforts that keep customers dining on and off premises.

August 27, 2020
Innovating during a pandemic: The Roti Revolution

Coronavirus is causing a lot of shutdowns, but it hasn’t shut down creativity.

July 20, 2020
Alcohol to go might be magic potion for struggling restaurants

Expanded regulations allowing the sale could help juice up revenues lost during the pandemic.

June 9, 2020
Get the word out your restaurant is OPEN for business

In addition to ensuring the well-being of guests and staff, you’ve got to let customers know you’re open and that it’s safe to dine with you.