How to Improve Business Marketing

Marketing a Tamales Restaurant

At Gaebler, we've seen what great marketing can do for a small business. But if you own a tamales restaurant, exceptional marketing may well be the determining factor in your long-term survival and success.

Marketing a tamales restaurant can be challenging, especially for business owners who lack a marketing background.

Customer loyalty isn't what it used to be. Cash is king in today's marketplace, so your marketing plan needs to focus on value messages.

Niche Marketing

Niche marketing is strategy that focuses on a subsection of the larger market. This can be especially useful for tamales restaurants trying to establish a larger footprint in a targeted market segment. Niche marketing isn't new. It's been around for years and has proven to be most effective for firms that understand their key strengths and core audience.

Furthermore, niche marketing means tailoring resource acquisitions to the needs of your market segment. For example, top providers can focus mailing lists to the specific requirements of your market niche.

Industry Resources

Lone rangers don't survive long in a tamales restaurant. An awareness of industry resources can mitigate the isolation of ownership and result in a more stable (and more productive) leadership experience. The best resources are usually the ones that leverage industry-specific experience and the input of proven veterans.

Price Matching

Price matching is a protection for buyers who are concerned that they could find a better deal elsewhere. For businesses, price matching eliminates buying risk, convincing cautious consumers to buy now. Without price matching, if they can locate lower pricing from a competing tamales restaurant, buyers will jump on it. So whether you like it or not, pricing is a necessary element of your overall marketing strategy. If your business isn't prepared to match standard price points, you'll need to adjust your business model and pricing structure to accommodate the rates that are being charged by other tamales restaurants in your area.

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