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Restaurant Marketing Plan: A Practical 30/60/90-Day Template
A restaurant marketing plan should not be a calendar full of random posts. It should tell the team what the business is trying to grow, which behavior must change, which channels will be used, and which numbers decide whether the plan is working.
This 30/60/90-day plan connects brand, local visibility, content, delivery, loyalty, and weekly measurement into one operating rhythm.
The problem
Why the usual advice often misses the point.
Most plans fail because they list tasks without decision logic. A post, ad, influencer visit, offer, and email campaign can all be active while the business remains unclear about what is improving.
What to do
Work through the problem in this order.
Step 01
First 30 days: audit positioning, menu heroes, Google profile, content system, and reporting.
Step 02
Days 31-60: activate campaigns, local partnerships, delivery visibility, and CRM capture.
Step 03
Days 61-90: optimize offers, segment customers, review KPIs, and build retention loops.
Step 04
Weekly cadence: review the same core numbers and turn findings into next actions.
Step 05
Monthly reset: decide what to scale, fix, pause, or replace.
Practical checklist
Use this before spending more.
- Define the growth problem and commercial target.
- Choose campaign themes by month and customer behavior.
- Map channel roles and owners.
- Build offer guardrails around margin and brand fit.
- Use a weekly CEO pack for sales, transactions, AOV, repeat rate, delivery mix, and marketing spend.
Business example
A new cafe plan might use month one for Maps, photo cadence, morning heroes, and soft launch reviews; month two for office activations and content rhythm; month three for loyalty and repeat-visit journeys.
Dubai / UAE angle
For Dubai restaurants, the plan should include Google Maps readiness, location-level content, review generation, local partnerships, delivery-app merchandising, and seasonality around Ramadan, Eid, summer, and school cycles.
FAQs
Questions operators usually ask.
What should a restaurant marketing plan include?
A useful plan includes the growth problem, target customer behavior, channel roles, offer logic, content rhythm, local activity, delivery actions, CRM, budget, and weekly KPIs.
How long should a restaurant marketing plan cover?
Use a 90-day plan for focused improvement and a 12-month plan for seasonality, campaign rhythm, launches, and budget control.
What should happen in the first 30 days?
The first 30 days should establish the foundation: diagnosis, positioning, Google profile, menu heroes, content rhythm, campaign calendar, and baseline KPIs.
How should a restaurant report marketing performance?
Report marketing against commercial behavior: sales, transactions, AOV, repeat rate, delivery mix, reviews, CRM growth, campaign ROI, and branch-level signals.
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