The number one marketing lever inside your four walls is a loyalty program most restaurants set up and then let die. In Week 3 of this 13-week series, Matt Plapp breaks down the five keys to building a loyalty program that actually grows your repeat sales.
In this session, Matt Plapp (CEO of America’s Best Restaurants) walks through how to keep adding members, craft an opt-in offer people can’t say no to, run win-back cycles on your customers’ real visit patterns, use smart offers to lift average spend, and turn surveys into five-star reviews.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 The #1 in-store lever: loyalty
0:36 Week 3 of the journey to 23% growth
2:33 The 4 victories every restaurant needs
3:05 You can’t beat the chains’ footprint — win the phone
4:37 The restaurant owner’s new job in 2026
5:35 The ABR framework: Attract, Build, Retain
6:47 The 3 focuses: loyalty, influence, acquisition
7:01 The 5 keys to a dominant loyalty program
8:30 Key 1: Gaining new members (and why programs stall)
10:30 Growing membership inside your 4 walls
11:32 The graphics cheat code
13:04 Online-ordering auto-enrollment + digital ads
14:18 Key 2: A strong opt-in offer
16:06 Key 3: Win-back programs done right
19:41 Key 4: Smart offers that lift average spend
23:01 Key 5: Surveys to 5-star reviews
25:25 How loyalty compounds over time
26:34 Your marketing plan
27:58 This week’s homework: grow your Google reviews
🍽️ ABOUT AMERICA’S BEST RESTAURANTS
We help independent restaurants win more customers with grassroots + digital marketing that actually works — win new customers, win back the ones who forgot about you, and get your best customers visiting more often.
👉 Schedule a marketing consult: https://business.americasbestrestaurants.com/win-appointment
👉 Take our free restaurant marketing audit: https://business.americasbestrestaurants.com/audit
👉 See marketing case studies from our clients: https://business.americasbestrestaurants.com/restaurant_marketing_case_studies
👉 Download our free marketing + social media plan: https://business.americasbestrestaurants.com/attention-plan-download
👉 Apply to be featured on the ABR Roadshow: https://roadshow.americasbestrestaurants.com/get-featured
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