Why MenuSearch.Net

When people shop for airfare they go to a single source like Travelocity. When people shop for a restaurant, they go to MenuSearch.Net. People often say to us "We have a website." but the reality is when visitors or locals go online to find a restaurant, they rarely know the name of the restaurant they want to dine. Let's say you just moved to Bismarck, North Dakota. Can you tell me the name of the rib joint on the corner of 5th and Main? It's the exact same situation when people move or visit your home city or town!

That is where we come in! When people search for a restaurant with Yahoo, Google, MSN, AOL, etc. they search for the [City] and restaurant menus. For example, "Tampa Restaurant Menus" or "Daytona Beach Restaurant Menus". Not only do we continuously work to come up on page one of these searches, we also do traditional local level marketing. For instance, we distribute refrigerator magnets to the apartment complexes for new residents, tent cards in hotels and motels, local businesses, etc. This way when one of the 1000's people that dine out each month, they'll know how to find you!

What is your exposure?

There are 10's of thousands of searches for Las Vegas Restaurant Menus, Tampa Restaurant Menus, etc. on Yahoo, Google..... alone EVERY MONTH! We push to get MenuSearch.Net in front of everyone of those eyes. We have over 6,000 unique visitors each month with over 150,000 page hits per month. As you can see, exposure is good and growing. As our traffic grows, your menu views will as well and your ROI becomes so great, you'll tell your friends about it.

Compare this with other forms of advertising: Newspapers and Magazines - Lets say you advertise in the local publications at a cost of $400-600 per day for a 2"x2" display ad. How many of the readers have specifically purchased that paper or magazine to find a restaurant? How many are looking specifically for the type of restaurant you run? I think it would be safe to say that you may pick up one customer per week (and that is being generous). That means each new or returning customer just cost you $400-600. As for Radio, TV, Billboards, the cost goes up exponentially and the response rate is not much better.

MenuSearch.Net is the most niche marketing you can do. Newspaper, magazines, radio and other forms of advertising cannot deliver this specific set of "eyes." Consider this: when users look at your restaurant, they're looking with the intent to buy. Can you say that about any other ad?

A few quick facts:
54% of people have replaced the Yellow Pages with the Internet-Kelsey Group.
According to Digitrends, "52.7% of the online business directory users visit a merchant because of what they saw online,and 87% of the online users depend on the Internet to access local information."
U.S. Department of Commerce, "Those businesses that use the Internet grew 46% faster than those that didn't."

Why is MenuSearch "The Affordable Advertising Solution"?

When we designed MenuSearch, we asked many restaurant owners all the tough questions about advertising. The biggest objection was price. The second biggest objection was Return on Investment (ROI). With that in mind, we came up with an annual price that any size restaurant can afford. As for ROI, the average restaurant menu is viewed over 500 times in one year. To give you a success case, East Side Pizza in Las Vegas had received over 2293 menu views between July 1 and December 31, 2007. Another success case, Fly Restaurant had over 850 menu views between July 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.

What we do:
We are in the business of promoting restaurants. We do this by marketing our restaurant menu directory both online and with local-level marketing. We also do Search Engine Optimization (keywords: Las Vegas Restaurant Menus, Tampa Restaurant Menus, etc.) and Search Engine Marketing (sponsored ads). We drive new customers to you even if you have your own Web site. If you don't have a Web site, we can provide an affordable alternative. We foster partnerships and marketing distribution points with convention centers, theatres, apartment complexes, etc. For example, in Las Vegas, we have a transportation company distributing flyers to 150-250K visitors and locals every two months. In Tampa, we have flyer displays in the Tampa Convention Center and Tampa Theatre. We make all changes to your listing, including scanning your menu(s), taking photos of your restaurant, and setting up a link to your Web site. We offer a price guarantee: If you renew with us within the year's agreement, the same price is guaranteed upon renewal. EVERY YEAR!

What we don't do:
We do NOT review your restaurant. We do NOT rate your restaurant. We absolutely do NOT allow users (or your competitors) to post information about your restaurant.