Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Growing demand of digital marketing in fast food franchise sector


Fast foodfranchise is still highly dominated by unorganized or unregistered roadside vendors; there is wide scope of growth for organized players in India. Food choices and preferences are getting more divers than ever, in addition lots of options available in market like QSR, fine dining, etc. Consumer can easily switch to any format unevenly, global as well as domestic brands are majorly focusing on research activities so that new recipes can be developed which are nutrition, delicious and scrumptious. Apart from this, brand promotion is crucial, without marketing it would be difficult for new players to attract maximum customers. Every food player now-a-days embrace digital technologies in order to grow business effectively in competitive landscape, additionally social media are popular among people it can be utilized to promote products or services. Digital marketing concepts are popular in fast food franchise segment because mobile technology is using by consumers.
What strategies that should be followed to get good results
1.     Identify target market – Effective strategies can be implemented according to audience choices and preferences, trends and culture. Eating food in luxurious restaurant is recreation activity; most companies have developed food related websites to catch interest of customer through online channels.  Demographic profile is also determining factor, people of age group 20 to 30 show more interest as compared to rest in fast food.  

2.     Social media – As per current investigation by experts, it is largest platform to promote products or services through free or paid campaigns. Each brand irrespective of size has facebook, twitter, instagram pages; they are daily update post to interact with existing and potential customers. Smart phones and mobile apps have influenced food service industry over past few years.

3.     Affiliate marketing – it is one of the fastest and efficient techniques to increase sales. Low investment is required for such type of marketing, it is best for start-ups to generate revenues

4.     Digital menu – Changing consumption pattern, busy lifestyle and lack of time to cook food at home are few of the underlying factors responsible for growth of fast food industry. These days’ digital menu cards are used by brands to serve consumers more conveniently in limited time period.

It is necessary to focus on latest technologies to productivity and sales, online presence is must to create brand awareness. For example, Box-o-burger is India based brand which is smartly improving franchise growth through digital marketing programs and has gained lots of popularity. 

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