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Restaurant social media, without the guesswork

Short, practical guides for independent restaurants: what to film, how to shoot it, when to post it, and what to write underneath.

Guide · 5 min read

How to Market a Restaurant on a Budget

A practical, no budget guide for independent restaurant owners: what actually gets you customers on social media, what to skip, and how much an agency versus AI video editing really costs.

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Content ideas · 8 min read

25 restaurant TikTok and Reels ideas that actually fill tables

25 short form video ideas for restaurants, grouped by what they do for you: reach, craving, trust and bookings. Each one is filmable on a phone in under a minute.

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Filming · 7 min read

How to film food on your phone so it looks professional

Phone settings, lighting, angles and movement for restaurant food video. A practical guide to shooting clips that cut into scroll stopping vertical videos.

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Strategy · 6 min read

The best times to post for restaurants (and how to find yours)

Posting windows that fit restaurant service, why generic best time charts mislead, and how to read your own analytics to find the times that work for your location.

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Captions · 6 min read

How to write restaurant captions and pick hashtags that reach locals

Caption formulas, call to action wording and a local hashtag strategy for restaurants on TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook, with examples you can copy.

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Strategy · 7 min read

Why short form video beats static posts for restaurants

Why a 12 second vertical video reaches more locals than a photo post, what each format is actually good at, and how to run both without doubling your workload.

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Strategy · 8 min read

Why a content strategy matters more than posting more

A simple content strategy for restaurants: the four jobs every post should do, how to build a month of content in one shoot, and what to measure so you know it is working.

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Hooks · 8 min read

The best types of hooks for restaurant videos

Nine hook types that stop the scroll for restaurant short form video, with real examples, the rules behind them, and the openers to stop using.

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