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between you and your suppliers may
allow you to keep your prices and profits
level, but that's only possible if you know
how much you can really afford to spend
on each item.
2. Marketing Conversions

Consistent marketing is a must for
any pizzeria, but many operators don't
track their print ads, email blasts or

social media posts. How many leads does
each campaign drive through your door?
What are your e-mail open rates? How
many people try a new product following
its announcement? These are the marketing metrics you need to track.
Collecting this data requires tailormade ads, as well. "Every order should
have multiple calls-to-action, and you
need to include several different offers
in any type of marketing you do so you

can split-test their performance,"
says Barr. "Eventually you develop
a baseline response rate, which you
try to improve moving forward." A
few months of split-testing targeted
ads can significantly streamline your
marketing efforts, allowing you to
generate more leads with the same
budget.
3. Customer Loyalty

Loyalty is everything ... but
how do you measure it? For Dave
Wood, CEO and co-founder of
Firenza Pizza in Fairfax, Virginia,
the answer is customer frequency.
"Our goal is to have everyone come
at least once every two weeks," he
says. Customers' orders are tracked
through Firenza's incentive program,
which features weekly offers with
customer-specific codes that tie into
the company's POS system.
Wood uses that frequency data
to time advertisements to different groups of customers. "We're
more aggressive with customers that
have further to move to get to the
biweekly goal," Wood says. A onceper-month customer receives weekly
ads, while higher frequency customers might get two per month.
Anne Pritz, Chief Marketing
Officer for Sbarro, uses the same
type of data to tailor and market
new products. In most cases, they'll
push new products on their most
consistent customers, "since they're
more likely to try new products
when advertised," says Pritz. "Whenever we do have a new product, it
will also be on the front cover of our
monthly insert."
4. Your Top Line

Almost everyone tracks revenue
and sales, but you need more specific
data to make informed decisions
about your menu, inventory and
labor allocation. "The constant balance of an operator is protecting
their service while also protecting
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2017 Menu Guide
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