Join us in cutting ✂️the red ribbon on our brand new studio🥳 , joined by restaurant expert David Scott Peters⭐! David knows how restaurants work, and with a book📖, podcast🎙️, and a hefty resume💪 of speaking engagements and seminars🗣️, David Scott Peters teaches restaurant operators how to cut costs✂️ and increase profits📈 with his trademark Restaurant Prosperity Formula™. Sitting pretty in the podcast studio 🎧 Matt and David discuss subjects like, strategic thinking, and what it means to be an owner.
Problem-Solving Your Way to Profit with Josh Kopel
He’s a podcaster 🎙️, a restaurateur 🍽️, a tech pioneer 📲 AND… he’s sharing his insider secrets 🤫 with us. He’s none other than Josh Kopel! Throughout his 20-year career, he’s managed venues ranging from the Alligator 🐊 Bayou Bar to Hollywood nightclubs, bars, 🍸 and ultra-lounges. In response to the devastation he saw in his own businesses and the industry, Josh created Full Comp 🎙️ with Yelp in 2020. Get your notebooks 📓 ready as Matt and Josh drop some nuggets of wisdom!
TikTok On The Clock ⏰ With Cali BBQ
Come on over to the golden ☀️ state as Matt makes his way to Cali BBQ 🍖 in sunny San Diego, California. Shawn has his hands in digital media 📲 as the host of Digital Hospitality, a weekly business and marketing podcast. So let the sunshine 🌞 in as Matt and Shawn discuss:
📲 Taking advantage of TikTok
📲 Keeping up with the changing technology
📲 Starting TODAY, not tomorrow
📲 Making sure that you’re not the problem
📲 Utilizing free social media platforms
📲 Not being afraid to post
Table Talk With Billy Gene
Description: Billie Jean is not my lover 🎶 … wait, wrong Billie Jean. 😂 Correction, ➡️➡️ Billy Gene IS marketing! This week Matt sits down with Billy Gene so they can get to the good stuff. With over 10 years 😱 of digital marketing under his belt and over 140,000 students in 75 countries, 📍 Billy Gene is a wealth of marketing knowledge. 🧠 During their sit down the pair take a deep dive into:
🎙️ Billy Gene’s number one tip
🎙️ Switching up your roles
AND MORE!
Winging It With BW3 Founder Scott Lowery
What pairs perfectly with every game 🏈 day party? Wings, 🍗🍗 that’s what! Matt got to catch up with Scott Lowery, one of the founders of the beloved Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants. 🤩 Scott and and his brother turned business partner established BW3’s back in the 1980’s 📅 and have learned so many lessons along the way. Some of those lessons include:
🍗 When to open your second location
🍗 How to find investors
🍗 Finding the right space for your restaurant
🍗 Coming up with a catchy name
Donut Forget Your Roots
Taking Time Out For Your Customers
We’re visiting Chapel Hill’s 📍 resident place for a late night bite 🍔, Time Out! Matt and owner Eddie Williams take a load off to discuss how Eddie always has his customers in mind. 🧠 The pair dive into topics like:
➡️ Always being “on” as a restaurant owner
➡️ Relating to your customers
➡️ Understanding you customers’ needs
➡️ Serving quality food no matter what
➡️ Being open 24 hours, 7 days a week
➡️ And of course, selling chicken bones!
Keeping Things Consistent with Brooks’ 🍔
We’re in Charlotte, North Carolina 📍 this week as Matt visits David Brooks, owner of Brooks’. 🍔 With almost 50 years under their belt, Brooks’ has become a staple in their community. 👪 Throughout the years David has established a consistent menu 🌭🍟 and proved that he and his restaurant are here to stay. During their interview Matt and David dive into:
🍔 Loving what you do everyday
🍔 Why they DIDN’T put their logo on their sticker
🍔 How they became a Charlotte staple
And More!
🔥 Fire Up 🔥 Your Customers with Fyre Pizza Co.
Matt meanders down to South Carolina for this episode of MP TV. There he meets up with William Nichols, owner of Fyre Pizza Co. Fyre Pizza is a newly opened independent restaurant, where you can build your own pizza or order one of their specialties. Matt and William sit down to chat about what he’s learned in his quest to acquire customers. This includes:
🍕 Realizing that you’re in the people business
🍕 Breaking customers regular restaurant habits
🍕 Why he gave away over 3,000 FREE pizzas
Low-Country Lessons with Crazy Crab 🦀
We’re in the mood for some Southern seafood 🦐 🦀🦞 this week as Matt visits Crazy Crab Seafood Bar and Grill. 📍 You can expect low-country boils, gumbo, jambalaya, Cajun classics, and all types of shellfish 😋 when you stop in for a visit. Owner Haras Sajjad explains his seafood background to Matt as the pair discuss:
🦀 Being a present owner
🦀 Why the Crazy Crab brand attracted him
🦀 Why cleanliness is a TOP priority
🦀 Growing with the right people