| You are getting ready to watch the big game. It's | | | | A Restaurant Delivery Service (RDS) provides |
| about half an hour until kickoff but you don't want to | | | | perhaps the most unique form of advertising for a |
| leave your house. You're craving a Margherita pizza | | | | pizzeria or restaurant. It's the only form of |
| from your favorite local pizzeria but you would miss | | | | advertising where you don't have to cut them a |
| kickoff if you went and picked it up. They don't | | | | check... they cut you checks. What's your cost? A |
| deliver. What do you do? Simple. Log on to your local | | | | small weekly or monthly marketing fee and a |
| restaurant delivery service's website and order your | | | | discount to the RDS that is deducted from sales. The |
| meal. For a small delivery fee, they will bring out the | | | | industry standard RDS discount is around 30%. A |
| food from your favorite pizzeria or many other | | | | small price to pay when you know that you are |
| eateries and deliver it to your house. | | | | guaranteed a 330% return on investment! |
| The order is transferred to a fax that shows up at | | | | So many pizzerias struggle with what forms of |
| the restaurant. The delivery service calls a minute | | | | advertising work well. Coupon clippers, door hangers, |
| later to confirm that they received the fax. Fifteen | | | | mailers, what works? Many RDS's do all this |
| minutes after that, a driver shows up to pick up the | | | | marketing for you (at no extra cost) and not only do |
| order. They confirm the order with the receipt and | | | | they advertise your pizzeria, they includes your entire |
| put the pizza in their insulated pizza bag. Then, it's off | | | | menu! One of the most effective ways of |
| to deliver to the customer. All of a sudden, this pizza | | | | advertising your product is actually putting your pie in |
| operator is adding to their sales and not having to | | | | their mouth. If the RDS doesn't bring you any sales, |
| seat any more tables. He just made the food and | | | | then it doesn't cost you anything and you still got the |
| then the delivery company took care of the rest! | | | | free advertising. |