There is a major problem with websites at the moment, they have to be adapted to be viewed properly on mobile phones.
When one opens a website on a smartphone, pinches it to enlarge and then moves the page around, it goes all over the place and most people switch off
-------- lost business!
When restaurateurs are asked what is the number one consideration for their success once the physical operation is up and running, most will say their website. But they do not consider a mobile website!
Why? Because the majority of restaurant owners or marketing decision makers do not realize that there is a difference.
If there’s any industry that a mobile site was invented for, it’s restaurants!
Mobile sites are just that, mobile.....allowing people to find you on the go.When someone inputs your website into their mobile phone it will re-direct and show a mobile website that refelets your website and is easy to navigate.
Here is the difference between a website on a mobile and a mobile website
On a normal restaurant's site on phones, people can’t find your information and it can cause excessive data charges to the customer. Regular sites written in HTML (the language for authoring websites) contain a lot of features that load slow on mobile devices, as the language was not written for it. However, some HTML is used, but you would have to know what is supported on what device, without breaking the site on another device (There are over 5000 devices!).
The other thing a lot of people say to themselves is, ‘oh, we’ll only support the latest smartphones, we don’t need customers from older or feature-phones’. This is a major blunder. With all the hype around smartphones such as the iPhone and Android, we forget that there are a huge amount of mobile phones out there that are feature-phones with regular dial pads and are internet ready. These phones still account for 45% of the market.
Thali Indian Cuisine in Montreal, Canada realized they needed a mobile solution and did their homework.
Manager Remona Sandhu:
“Our current designer offered to build it, but didn’t really seem to understand everything involved, not to mention a high charge rate”.
“The features included are phenomenal. I track my visitors via an analytics service. I can see exactly where they are coming from, and from which devices”.
"I get a substantial amount of visitors from Google"
“The feedback from my customers is excellent. First off, it gave us a more professional image and makes us appear tech savvy (when really we aren’t ;)). Our customers find us on the go, and with the Click-to-Call feature, customers are happy they can contact us so easily. The share features allows my customers to tell their friends on Facebook and Twitter about us”.
“All in all, it is a major asset to our business and I would highly recommend to any restaurant or business in general out there. As a matter of fact, maybe more important than a regular website”.
Mobile website content could include:
· Mobile Detection & Redirection Service as mentioned above
· Custom Branding (logos, backgrounds, etc.)
· Easy-to-Use Control Panel
· Menu
· Locations (Hours, Address, Map, Phone, etc.)
· Click-To-Call facility
· Photo Galleries
· Video
· Events
· Reviews
· External Links (Open Table, Twitter, etc.)
· Traffic Monitoring with Google Analytics
· 24x7 High-Uptime Hosting
· Email Support
· QR Code For Advertising
· *Including booking and payment option from mobile is extra
See an example of a mobile website for a restaurant by inputting www.thebluepoint.com into your mobile phone. This is the type of one we will build for you
Go To: www.websitetomobilewebsite.com/Ireland
