We had a soft opening of our Second Store in November. We want to have a huge Grand Opening Bash in the spring. We own a Gourmet Ice Cream And Coffee House In Southern Indiana. We offer super premium ice cream & Gelato, not to mention Excellent Coffee!
We want to to be huge and unique!
Any and All Ideas Welcome!
Thank You In Advance!
2007-01-21 15:33:14 · 5 answers · asked by Zander's 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
If you take credit cards, do you have gift cards? The plastic ones like a credit cards with your name and address on them? Circulate these in the newspaper as an invitation and put $1 or $2 on them. It works wonders. If your provider cannot do it let me know and I will put you in contact with someone that represents my company in your area. Just fax me your information to be reached at 630-982-0827
2007-01-26 14:54:14 · answer #1 · answered by Mark T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since it is Gourmet Ice Cream I assume you make your own. Start a contest now for flavor ideas via a newspaper story. You will unleash the top 3 choices at your Grand Opening and the winners (first to suggest the flavors) will get free ice cream for a year.
Name a new flavor after a local TV celebrity and have them come to your grand opening to unveil it. (Ex. Ted Koppel could be Koppel's and Kream)
2007-01-21 23:50:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aggressive Advertisement. Flyers,coupons,radio,newspapers,balloons,promotions,door to door and the biggest one is "word of mouth" Just get out of the box. Identify everything that went well at the first store and execute this again. Also take away the things that didn't do as well before but try not to do everything the same way. Stay fresh and on point.
2007-01-21 23:48:07 · answer #3 · answered by McDaniel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could have a contest for the paton who visits your store the most in any given period, lets say a year. You could give out prizes for the first second third,ect... Or have the old punch cards for people, remember you got to get them to come back, not just attend your opening. If you want to have a client base you can count on for long term goals you need to gather this information and put them on a mailing list or something, you could e-mail them printable coupons to them. Good luck.
2007-01-21 23:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by Tim G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about combining puppetman's answer with a giant dunk tank filled with coffee? Slogan: What's your favorite thing to dunk in ____'s coffee. Let people vote for favorite local bigwig (or from a list of those who are willing) to be dunked.
2007-01-23 20:12:27 · answer #5 · answered by jomolow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋