- Put your place on Google MapsMake a free Google Business Profile with your name, hours, phone, exact pin and category.
- Put your menu onlineAdd food and drink prices to your Google profile and WhatsApp Business catalogue.
- Take 12 photos at golden hourShoot the food, the drinks, the view and a full table, just before sunset.
- Set up WhatsApp BusinessFree app; add your hours, address and a short welcome message.
- Post your Friday special on ThursdayPut one photo and the price on Instagram and WhatsApp Status.
Where your customers look
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Locals after work
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp groups, friends' tipsHotel and cruise visitors
Google Maps, Tripadvisor, Apple Maps, ChatGPT, hotel front desksEvent and party groups
Instagram, Facebook events, WhatsApp, phone callsWhat good looks like
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Your next moves
Pick where you are today.
- Take bookings on WhatsAppSave a quick reply asking for name, date, time and number of guests.
- Send a weekly broadcastMessage your saved contacts the weekend plan; only people who saved your number get it.
- Ask happy tables for a reviewPut your review link on the bill or a table card, and ask while they smile.
- Reply to every Google reviewThank people by name of dish; answer complaints calmly and offer to fix it.
Moves most people miss
Small things that put you ahead.
- Post Google updates for eventsUse Google Business Profile posts for live music, happy hour and holiday menus.
- Add Bing Places and Apple Business ConnectBoth are free listings; Bing feeds ChatGPT search and Apple feeds Siri and Apple Maps.
- Set holiday hours earlyAdd special hours for Carnival, Jazz Festival week and Christmas before visitors check.
- Send hotels a one-page flyerGive front desks a QR code to your menu, map and WhatsApp number.
Be the answer AI gives
Visitors now ask ChatGPT, Claude or Google's AI "where is a good bar with live music near Rodney Bay?" The AI answers from what it can read about you online.
- List what makes you different Write "beachfront, grilled fish, live music Fridays, Rodney Bay" in every description.
- Keep hours and events current AI repeats old information; update Google, Bing and Apple when anything changes.
- Get reviews that name the dish or night Ask guests to mention what they had; AI quotes them in answers.
- Put your menu on a web page as text A menu only inside a photo is hard for AI to read; type it out.
Ask it like a customer
“Where can I get fresh grilled fish and a rum punch near Rodney Bay tonight?”
Are you in the answer? If not, start with the list above.
Your 7-day plan
Tick each day. Your phone remembers.
0 of 7Tick each day as you go.
Search like your customer
This is what a stranger sees right now.
Your one line
Fill the blanks. Use it on WhatsApp, Google and Instagram.
One ad to try
A small boost on Facebook and Instagram.
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Your barSponsored
Grilled fish and two-for-one rum punch this Friday, with live music from 7 PM. Book your table now.
Book on WhatsAppSend message
BudgetEC$40 over 3 days
Who sees itPeople within 10 km
WhenThu to Fri, 4 PM to 9 PM
Did it work?Count new WhatsApp bookings that mention the ad
Do
- Show your menu and prices
- Reply to booking messages quickly
- Post your weekly event on the same day
Don't
- Post dark, blurry photos of food
- Buy fake reviews
- Leave old opening hours online



