ATTENTION: Restaurant Owners, Operators, and Marketers!
HOW TO MASTER YOUR MARKETING TO INCREASE REVENUE, ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS, RETAIN EXISTING CUSTOMERS & INCREASE LOYALTY!
STOP wasting countless hours and dollars on marketing that doesn't work!
Learn From Over 25 Of The Top Industry Experts During Our FREE Event on April 11th.

The Digital Restaurant Association (DRA) Restaurant Marketing Summit is an online summit showcasing the smartest and most innovative brands, thought leaders and solutions providers in the hospitality business sharing strategies, tactics, and playbooks that will help restaurants master their marketing to increase ROI and revenue immediately.
Registration gives you FREE membership in the Digital Restaurant Association (DRA) through June 2024. Your membership will not be automatically renewed, and there is no obligation to renew.

YOUR HOST
REV CIANCIO
Rev is a New York City restaurant owner and knows exactly how hard it is to operate and brand a hospitality business.
He is a hospitality marketing consultant, customer and technology evangelist at Branded Strategic Hospitality, with more than 20 years experience in B2B digital marketing and business development, specializing in hospitality marketing, content, local SEO, reputation management and demand generation. He helps technology companies, brands and restaurants to acquire and retain more customers.
Rev is known as an “expert burger taster,” pens hospitality and marketing tips on his Instagram @revciancio, as well as his LinkedIn newsletter.
He believes that Pizza is a religion.
What To Expect In This Summit

FAST TRACK SUCCESS
For 1 day only you'll discover tips that will save years of mistakes & frustrations, from experts who are getting real results by actually executing the strategies they're teaching you about.

PROVEN STRATEGIES
Discover easy, simple, proven strategies being used by our 20+ featured experts that you can implement immediately in your restaurant business.

LEARN FROM EXPERTS
Our speakers have decades of experience in developing and refining solutions that work. Learn from the mistakes and successes of the best in the business!
GUEST SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

ASHLEY DO
Google
Partnerships
Optimizing Your Google Business Profile

ZACK OATES
Ovation
Founder & CEO
3 Steps to Increase Profits through the Guest Experience

KELSEY VERDIER
Marqii
Director Of Marketing
Comparing Apples to Meatballs: All Reviews Are Not Equal

CHIP KLOSE
Restaurant Strategy
Restaurant Coach
Find Better Ways to Serve (and Sell) Before and After the Dining Experience

MARK SORENSON
Social High Rise
Founder & CEO
Making All Your Social Media Dreams Come True

COURT ALLAM
Go Explore Local
Owner
Generate Recurring Revenue with a Restaurant Membership Program

SHAWN WALCHEF
Cali BBQ Media
Digital Story Teller
Video Storytelling Secrets

JAMIE OIKLE
RunningRestaurants.Com
Owner & Founder
Marketing Tips & Insights from Industry Insiders

HAMED MAZROUEI
Milagro
Founder
3 Ways to Increase Sales by 15%

CJ Ramirez
Dog Haus
EVP Marketing
Mastering Off Premise

JARED PFEIFER
Food on Demand
Publisher
Mastering Off Premise

SARAH KEAR
Condado Tacos
Chief Marketing Officer
Your Restaurant Marketing Questions Answered
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN FROM 20+ INDUSTRY EXPERTS HOW TO MAKE YOUR RESTAURANT SUCCESSFUL AND MORE PROFITABLE?
Register For FREE Now And Learn How In Just 1 Day!

HAMERYAN SCHARFFENBERGER
Freebirds World Burrito
Head of Marketing, Experience & Catering
Your Restaurant Marketing Questions Answered

JIMMY FRISCHLING
Branded Hospitality Ventures
Co-Founder & Partner
Hospitality Hangout Live

REV CIANCIO
Branded Hospitality Ventures
Head Of Revenue
Publisher
Your Restaurant Marketing Questions Answered

MICHAEL SCHATZBERG
Branded Hospitality Ventures
Co-Founder & Partner
Your Restaurant Marketing Questions Answered

TARIQ HASSAN
McDonalds
Head of Marketing, SVP, Chief Marketing & Customer Experience Officer
Mission Driven Marketing

ROB MCCOLGAN
Modern Market Eatery
President
Digital Marketing For Off-Premise Success

MEREDITH SANDLAND
Empower Delivery
CEO
Digital Marketing for Off-Premise Success

CARL ORSBOURN
Juicer
COO
Digital Marketing for Off-Premise Success

TDERIC ROSEBAUM
Groucho's Deli
President
All Your Restaurant Tech Questions Answered

JOE REINSTEIN
Digital Restaurant Association
Executive Director
Mission Driven Marketing

JOSH KOPEL
Restaurant Scaling System
Founder
The 5 Things The Best Restaurateurs Do To Achieve Massive Profitability

CHRIS MUNZ
Voosh
VIP of Growth
Maximizing 3rd Party Promotions
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN FROM 20+ INDUSTRY EXPERTS HOW TO MAKE YOUR RESTAURANT SUCCESSFUL AND MORE PROFITABLE?
Register For FREE Now And Learn How In Just 1 Day!

MARIELLE KOKOS
Lineup.ai
Head of Sales & Partnerships
Top 10 Tips For Marketers to Help Operations Attract and Retain Top Talent

MIKE ARMSTRONG
Lineup.a
Content Marketing Manager
Top 10 Tips For Marketers To Help Operations Attract And Retain Top Talent

ZINO CARR
Groucho's Deli
CTO
Full tech stack - integration and data warehousing

SOLOMON CHOI
Jabba Brands
CEO
Promoting product development as a perk

RORY BALKIN
Donut Digest
Founder
5 local SEO myths

IVAN MATKOVIC
Spendgo
CEO
Powering restaurant loyalty program

RYAN GROMFIN
The Restaurant Boss
Founder & CEO
5 local SEO myths
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN FROM 20+ INDUSTRY EXPERTS HOW TO MAKE YOUR RESTAURANT SUCCESSFUL AND MORE PROFITABLE?
Register For FREE Now And Learn How In Just 1 Day!
PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMIT FROM YOUR HOME OR OFFICE AND RECEIVE DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT YOU CAN ACCESS AND VIEW AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, ON-DEMAND
Now is the time to move from marketing and digital chaos to marketing and digital transformation and propel your restaurant business to success - watch the summit from the comfort of your own home, office, or restaurant.

Frequently Asked Questions
Digital Restaurant Association (DRA) Restaurant Marketing Summit is FREE! You'll have on-demand access to all the free interviews for 24 hours day. Also, you’ll get a free membership to the Digital Restaurant Association.
The Summit is free because the DRA wants to help restaurant owners, operators, and marketers with the problems and challenges they are facing when trying to market their businesses.
The Digital Restaurant Association (DRA) is a nonprofit member-driven organization with a mission to help restaurants thrive in the digital world.
We provide valuable information and connections to industry experts that will benefit restaurants.
Together we’ve helped thousands of restaurants in their journey and learned a lot of best practices that we will share.
On the day of the summit you will be sent an email link with that day's speaker interviews. Click the link in your email and you will get immediate access and you can watch the speaker interviews from there.
No, this is an online summit and all recordings are pre-recorded with our speakers. All interviews will be available for 24 hours once they have been released for you to watch.
On the day of the summit, you will be sent an email link to access the speaker interviews. Click the link in your email and you will get immediate access and you can watch the speaker interviews from there.
Additional bonus training is available from restaurantsgrow.com. You will receive a separate special login to access bonus training.
This will be sent out closer to the date of the event. Please check your junk mail folder. You should find the link. Any issues, email rev@restaurantsgrow.com
No, this is a virtual online event and your ticket is a virtual online email ticket, there is no need to redeem it anywhere, you will receive an email with a link to access your speaker interviews.
You can upgrade your free ticket to the VIP-All access pass which will give you 24/7 access to ALL replays in our dedicated summit hub as well as BONUS content.
The VIP ALL-ACCESS option will be available after registering.
Replays are only available for our VIP - ALL ACCESS PASS holders!
Get your VIP ALL-ACCESS PASS now!
The Digital Restaurant Association (DRA) is an independent coalition of restaurants advocating for a fair and sustainable restaurant technology ecosystem.
We give our members access to educational resources, technology solutions and tools to increase online revenue, improve restaurant performance and streamline operations.
The DRA leverages the power of the collective voice of the restaurant industry to advance policies that protect and promote your digital restaurant business and customer relationships.