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Great info from Cogans Pizza North (ODU vs Liberty Saturday @ Cogans) Join us Saturday for ODU football. Game time is 6pm. Get your seat early @ Cogans. We’ll have your pizza, wings, and brew ready when you…

Great info from KP (Can marketing imitate Hotel California’s lack of storytelling?) Does marketing always need to be structured around storytelling? There’s no doubting that telling stories is a great way to touch the soul of our customers….

Great info from Hank’s Filling Station (Join Us @ The Hot Spot on Colley Ave) The weekend is here … kinda … almost. Okay, it’s here! Come enjoy our backyard with us. We have $12 Mimosa Buckets and…

Great info from KP (How do you know that’s true?) When your creative director says, that’s how we do it, or your boss says, we made money doing this last time. Do you check the data? Do you make sure…

Great info from KP (‘Identify and Prioritize’ can bring calm to your day) How many times have you heard, I spent all day putting out fires? We’re all busy. It seems like the challenges never stop hitting us in…

Great info from Cogans Pizza Ghent (Kick-butt Tuesday with brews for Pint Night) Pints. Pies. Wings. Yes! Tuesdays are Pint Night at OG. Get your Pizza & Wings Meal all day, Box Lunch at 11am, Happy Hour at…

Great info from KP (What does content marketing mean to restaurants?) By now most of us know what content marketing is — producing meaningful, shareable, valuable articles, tweets, videos, infographics, etc. to our blogs, website, social communities, and…

Great info from Hank’s Filling Station (Do you remember the famous Belmont prize-winning smoker?) The days of dominating east coast smoked meats competitions are in the past for us. The Belmont House of Smoke memories live in an…

Great info from KP (9/11 makes me sad) I know every generation before me in America had their sad experience. Christopher Columbus. General Cornwallis. Hitler. Pearl Harbor. My generation has 9/11. It still hurts, 20 years later. It’s still…

Great info from Hank’s Filling Station (The best Orange Crush in Norfolk is calling for you) How’s your Friday going? We have a treat waiting for you to celebrate the end of the week. Crushes are six bucks…

Great info from Hank’s Filling Station (Celebrating National Beer Lovers Day) Who doesn’t love a good brew? Okay, maybe everyone doesn’t. But we know you do! Stop by our backyard today and let’s enjoy an awesome Hank’s Trader…

Great info from KP (If we’re dreamin’ together, what’s your biggest dream?) What’s the one app or tool that you wish you had to make your day more efficient? Is there a toolset that would help you make…

Great info from Cogans Pizza North (We’re hiring hard-workers at great rates. Is that you?) We’re adding to our Cogans crew. How do you feel about working at a cool place with a great team? We’re actively hiring…

Great info from Cogans Pizza Ghent (September is rockin’. What’s your fav at OG?) Wondering how to plan out your week? We have your specials lined up for you. What’s your favorite day at OG? Stop in to…

Great info from Cogans Pizza North (What’s cookin’ in September at Cogans?) Wondering how to plan out your weekend, and next week? We have your specials lined up for you. What’s your favorite day at Cogans? Stop in…

Great info from KP (iOS 15’s encryption model allows Driver’s Licenses & TSA interaction) This just got a whole lot interesting. iOS 15 will allow users to store their driver’s licenses and state IDs in the Wallet app….

Great info from KP (Can you show me the marketing data?) Fun things are fun. We all want to have fun at work. But if your (so called) strategies are built around having fun, you’d better have the…

Great info from Hank’s Filling Station (Chillin’ with Reverend Spirits Bourbon @ Hank’s) Feeling like you need a break? Or just want to enjoy a few quiet moments of deep contemplation? Come on by Hank’s and let’s enjoy…

Great info from KP (Your leadership style affects the team’s success) From a leadership perspective, how do you see the people in your team? Are they numbers on a balance sheet? Are they people with lives and families?…

Great info from KP (Understanding your target audience is an art) There’s a difference between identifying your target audience and understanding them. In order to touch their souls, you must first know how your customer thinks, what they…

Great info from Hank’s Filling Station (We’re hiring a Daytime Bar Manager. Is that you?) We are hiring two Daytime Bar Managers, one for Hank’s Filling Station and one for Cogans Pizza North, both in North Colley in…

Great info from KP (How to drive repeat customer visits) Increase repeat customer visits. Generate customer loyalty. Grow a dominating local brand. All these efforts help us achieve one big goal — a positive impact on our restaurant’s…

Great info from Cogans Pizza North (Wednesdays are made for California Dreamin’) Some days are better than others. Some days the weather is better. Some days work is better. Some days the kids are better. But no matter…

Great info from Cogans Pizza Ghent (Over 6 feet of pepperonis on the New Yorker!) Did you know that our New Yorker Pizza has over 6′ of hot, bubbling pepperonis on every pie. That’s a lot of deliciousness…

Great info from KP (Ooh! Squirrel!) Are you wasting your hard-earned money on today’s shiny objects? Know your target audience and their psychographics — where they live, what they like, where and how they spend their money. Too…