30-day Plan - Rapid Brand Awareness & Initial Engagement
Encapsulates our key objectives—creating buzz, driving initial foot traffic. Begin a loyalty program and establish stakeholder rapport—all geared towards making a powerful first impression.
Goal: Generate maximum buzz and initial foot traffic and ensure operational readiness
KPIs: Guest traffic, ticket averages, loyalty sign-ups, stakeholder satisfaction (measured via smiles and qualitative feedback)
Stakeholder Interviews: Conduct stakeholder interviews with building owners, key tenant representatives, and GEC team members to identify customer pain points and preferences
Establish feedback loop here
Soft Opening Insights: Use insights from the interviews and soft opening for localized launch.
PR Outreach:
Issue a press release announcing the opening date
Leverage local food bloggers and influencers to visit during soft launch ( = after market install, before grand opening)
Community Market Partnerships:
Finalize partnerships for your community market with local CPGs
Showcase coffee
Loyalty Program: Pre-launch a loyalty program targeting local businesses and residents
Budget Consideration: Set aside a fund for last-minute adjustments based on KPI tracking
PR Strategy - Fast Track
Emergency Briefing with PR Agency: Conduct a 2-hour session to establish key messages and talking points.
Media List: Create a condensed list of top-tier media outlets and key influencers that you can immediately contact.
Press Release: Draft and distribute a launch press release within 48 hours to all selected media channels, with included key differentiators like the "Community Market,” vendor sourcing, partnerships, etc.
Social Media Teasers: Daily countdown posts with glimpses of what's to come—menus, interiors, or profiles of local vendors.
Internal Alignment - Fast Track
Tenant Advisory Board: Skip the initial meeting. Send an informative and engaging email or physical package to key tenants detailing your launch plan and inviting them to a pre-launch tour.
Management Briefing: Condense the full launch strategy into a one-page executive summary and schedule a briefing with internal stakeholders ASAP.
Technology
Focus on must-haves. Is it a payment gateway, a booking system, or a simple CRM? Let’s establish and get it set up now.
Vendor Partnerships
Gain partnership details for each relationship, leveraging each for multiple media outlets
Measurement
Need 1-3 key KPIs to measure the initial success of the launch - TBD
60-Day Plan: Optimize and Engage
Goal: Improve operational efficiency, foster community relations.