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Bar owners, does your staff want to earn bigger tips? This is something you can help them with. We're going to assume you've hired your bar staff for their customer service skills, and you've offered additional training in this area. With that as your foundation, Signal Connect shares these bar management tips that help increase tips. By doing this, you're also helping improve your bar customers' experience. This encourages patrons to come back and spend even more money. When you look at it that way, it's a win-win for you, your customers, and your bar employees!
The foundation for the tips your bar staff earns begins the moment they greet your customers. Tell your staff to remember the "golden rule of tipping," which states that people tip people they like. It's important that your bar employees are friendly, professional, and prompt the moment anyone walks through the door. Here are some of the basics:
One of the best ways your bar staff can help your customers – and earn bigger tips – is during this time. Encourage your employees to interact with your bar patrons by asking them if they have any questions or need tips about a drink. Another great question your bar employees can ask is, "How can I get you the best value for your money?" Everyone enjoys saving money, so anytime you can appeal to this desire, your bar customers will be thankful. They often show that gratitude in their tips.
Having a command over your bar's menu gives your wait staff an opportunity to shine. Encourage bar employees to pick a beer, wine, cocktail, and spirit as their personal favorite. This becomes the drink they suggest when bar patrons ask for a recommendation. In order to be convincing, your employees need to memorize the following things about their drink(s) of choice:
Are the bar customers regulars? Then your staff should do all they can to remember their individual drink preferences. When they return, your bar employees can ask these patrons if they'd like the same drink they had the last time they were at the bar. "Would you like to try that lemon drop again, Mrs. Smith?" She'll be glad that your staff remembered her and her drink preference. If "Mrs. Smith" wants something different, your bar staff should share what they know about the new drink.
Many bar employees start out great with customers, but their follow-through is horrible. Think of a time when you were a customer and the staff ignored you after taking your order. Do you remember how that made you feel? That's not how you want your patrons to feel when they're at your bar. That's why it's paramount that your staff remember to check back on your customers to ask them if they are enjoying their drinks, and if there's anything else they need.
Here are some things your staff can and must do to help make bar patrons feel appreciated:
All of these customer service tricks and more will go a long way toward making guests feel appreciated. That usually translates into good tips for your bar staff.
When your bar staff is genuinely friendly and generous to your customers, those patrons will feel good about returning that generosity. In most cases, this means rather generous tips. Your employees have one last chance to add to their guest experience before these customers pay their bill. While it's something small, it can make a big impact on your customers' experience in your bar.
Encourage your staff to write a personalized message on the customer's bill. It can be anything from "Thank you so much for stopping by" to something more personal like, "Glad you liked the lemon drop, Mrs. Smith!" With so many chain and franchise businesses, this kind of personal touch is often missing today. By taking advantage of this last chance to show you care will go a long way with them… and it usually shows up in the tip.
All of the advice we shared in this post can help your bar staff earn more tips while improving your customer service. Here's another tip to help you, the bar owner, earn more money: get DIRECTV. That's right. Think about it. When you have the big game on in your bar, your patrons stay longer. When they do, they also order more food and drinks, which drives up your revenue! Your employees will love having DIRECTV in the bar, too, because more people means more and bigger tips for them.
When it comes to providing DIRECTV for bars and restaurants, Signal Connect is king. We specialize in commercial DIRECTV accounts. We can match you with a DIRECTV account and professional sports viewing package that will appeal to your customers. We also can save you a lot of money with this special promotions we're offering bar owners. These deals won't last long, so you'll definitely want to call to find out more about them.
To get started, call us at 888-233-7563. We're here for you during East Coast business hours. If it's after hours, fill out the form below. We'll get right back to you!
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When Bar Patrons First Come In
The foundation for the tips your bar staff earns begins the moment they greet your customers. Tell your staff to remember the "golden rule of tipping," which states that people tip people they like. It's important that your bar employees are friendly, professional, and prompt the moment anyone walks through the door. Here are some of the basics:
- Always offer eye contact and a smile. This winning combination immediately puts bar customers at ease.
- Say "hello" to your bar patrons and let them know that it's good to meet them. If they're regulars, encourage your staff to say, "It's great to see you again!"
- When your guests sit down, have your bar staff to tell them that it's their job is to make sure they have a good time. Encourage them to say things such as, "If there is anything I can do, please let me know!"
- Call bar customers by their first name, or Mr./Ms./Mrs. This makes your guests feel important and special, which is something they look for when they go out.
When Bar Patrons Order Drinks
One of the best ways your bar staff can help your customers – and earn bigger tips – is during this time. Encourage your employees to interact with your bar patrons by asking them if they have any questions or need tips about a drink. Another great question your bar employees can ask is, "How can I get you the best value for your money?" Everyone enjoys saving money, so anytime you can appeal to this desire, your bar customers will be thankful. They often show that gratitude in their tips.
Having a command over your bar's menu gives your wait staff an opportunity to shine. Encourage bar employees to pick a beer, wine, cocktail, and spirit as their personal favorite. This becomes the drink they suggest when bar patrons ask for a recommendation. In order to be convincing, your employees need to memorize the following things about their drink(s) of choice:
- Who makes the product.
- What are its unique ingredients.
- The flavor profile.
- What foods the drink goes well with.
- The product's price.
- Any other special detail about the product, such as the manufacturer's brewing or distilling techniques and how that affects the taste, etc.
Are the bar customers regulars? Then your staff should do all they can to remember their individual drink preferences. When they return, your bar employees can ask these patrons if they'd like the same drink they had the last time they were at the bar. "Would you like to try that lemon drop again, Mrs. Smith?" She'll be glad that your staff remembered her and her drink preference. If "Mrs. Smith" wants something different, your bar staff should share what they know about the new drink.
After They Order
Many bar employees start out great with customers, but their follow-through is horrible. Think of a time when you were a customer and the staff ignored you after taking your order. Do you remember how that made you feel? That's not how you want your patrons to feel when they're at your bar. That's why it's paramount that your staff remember to check back on your customers to ask them if they are enjoying their drinks, and if there's anything else they need.
Here are some things your staff can and must do to help make bar patrons feel appreciated:
- Try to be fun and friendly with your bar customers through casual conversation.
- Always look as professional as possible with your uniform, hair, hygiene, etc.
- Be polite and courteous! Say please, thank you, etc.
- Always carry an extra pen and paper with you in case a customer needs to write something down.
All of these customer service tricks and more will go a long way toward making guests feel appreciated. That usually translates into good tips for your bar staff.
Before Bar Customers Cash Out
When your bar staff is genuinely friendly and generous to your customers, those patrons will feel good about returning that generosity. In most cases, this means rather generous tips. Your employees have one last chance to add to their guest experience before these customers pay their bill. While it's something small, it can make a big impact on your customers' experience in your bar.
Encourage your staff to write a personalized message on the customer's bill. It can be anything from "Thank you so much for stopping by" to something more personal like, "Glad you liked the lemon drop, Mrs. Smith!" With so many chain and franchise businesses, this kind of personal touch is often missing today. By taking advantage of this last chance to show you care will go a long way with them… and it usually shows up in the tip.
Bonus Tip: DIRECTV Can Earn You More Money
All of the advice we shared in this post can help your bar staff earn more tips while improving your customer service. Here's another tip to help you, the bar owner, earn more money: get DIRECTV. That's right. Think about it. When you have the big game on in your bar, your patrons stay longer. When they do, they also order more food and drinks, which drives up your revenue! Your employees will love having DIRECTV in the bar, too, because more people means more and bigger tips for them.
When it comes to providing DIRECTV for bars and restaurants, Signal Connect is king. We specialize in commercial DIRECTV accounts. We can match you with a DIRECTV account and professional sports viewing package that will appeal to your customers. We also can save you a lot of money with this special promotions we're offering bar owners. These deals won't last long, so you'll definitely want to call to find out more about them.
To get started, call us at 888-233-7563. We're here for you during East Coast business hours. If it's after hours, fill out the form below. We'll get right back to you!
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. get a nice chuck roast!!!
Who cares if it's cheaper than store bought. you do realize that ground beef is like hot dogs right lips and a**holes!!! you have no idea whats in it and what animal came from what carcass right
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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