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Ready or not, digital menu boards are becoming a part of the fast-casual, quick-service food industry. Whether digital menu boards are right for your business, you may consider the potential benefits of such systems, its ROI and decide for yourself.
One example of such consideration, a recent deployment of digital menu boards at a Cafe/Marketplace in Phoenix, Arizona. Besides displaying the menu items and prices,the client requested to incorporate dynamic images on those screens behind the ordering counter, and a TV zone on screens deployed in the sitting areas.
Before signing the contract to deploy digital signage in your business, here are the major hurdles you need to know and understand the proposed solution to overcome them:
1. Placement of screens: Consideration to screen placement on wall is of critical importance. look to proper distance between viewer and screen. Angle the screens to best reliability. Insure enough electrical outlets ate avialble for screens and players.
2. Equipment selection. Make sure the screen size is appropriate to your needs. For example, if you have a menu board with lots of text and images, you may want to select a larger screen. The media player must be powerful enough to support content elements form images to videos. Your decision on how to manage your content, wireless or over the internet, affects your choice of equipment too.
3. Content creation. This the most important part of the deployment. The systems effectiveness is dependent on the content. Let the contractor know what you want in the content. In addition to text, images, do you want to have video, live TV, RSS feed, weather, time, or anything else.
4. Deployment. Everything comes together at deployment. Allow enough time to test your system and allow time to train the customer to manage it.
Finally, here is a summary of the benefits of digital menu boards:
> display menu prices and change price quickly
> do away with print menus and reduce environmental waste
> promote items with are high in inventory or with high profit maring
> add new item to menu quickly
> run special promotions
> display nutritional information
> reduce perceived wait time for clients by running RSS's
A new age of digital signage has been born from advancements in commercial-grade, LCD TV technology as well as improvements in the digital media players and the display's content management software. These advancements have made digital signage highly affordable and an appealing communication tool for businesses or corporations of any size?-?small, medium or large! Examples are:
- Retail environments to advertise specials & sales
- Healthcare & medical offices to promote services & entertain patients
- Education facilities to deliver news & information to students and staff
- Corporations as communication tools to inform and train employees
- Banks to showcase services and new specials
- Tradeshows to effectively promote products & services
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