Restaurant Growth Lab

Most Independent Restaurants Are Nearly Invisible Online, And It's Not Their Fault

You built something worth finding.

But without a clear, structured digital marketing system, your best customers don't know you exist, and the ones who do find you rarely come back.

You know digital marketing matters but have no system to execute it.

Every platform feels like a separate job with no clear starting point.

Agencies are expensive, impersonal, and don't understand the restaurant business.

The Restaurant Growth Lab sits between DIY confusion and expensive agency dependence.

It's a done-with-you accelerator that teaches you how to build, own, and run your own digital marketing system

One that gets you found, keeps guests coming back, and gets smarter over time.

This isn't theory. It's implementation. Every step gets built into your business while you learn it.

There's a Better Way, And It's Built for Operators Like You

The DM-7 System: Seven Elements of Digital Marketing Success

The Restaurant Growth Lab is built around the DM-7 System

Seven interconnected elements that form a complete digital marketing operation for your restaurant.

Master all seven and you have a machine that runs without you chasing it.

The seven elements:

1. Website - Your digital home base. We make sure it works, converts, and represents your restaurant the way it deserves.

2. Search & SEO - Get found by the guests who are already looking for what you offer. Local search is where independent restaurants win or lose.

3. Social Media - Show up consistently and authentically. We build a system you can actually maintain without it consuming your day.

4. Email Marketing - Your most valuable and underused tool. We build your list and put it to work driving repeat visits.

5. Reputation Management - Reviews drive decisions. We build the system to generate them, respond to them, and use them to your advantage.

6. Reservations & Online Ordering - Every friction point between a guest and a booking or order costs you money. We eliminate them.

7. AI & Automations - Once your foundation is solid, this is where it accelerates. We introduce the right automations and AI tools to help you do more with less, without making your restaurant feel robotic.

Click each element to learn how it fits into your growth system.

How Does the Growth Lab Work?

Step 1 - Join the Lab

You start with a coaching call where we assess where you are across all seven elements and build your roadmap. No guesswork.

You know exactly what gets built and in what order.

Step 2 - Build & Implement

Over six months, we work through the DM-7 System together.

You're not watching videos alone, you're building your actual marketing system with expert guidance every step of the way.

Step 3 - Own It & Grow

By the end of the program, you own a complete digital marketing operation built specifically for your restaurant.

No agency dependency. No confusion. Just a system that works

Why Restaurant Rebellion?

Built by restaurant marketing experts who understand the independent operator fight.

Restaurant Rebellion exists for one reason, to give independent restaurant operators the expert guidance, proven systems, and no-nonsense coaching they need to compete and win online.

The chains have agencies and corporate marketing budgets. You have the Restaurant Growth Lab.

Built specifically for independent operators, not chains or corporate groups. Every strategy is proven in real restaurant environments.

Coaching is direct, practical, and focused on results, not theory.

You've Put Everything Into Your Restaurant. Your Marketing Should Reflect That.

The long hours, the financial risk, the relentless hustle, it all deserves to count for something.

But without a digital marketing system that works, you're nearly invisible while the competition picks off your customers.

The Restaurant Growth Lab changes that. Not with hype. Not with shortcuts.

With a real system, built into your business, that gets you found, keeps guests coming back, and runs smarter over time.