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Pre-launch & brand activation

Pre-launch marketing and brand activation

Every channel set up, a brand that looks the part and a launch campaign that builds a queue, so day one is never your quietest day.

Fixed-scope project · from £4,999 · website quoted separately
Pre-launch marketing

The problem

Most restaurants open to friends, family and a handful of curious locals. Then the hard work starts, with no audience, no reviews and no search presence.

What it is

Pre-launch and brand activation are one job: getting every channel, the brand and the opening campaign ready before your doors open. Social, Google, ads, email, bookings and ordering are set up and connected, the brand kit and menu are designed, and a launch campaign builds anticipation across your catchment.

On opening day we push across paid and organic channels, then move you straight into a monthly plan so the momentum carries on. It suits openings, relaunches and new locations.

What you get

Deliverables

  • Social media set up on every channel: Meta Business Manager, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
  • TripAdvisor and Google Business Profile set up and optimised
  • Google Ads account set up, ready for launch
  • Email marketing on Mailchimp, Brevo or your chosen platform, with a pre-launch subscriber list and sign-up campaign on Meta
  • Booking platform connected (subject to your provider)
  • EPOS and online ordering connected where your platform allows, or a recommended provider for takeaways
  • Brand kit and menu design
  • Launch campaign concepts and outdoor signage design
  • Pre-launch Meta and TikTok campaigns, which can include an opening offer
  • Opening launch-day content capture
  • QR code review cards
  • Leaflet design (printing and distribution separate)
  • Social posting after launch, with a basic plan available
  • Customised website available, quoted separately

What it changes

Outcomes we report on. No guarantees, just evidence every month.

  • A waiting audience on opening day
  • Reviews and search presence from week one
  • Momentum that carries into your first months of trading

How a launch runs

Research

Before anything goes live

Brand, audience and competitors, including indirect ones.

  • Target market and audience segments
  • Competitor research
  • Launch priorities agreed

Scope confirmed before we start

Groundwork

Weeks before opening

The channels people will check before they visit.

  • Website and booking path
  • Google Business Profile
  • Social accounts and first content

Opening campaign

Opening and beyond

Paid and organic activity across your catchment.

  • Pre-opening content campaign
  • Meta awareness advertising
  • Opening-day push, then into a plan

How it’s priced

Project

Fixed-scope project · from £4,999 · website quoted separately

This is a one-off project, priced separately from the monthly plans. Many clients move into a plan afterwards.

Questions

Who is pre-launch marketing for?

Businesses opening, relaunching or expanding to a new location. The scope is confirmed before we start, and the work moves straight into a monthly plan after opening.

What does pre-launch cost?

From £4,999 for everything in the launch package, with the scope and any ad spend agreed in your proposal before work begins. A customised website is quoted separately, as are leaflet printing and distribution.

Let’s grow your business.

Tell us about your venue. You’ll get a specific proposal, not a template.