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Restaurant Social Media Top 10 [Infographic]

How the largest limited-service restaurants in the U.S. stack up on social networks.

August 24, 2012 by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Next month, restaurant marketing, communications and customer service professionals will gather in Chicago for the second annual Foodservice Social Media Universe (#FSMU) -- the first and only conference to provide social media insights and best practices specifically for restaurant operators.

In advance of #FSMU (I'll be co-emceeing the event, BTW), we thought it would be interesting to compare the social media reach of the top revenue-making brands in the QSR and fast casual segments. We've compiled the results into the infographic below.

A word of caution as you view the infographic...As you'll undoubtedly learn at #FSMU, a successful social media strategy is about much more than just accumulating the highest number of "likes" or followers. Real success will come from how effectively you engage your followers and how well you use that engagement to improve your bottom line. That's why we included a section that shows how a few smaller chains are using social media so effectively that their followers are right up there in number with the big guys.

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Upated: Aug. 28, 2012

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About Cherryh Cansler

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Cherryh Cansler is VP of Events for Networld Media Group and publisher of FastCasual.com. She has been covering the restaurant industry since 2012. Her byline has appeared in Forbes, The Kansas City Star and American Fitness magazine, among many others.

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