FIELD NOTES

Notes from the field on filling locations.

Practical writing on occupancy, demand, and running multi-location marketing like an operator. The same thinking we publish in the field guides.

OPERATOR POV

You don't have a marketing problem. You have too many marketers.

Same brand, same quality, different results by location. Before you buy more marketing, look at how many people are already selling it to you.

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DEMAND CAPTURE

How fast should you respond to a new lead?

Within five minutes. Not five hours, not tomorrow morning. The research on this is old, unambiguous, and still ignored by almost everyone.

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UNIT ECONOMICS

What is breakeven occupancy?

The fill level where a location covers its costs. Below it, every month burns cash. Above it, almost everything extra is margin. Most marketing reports never mention it.

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PUT IT TO WORK

Reading is useful. A full schedule is better.

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