The Bar Business Podcast: Bar & Pub Owner Profits, Marketing & Operations
Are you spending more time stuck behind the bar than building a business that runs smoothly without you?
If you're a bar owner who feels overwhelmed by the day-to-day grind of hospitality and is struggling to balance operations, marketing, and profits this show is for you. Chris Schneider, with over 20 years in the industry, created this podcast to help you overcome burnout, increase profits, and create a business you can enjoy—not just endure.
Join us every Monday and Wednesday to:
- Get expert strategies to boost profits while attracting loyal customers.
- Learn bar marketing tactics, menu design hacks, and leadership tools that simplify operations.
- Build the bar or pub that you have always dreamt of owning.
Ready to take control of your bar’s success? Start by tuning into the fan-favorite episode: 5 Strategies to Boost Bar Profits This Week: Quick Wins for Bar Owners.
The Bar Business Podcast: Bar & Pub Owner Profits, Marketing & Operations
A Successful Bar With No Social Media with Ethan Brown of Ernie’s Boondock
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How can a bar succeed without Instagram, social media marketing, or online promotion?
In this episode, hospitality operator Ethan Brown of Ernie’s Boondock, a multi-location bar concept, operates with no Instagram, no social media marketing, and almost no online presence.
Instead of relying on digital marketing, Ernie’s focuses on something most bar operators overlook: culture, staff, and community experience
Ernie’s started in Des Moines and expanded to Nashville while intentionally avoiding social media. The strategy focuses on creating a powerful guest experience through staff culture, lighting, music, and hospitality, turning customers into the marketing engine.
If you're a bar owner, operator, or hospitality professional trying to improve profitability and guest experience, this episode offers an entirely different perspective on marketing and operations.
📌Start Here
🔴If this is something you’re dealing with in your bar, don’t figure it out alone.
Join Bar Business Nation — the free Facebook group for bar owners talking through staff, slow nights, profit leaks, and better ways to run the business.
→ https://www.facebook.com/groups/barbusinessnation
📌Additional resources
🔴Grab the books “How to Make Top-Shelf Profits in the Bar Business!” and “Menus that Sell” here:
→ https://barbusinesscoach.com/book/
