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The rate of success within a restaurants’ first year is around 35-40%. The investment of a brick and mortar is a high-risk venture that fails due to several factors, including food industry inexperience, lack of investment capital, location/real estate, poor staffing, mismanagement, and pricing structure. Food trucks have a greater success rate, as the initial investment is much lower than a brick and mortar, and starting small can allow you to control your brand and image, while gaining and retaining customers. APEX Specialty Vehicles reports an average success rate of our custom food trucks to be around 96-98% success in the first year.

2017 is right around the corner, which means personal and professional goal-setting is in full swing. What steps have you taken to prepare for success in the new year with regards to your mobile marketing, mobile food, sampling or specialty vehicles? Are you launching a new product? Taste testing new options? Marketing differently? Expanding your reach? This post should provide some tips on ensuring food and sampling truck success in 2017 for the ambitious and relentless marketers! 

Yes, the gaming world has some favorite brands with an natural place in the eSports landscape. But our research shows that brands in a number of non-endemic categories can actually play very well in the space.

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One of our key objectives in marketing analytics is to show the campaign reach. "Reach" can be defined by how often the target consumer is reached at experiential events. This metric helps ensure the field team is interacting with the right customer. A good example of this is if your brand is geared for millennial males, you want to make sure you’re not activating at events that attract older women.