Running a restaurant in 2026 isn’t just about great food anymore — it’s about getting found before your competitors. 🔥 In the latest episode of Inside A Hustler’s Brain, I sat down with Andrea Abbondanza, Founder of SEO for Restaurants (Australia) and BrianzaDigitale (Italy) — a digital strategist with 15+ years of experience helping restaurants dominate local search. 🇮🇹🇦🇺
📊 Here’s what we unpack in this episode:
- 📍 Why Google Business Profile drives ~80% of restaurant traffic (and how to optimize it)
- 🔍 The restaurant SEO fundamentals every owner is getting wrong
- 🤖 How to rank in ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AI Overviews
- ⭐ The real power of reviews, schema markup & local citations
- 📸 Why visual SEO (photos, menus, reels) is a game-changer
- 🎯 Combining local SEO + Google Ads to capture high-intent diners
- 🚀 Real strategies to fill empty tables with organic search
- 💡 Common SEO mistakes silently killing restaurant visibility
What makes Andrea’s perspective gold is his boutique, hands-on approach — he doesn’t sell theory, he runs the playbook every day for real restaurants. 💪
If you own a restaurant or do SEO for hospitality clients — this episode is mandatory. 🏆