Episode 219 – Restaurant Marketing, Franchising & Building Community Through Sales | Kristen Corral

In Episode 219 of Call The Damn Leads, Drewbie Wilson sits down with restaurateur and entrepreneur Kristen Corral to talk about creative marketing, franchising, leadership, and what it really takes to scale a successful business. Kristen shares how a simple customer feedback email offering free tacos generated over $70,000 in restaurant sales in less than two weeks. From launching a pet care business with just $500 to growing seven restaurant locations and expanding into franchising, Kristen breaks down the systems, mindset, and relationship-building strategies that helped her scale. This conversation dives deep into restaurant marketing, customer loyalty, community engagement, franchising realities, and why relying only on social media is one of the biggest mistakes businesses make today. If you're an entrepreneur, business owner, franchise operator, or someone looking to build a stronger brand through authentic connection and smart marketing, this episode delivers actionable insights you can apply immediately. What You'll Learn In This Episode • How a single email campaign generated $70K in sales • Why building an email list matters more than chasing viral content • The importance of local media and community outreach • How Kristen scaled from one restaurant to seven locations • What franchisees need to understand before investing • Why systems and processes are critical for business growth • The role loyalty programs play in customer retention • Common mistakes entrepreneurs make when scaling • How to identify your ideal customer profile • Why human connection still wins in business and sales About Kristen Corral Kristen Corral is a restaurateur, entrepreneur, and franchise leader behind TacoTarian, a growing vegan Mexican food brand. Before entering the business world, Kristen spent 10 years as a Las Vegas showgirl before launching a successful pet care company with only $500. Today, she helps lead multiple restaurant locations while building franchise systems designed for long-term growth and operational excellence. Kristen is passionate about creative marketing, customer loyalty, and helping entrepreneurs build businesses rooted in community and service. Connect with Kristen Corral Instagram:   / thekristencorral   LinkedIn:   / kristen-corral   Website: https://eattacotarian.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________ Call The Damn Leads "By sales professionals, for sales professionals – Tales of your wildest sales stories and tactics to succeed in your sales career across various industries." Join Drewbie Wilson, a sales veteran with over 20 years of experience, as he brings you insider stories, humor, and actionable strategies to excel in your sales journey. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WORK WITH DREWBIE 🎤 Book Drewbie to speak at your event Your people already know what to do. Getting them to do it is the hard part. https://callthedamnleads.com/products... 📞 One hour. Your numbers, your actual problem. https://callthedamnleads.com/products... 🤝 Get in the room Apex Entourage is where the group coaching happens. Come see if you fit. https://callthedamnleads.com/pages/th... 📚 The books https://callthedamnleads.com/collecti... 🎧 Sales training that isn't theory https://callthedamnleads.com/collecti... 🧢 Gear https://callthedamnleads.com/collecti... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Call The Damn Leads "By sales professionals, for sales professionals — Tales of your wildest sales stories and tactics to succeed in your sales career across various industries." Join Drewbie Wilson, a sales veteran with over 20 years of experience, as he brings you insider stories, humor, and actionable strategies to excel in your sales journey. Want to be a guest on the show? Tell us why your story needs to be heard: https://callthedamnleads.com/pages/po... Follow Drewbie:   / drewbierides   Follow Call The Damn Leads:   / callthedamnleads