Live In Color Agency

West End LoungePerformance Snapshot

The digital foundation built to date, the performance currently visible in active reporting tools, and the proposed deliverables for the next phase of work.

Prepared for Chris O'Nielle July 10, 2026
Executive Snapshot

Where Things Stand

Email Marketing
6,817

Total recipient opportunities across 4 sends (Apr 4 – Jun 29)

Weighted Open Rate12.4%
Weighted Click Rate1.2%

Strongest send

June 28 — 15.4% open / 2.4% click

Website Performance
6,894

Total visits in the last 90 days (up 4% vs prior period)

Unique Visitors4,541
Avg Visit Duration25.7s

Top landing pages

Homepage · Events · Reservations · Menu

Mobile share

5,044 visits — 73% of traffic

Public Social Baseline

A starting snapshot, not a substitute for native analytics

Instagram1,802 followers · 241 posts
Facebook~1.7K followers
TikTok1 follower · 7 likes
YouTube4 subscribers · 33 views
LinkedIn7 followers

The picture is clear: Instagram and Facebook are the established audience channels. TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn are in the build phase and need a consistent content cadence before their performance can be evaluated fairly.

Email Performance Detail

Campaign Breakdown

The June 28 campaign is the current benchmark. Its 2.4% click rate exceeded the hospitality industry click average — proof that the right offer, creative, placement, and call to action can move people beyond an open.

Upcoming Events

Apr 4, 2026 · 1,933 recipients

Open Rate12.9%
Click Rate1%

T.G.I.F.

Jun 5, 2026 · 1,887 recipients

Open Rate14.3%
Click Rate0.72%
Benchmark

June 28 Campaign

Jun 28, 2026 · 1,825 recipients

Open Rate15.4%
Click Rate2.4%

Resend (engaged segment)

Jun 29, 2026 · 1,172 recipients

Open Rate3.8%
Click Rate0.26%

Where Doing More Can Take These Numbers

The June 28 campaign proved the audience responds when the offer and creative align — its 2.4% click rate already surpassed the hospitality industry click average. Consistent content, better segmentation, and tested calls to action are how we replicate that success across every send.

Hospitality Industry Avg

~22%

Open Rate

~1.8%

Click Rate

Mailchimp benchmark

West End Best (June 28)

15.4%

Open Rate

2.4%

Click Rate

Click rate beat industry avg

Expanded Engagement Target

20%+

Open Rate

3%+

Click Rate

90 days with full content engine

The path: weekly content engine keeps the list warm, event-driven CTAs give people a reason to click, and segmented sends (residents, regulars, event attendees) push open rates toward and past industry averages. June 28 already proved the click rate is achievable — the goal is consistency.

The Content Engine

A Dependable System

The purpose is not simply to make more posts. It is to ensure West End has enough usable content, information, and scheduled touch points to support a consistent presence without last-minute requests.

01

Weekly Self-Capture

The West End team captures 2-3 vertical phone moments during active shifts: drinks being made, service, room energy, performers, guests, and staff personality. A simple shot list prevents random, unusable footage.

02

Weekly Content Handoff

By the agreed weekly cutoff, West End uploads raw video, photos, event details, artist assets, menu features, and time-sensitive offers to one shared folder — named by date + event/drink + location or person.

03

Monthly Focused Capture

One planned session builds the high-quality content bank: hero cocktail imagery, bartender footage, drinkware, room details, staff portraits, event visuals, and evergreen website/Google photos.

04

LICA Production & Deployment

LICA selects the strongest material, adapts it to each channel, writes the story, builds the campaign calendar, publishes each piece, and uses performance data to direct the next content request.

4
Newsletters / month
5
Social posts / week
Built from content bank
Daily Stories
Web · Google · Events
Channels updated
Proposed Expanded Engagement

Deliverables

Tap each section to expand the details. Every deliverable feeds the next — one content system powers social, email, blog, web, and Google.

How It All Interconnects

Content Capture

Weekly self-capture + monthly focused day

LICA Production

Edit, adapt, write, schedule

Social + Blog

Posts, Reels, TikToks, blog posts

Email Newsletter

Event-driven sends to full list

Web + Google

Site refresh, GBP posts, SEO

Scorecard

Measure, refine, direct next capture

One capture day → produces photos, videos, and stories → which become social posts, blog articles, newsletter sections, website updates, and Google posts → which generate data → which directs the next month's capture priorities.

Measurement Plan

The Monthly Scorecard

Every month, we report the same scorecard so Chris can see movement clearly — with real numbers, current baselines, and 90-day targets.

Email

Sends, delivered, opens, clicks, CTR, unsubscribes, top campaign & CTA

Current Baseline

12.4% open · 1.2% click

90-Day Target

20%+ open · 3%+ click

Website

Total visits, unique visitors, mobile share, duration, top pages, reservation clicks, session recordings

Current Baseline

6,894 visits · 25.7s duration

90-Day Target

8,000+ visits · 40s+ duration

Instagram & Facebook

Reach, follower growth, interactions, Reels plays, profile visits, website clicks

Current Baseline

1,802 IG · ~1.7K FB

90-Day Target

2,500+ IG · 2,500+ FB

TikTok

Video views, total play time, profile views, follower growth, watch-through rate

Current Baseline

1 follower · 7 likes

90-Day Target

500+ followers · 10K+ views

YouTube

Views, watch time, subscribers gained, avg view duration, impressions, CTR

Current Baseline

4 subscribers · 33 views

90-Day Target

100+ subscribers · 1K+ views

LinkedIn

Impressions, unique visitors, follower growth, reactions, comments, reposts, link clicks

Current Baseline

7 followers

90-Day Target

50+ followers · 1K+ impressions

Roadmap

30 / 60 / 90 Days

First 30 Days

  • Build camera shot list and first content bank
  • Select five priority drinks
  • Capture initial drinkware and bartender content
  • Draft Anchor resident offer
  • Define uniform direction
  • Establish reporting baseline and monthly scorecard

Days 31–60

  • Launch resident night
  • Deploy content across social, web, email, Google, events
  • Refresh Google photography
  • Prototype first uniform or merch item
  • Test first event and cocktail calls to action

Days 61–90

  • Finalize signature serve guide
  • Package private-event visuals and offers
  • Launch holiday merch or gift-set concept
  • Formalize Anchor partnership calendar
  • Report on repeat-guest indicators, event inquiries, channel growth
Recommended Next Step

Move from 1.5 to 3
Hours Per Week

The expanded engagement puts a dependable content system in place — enough usable content, information, and scheduled touch points to support a consistent presence without last-minute requests.

Where You Are Today
1.5 hrs/week

Maintenance-level support

  • Reactive content requests
  • Limited capture sessions
  • Inconsistent posting cadence
  • No structured resident program
  • Manual channel-by-channel effort
Recommended
Where We Recommend
3 hrs/week

A full content engine + creative partnership

  • Dependable weekly content system
  • Monthly focused capture sessions
  • 4 newsletters + 5 social posts/week
  • Signature cocktail photography system
  • The Anchor resident-to-regular program
  • In-lounge brand system + merch direction
  • Monthly performance scorecard

Creative Direction + Review Standard

LICA establishes the creative direction, content pillars, campaign priorities, and channel adaptations. Routine work moves through LICA's internal quality review — not open-ended feedback on every post. Chris's review is focused on what only the client can confirm: event dates, artist details, pricing, promotions, operational accuracy, and brand-sensitive decisions.

Book a Call to Approve

Expand to 3 hrs/week initiates a secure Stripe checkout to upgrade your engagement from 1.5 to 3 agency hours per week ($750/week, ongoing). Approve the scope and monthly cadence, then grant or confirm access to Meta Business Suite, TikTok Studio, YouTube Studio, LinkedIn Page Analytics, and X Analytics.

Live In Color

Prepared by Live In Color Agency for Chris O'Nielle

Source notes: Email metrics from the active Mailchimp campaign list. Website metrics from Base44's last-90-days analytics view. Public social counts are a snapshot of open profile pages as viewed on July 10, 2026.