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Social media for food trucks.

For a truck, social is a location service with photos attached. The weekly schedule, the menu, the specials, the sold-out notice. Same format, every week.

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You vs. Average Joe's Food Truck.

Left is your page today. Right is Average Joe's Food Truck. Drag the line, then hit the button.

Crickets on the left. That is the problem.

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The food truck version

Why it matters.

Followers of a food truck are not browsing for inspiration. They want to know where you are, what is on the board and whether you sold out yet. An account that answers that consistently, same format, same day, earns a following that actually shows up. One that posts a gorgeous photo on Monday and nothing about the schedule teaches people to stop checking.

I build the weekly system so the schedule goes out on time even while you are prepping, driving and serving. Event photos and menu posts fill in around it, and private booking reminders go out before the busy months, when planners are choosing.

What I would build

For a food truck.

01A weekly schedule post

The complete content system built in your brand, starting with the schedule post: where you will be each day, in a format followers learn to recognize, linked to the schedule page.

02Menu and special drops

Posts written in your voice for new items, limited specials and seasonal changes. Short, specific, and clear about which day and which spot they will be available.

03Event and private booking posts

Photos from weddings, office lunches and brewery nights, posted with permission, plus booking reminders timed for when planners are looking. That is how followers learn you do events.

04Approval that fits a prep day

One approval step, not a committee. You review the batch during a quiet moment, it gets scheduled and published, and a monthly summary shows what ran and what moved.

The mistake I see

Posting the location only in stories

Stories are quick and feel current, which is why trucks rely on them. They also vanish, and only a slice of followers ever sees them. Put the weekly schedule in a post, pin it, and use stories for same-day updates: running late, sold out, extra special. Both, not one.

What you get

Social media management.

The one service with a public price, because it is the same system every time.

  • The complete content system built in your brand
  • Posts written and designed, in your voice
  • Scheduled and published on your channels
  • One approval step, not a committee
  • Monthly summary of what ran and what moved

The one with a public price

The Signal

$499 setup, your first month free, then from $499/month. 90-day agreement, cancel any time after.

Your first month of posting is on me, so you see it working before you pay monthly.

Full social media management details →

How it goes

For a food truck, step by step.

→ Keep scrolling. It moves sideways.

  1. Build the system

    Templates, voice, the recurring themes. Done once.

  2. First 30 days on me

    You see it working for a full month before you pay a monthly cent.

  3. You approve, I post

    One review, one tap.

  4. Keep going

    90-day agreement, cancel any time after.

  5. Step five is you.

    The free Receipt shows what your food truck should fix first. About half a minute, no card.

    Print my Receipt →

Questions

What food trucks ask.

What does it cost, and is it worth it for a seasonal truck?

The price is the same for every business: $499 setup, your first month free, then from $499/month. It runs on a 90-day agreement, cancel any time after. For a truck, the sensible move is to start just before the season, when schedule posts and event photos matter most, and decide in the fall whether it stays on.

I post my own stories from the truck. Would that change?

Keep doing it. Nobody can post sold out of brisket faster than you can. I handle the planned side: the weekly schedule, menu posts, event photos and booking reminders. Your stories add the live part on top, and the account stops depending on you finding time on a slammed day.

Which platforms matter for a truck?

Wherever your regulars already follow you, which locally tends to mean Instagram and Facebook, with the schedule cross-posted. I would rather run two accounts well than five badly. A platform earns effort only if people there actually walk up to the window.

What comes after

Pairs well with.

Wrong problem? Pick again

I run and I keep losing jobs to

The list is not everything. Not on it? Pick “a business not listed,” or run the free Receipt. It works for any business.

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See what your customers see.

The Receipt looks your food truck up the way a customer would and itemizes what is costing you calls. It is free. Or skip it and book fifteen minutes with me.

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