Digital Hospitality

Digital Hospitality


Lee Hammond is Redefining Restaurant Success Through Innovation and Vulnerability

January 20, 2025

Lee Hammond, owner of Towpath Inn and founder of Magnetic Hospitality, is revolutionizing how restaurants connect with customers. Drawing from his sales background and expertise in digital marketing, Lee tackles industry challenges with storytelling, innovative strategies, and vulnerability. His daily email campaigns grew a subscriber base of over 6,500, sharing personal stories and building lasting customer relationships. Through Magnetic Hospitality, he now helps restaurants craft irresistible offers, define their ideal customer, and embrace failure as a pathway to success.



Interview Takeaways:
  • Being Vulnerable and building confidence – Sometimes, the only thing standing in your way is yourself. Lee Hammond shares his journey of overcoming self-doubt, revealing how he struggled to build confidence early on. Through hard work and the power of storytelling, he has gone on to create incredibly successful restaurants.
  •  Free Samples Works – The best way to market your brand? Let people experience what you have to offer. The power of free samples is undeniable—give customers a taste, and they’ll keep coming back for more. Sometimes, giving away a little can go a long way. Lee Hammond understands this well and takes pride in showcasing the quality of his restaurant’s pizza through this approach.
  • Be Better Everyday – Never settling is crucial to success. Lee Hammond and his team exemplify this by continuously striving for improvement. Once you’ve created a great product, don’t stop there—keep finding ways to enhance it for the consumer.


Episode Links:
  • Towpath Inn Online: https://www.thetowpathinn.co.uk/
  • Towpath Inn on Instagram: @thetowpathinn
  • Towpath Inn on Facebook: @TheTowpathInn
  • Lee Hammond on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/publeecan/
  • Lee Hammond on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2945320645703729&set=a.1589422807960193

 

 

 



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