Brett Linkletter is the CEO and co-founder of Dineline, a restaurant marketing agency that has managed over $65M in ad spend for 2,500+ restaurant concepts across the US and Canada. Before Dineline hit its stride, Brett spent nearly a decade in the trenches — three failed apps, a stint at Casamigos, and an "agency for everyone" model he now calls the worst mistake he ever made. Niching down to full-service restaurants changed everything.

Brett Linkletter is the CEO and co-founder of Dineline, a restaurant marketing agency that has managed over $65M in ad spend for 2,500+ restaurant concepts across the US and Canada. Before Dineline hit its stride, Brett spent nearly a decade in the trenches — three failed apps, a stint at Casamigos, and an "agency for everyone" model he now calls the worst mistake he ever made. Niching down to full-service restaurants changed everything.

He's also the co-founder of Dishio, an AI-powered guest data and retention platform that turns walk-in traffic into trackable, repeatable revenue by capturing customer data at the table via QR codes and automating remarketing across Meta, email, and SMS.

Brett hosts Restaurant Misfits, a podcast for the operators, founders, and marketers building the future of the restaurant industry. His philosophy is anti-fluff and numbers-obsessed: sub-$5 CPAs, sub-$1.25 cost per lead, and marketing systems designed to produce new customers on demand. No boosted posts. No vibes. Just data.

Topics Brett can speak on:
- How restaurants can produce new customers on demand (paid ads + tracking)
- The Chain Marketing Framework™: awareness → conversion → retention
- Why boosting Instagram posts is lighting money on fire
- Using AI and guest data to build repeat business at scale
- Lessons from managing $65M+ in restaurant ad spend
- Niching down: how specialization saved his agency
- The 10-year "overnight success" — failure stories from a founder
- Where restaurant marketing is heading in the AI era