edited by: Joel Libava,
Franchising Editor
In the first part of this story, I showed you how one particular business coaching franchisor went about finding new franchisees. I ended it by telling you that I have known about low-cost opportunities like business coaching for a long time. And [...]
In the first part of this story, I showed you how one particular business coaching franchisor went about finding new franchisees. I ended it by telling you that I have known about low-cost opportunities like business coaching for a long time. And [...]
Franchising a business is a great way to expand and get your products to the market quickly. It is possible to achieve strong growth using the franchise model.
Franchising though is not suitable for every business. Analyse your business model and ask yourself the following questions:
Can my business model be taught [...]
With the rapid growth of online franchise update in a survey reported in 2003 that 59% of the franchise lead donors came from online sources. Executives of these companies understand the growing power behind the Internet and taking full advantage of the exploding growth online by searching on their [...]
In the Franchise Industry the most common questions we get asked by people looking for a franchise opportunity are covered in this list.
Question: What is franchising?
Answer: Franchising is where you buy the rights to a business concept, trademarks & know how. In return you pay a franchise fee and a [...]
The idea of owning a franchise is, for some people, the ticket out of the rat race and into a world of financial independence and being their own bosses. For others, the idea of owning a franchise means risking not only a regular paycheck, but having to put up their [...]
Have you ever thought that your business become successful? Of course not, who are successful in business wants nothing less than the success of their companies. But there are times in which the Company does business make too confusing, since the demand for services and products, the ability of [...]
This is a post by guest blogger Don Sniegowski, the founding editor of the daily franchise news site BlueMauMau.
“There’s a youth movement brewing in the franchising world,” a recent story in The Wall Street Journal reports. Published in late September, the story explains that as [...]
A business franchise is an ideal opportunity to take, if you are looking to increase brand awareness by licensing it to other entrepreneurs. The advantage is, you have more money for marketing and advertising campaigns to spend your royalties.
The goal of the retailer to display the house, [...]
With the fast growing franchise field, it is reported that 65 percent of area representative franchise leads come from online sources. Top leaders of companies today realize the power that the Internet can bring. They can take full advantage from this booming online franchising growth through internet search engines to [...]
Like many franchisees, I bought my first franchise company with the general objectives of making a good life, building equity in my future, and finally with a flexible schedule.
It was a great franchise ... just not right for me. If I had done my specific goals, and [...]
Many franchisors require their franchisees workers may actually work in the franchise outlet, and it is a very good reason, no, not everything required in the franchise agreement, but many still do not. It's really a question of good management and customer service. Poor management of multi-franchise owners will [...]
At present, due to the increasing economic hardship in many industries, many employees lose their jobs. Companies are downsizing, small farms let people fail and some smaller companies and go out of business, it's just a horrible thing to have to look at. Of course, adversity builds character and [...]
Despite what many franchise buyers to take over, so not all franchisors franchisees a portion of their time in their franchise work. In fact, many franchise agreements provisions that have the franchisees give their best efforts and full-time efforts to buy the franchise outlet on them. It is much [...]
Because they can.
But should they? I say no. Actually, I say no way.
The Wall Street Journal just ran a story about this subject. The WSJ has some incredible writers, for sure, but I wonder if they talked to the right people on [...]
This is a post by guest blogger Don Sniegowski, the founding editor of the daily franchise news site BlueMauMau.
Fall is when many franchising firms crank up the volume to get the attention of prospective franchise buyers. This time around, as the economy bottoms out, there are [...]
The Health Care Reform debate continues to rage on. As it should. Our new President is following through with one of his promises. His timing may not be the best, as our current unemployment numbers are higher than they have been [...]
Franchise failure rates can be lowered if prospective franchise owners know how to research the franchises that they are thinking of buying. Knowledge is power.
It takes a lot of courage to pull the trigger on a franchise.
Palms can get sweaty. Emotions can run high. Paranoia creeps in. But, if [...]
From The Daily Franchise News-
The Birmingham, Ala.-based chain of quick lube and repair shops, has seen a lengthy string of same-store sales increases that haven’t stopped with the economy, said Ricky Brooks, the company’s CEO. This year, same-store sales have been getting progressively larger—in July, sales were [...]
Just in time to attract the back to school crowd, this franchise has always been a cut above......
{Full Disclosure; My company works with Great Clips to help them find new franchise owners}
Great Clips provides today's busy customers with incredible convenience, affordability, and consistency, [...]
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Are they? Is "Green Franchising" getting more popular just like in the USA?
I really don't know. I do know that franchising is a growing part of the economy.
Some stats from the' [...]
{This is a guest post from Linda Daichendt, President/CEO/Managing Consultant of Strategic Growth Concepts.}
Given the precarious state of today’s economy, franchise organizations are on ‘high alert’ for new ways of increasing their franchise development capabilities and helping their franchisees to increase revenues. While [...]
Maid Brigade, a green franchise out of Atlanta, is giving away franchises......
The Maid Brigade Veterans Franchise Giveaway, is a program that will
award more than $1.5 million in business ownership opportunities to 100+ veterans, creating more [...]
June 23rd is the second anniversary of my father, Jerry Libava's death. He succumbed to lung cancer in 2007. He started his self-employment trek in 1990, after being a victim of corporate downsizing at Physicians Weight Loss Centers, where he [...]
Right now, students all across America are preparing for their summer vacations. Unfortunately their minds might be going on an extended vacation. Extensive studies by Johns Hopkins University have shown that kids can lose up to two months or more of math and reading skills each summer. Those same studies [...]
Accessing Loans for Franchise Businesses
This article is written and owned Jamie Hanson
Most people think that to successfully operate a franchise business, it is vital to look at the track record of available franchises to determine which one will most achieve longevity in the industry. While it is [...]
This article is written and owned by Max Walker
You may be surprised to find that many of your favorite brands are franchises. In fact, without realizing it, you most likely do some sort of business with a franchise every day. You’ve eaten at Baskin-Robbins, Cinnabon, Dunkin’ Donuts, KFC, [...]
