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4 Pillars Set Your “Perfect” Foundation Justin Thomas strives for a perfect round of golf in each round of every tournament he plays. Breaking it down further, each swing that shapes the shot, each read of the green before a putt, each wind effect estimation must be...
Hot Franchise Trends for 2022
Summer 2022 has brought record highs across the country — but that’s not the only thing heating up this season. The franchise market has continued to experience highs with more and more people turning to business ownership for their future’s security. As we move into...
Six ways to manage franchisee underperformance
Potential franchisees are drawn to franchising to minimise their risk of going into business, and most of the time this works out well for all concerned. But sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes franchisees run into difficulty and even go broke. This is obviously bad for...
Always In Demand
You may be wondering what businesses are customers calling on regardless of economic or other trends, those businesses that are always in demand. They are the businesses that consumers need to get through daily life, not the luxuries. Often times they will be the...
How to Dramatically Improve Your Conversations with Everyone You Supervise at Work
There is an unspoken topic that can diminish the quality of every conversation you have with the people you supervise - unless you take steps to prevent it. This topic is . . . You have made some mistakes and now I am going to tell you about them. ...
Make Your Success: Service Excellence Required
What it is? Service excellence, the IT factor, is a positive by-product of a High-Performance Team and a company’s overall culture. The Zappos’ customer service story is famous and bears repeating.
Legacy Brands Still Have Opportunities
You may be wondering if brands established years or even decades ago have growth opportunities for you to take advantage of. Let me answer that clearly: Yes!
LOOK FOR YOUR COBWEBS
I went to visit a franchisee one day and when I got there, everyone was happy to see me. The store was Immaculate, and I mean immaculate. I could have eaten off the floors. I mean it was extraordinary. They knew that I, the CEO, was coming and they had obviously gone...
Why Franchisees Should Consider Growing Their Portfolio with the Same Brand
Multi-unit franchise ownership can be an incredibly lucrative career path. Whether you already own multiple units or are just beginning to look at adding more units after the success of your first, there are a variety of ways to go about growing your franchise...
Franchising Tips to Surviving in a Post-Pandemic World
We are over two years removed from a global event that changed the business environment forever. The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm in 2020. Due to stay-at-home orders and the inability to interact face-to-face, revenue dropped for many companies while...
Change or Die: How Diversification Keeps Ziebart Thriving After 60+ Years Why Innovation Never Has a Stop Date
In 1959, inventor and entrepreneur Kurt Ziebart invented a new automotive protective product, creating buzz and sparking public interest in the budding automotive aftermarket services category. Ziebart’s groundbreaking rustproofing invention put the company on the map...
The Importance Building a Bilingual, Multicultural Franchise Brand
Did you know there are more Spanish speakers in the United States than there are in Spain? In fact, about 43 million people, or 13% of the U.S. population, speaks Spanish as a first language. What’s more, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by 2060, the Hispanic...
Multiple Ways Multi-Unit Franchises Pay Off
FRANdata conducted a study citing that over 50% of the franchises in the U.S. are now owned by multi-unit operators - roughly 54%. Multi-unit franchising refers to a franchisor awarding the rights to open and operate several franchised units within a single defined...
5 lead indicators of franchisee underperformance
Underperforming franchisees in a network do harm to themselves and to the brand they represent, yet the lead indicators and causes of underperformance are poorly understood.
5 Actions Leading to 1st Franchisee Success
Starting a new business is risky. Starting your franchise as one of the 1st franchisees is more complex and has unique rewards. 5 well-planned actions lead to a 1st franchisee’s success. In this article, I'll discuss: A summary of my experiences as the 1st ImageFIRST...
Done For You Investor Franchise Opportunities
The Franchise World is adapting to the influx of multi-unit/brand empire building, overseas investor, family office and investment fund candidates for franchise opportunities. The step taken in the past was moving from owner operated franchises to semi-absentee. Now...
WOMEN OWNED FRANCHISE SYSTEMS
The undeniable growth and expansion in women owned businesses around the United States and the world is underway and some of the statistics both in franchising and in small business ownership. This rising tide for female business ownership is both a very good...
Q&A with Kim Gubera of Pirtek USA
When the pandemic hit, PIRTEK USA’s services were quickly declared as essential, but the company didn’t allow this to slow down efforts to reach out to clients and offer additional customer service.
Women in Franchising: 3 Tips for Turning a Passion into a Successful Career
There is an old saying that if you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life. Fueling your passions can be a great way to finding a potential career and identify new industries.
Proof Positive! Engagement Sells Franchises
What is the one activity that every potential buyer of your franchise is absolutely certain to do before making the decision to buy? They will contact your current owners to ask how satisfied and successful they have been with owning your franchise.