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If you are a subscriber to my blog {Hint.Hint. And Hint.}, you are now aware that I did some dusting and cleaning...I have a new theme, with new colors, and fonts etc. I hope that you will find it easy on the eyes.
I would love for you to post a comment concerning the new look of this blog. Brown. Thanx!
In Part 2 of my discussion of The Master Franchise, I will go into the business model itself....
Continue reading "The Master Franchise/Build an Empire {Part 2} " »
Virginia is certainly well known when it comes to thoroughbred racehorses, and the state's geography provides plenty of scenic rolling hills for the horses to enjoy themselves. Another thoroughbred has emerged from Va. It is a blog aggregator called BNN {BlogNet News}. I did a post on The Franchise Blog 4 Veterans, last week. Read 
The gals over at The Daily Franchise News Blog are reporting that Good Times Burgers And Frozen Custard is going to expand to 100 locations, in the next few years....The Colorado based chain has not been officially taste tested by The Franchise King himself, but their website landing page is the funniest and weirdest I have seen this year.
Go to the Daily Franchise News blog, read the short Press Release, and click the link to the franchise website......... It's just crazy, man!
??????????????????? HUH?
So a publication like the WSJ comes up with a Top 25 Franchise List. Great. It is based on???
Well, those of us the franchise industry that care, hope that the methodology used is not advertising revenue based. Jeff Johnson of FranData discusses the methodology in a post over at BlueMauMau....
In the previous post, I discussed some negative publicity franchise opportunities in the Cincy market area. Cincy does have some opportunities in franchising that don't have anything to do with the Payday Loan/Cash Advance industry. This directory lists several. You are welcome to contact any of the concepts listed, and start gathering pertinent information.
I am so happy! I am a franchise consultant that does not have contracts with any number of the Payday Loan/Cash Advance franchise companies. {And I never placed one in NEO!} Some lucky franchise consultants or brokers that are located in Cincinnati or Dayton Ohio must be feeling pretty bad, right about now. {Maybe}
You see, if any of those brokers presented Payday Loan/Cash Advance franchise opportunities to folks that they worked with to find franchises for, they are probably getting nasty phone calls and e-mails from angry franchisees that invested in those attractive little stores-who had to wake up to this article in The Dayton Daily News, this morning. Read!
Sean Kelly, who like me , owns a significant amount of franchise blog real estate, is at it again. A couple of days ago I posted about The Franchise King Blog being named "One Of The Top 50 Business Start-Up Blogs."
I am not sure how much Sean had to $ pay $ to get his blog named, but I obviously didn't step up to the plate with enough Blueberry muffins for Evan Carmichael, the entrepreneur up in Toronto, who did the Top 50 list. You see, Sean's Franchise Pick Blog is listed before The Franchise King Blog, on Evan's list. Maybe it is Harold's...I mean Sean's-Purple Crayon theme he uses. Congrats, Sean........
If you have been recently downsized, or are just looking for a career change, you may be contacted by franchise brokerage/consulting franchise companies looking to hire you, or looking to sell you a franchise. Is this a viable opportunity? Or another overly saturated field.
Continue reading "Should You Become A Franchise Consultant Or Franchise Broker?" »
This stuff gives me a Bad Attitude!
Here is my list of what gets me angry:
1. Dishonesty
2. Manipulation
3. Excessive Whining
4. Stealing
5. Disloyalty
6. Being Used
7. Companies that pay marketers to comment on blogs-in a fake value adding way, to try to get traffic to try to sell something.
Here is an example that has been all over the franchise blogoshere:
"I
saw your posting and thought you would be interested in some advice
from my client, Blank Franchise company.If you are thinking about starting a
business or purchasing a franchise. “Make sure you select a business
about which and about whose products you are truly passionate. Like any
business you choose to run, it is a marriage. You’ll be living,
breathing, nurturing and growing it for a long time and nothing is
worse than a marriage without love,” advises Mr. Blankety Blank, president
of finance and franchise development at Blank Franchise Company. Mr. Blankety Blank has been
managing the expansion of its franchise network through the opening of # new stores in 2005 to a total of # locations. Learn more about how
to choose a franchise or determine whether a franchise business is
right for you by contacting Mr. Blankety Blank at ###-###-#### or email him at Blank.com You may also visit www.Blankety Blank Franchise.com for more information.
This ploy to sell franchises has been reported as spam in the past. Does anyone have any other ideas? This is ridiculous...
Toronto, Canada entrepreneur, Evan Carmichael, just named this blog to his:
"Top 50 Start-Up Blogs To Watch In 08."
Thank You, Evan! Evan's website is a well known one in entrepreneurial circles, and Evan does some cool things on it. Check it out, when you have some time. Oh Yeah...Evan was just interviewed by The New York Times. Read
The Hotel industry is emerging as one of the first large industry segments to start embracing everything Green. Sustainability is becoming a common buzzword to a lot of, and to a lot of Hoteliers. read more about this Green Hotel Trend...
Ann Arbor based Mr. Handyman has obtained the services of actor Richard Karn, to be it's spokesperson. Folks, this is how to get to market! Congrats Todd, Jen et al! Fellow blogger Jim Coen, writes about this recent marketing score in his blog. Here
If you didn't feel my passion for only using knowledgeable, ethical, local professionals in the world of franchising {From the previous post}, spend 3.22 minutes and watch this video that I produced with very expensive props. I posted it on my company website, on the left sidebar....
Go To Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. to view it!
From Winston Churchill-
"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. If anything, I am the prod."
Here's why:
Because they are local. I know that the next couple of paragraphs may anger some folks in the franchise industry. But this is about you. Not them.....
Continue reading "Why You Should Only Work With Local Franchise Resources!" »
Matthew Bandyk over at US News + World Report wrote a few articles related to a possible recession, and how small business owners are starting to adjust. A few Clevelander's were quoted including Anita Campbell, in this story, and your truly, in this one. There was also an entire story about Phoenix Coffee, and what they are doing to adjust for a tightening economy. Read.
Jim Blasingame, considered one of the top 25 small business experts in the world, {And who has a nationally syndicated radio program where I am interviewed on, frequently}, is also featured in a recession related story. Jim and I talked about a recession, yesterday on his radio program. Listen Jim has an interesting philosophy concerning the R word!
The Kelly 
Quite the character, Sean Kelly of IdeaFarm, in eastern Pennsylvania, is a guy who knows marketing. Sean is a fellow franchise blogger, and one I have no problem calling for advice on all things related to franchising, and marketing.....
Continue reading "A Franchise Marketing Phenom, Sean Kelly" »
The Daily Franchise News is reporting that Arlington, Virginia based enviroCab is starting to franchise their business model. An all Hybrid fuel fleet of Taxi's is the main selling point to prospective franchise owners. Also, for those of you into all things "sustainable", do the words "carbon neutral, ring your bells?
Read the story here. {The founder, Hans Hess is also the owner of Elevation}
I will be a guest on Jim Blasingam'e Small Business Advocate radio show Monday morning at 7:30am. I will of course be discussing the franchise industry, but will also discuss my new franchise e-book:
"The Essential Steps To Researching a Franchise Opportunity"
You can buy the book at www.FranchiseresearchTools.com
The interview will be available in podcast version later in the day, and archived forever, along with my other interviews with Jim.
Franchise Direct, a leading franchise portal based in Dublin, Ireland has just added a nice new feature to their highly rated website/blog. Franchise Direct's publishing team will be doing frequent reviews of books on franchising, as an added value to their growing suite of franchise and business opportunity information already on their site. I have the honor of being the first franchise book author to have a review done by their team {Aine, especially}, and I think you will like their reviewing style. If you or anyone you know is about to purchase a franchise, until they read this book, they have not finished their research! Read the review..right here!
This month is Spring month. Spring is finally getting closer, with the crocuses starting to wake up, and some of their close cousins coming into view, soon. And a lot of green on it's way....
Continue reading " The JoelPost. March 5th, 2008 / Greening Your Franchise" »
Join me on Twitter {And a whole bunch of others} now, as we discuss the Ohio Presidential Primary voting results etc. Etc. And..Etc.LIVE
{"R". Courtesy of Smallbiztrends.com}
{www.Thefranchiseking.com}
Cross posted on my NEW blog, www.NEObizblog.com
Ok. I have had it. All this talk about a Recession has me, well, right! I wrote about it in November, and January on this blog. I wrote about it as a guest columnist for Anita Campbell's Small Business Trends Blog in January. Now this.....from MSNBC.
The Main Attraction:
WKYC-TV in Cleveland has asked Cleveland's Meet The Bloggers to participate in the highly contested Ohio Presidential Primary, from the Channel 3 Studios, Tuesday evening. George Nemeth, and Gloria Ferris coordinated our participation with Channel 3 for the Cleveland Democratic Debate recently, and are thrilled that WKYC-TV feels that we added some major value to their broadcast., by inviting us for the Ohio Primaries.
If you would like to participate in this event, one of the ways is to communicate with our group, via Twitter. Here is how....
If you are a franchisor, and you did not watch any of the recent Presidential debates, you have missed some very important examples of how to get to market. This "Social Media" thing is not going away anytime soon. Facebook. YouTube. Linked In. Digg. Mixx. How about Twitter? Are you using RSS?
These are just some of the names you should be familiar with...
Continue reading "Franchise Marketing #102. Keeping Up With New Media" »
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