The Franchise Blog 4 Vets

New SBA Loan Rules To Affect Veteran Entrepreneurs

If you are Veteran, and are thinking about purchasing a business, some new SBA rules may make things a little more difficult, especially if it is an existing business. According to The Washington Post: "The agency this month notified banks offering its most popular loan program, that effective March 1, the SBA will limit "goodwill" financing to 50 percent of... Read more →

Job Losses Adding Up; Thinking About Starting A Business?

Business ownership is an option that more and more people are thinking about, as job losses mount. Not everyone has a day job to keep, and those who've lost theirs might find the notion of starting a business appealing. But don't expect it to be easy. Read this Columbus Dispatch story. Are you getting into a business of your own... Read more →

Does Interest In Entrepreneurship Go Up Or Down During A Recession?

Scott Shane Drum roll please......It goes......Up? Down? Well....... Cleveland's Scott Shane, a Professor at Case Western Reserve University, gives you the facts. You may be surprised. Read Read more →

Help Veterans With GoodSearch!

You are most certainly familiar with Yahoo, MSN, and Google, right? Combined, those three companies, and the other smaller search engines bring in $8 billion dollars in revenue, annually. Ken Ramberg (the former founder of JOBTRAK, now a division of Monster.com) and JJ Ramberg (an MSNBC anchor and the former Director of Marketing at Cooking.com) decided that all of that... Read more →

Make a Referral - jump start the economy

"This event could help us all!" I'm pledging to make a referral to a business I want to help as part of a national campaign to make 1000 referrals March 9-13. What a great small business stimulus plan. View >> Read more →

Franchise Marketing With Franchise Videos And Franchise Video email Marketing

I am starting to receive inquiry's from franchise companies about some of the marketing initiatives that I have have been running with. Let me rephrase that. A lot of franchisors are starting to contact me. Would you like to know why??? With the rocky economy, and no brilliant ideas from our Government on how to get it jump-started, the flow... Read more →

Balihoo Franchise Marketing Solutions To Exhibit at IFA Franchise Show

Balihoo, the premier provider of marketing technology and services to franchise organizations, announced today that they will be demonstrating Balihoo Marketer Edition in booth #1509 at the International Franchise Association Annual Convention in San Diego February 14th-17th. For franchise organizations that want to centralize their local franchisee marketing efforts, this solution really streamlines things. More Read more →