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Wingstop Acquired By Roark Capital

The acquisition of Wingstop by Roark buys out Gemini Investors LLC of Wellesley, Mass., and another private investor who had bought a controlling stake in Wingstop in 2003 and owned about 64 percent of the company. More Read more →

Veteran Contractors; Increase Your Sales By Doing These Two Easy Things

In this rather choppy economy, there are a couple of pretty easy things you can do to help your business gain more credibility and grow at the same time. 1. Join Angie's List 2. Become members of The BBB Here's why that's important now, according to a recent article over at Small Business Trends; Money is tight. Discretionary spending is... Read more →

Veteran Business Owners (VBO's); Are You Experiencing Social Media Marketing Fear?

Are you using social media marketing to help your business grow? Or, are you waiting for business to come through your door, because your business is just that good? Paul Segreto, a strategic partner of mine, recently wrote a nice article about the fear that a lot of small business owners have when it comes to getting a social media... Read more →

Mobile Phones And Your Franchise

Did you know that your cell phone {And your customer's cell phones} can be used for marketing your franchise? Consider the cell phone and its capabilities if you will: recent studies indicate that there are currently more than 272 million mobile phone users in the U.S. (89% of the total population); of those phones, 99% are text capable and 57%... Read more →

Future Veteran Franchise Owners; You Need To Know This

Pete Gombert, from Balihoo, a cool local franchisee automation marketing company, wrote a great article over at The Idaho Statesman. In it, he said; "Many aspiring franchisees assume that their biggest challenge will be executing within the franchise system, but they quickly find that while running the system is important, the ultimate challenge is translating national strategy to address variables... Read more →

Fast Start For This Franchisor; FCI

Floor Coverings international is doing a lot of things right, during what we all know is a tough economy. From The WSJ; "Floor Coverings offers its 85 franchisees direct assistance in building networks for referral business. Under what it calls the Fast Start program, Floor Coverings will send an employee to each franchisee for a few days with the mission... Read more →

Attention Veterans! Would You Like A Franchise With No Franchise Fee?

FREE So would I. But, I cannot move to Marietta,Georgia at this time. Can you? Here is what a Georgia Real Estate Developer is proposing over at Dane Carlson's popular Franchise Business Opportunity Blog; "My offer to your readers is that I would be willing to pay the franchisee fee for the franchise of their choice as long as they... 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 →