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Browse our selection of franchise articles and features to help further your knowledge in opening and operating a franchise business. Our exclusive features cover the , , , , , , and site of the franchise business. Written by the editorial team that produces Franchise Update Magazine and Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine, the franchise industries premier magazines.

Growing up on a farm in the Texas panhandle, Mike Treadwell was looking for a way to stretch his entrepreneurial wings. He thought of opening a restaurant.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 13,378 Reads 6 Shares
Customers want a consistent service experience. It seems like that would be easy to deliver yet it is not the norm.
  • Lisa Ford
  • 5,079 Reads
In a time when many business executives are looking at what to cut because of rising payroll and healthcare costs, Michael Kulp, president and CEO of KBP Foods, a $250 million restaurant company with units in nine states, is taking an "inverse" approach.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,118 Reads 2 Shares
What if you could give someone a really special gift that would cost you no money at all? And what if that no-cost gift could significantly change another's life?
  • Steve Farber
  • 4,817 Reads 31 Shares
More and more small business owners are selling their companies, with sales hitting a four-year high in early 2013 in the United States, and Canada predicting its largest small business turnover ever in the next five years.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,052 Reads 21 Shares
Do you know there's an easy way to identify and predict how cybercriminals might get into your organization? Fortunately for already-busy franchisees, the process isn't as complicated as you may think.
  • Luke Engelhardt
  • 7,276 Reads
More than 300 franchise marketing executives and suppliers packed the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta in June 2013 for the 3rd annual Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference.
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 8,722 Reads 1,014 Shares
Charles Smithgall has a system. He operates with a simple business plan and model that focuses on executing fundamentals and getting results.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 12,692 Reads 4 Shares
Hello? Is anybody there? One of the biggest problems sales people face with social media and technology is the lack of real, meaningful contact and communication.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,074 Reads
If you ask retired NFL defensive tackle Don Davey to list the qualities needed to succeed in the NFL or in franchising, his list is the same: competitiveness, tenacity, discipline, coachability, and focus
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,292 Reads
Peyton Manning just completed his most productive season ever as a pro. If anyone is surprised by that, they shouldn't be. According to ESPN, what many fail to realize is that statistically the Denver Broncos have the number one offensive line in football.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,176 Reads
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Because most of us dread being called out for mistakes or weaknesses, leaders who hope to give honest feedback run the risk of angering employees and decreasing their productivity if it isn't delivered correctly.
  • Dr. Tasha Eurich
  • 5,607 Reads
Not all entrepreneurs have the drive, initiative, and persistence to make it to the top. It takes a savvy operator who can evaluate risk and is not afraid to take it.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 10,741 Reads 1,023 Shares
Franchise Update Media and MFV Expositions are joining forces this June to produce the first-ever Regional Multi-Unit Franchisee Summit, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 11,542 Reads 1,022 Shares
Cancer was a wakeup call for Charles Loflin. He was a successful businessman in 2009 going from one accomplishment to the next.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 15,981 Reads 3 Shares
When you drive up to Disneyland the message is clear: "The Happiest Place On Earth." That not only announces their intention, it also defines their performance standards.
  • Jim Cathcart
  • 5,088 Reads
Keeping the business model simple has paid off handsomely for Charles Smithgall over the past 18 years he has been an Aaron's franchisee
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,259 Reads 1,014 Shares
More than 5,000 veterans and military spouses have become franchise business owners in the past two years, according to the International Franchise Association.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,673 Reads 1,023 Shares
Franchise Update Media is pleased to announce a new addition to the company. Diane Phibbs will be taking on a new role as Executive Vice President.
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 10,954 Reads 1 Shares
While many small and medium-sized businesses have been quick to embrace free postings on social media networks, one-fourth of those active on social networks expect to spend more money to advertise on sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter in 2014...
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,044 Reads
Swahili is a language used throughout eastern Africa. It is a lingua franca - a language used to make communication possible among people not sharing a common mother tongue.
  • Darrel Johnson
  • 7,232 Reads
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There's a sign on the wall in Charles Haney's Burger 21 restaurant in Voorhees, N.J., that he believes lists all the best ways to succeed. One, he says, defines who he is: "B-different."
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,869 Reads 3 Shares
Great multi-unit franchisees deserve to be recognized. That's exactly why Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine created the annual MVP Awards. If you think you have what it takes – or you know a franchisee who does – nominate them for the MVP Award.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,012 Reads 1,021 Shares
A few months ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a front-page story detailing how it's legal for nongovernmental providers of key data series, such as the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment poll ...
  • Carol Schleif
  • 7,955 Reads
Earlier this month, Franchise Business Review announced the 2014 recipients of its Franchisee Satisfaction Awards, part of a national project that looks at franchisee satisfaction at some of the country's most popular franchise brands.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,718 Reads
Companies can make more money when they empower employees to make decisions that create over-happy customers, says John Tschohl, president of Service Quality Institute.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,889 Reads
One of Charles Haney's favorite things about his new Burger 21 restaurant in Voorhees, N.J., is a wall sign that he believes lists all the best ways to succeed.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,667 Reads 1,014 Shares
Each year, Franchising.com likes to take a look back at the articles and news that highlighted the franchise industry. Below you will find a list of the 10 most read articles and news stories that ran across our network in 2013.
  • Benjamin Foley
  • 8,420 Reads 9 Shares
Talk about starting a business during the worst of times. Jason Duffy knows just what that's like.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 18,713 Reads 229 Shares
Among the many tools and tactics companies can use to improve the customer experience, speed is the most overlooked.
  • John Tschohl
  • 7,351 Reads 154 Shares
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