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New Spending Package From Congress Supports Small Business, But Ignores Threat Posed By Labor Board.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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As one year ends and a new one begins, it's a time and season for joy and gratitude - and for making resolutions to do better in the year ahead. Here's an inspiring message from customer service guru John DiJulius to live your life to the fullest - for yourself and for others.
  • John DiJulius
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When Jon-Anthony Lui was growing up, he watched closely as his father achieved success in franchising, selling products such as real estate and insurance. But the bright young entrepreneur found his niche when he began working for Tutor Doctor, which offers one-on-one tutoring to children in the home.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,566 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 5 tips to reach customers with Facebook ads; building advertising relationships with lifestyle bloggers; now Facebook can tell you who's near your stores; improve your Tweeter-verse with fewer links; botnet creates fake customers and steals billions from online advertisers.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,908 Reads
There are many misconceptions about how to go about valuing your business. In general, most business owners have a value in their mind that is usually several times more than the actual value a sophisticated, competent buyer ultimately pays.
  • Rod Bristol
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Technology has become essential to the operation of franchised businesses around the world. This incudes not only operating the actual business, but managing the franchisor-franchisee relationship across country and continent boundaries.
  • William Edwards
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Pam Harper says she learned at an early age the commitment and tenacity it takes to run a small business. She drew inspiration and strength from observing her own parents toil to make their businesses succeed.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,753 Reads 1 Shares
Full-time homemaker started with one Subway in 1997 and today operates 55 Subways and 1 Wing Zone.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 18,174 Reads 4 Shares
Key managers are essential to success. Here's how to 'build a bench' that will make sure your organization stays on top.
  • Dan Schneider
  • 8,055 Reads
Wild Birds Unlimited's franchise recruitment process earns the 2015 STAR Award for Best Overall Performance.
  • Helen Bond
  • 5,744 Reads 1,023 Shares
When Farouk Diab walks into one of his 18 Wienerschnitzel restaurants wearing a uniform, same as the other workers there, he's making a statement.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,901 Reads 2 Shares
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So many good things are happening in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up! So welcome back to "Good News" – our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,106 Reads 1 Shares
It's really incredible how much technology continues to evolve! There are so many tools available to assist franchisors with their development plans today, and at CruiseOne integrating technology is an essential part of our development strategy.
  • Franchise Update
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At the age of 39, Becky Finger, a full-time homemaker and mother of three from Cincinnati, went with a friend to visit a Once Upon A Child store in Columbus, a couple of hours away.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,373 Reads 1 Shares
At Jersey Mike's Subs, technology, marketing, operations, and strategy are so intertwined, "We joke back and forth about who's in charge of who, because there's so much overlap," says Rich Hope, the company's CMO.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,524 Reads 1 Shares
Jon-Anthony Lui was Tutor Doctor's first franchisee to reach $1 million in sales, and in 2014, he became the brand's largest franchisee, and was named Franchisee of the Year.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,478 Reads 2 Shares
New research illustrates how joint-employer ruling jeopardizes franchise businesses, risking business failure and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,158 Reads 1 Shares
How Real Property Management CMO Robert Pifke uses analytics to improve the brand's marketing results.
  • Robert Pifke
  • 3,790 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: Advertising on Instagram is worth a look; Amazon sues 1,000 fake reviewers; Google introduces a new-and-improved Google+; Hyatt adopts Facebook Messenger to improve customer service; Twitter users expand their adoption of emojis.
  • Daniel Lieberman
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Eric Holm may own 31 successful Golden Corral restaurants in Florida and Georgia and run a $150 million business, but his thoughts never stray far from the poverty in which he grew up.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,050 Reads 1 Shares
The franchise community, along with media, politicians, regulators, and others, are beginning to understand the importance of measuring outcomes in franchising as a basis for understanding a brand's performance.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 7,798 Reads 2 Shares
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There are many misconceptions about how to go about valuing your business. In general, most business owners have a value in their mind that is usually several times more than the actual value a sophisticated, competent buyer ultimately pays.
  • Rod Bristol
  • 18,857 Reads
Largest Hispanic franchisee Guillermo Perales earns IFA's Entrepreneur of the Year award through hard work, success, and community involvement.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 9,472 Reads 4 Shares
Making adjustments to your vision and preparing a strategic action plan are sure ways to build even greater success in the coming year.
  • Sherry B. Jordan
  • 8,085 Reads 1 Shares
Smaller U.S. franchise brands can grow successfully overseas, too - if they do their homework and respect the differences in foreign laws and regulations.
  • Michael Daigle and Samuel Wieczorek, Cheng Cohen
  • 7,803 Reads 1,014 Shares
5 tips to attract Millennials to your franchise sales team by understanding their needs and expectations.
  • Eliot Burdett
  • 4,185 Reads 1,023 Shares
On May 20, 2013, when strong tornadoes tore through Moore, Okla., Brandon Boozer and his family were lucky. Their home wasn't damaged, though some of their closest neighbors lost everything.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,368 Reads 3 Shares
For many years, our organization struggled to create a solid, stable team. We were guilty of hiring to fill spots rather than thinking of our people as guardians of our brand.
  • Steve Adams
  • 7,847 Reads 1 Shares
For Frank Milner, it's all about the journey. Milner, CEO of Tutor Doctor, sees his role in the Canadian franchise brand as a natural extension of his passion and determination to make organizations succeed and to provide customers with the best products and services possible.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,281 Reads 1 Shares
During this season of thanksgiving Golden Corral franchisee Eric Holm will be giving back to the community and remembering where he came from.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,261 Reads
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