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Franchising has proven itself to be a bellwether business model, surviving the financial crisis and adding units since the early days of the current economic recovery.
  • Jacob Grosshandler
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The world is getting smaller. Customers come from and visit everywhere, and brand names are powerful. There are many reasons to take your brand away from your home soil and overseas.
  • Tony Foley
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This is the third part of an excerpt from my book that focuses on the program review step of the franchise sales process.
  • Steve Olson
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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
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How many direct reports do you have? Consider these four scenarios.
  • Bill Wagner
  • 2,773 Reads 1 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
  • 4,479 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
  • 4,463 Reads 21 Shares
We asked Annica Kreider, vice president of brand development at Mellow Mushroom to discuss the role of diversity in the company's marketing department and in its marketing strategies. Here's what she had to say.
  • Annica Kreider
  • 2,341 Reads
The Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference (FCMC), now in its fourth year, is gearing up to surpass attendance records once again.
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 3,463 Reads 73 Shares
What do you believe about SEO? And how do you know it's true? Perhaps it's time to read "17 SEO Myths You Should Leave Behind in 2014," a report from inbound marketing software platform provider Hubspot.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,533 Reads
It's bound to happen: one of your customers will have a problem with your business - if not at one of your stores, then at one of your brand's, even if it's across the country.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,930 Reads 1,014 Shares
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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
  • 6,438 Reads
There has never been a time where the nature of commerce is changing as rapidly as it is today. Technology been moving at blazing speed, not only around mobile payments and tablet-based POS systems...
  • Tom Epstein
  • 5,185 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
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Charles Smithgall has a system. He operates with a simple business plan and model that focuses on executing fundamentals and getting results.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 11,294 Reads 1 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
  • 5,390 Reads
Stories are the basis of human communication and decision-making. We use stories to relate to one another and make sense of the world around us.
  • Joe Mathews and Thomas Scott
  • 4,447 Reads
Everyone knows the names of the most popular business books and the gurus who wrote them: Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Ken Blanchard, Jim Collins... you know the list.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,314 Reads
Now's the time to start pre-closing your prospect. As franchise pros stress, "The best close starts with the opening!" This is the most opportune time to set expectations and take control through leadership.
  • Steve Olson
  • 3,146 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
  • 6,374 Reads
How do you set standards and measure performance in your brand's sales and development department?
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,061 Reads 1,023 Shares
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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
  • 5,546 Reads
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
  • 5,242 Reads
Every company makes mistakes that could make them lose customers. I don't care what business you are in, something will go wrong.
  • John Tschohl
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Have you ever wanted to slap an exceptionally rude customer silly? That won't help as much as a solution a cafe owner in Nice, France...
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,937 Reads
We're all familiar with the classics in the world of business books: Ken Blanchard, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker... you know the names.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,055 Reads
When an Instagram photo earns 11 likes, instead of showing a list of the handles of the people who have liked it, Instagram shows the number of likes.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,843 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
  • 9,270 Reads 1,023 Shares
Keith Gerson has spent more than 35 years in franchising in many different sales, development, and leadership positions.
  • Keith Gerson
  • 2,968 Reads
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
  • 10,482 Reads 1,022 Shares
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