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Productivity is enhanced and empowerment achieved when leaders solicit, then act upon employee feedback, ideas, and concepts.
  • Timothy Bednarz
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Jay Staggs is sailing high these days with his EagleRider motorcycle rental franchise in Washington, DC.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 3,987 Reads 26 Shares
Marketing affects all customer and franchise development aspects of the company, including the sales process, building brand awareness, attracting and converting leads, building and maintaining customer relationships, and efforts to entice people who are no longer engaged.
  • Franchise Update
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As franchisors, it's your primary responsibility to make operational decisions based on the franchise system as a whole.
  • Bill Wagner
  • 4,573 Reads 10 Shares
As of 2012, there were about 1,300 franchised food brands operating in the U.S.; roughly two thirds started offering franchises in 2000 or later.
  • FRANdata
  • 14,510 Reads 1 Shares
"Dreamers" love the idea of owning their own business. They envision themselves as happy proprietors of a fun ice cream store, socializing with smiling families raving about their scrumptious hot fudge sundaes in their Ben & Jerry's franchise.
  • Steve Olson
  • 2,026 Reads 1,021 Shares
There is a revived interest these days in assessment testing during the franchise recruitment process.
  • Mariel Miller
  • 3,488 Reads 1,023 Shares
It's 2017, and you're a franchise consultant. What does your typical day look like? Where is your office - corporate headquarters, at home, in the cloud?
  • Evan Hackel
  • 3,800 Reads 316 Shares
PostNet International Franchise Corp., which turns 20 this year, entered franchising with a development culture firmly in place.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,116 Reads
When it comes to recruiting and selecting new hires, it's amazing how many astute business owners and managers repeatedly shoot themselves in the foot.
  • Mel Kleiman
  • 4,786 Reads 37 Shares
In some companies, under the premise that they will be perceived more meaningful, rewards and recognitions are given so infrequently as to in fact be meaningless.
  • Timothy Bednarz
  • 5,524 Reads 197 Shares
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Just a couple of years ago Tom McDonald was a Burger King franchisee worried about the brand's need to keep up with the times. But he felt like no one was listening to his concerns.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,064 Reads 140 Shares
A strong leader needs to define their vision for success, effectively document it, and communicate it over and over again.
  • Bill Swanson
  • 7,343 Reads 5 Shares
Employee theft is a common crime that is not even regarded as such by most people who commit it.
  • Patrick Barnett
  • 5,191 Reads
Richard Martinez and his brother George served together during the first Gulf War. Now the two are serving together in a different kind of endeavor - franchising.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,210 Reads 113 Shares
  • Jennifer Kushell
  • 3,487 Reads 60 Shares
Welcome franchise colleagues. We're heating things up at the Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference in Atlanta this June 25-26, fanning the flame for all the million-dollar ideas generated at this high-powered event.
  • Franchise Update
  • 3,601 Reads 142 Shares
In a digital world, it's no longer possible to have a gap between what you say and do.
  • Jonathan Becher
  • 4,867 Reads
In all likelihood, 2013 will feel a lot like 2012. Only two significant factors could change the economic environment in 2013 from the past two years of choppy, but painfully gradual improvement.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 6,091 Reads 2 Shares
On a smarter planet, we've seen how predictive analytics can help transform everything from how we fight crime to how we improve things like healthcare, food safety, and utility grids.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,726 Reads 272 Shares
Instagram, Snapchat, and Tumblr are all experiencing a lot of success with the teen demographic, which often serves as a sensitive barometer of trends.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,776 Reads 1 Shares
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David Grimaud grew up in the car repair business. His father, Joe, operated a Midas shop in Alexandria, La., where David spent many days working as a teenager.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,045 Reads 105 Shares
Personal credibility is based upon a leader's character and integrity and the actions and behaviors that stem from them.
  • Timothy Bednarz
  • 10,126 Reads 1 Shares
"What are your goals?" is the common question I present to clients and prospects.
  • Loyd H. Rawls
  • 3,797 Reads
Sam Ballas waxes eloquently--and passionately--about East Coast Wings & Grill, the company he acquired in 2001.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,560 Reads 9 Shares
Don Copus likes to roll up his sleeves and get in the game with his employees, literally.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,126 Reads 2 Shares
Kevin and Laurel Wilkerson are Marco's Pizza franchisees in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. They like to do things together.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,720 Reads 1,014 Shares
Are you making the grade? Is a "C" okay for your company? Are your competitors scoring higher?
  • Marc Kiekenapp
  • 2,879 Reads 29 Shares
Is your sales effort making the grade? Is a "C" okay for your company? Are your competitors scoring higher?
  • Marc Kiekenapp
  • 2,266 Reads 22 Shares
We're going to say something here that at first blush may seem to be complete heresy to advocates of business format franchising: the process of selecting a franchise often can fail.
  • Michael H. Seid & Michael E. Sheehan
  • 3,846 Reads
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