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I live in Detroit. I've been a car guy longer than a franchise guy. I go to lots of car events and see lots of event t-shirts. A few years back a new t-shirt arrived with the words, "Drive It Like You Stole It" across the back.
  • Jim Bender
  • 2,876 Reads 1 Shares
What a wonderful world of women we've found for our 4th Annual Women's issue! In the three previous issues we featured presidents, CEOs, and founders.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,189 Reads 1 Shares
A series featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) continues with a look at the top digital sales producers by category, 2012–2016.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,336 Reads 2 Shares
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome 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
  • 3,125 Reads
Learn how to teach your Millennial employees the skills of customer service - and improve everyone's' experience!
  • Katie Mares
  • 4,533 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) 5 ways to turn connections into customers; 2) 9 predictions on what's hot in YouTube Marketing for 2017; 3) Custom audience retargeting on Facebook; 4) A quick guide to social media etiquette.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,311 Reads 1,021 Shares
A series featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) continues with a look at top sales producers by category.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,866 Reads
Thomas Scott's report from the IFA Convention pinpoints several important takeaways for franchise sales and development in 2017.
  • Thomas Scott
  • 3,371 Reads 1 Shares
Franchisee recruitment is the cornerstone of any successful brand. It must be done right. It requires the right team, the right information, the right prospects, and the right follow-up.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,385 Reads 2 Shares
Customer service guru John DiJulius highlights his readers' Top 10 favorite articles from last year.
  • John DiJulius
  • 4,470 Reads 1 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) How to make Instagram ads work for your brand; 2) Using Twitter lists to narrow your target audience; 3) Pinterest - 6 tips to make your Pins stand out; 4) Wendy's beats down a Twitter troll - with facts!; and 5) What Facebook "sees" in your online photo.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,477 Reads 1,023 Shares
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A series featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) continues with a look at recruitment spending: where the digital money goes, by category.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,649 Reads 6 Shares
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome 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
  • 4,105 Reads
Today's media darlings, the Millennials (Gen Y) were born beginning in the 1980s. For better or worse, we all seem to get a generational label these days to describe who we are, and how we should be dealt with from business, economic, and social perspectives.
  • Todd Juneau
  • 6,437 Reads 3 Shares
International franchise development continues at a fairly high pace, despite all the challenges around the world that have little to do with the business climate.
  • Bill Edwards
  • 8,312 Reads 4 Shares
Sonic's CEO discusses the brand's progress with its consumer-facing technology, refranchising, and focus for 2017.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,871 Reads 6 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Instagram is the clear leader in online photo sharing; 2) What are Twitter Moments, and how can you use them to market your brand?; 3) Huggies provides a good model for how to use Facebook and Twitter to engage; and 4) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans a 50-state listening tour in 2017.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,728 Reads
Four essential questions to ask prospective franchisees.
  • Marc Collopy
  • 10,920 Reads 57 Shares
A series featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) continues with a look at recruitment budget spending by category.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,141 Reads
With 2017 right around the corner and social media marketing occupying an ever-larger space in the minds of brand marketers, we took a look around the Internet for what the experts are predicting for the coming year in online marketing. Here's some of what we found.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,688 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) Domino's introduces Google Home online ordering; 2) "Alexa, ask Pizza Hut for a pizza."; 3) How Snapchat has revolutionized social networks; 4) How Facebook plans to combat "fake news."
  • Daniel Lieberman & Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,563 Reads
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Heart of America Group is a diversified company that operates hotels and restaurants across the Midwest as both franchisee and franchisor.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,322 Reads 28 Shares
A series featuring highlights from the 2017 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) begins with a look at recruitment budgets.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,573 Reads
So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome 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
  • 4,248 Reads
Mobile marketing continues to grow as a vehicle for engaging with customers and attracting new ones. This report from 3Cinteractive reveals where brand marketers plan to invest in mobile in 2017.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,155 Reads 1 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: 1) How Snapchat's impending IPO may affect social marketers; 2) Instagram updates Stories with 3 new features; 3) 50 facts about Google social marketers should know; 4) Twitter moves to curb abuse by beefing up its "muting" feature; and 5) Fake news has become a real problem for social media platforms.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,142 Reads
To measure the ROI, you have to really know what you're looking for. At Franchise Whales, instead of focusing on cost per lead, which is the standard among most franchise development executives, we focus on the cost per closed sale.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,060 Reads 1 Shares
In mid-2015, Sentinel Capital Partners acquired Fazoli's from Sun Capital. Sentinel, which had scooped up Checkers and Rally's, Newk's Eatery, and TGI Fridays the year before, targeted an aggressive growth strategy for the nearly 30-year-old brand.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,901 Reads 1 Shares
Phoning, emailing, and frantically setting up meetings to goose your year-end sales numbers? Whoa! Slow down, take a deep breath, step off the hamster wheel, and learn to balance your life, says franchise sales pro Steve Olson.
  • Steve Olson
  • 2,585 Reads
FranchiseGrade.com analyzed 6 years of data from more than 1,900 franchise systems. Their report shows that providing candidates with more - and more detailed - financial data in Item 19 FPRs led to greater system growth than in franchise systems that didn't. Free download.
  • FranchiseGrade.com
  • 3,568 Reads
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