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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has introduced widespread changes to the healthcare landscape. It has increased the availability, quality, and affordability of health insurance for the general population, regardless of age, gender, or pre-existing medical conditions.
  • Benjamin Geyerhahn
  • 7,750 Reads 11 Shares
In this age of big data, the restaurant industry trails behind all other major industries in data collection and analysis.
  • Vikram Rao & Francesca's Restaurant Group
  • 8,031 Reads 1 Shares
Accomplishing goals is the most essential function of running a company, according to 46 percent of entrepreneurs polled by The Alternative Board (TAB).
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,739 Reads 34 Shares
Larry Lee had a built-in advantage when he leveraged his career in real estate and shopping center development to include franchising.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,994 Reads
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation on "Understanding Customer Loyalty and Designing Effective Reward Programs," by Clay Voorhees, assistant professor of marketing at Michigan State University.
  • Plante Moran
  • 4,430 Reads 82 Shares
Yelp, the social review platform, provides a searchable database of 57 million reviews. The Yelp Trends service allows users to track trends over time and break the results down by individual markets.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,505 Reads 36 Shares
Increasingly, U.S. franchisors are using social media sites to build brand awareness, attract new customers, focus marketing on their ideal customer demographic, and even to recruit new franchisees.
  • William and Heather Edwards
  • 5,989 Reads 1 Shares
According to the National Restaurant Association: 13 percent of all Americans have made a reservation using a smartphone or tablet in the past 30 days; 46 percent said they would do it if the establishment offered it;
  • Tom Epstein
  • 4,352 Reads
On July 29, 2014, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced in a very brief statement that he was authorizing the issuance of formal unfair labor practice complaints against McDonald's...
  • Marlén Cortez Morris
  • 12,959 Reads 381 Shares
Joe Weiss is another one of those successful people who got started in the corporate world and did well. But there was something different he was seeking.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,932 Reads
Franchise development department success depends on five different pieces fitting together in an organized and precise manner: 1) the company website, 2) promotional materials, 3) the FDD, 4) franchisee validation, and 5) discovery day (the office visit).
  • Marc Kiekenapp
  • 2,421 Reads 1,014 Shares
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Recently one of my partners and I were facilitating a meeting between a father and his daughter to work through some mismatched expectations between them in the family business.
  • Jeff Faulkner
  • 6,459 Reads 49 Shares
Planning, planning, planning. We all participate in some form of planning: what to do with our weekend, scheduling all the kids' activities, forecasting next year's business plans, and maybe even "someday" plans.
  • Dean Zuccarello
  • 6,841 Reads 21 Shares
In 1984, I met Fred DeLuca, co-founder of Subway, then a 19-year-old retail chain with approximately 300 stores. Many of us would be happy with such development success.
  • Steve Olson
  • 5,104 Reads 21 Shares
Consumer marketing changes constantly - no news there. Keeping up is another story. Tactics and thinking that were progressive and results-oriented yesterday are passe and ineffective today.
  • Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,860 Reads
A busy NYC restaurant kept getting bad reviews for slow service, so they hired a firm to investigate. When they compared footage from 2004 to footage from 2014, they made some pretty startling discoveries.
  • Maia McCann
  • 4,093 Reads
Franchising is fighting back. Organized labor and activist groups have been hammering away at the franchise business way of life.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,380 Reads
Corporations are holding record levels of cash, interest rates are low and the housing market is rebounding.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 10,266 Reads 1 Shares
There are a lot of blogs about marketing out there, and many of them are worth reading - well-written, original, full of valuable information and fresh perspectives.
  • Maggie Jones
  • 4,817 Reads 1,014 Shares
Inspire, a free tool from ActionSprout, analyzes Facebook Pages to see what recent content on their walls has been most successful, and provides a "Fan Engagement Score" for any page submitted to it.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,381 Reads 1,023 Shares
If Del Taco were a sports team, Paul Hitzelberger would not only be its MVP, he'd also be the GM and coach.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,127 Reads 1,021 Shares
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Every franchisor wants to attract a "certain type" of franchisee. Lately, the type of franchisee every franchisor seems to want is a multi-unit franchisee.
  • Molly Rowe
  • 3,979 Reads
The Affordable Care Act has introduced widespread changes to the healthcare landscape. It has increased the availability, quality, and affordability of health insurance for the general population, regardless of age, gender, or pre-existing medical conditions.
  • Benjamin Geyerhahn
  • 15,644 Reads 1 Shares
Dan Fry entered the world of franchising knowing very little about the business. He was warned of the odds of succeeding in a new business but he didn't let that stop him or hold him back in anyway.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,563 Reads
If you happen to be an active majority partner in a business, you may sometimes find yourself struggling for alignment with your minority partner or partners, especially if the minority partners are also involved in the business.
  • Dan Schneider
  • 6,219 Reads
This is the final installment in a 6-part series about why new and emerging franchise brands fail. In the first two parts, we discussed 8 reasons they fail.
  • Joe Mathews and Thomas Scott
  • 2,457 Reads 1,021 Shares
Phishing may be old news, but it still works. Ongoing education about phishing scams is essential for anyone who uses your system. It doesn't matter if you have the most secure security system in the world.
  • David Ellis
  • 9,447 Reads 1,014 Shares
Magazines, newspapers, direct mail, billboards, and other print media have been the backbone of business-to-business and consumer marketing for centuries.
  • Steve Olson
  • 8,592 Reads 3 Shares
Rich Wilson needed to earn money for his college education. The way he saw it he had two choices.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,522 Reads
Before rebranding to Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom in 2013, Old Chicago Pizza & Pasta had a successful 37-year history that served three generations of guests.
  • Mike Mrlik
  • 3,027 Reads 1 Shares
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