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Last year the headline on our Annual Lead Generation Survey story in Franchise Update magazine read: "Adapt or Die."
  • Eddy Goldberg
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When Sunita Sagar was a teenager working as a part-time cashier at a Jack in the Box in California, she dreamed of the day she would become a doctor.
  • John Carroll
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Who is your ideal franchise buyer? Let's begin with knowing your market.
  • Steve Olson
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As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
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Data breaches are common: more than 300 major breaches involving more than 100 million consumer records are reported each year.
  • David Zetoony & Louise Nutt
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Those sanitarily questionable movable feasts that have rolled through America's cities for decades are being replaced.
  • Kerry Pipes
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Last year the headline on our Annual Lead Generation Survey story read: "Adapt or Die." Responses to two new questions this year indicate franchisors have taken this lesson to heart.
  • Eddy Goldberg
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Given that 400- to 500-point swings in the Dow have nearly become the norm rather than the exception, this is ringing even truer today than it did a quarter or two ago.
  • Carol Clark
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Amit Kleinberger rattles off the business start-ups he's launched like a general listing the cities he's seized.
  • John Carroll
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What changed last month in sales, costs, market share, and customer satisfaction? Data answers those questions for you.
  • Jack Mackey
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I don't think I'll get much of an argument if I try to convince you that innovation is important.
  • Jack Mackey
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When Michael Ansley was a teenager helping his father, a painter, with work at KFC and Wendy's restaurants in Springfield, Ohio, he soaked up both his father's entrepreneurial spirit and a basic knowledge of the food and franchising business.
  • Debbie Selinsky
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Last time I discussed embracing fear and love as part of the leadership experience.
  • Steve Farber
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It's not our products. It's not our price. Pay attention as I'm about to lay out our secret competitive weapon right here for all to see.
  • Keith Gerson
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Franchisees, business, and property owners who have personally guaranteed commercial loans face a challenging situation when banks seek repayment, especially in today's state of economic distress.
  • Steve Huntley
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Customer service is a moving target; it is whatever the customer thinks it is.
  • John Tschohl
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Many companies use a customer loyalty scheme whether it be miles, points, or other free stuff. All are based on dollars spent and frequency of usage.
  • Lisa Ford
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Social media, social networking, social sharing, Web 2.0 - no matter what you call it, it's everywhere these days, and for good reason.
  • Melinda Caughill
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As chief marketing officer for Massage Envy, Susan Boresow understands that engaging and supporting franchisees is imperative in getting them to buy in and play an active role in the brand's overall marketing efforts.
  • Franchise Update
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The first-ever Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference attracted marketing executives from 57 franchise brands with more than $11 billion in annual system-wide sales - all seeking better ways to connect with customers in today's digital marketing environment.
  • Kerry Pipes and Eddy Goldberg
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In 1969, when high school senior Rodger Head took a job at a Burger King, he had no idea he was entering the business he would stick with for his entire career.
  • Debbie Selinsky
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The intriguing new Siri application that comes with the iPhone 4S has big implications for local search marketing.
  • Franchise Update
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Lenders establish frameworks for various types of lending: housing, personal, small business, and more.
  • Darrell Johnson
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For 23 years, the franchise industry has relied on Franchise Update Media Group (FUMG) for franchise development and education. FUMG announced today that they have combined all of its online properties into one major website with the re-launch of Franchising.com, providing the franchising industry with the most comprehensive source of franchise information on the web today for franchise opportunity seekers, daily franchise news and events for the community.
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Most people receive their monthly natural gas bill from their local utility, open it up, look at the total cost, get mad about it, and then write a check for the total amount. Since most of you have always relied upon your local utility to supply the natural gas for your business, you do not believe that you have a choice. WRONG! In most locations around the United States you do have a choice.
  • By: Jim Isenhour
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Tom DiMarco knows his numbers--and they're getting bigger every year.
  • John Carroll
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Every business that accepts credit/debit card payments must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
  • Paul Arceneaux
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Many people who call themselves leaders are only posing. They're wearing the label or accepting the title without putting their skin in the game.
  • Steve Farber
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Susan Boresow has experience getting franchisees on board. As chief marketing officer for Massage Envy, she understands that engaging and supporting franchisees is imperative to getting them to buy in and play an active role in the brand's overall marketing efforts.
  • Franchise Update
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I often comment that technology is just a tool. It's not magic, nor mysterious, it is just a tool.
  • Scott Klososky
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