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Linda Shaub is CMO of Interim Healthcare, a network of 332 franchise locations providing medical staffing and in-home care services in 43 states.
  • Kerry Pipes
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Since national health care reform was signed into law in March 2010, it has generated strong reaction from multi-unit franchisees and small-business owners across the nation.
  • Debbie Selinsky
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It's fitting that Johnny Collins runs marathons. The persistence and long-term training needed to finish a 26.1-mile race is mirrored in Collins' long, difficult quest to start his own business.
  • Tracy Staton
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As chief marketing officer for Interim Healthcare, Linda Shaub oversees the company's branding and consumer-facing activities across a network of 332 franchise locations that provide medical staffing and in-home care services in 43 states.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 2,846 Reads 99 Shares
With the proliferation of more sophisticated social media, PR, web, and blogging tools available today, franchisors have a golden opportunity to tell their story to a captive pool of franchise candidates who are hungry for such information.
  • Joe Mathews
  • 3,294 Reads
Every business sector has its leaders, its standouts, its superstars. In franchising these are the Empire Builders, multi-unit and multi-brand franchisees who operate not one or two, but 10, 20, 100, or more franchised units.
  • Franchise Update Media
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Franchising is seeing a flurry of activity in financing, mergers and acquisitions, and franchisee incentives in 2012, especially for returning veterans.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,310 Reads 39 Shares
As the economy continues to struggle through a slow recovery, business people everywhere are looking for any tools or techniques that will help them keep their businesses alive and thriving.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Nearly every company in the world gives lip service to the idea that "our people are our greatest asset."
  • Shawn Achor
  • 5,312 Reads 151 Shares
For months, Republicans in Washington have been beating a steady drumbeat about the harm regulations have on businesses, the economy, and job creation.
  • Matt Deffebach
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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
  • 6,427 Reads 189 Shares
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Tom DiMarco knows his numbers--and they're getting bigger every year.
  • John Carroll
  • 4,706 Reads 5 Shares
Business owners across the country have been dealing with one of the longest and most difficult recessions in US history.
  • Franchising.com
  • 5,181 Reads 36 Shares
For years, Subway has prided itself on offering healthier fare for its customers.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
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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
  • 6,437 Reads 429 Shares
Tom DiMarco knows his numbers--and they're getting bigger every year.
  • John Carroll
  • 7,410 Reads 523 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a changing economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,571 Reads 179 Shares
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
  • 6,846 Reads 1 Shares
What are some effective ways to get franchisees to "buy in" and become actively involved with local-level marketing efforts?
  • Franchise Update
  • 7,388 Reads 649 Shares
What are some effective ways to get franchisees to 'buy in' and become actively involved with local-level marketing efforts?
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,900 Reads 1,021 Shares
Through endless repetition soldiers commit to muscle memory every detail of each maneuver so they can perform without thinking in the mind-numbing chaos of battle.
  • Fredric A. Cohen
  • 7,255 Reads
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By his own description, Greg Thomas is ADHD. Sitting down to read a book, watching professional sporting events, or lounging on a beach doesn't really interest him.
  • John Carroll
  • 9,485 Reads 3 Shares
Access to capital has been a bane to franchise growth for nearly three years. Much of the blame has been placed on lenders, who have been notoriously gun-shy since the September 2008 financial debacle.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,492 Reads 57 Shares
When Shelly Sun and her husband JD founded BrightStar, their full-service healthcare staffing agency in 2002, the concept was rooted in their experiences searching for quality care for JD's sick grandmother. "We were managing multiple relationships and thought how great it would be to have one company handle the entire continuum of care," says Sun, CEO of BrightStar.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,118 Reads
Many reputable marketing firms and agencies have dubbed 2011 as "the year of social"... and with good reason.
  • Erica McClenny
  • 2,779 Reads 5 Shares
In early 2008, Moe's Southwest Grill was still something of a newcomer in Mexican fast-casual segment. But in the eight years since it had been founded, not much new work had been done on either the restaurant prototype or its menu. So when Focus Brands acquired the franchisor in August 2007, then CEO Steve Romaniello reached out to Paul Damico to see if he was interested in not just running the brand, but freshening it up and reenergizing it.
  • John Carroll
  • 19,620 Reads 2 Shares
The Great Recession has shifted the thinking and behavior of consumers, forcing franchise brands to respond with changes of their own as they try to keep up with the new normal. Indeed, no discussion of franchise trends in 2011 and multi-unit operators' favorite brands can begin without a nod to the recent economic turmoil and its residual short and long-term effects.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,763 Reads 4 Shares
As a young man, Army veteran and athlete Randy Merrill followed his natural interests into training and coaching at some of the nation's top fitness chains. The Atlanta native became one of the top producers for American Fitness Centers (later bought out by Bally Total Fitness) and then helped expand Australian Body Works, now known as LA Fitness, from five to 12 locations in the Atlanta market.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,790 Reads 2 Shares
It was my first week as COO of Sopra Brands. My job was to oversee the company's existing franchise brands (no small task), and to oversee the development and implementation of a brand-new frozen yogurt franchise from its inception--in a crowded category, during a full-blown recession, for an opening date that was already months behind schedule.
  • Keith Gerson
  • 5,288 Reads 96 Shares
It's no surprise that employees like benefits. Medical, dental insurance, and contribution plans rank high on the wish list of most workers, yet four out of 10 employees lack any knowledge of how much their medical insurance costs and of the 60 percent of employees who think they know the cost of their medical insurance, just 15 percent were able to provide a reasonable estimate, according to a new report by LIMRA, a worldwide research, consulting and professional development organization.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,577 Reads
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