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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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The intriguing new Siri application that comes with the iPhone 4S has big implications for local search marketing.
  • Franchise Update
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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
  • 7,585 Reads 1,014 Shares
I often comment that technology is just a tool. It's not magic, nor mysterious, it is just a tool.
  • Scott Klososky
  • 4,606 Reads 138 Shares
Each day you are flooded with articles about using social media and mobile technology, and how important it is for your company to keep up.
  • Tom Epstein
  • 5,347 Reads 1,023 Shares
In a ground-breaking event this past June, the first 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
  • 3,290 Reads 8 Shares
Franchising is a complex business in that as a franchisor we have to fully understand two layers of customer profiles.
  • Randy Murphy
  • 9,025 Reads
You may not know it yet, but you are at war. An unprecedented battle rages over what you are entrusted to protect: your customer's credit card data.
  • David Ellis
  • 5,510 Reads 61 Shares
Metrics firm Experian studied how people spent their time online in the United Kingdom this August.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,092 Reads 4 Shares
It's a smooth ride when you have the right franchisees in your system. But what do you do with those frustrated franchisees that "aren't making it happen?"
  • Steve Olson
  • 3,131 Reads 5 Shares
Technology has allowed us to track our lead sources, assist us in buying advertising, organize our day, notify us when to make a call, and send emails.
  • Marc Kiekenapp
  • 3,454 Reads 23 Shares
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Lenny's Sub Shop President Brent Alvord lends new meaning to the term, well-rounded: an MBA in finance from the University of Memphis, 15 years as an executive with organizations such as Burger King, FedEx, and America Online, and a hands-on understanding of the restaurant industry he acquired as a youth working at Subway, Ruby Tuesday's, and Chili's.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 4,908 Reads 2 Shares
What are you doing to create a compelling, response-driven recruitment website for your brand?
  • Franchise Update
  • 6,531 Reads 517 Shares
Every day you are flooded with articles about using social media and mobile technology, and how important it is for your company to keep up.
  • Tom Epstein
  • 6,978 Reads 108 Shares
What are some effective ways to get franchisees to "buy in" and become actively involved with local-level marketing efforts?
  • Franchise Update
  • 7,558 Reads 649 Shares
In this issue's glimpse into a franchise start-up, I'll share the challenges and the victories I've encountered in attempting to differentiate our emerging EarthFruits Yogurt brand within its red-hot category and the resultant commoditization occurring within the space.
  • Keith Gerson
  • 4,672 Reads 60 Shares
What are you doing to create a compelling, response-driven recruitment website for your brand? Things are moving fast in new technologies and the ways people are using them to communicate.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,299 Reads 3 Shares
What are some effective ways to get franchisees to 'buy in' and become actively involved with local-level marketing efforts?
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,172 Reads 1,021 Shares
Network systems attackers, as well as less-dangerous (though still nefarious) hackers, never rest in their ongoing quest to compromise franchise computer systems and capture a share of the billion-dollar bounty of stolen credit card data.
  • David Ellis
  • 6,910 Reads
Jack Riggs didn't follow a simple straight line to franchising. In fact, it was rather crooked. But as it turned out, every twist and turn in his life helped him become the successful entrepreneur he is today.
  • John Carroll
  • 6,093 Reads 1 Shares
Technology is always changing as new trends or new tools continually impact the way businesses operate.
  • Amanda Richardson
  • 12,401 Reads 1 Shares
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We've all heard of CRM (customer relationship management) systems and we can't escape hearing about social media.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,959 Reads 52 Shares
As we've seen in high-definition in the past few months--from the natural and man-made disasters in Japan, to the rolling upheavals across North Africa and the Middle East, to the volatile whipsaws in food and energy prices--the factors that must be accounted for while structuring financial affairs are much more complicated than ever before.
  • Carol Clark
  • 7,594 Reads 1,023 Shares
The good news for franchise recruitment is there are key lead generation sources that will work to various degrees of success.
  • Steve Olson
  • 5,856 Reads 121 Shares
If you have not yet experimented with applications like FourSquare and Gowalla on your mobile device I suggest you load them and become familiar.
  • Scott Klososky
  • 8,609 Reads 1,023 Shares
Franchise Payments Network processes payments for more than 120 franchise chains across the retail, restaurant, service, and lodging sectors. This makes us uniquely positioned to provide a snapshot of the economy in franchising. Over the next few issues we are going to drill down and decipher what we are seeing in payment trends in the franchise space, with the goal helping you make better operational and marketing decisions. Let's begin with a 30,000-foot look at how consumers pay for transactions in franchise businesses
  • Tom Epstein
  • 6,777 Reads
Last month I discussed three steps for businesses to get started in social media.
  • Erica McClenny
  • 9,158 Reads 2,317 Shares
Most of you have already seen for yourselves that customers are willing to comment about experiences with your brand, especially online.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 4,344 Reads 183 Shares
Franchisors and franchisees will always face the challenge of living harmoniously in two business worlds that are not quite the same.
  • Steve Olson
  • 2,752 Reads 3 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a changing 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
  • 7,342 Reads 1 Shares
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