Top Franchise Topics And Tips For 2012

(A view from The Crown)

2012 was quite an interesting year.

It was dominated by a lot of loud political discourse on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and the like.

And, in-person political discussions were frequently of the “heated” variety.

In business, small business owners-including franchisors and some rather loud franchisees, jumped into the political fray…a lot.

Moving away from politics, the franchise industry had a pretty flat year as a whole, as the US economy continued to sputter along.

Some franchisors launched new products or new services. Some didn’t.

Some franchisors took advantage of hot trends, and were able to get some great PR in the process.

Below, is a recap of the past year’s topics and discussions…let’s see if you remember them.

One more thing: I’ve included a couple of useful tips for would-be franchisees, and even one for current franchisors.

Enjoy!

This is One Franchise Blog Post That Really Stinks:

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/food-franchises

Quiznos Franchisees Got To Breathe Again:

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/quiznos-franchise-locations

Lin-Sanity:

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/ben-jerrys-lin-sanity-ice-cream-lin-update

Why Do You?

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/why-do-you-want-to-be-the-boss

This One Cool Image Explains My Philosophy:

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/preventing-franchisee-pain

My Review Of McDonald’s DDTW

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/how-mcdonalds-screwing-up-franchises

They Should Know Better

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/franchise-brokerage-claims-dizzying-success-rates

Frozen Yogurt Franchise Owners Didn’t Like This One

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/frozen-yogurt-franchise-fantasies

That Weird Wallenda Thing

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/nik-wallenda-franchisee

Maybe All Of Us Should Do This

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/buying-a-six-figure-job

This Franchisor Doesn’t Like Me Anymore

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/new-unishippers-franchise-model

Why Apple Stores Will Never-Ever Become Franchises

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/apple-retail-stores-apple-franchise

Bookmark This!

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/top-10-ways-to-lower-your-risk-when-buying-a-franchise

Franchisors Better Have a Social Media Footprint

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/franchise-concept-social-media-marketing-footprint

The Hottest Franchise Trends

http://www.thefranchiseking.com/hot-franchise-trends-2013

Controversy

Once in a while, I step right in it.

The Denny’s Fiasco

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/john-metz-dennys-obamacare-surcharge-_n_2146735.html

Chick fil A: Bizarre Franchise Concept To The Max

http://www.openforum.com/articles/what-did-we-learn-from-chick-fil-a/

Obamacare And Franchising

http://smallbiztrends.com/2012/11/obamacare-franchise-owners-choices.html

Did I miss any?

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