If you happen to own or work for a franchise company, are you finding it tougher to find future franchise owners? Is our tough economy impacting the number of inquires you are receiving from interested parties? Is it...
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Joel LibavaThe Franchise King Blog: Reaching Out To My Readers…
As we head towards the July 4th holiday weekend, I thought that it would be a nice time to reach out to you, for some suggestions. First of all, I hope you feel that I am doing a good job with The Franchise King Blog...
Your Vote Counts.
For The Coolest Franchise Website!!! With all this talk about voting this week, one would think that this is an election year….Anyway, there is this Cool little contest going on, and you have until Monday, June...
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"The Coolest Franchise Website" Contest Is Ready For Your Votes!
At 10:00 AM today, you can go to the nomination page of the contest, look at the websites that have been submitted, and cast your vote! You may vote for one Franchise Website, once per day. The "Coolest Franchise...
A Franchise Opportunity-Pet Funerals
The Pet industry is a multi-billion dollar one, with many different opportunities for the franchise industry to move in, and try to dominate things in different niches. It’s actually neeshes, according to my...
Alltop.com Keeps You In The Loop
Guy Kawasaki With thousands of new websites and blogs being added to the internet every day, it is becoming increasingly difficult to absorb everything that is going on in our world. It used to be easier. On the way to...
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Green Franchises; Which Major One Is Now Greening it’s Operation?
If you guessed Wendy’s, or Burger King, you would be wrong….If you guessed 7-11, or MAACO, you would be wrong. Are you thinking Arby’s? Dunkin Donut’s? Two Men And A Truck? The now famous 2 Dudes...
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Franchise Contest Update! Almost 50 Franchise Entries So Far
The Coolest Franchise Website Contest is still in progress, and so far, almost 50 contest entries have been received. There are thousands of franchise companies out there, and some of them may have Cool Websites. Are...
More About Those Silly Meal Prep Franchises
In July of last year, I discussed the "Meal Prep" franchise model, and how I felt that it wasn’t very well thought out. Here is part of what I said: "Since I am part of the dual income we have no...
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The Franchise King’s Video Response To Papa John’s 23 Cent Pizza!
*********Update****** Update****** Go here {today only May 8th} for Live Updates of 2,000+ people waiting in line for these 23 cent Pizza's. WKYC-TV's website. Police involved, now.Line jumping starting as...
Fellow Franchise Blogger Featured In Franchise Times Story
Jim Coen, a Boston area franchise consultant, and a guy who shares many of the same views as I do-concerning the franchise industry was just featured in Franchise Times, a leading industry publication. The topic was...
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A Franchise PR Firm’s Take On Papa John’s 23 Cent Pizza Apology
Chicago based Sanderson PR, the public relations agency for everything franchise, says that the DC franchisee who imprinted the infamous "Crybaby" T-Shirts for the Wizards-Cavs basketball playoff game was a...
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Does Papa John’s Franchise Dislike The Cleveland Cavaliers Franchise?
Being a franchise industry blogger based in Cleveland has it's ups and downs. Here is a down: "Cuyahoga County, metropolitan Cleveland's largest county, is now ranked #1!" Number #1 for what, you might...
Taking John Jantsch’s Duct Tape Marketing Advice
John Jantsch I was reading John’s Duct Tape Marketing Newsletter a couple of weeks ago, and I really liked his idea of having a one page web "hub." In a web hub , interested parties are sent to a central...
"The Coolest Franchise Website" Contest Has Been Extended!
We have extended the Cool contest until May 19th. That means you can nominate your favorite franchise website until May 19th at 10:00PM. The nominees will be announced on June 2nd, and that is also when voting will...
Solar Franchise Update From The Franchise King Blog!
With Earth Day being celebrated around the planet yesterday, I thought this would be the time to update you on a very popular topic…Solar Energy-Franchising…..
Nominations For "The Coolest Franchise Website" Contest Are Rolling In…
As we start tracking The Coolest Franchise Website nominations, I have been thinking about just how much the internet has changed everything. I do mean everything. From how our children are starting to learn about the...
What Exactly IS a "Cool" Franchise Website?
What is the definition of a "Cool" website? My definition may be completely different than your definition. For me, a "cool" website will have some nice color combinations, stunning graphics, easy to...
Nominate Your Favorite Franchise Website!
Nominations for "The Coolest Franchise Website Contest" can be submitted now! State Franchise Centers.com, in conjunction with The Franchise Engine, and Sanderson PR, are searching for the franchise websites...
The Role Of a Franchise Broker-Consultant. Wall Street Journal Style
I wrote an op-ed this week concerning Kelly Spors story on franchise brokers-consultants. Spors, a Wall Street Journal reporter, got some quotes from Mr.Michael Seid, a non-supporter of our little portion of the...
Nominations For "The Coolest Franchise Website" Contest open This Monday!
The Coolest Franchise Website Contest, sponsored by State Franchise Centers.com, The Franchise Engine, and Sanderson PR starts this Monday, April 21st! Please remember to pass this Cool contest information on to...
Franchise Website Contest Announcement!
Which North American based franchise company has the coolest website?
Starting Your Search For A Franchise To Own
If you are thinking about becoming your own boss, and the business model of franchising is intriguing to you, where do you start your search for a franchise?
Dun & Bradstreet Recognizes This Savvy Blogger!
The recent purchase of AllBusiness.com, a wildly popular business focused website, for $55 million by Dun & Bradstreet, was done to enhance D&B’s internet presence. It has, thanx in some part to it’s...
The Master Franchise/Build an Empire {Part 2}
In Part 2 of my discussion of The Master Franchise, I will go into the business model itself….
Check Out THIS Food Franchise
The gals over at The Daily Franchise News Blog are reporting that Good Times Burgers And Frozen Custard is going to expand to 100 locations, in the next few years….The Colorado based chain has not been officially...
The Wall Street Journal Top 25 Franchise Methodology
??????????????????? HUH? So a publication like the WSJ comes up with a Top 25 Franchise List. Great. It is based on??? Well, those of us the franchise industry that care, hope that the methodology used is not...
Fellow Blogger {Sean Kelly} Named To Top 50
Sean Kelly, who like me , owns a significant amount of franchise blog real estate, is at it again. A couple of days ago I posted about The Franchise King Blog being named "One Of The Top 50 Business Start-Up Blogs...
This Franchise Blog Now A Top 50 Start-Up Blog!
Toronto, Canada entrepreneur, Evan Carmichael, just named this blog to his: "Top 50 Start-Up Blogs To Watch In 08." Thank You, Evan! Evan’s website is a well known one in entrepreneurial circles, and...
Mr. Handyman Scores One!
Ann Arbor based Mr. Handyman has obtained the services of actor Richard Karn, to be it’s spokesperson. Folks, this is how to get to market! Congrats Todd, Jen et al! Fellow blogger Jim Coen, writes about this...
Why You Should Only Work With Local Franchise Resources!
Here’s why:
Because they are local. I know that the next couple of paragraphs may anger some folks in the franchise industry. But this is about you. Not them…..
A Franchise Marketing Phenom, Sean Kelly
The Kelly Quite the character, Sean Kelly of IdeaFarm, in eastern Pennsylvania, is a guy who knows marketing. Sean is a fellow franchise blogger, and one I have no problem calling for advice on all things related to...
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Franchise Direct Adds Franchise Book Reviews To It’s Blog. My New eBook Reviewed 1st!
Franchise Direct, a leading franchise portal based in Dublin, Ireland has just added a nice new feature to their highly rated website/blog. Franchise Direct’s publishing team will be doing frequent reviews of...
Join The Franchise King Blog As I LiveBlog The Ohio Primary Results
Join me on Twitter {And a whole bunch of others} now, as we discuss the Ohio Presidential Primary voting results etc. Etc. And..Etc.LIVE
The "R" Word. Revisited BY Mr. Buffet. {Not The Jimmy}
{"R". Courtesy of Smallbiztrends.com} {www.Thefranchiseking.com} Cross posted on my NEW blog, www.NEObizblog.com Ok. I have had it. All this talk about a Recession has me, well, right! I wrote about it in...
We’re LiveBlogging The Ohio Presidential Primary With WKYC-TV.
The Main Attraction: WKYC-TV in Cleveland has asked Cleveland’s Meet The Bloggers to participate in the highly contested Ohio Presidential Primary, from the Channel 3 Studios, Tuesday evening. George Nemeth, and...
Franchise Marketing #102. Keeping Up With New Media
{www.Thefranchiseking.com} If you are a franchisor, and you did not watch any of the recent Presidential debates, you have missed some very important examples of how to get to market. This "Social Media" thing...
Dairy Queen Franchise Owners Not Chillin
Old. New. DQ. Dairy Queen.The Blizzard. Conjures up sweet memories, huh. Well DQ Corporate has a new idea or two, which involve a lot more than their new logo above, and some franchisees of the chain are quite...
Why The Franchise King Blog LiveBlogged The Cleveland Presidential Debate
Because the franchise industry will be affected by the outcome of the 2008 election. Since the Republican nomination seems to be a lock, lots of Americans are watching the Clinton-Obama battle….
Who Won Cleveland Democratic Presidential Debate?
Pretty intense debate, huh? Spirited. Non-violent. Was this the last one? The overwhelming response feel from those that were commenting and following this blogger was very anti-Hillary. Lots of joking around, with...
