The Subway PR team magicians have just made Jared Fogle disappear. Fogle is gone from time and space. You can’t (and won’t) find his name or his picture anywhere on the Subway corporate website. Wise move...
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The Top 10 Franchise News Headlines From 2013 That May Or May Not Be Real
As a franchise industry insider, I feel that it’s my obligation to share important franchise news and franchise happenings with you as they become available. I’d feel guilty if I didn’t. Several important things took...
Can Potential Franchise Owners Easily Find Your Website?
Scientists tell us that the universe is expanding every second. But, even though we can’t see it-or even feel it, it is. The online universe is expanding too. That, we can see. Thousands of new websites and blogs...
One Thing That You Can’t Control as a Franchise Owner
You became a franchise owner because you wanted more control over things. You wanted to have more of a say in your future. You were sick of getting downsized. Making others wealthy was getting old. Working 65...
I Know What You Want
Not only do I know what you want, I understand why you want it. In times of high unemployment especially, lots of people want what you want. But, that “wanting” goes away for most of them...
Why is This Huge Financial Services Brand Now Offering Franchise Opportunities?
Frankly, it’s so confusing, I had to read the post twice. The very-well branded Charles Schwab financial services empire has decided to take a shot (invest) in some franchise development efforts, but...
The 10 Greatest Things About Franchise Ownership
I’m part of a great industry. It’s pretty cool to be involved with the greatest business model ever developed. For the right person, at the right time in their life, who has the financial capability...
This Guest-Post About Franchise Resources Includes Some Serious Sucking Up
(This is a guest post from Fred Leo, a business coach whose home on the Internet is SoloBizCoach.com) One of the fastest ways to become your own boss is to buy a franchise, but finding the franchise that is right...
Is a Part-Time Business in Your Future?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have some part-time income coming in from a part-time business? Of course it would. The real question is this; can it be done? Can you find a legitimate franchise opportunity that...
More Trouble at the Troubled Quiznos Franchise Chain
The Quiznos located down the street from us was open for about a year and a half, then all of a sudden it closed. Then it opened back up for about 8 months or so. Then it closed again. Then it opened for about 3...
Be in My Franchise Book
(Are they talking about us?) Do you have a 1st Class website or blog that’s focused on franchising, entrepreneurship, finance-lending, small business issues, marketing/pr, or copywriting? If so...
Franchise PR Lesson; How To Ruin Your Less Than Stellar Reputation Even More
A recent press release announcing a “$7.6 million Franchise Giveaway” by ActionCoach, formerly known as Action International, is causing me to have major neck pain. I mean it; whenever I get really stressed...
How to Screw Up a Great Idea
Recently, I wrote about a new franchise concept that had a great name, and at the same time, seemed to be focused on doing all the right things. It’s quite refreshing to see a young company like this...
5 Tips on How to Run a Wildly Successful Franchise Business
(This is a guest post from Bart Puett, President and CEO of Maid Brigade, Inc., on how to run a successful franchise.) No one said running a franchise business was easy. Starting a franchise business is hard work no...