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November 14, 2017

Tips for Learning Better Business Practices On the Go Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around every once in awhile, you could miss it. Those very words were spoken by Ferris Bueller, one of pop culture's best-known slackers. Despite those lazy-driven tendencies, however, he's got a...

November 10, 2017

No, You Shouldn't Worry About an Income as a Franchisee: Here's Why With any career change comes stress and worries that something won't work out. That, variables that are out of our control, will prove to be too much and bring your operation to a screeching halt. A reality that would leave you wit...

November 7, 2017

10 Current Topics You Should Incorporate into Social Media Social media, along with tech in general, has become a huge part of online marketing. Efforts to advertise are growing more widespread than ever, and those who are staying ahead of the curve by utilizing an online presence are seeing ongoing...

November 3, 2017

Manage Your Management Time With New Tech With today's available technologies, there are tons of ways to keep track of your time commitments – both in scheduling phases, and after your tasks have been completed. There are online calendars, apps, even entities that sync to every single electro...

October 31, 2017

8 Tech Updates That Will Make a Better Customer Experience We are living in the age of tech. There's no denying that electronic upgrades of all kinds are readily available. And better yet, they're yours for the taking – and anyone else who's brave and tech-savvy enough to take them on. When d...

October 26, 2017

How to Play Well With Difficult Customers We've all been in a "the customer is always right" type of situation. Whether you were the customer and something went wrong, or you were the very frustrated business owner, a power play came to light. The thing about customers, however, is that they're very...

October 19, 2017

8 Franchise Industries That Provide an Ongoing Market In the world of business, a consistent need for service is what keeps you profitable. As simple as that might sound, it's a hard and brutal fact of the professional world. A demand for your product and/or services means more work, and it means mo...

October 19, 2017

7 Things Top CEOs are Doing That You Should Consider in Your Franchise When looking to expand your business – or even start it – where is the first place you looked? What ideas first came to mind? You can consider franchise materials, mentors, success stories, or even others in your con...

October 17, 2017

Common Doubts and How to Overcome them When Opening your Business Before you open your business – or perhaps before you do anything new – it's normal to have doubts. That's part of human nature, allowing our fears to take root and form scenarios (no matter how ridiculous) within our head...

October 13, 2017

Real Estate Trends and How They Can Affect Your Franchising Path. A business's location is one of its most important factors. It's one that can help bring in business and allow for functionality and for workers to perform duties as needed. Even if your franchise is based out of a home office, it's i...

October 10, 2017

Is That Legal in Your Area? How to Find Franchising Laws Specific to Your Town Can it be done? Are you legally allowed to follow through with your new zany idea? Do seemingly mundane steps need to be cleared with the city? Or the state? Or some zoning committee that's unique to your area? Maybe &nda...

October 6, 2017

Are You Capping the Franchise Market? And Should You? When it comes to business ventures, it's always about the bottom line. Knowing how much money a business is making vs. how much it's spending, and in earlier stages, the potential for earning. Understanding how much room is there to turn a profit...

October 3, 2017

9 Underrated Perks to Working With a Franchise Anyone who saw The Blind Side was instantly impressed at the advantages of franchising. Within the movie, the starring family owned tons of businesses – they got free food, they had a fancy house and nice things, and they were nice people (even i...

September 29, 2017

10 Quotes to Help you Take the "Leap" into Franchising Are you ready to own your own business? If the thought has already crossed your mind, chances are you're circling the notion on some level. Then again, you might already be in beginning stages toward business ownership. In either scenario &ndash...

September 26, 2017

The Rising Trend of the Minimalist Franchise Less is more – that's a common theme that brands and a growing number of businesses are taking to heart. Not only mom and pop shops who want to keep their overhead low, but franchises who are located all throughout the country. Rather than offering...

September 22, 2017

Not Like the Others: Companies Who Worked Differently to Find Great Success One of these things is not like the others – that's a common saying we hear, sometimes as a song. The next part, however, the "One of these things doesn't belong" is the part we take issue with. Whoever said being dif...

September 19, 2017

How to Transition From Your Old Job into Your Dream Job There comes a time in every franchisee's career where they must choose between the job they have and the job they want. The job that they have is stable, it makes an income, and it might even come with some added benefits (health, dental, 401K,...

September 15, 2017

Why You Should Consider a Second Franchise Location, Even When it's "Too Soon" Hearing that something is "too soon" in life is a common excuse. Folks say that it's too soon to propose, to make an offer on a house, or even to call up your business partner and tell them you want to expand. But what is...

September 11, 2017

Healthy Ways to Work Long Hours as a Business Owner As a business owner, it's a title that often means working long and hard hours. When you're the person in charge, you're also the person in charge of everything. Over time and with seasoned employees, that's a workload that can and will calm down....

September 8, 2017

7 Ways to Perk Up a Slothy Progress Day We've all been there – trying to get things done on a day where nothing seems to work like it should. Maybe it's the weather, maybe it's that the stars were simply misaligned that day. Whatever the cause, anti-progress is a recipe for disaster. Where you...

September 1, 2017

6 Reasons You'll Hate Being Your Own Boss ... And Why You Should Still Do It Owning your own business can be a love/hate relationship, for a number of different reasons. As much as you love being the one in charge, you might hate the stability. While it sounds amazing to make your own schedule, some...

August 31, 2017

Leasing Tips you Didn't Know to Look For Aside from obtaining rights for a specific brand, finding a franchise's location might be a business owner's most important step. Without a place to operate, customers can't find you, and you can't complete work orders. You're simply an individual with a very...

August 29, 2017

Minneapolis is Banning Some Drive-Thrus… How the Move Affects Franchises In the city of Minneapolis, many franchisee owners are getting a surprise: their plans for building a drive-thru are being denied. There are no code regulations, no adhering to restrictions, etc., the city is canceling s...

August 17, 2017

Relax Like the Pros: How Top Business Professionals Help Keep Themselves Calm Breathe in, breath out. It's a simple concept, and one that can have an overwhelming affect on your overall mood and attitude for the day. An oldie but a goodie. Some days, however, breathing deeply just isn't cutting the...

August 15, 2017

Why All Entrepreneurs Have a "Make or Break" Moment Sink or swim – it's an instinct we all hold inside us. It's a feeling you're born with, even if you can't execute it from day one. It's human nature to want to succeed. And more often than not, big success is on the other side of an almost f...