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When you drive up to Disneyland the message is clear: "The Happiest Place On Earth." That not only announces their intention, it also defines their performance standards.
  • Jim Cathcart
  • 4,399 Reads
Keeping the business model simple has paid off handsomely for Charles Smithgall over the past 18 years he has been an Aaron's franchisee
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,204 Reads 1,014 Shares
More than 5,000 veterans and military spouses have become franchise business owners in the past two years, according to the International Franchise Association.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,899 Reads 1,023 Shares
Franchise Update Media is pleased to announce a new addition to the company. Diane Phibbs will be taking on a new role as Executive Vice President.
  • Franchise Update Media
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While many small and medium-sized businesses have been quick to embrace free postings on social media networks, one-fourth of those active on social networks expect to spend more money to advertise on sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter in 2014...
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,281 Reads
Swahili is a language used throughout eastern Africa. It is a lingua franca - a language used to make communication possible among people not sharing a common mother tongue.
  • Darrel Johnson
  • 6,194 Reads
There's a sign on the wall in Charles Haney's Burger 21 restaurant in Voorhees, N.J., that he believes lists all the best ways to succeed. One, he says, defines who he is: "B-different."
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,718 Reads 3 Shares
Great multi-unit franchisees deserve to be recognized. That's exactly why Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine created the annual MVP Awards. If you think you have what it takes – or you know a franchisee who does – nominate them for the MVP Award.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,114 Reads 1,021 Shares
A few months ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a front-page story detailing how it's legal for nongovernmental providers of key data series, such as the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment poll ...
  • Carol Schleif
  • 7,042 Reads
Earlier this month, Franchise Business Review announced the 2014 recipients of its Franchisee Satisfaction Awards, part of a national project that looks at franchisee satisfaction at some of the country's most popular franchise brands.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,677 Reads
Companies can make more money when they empower employees to make decisions that create over-happy customers, says John Tschohl, president of Service Quality Institute.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,480 Reads
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One of Charles Haney's favorite things about his new Burger 21 restaurant in Voorhees, N.J., is a wall sign that he believes lists all the best ways to succeed.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,375 Reads 1,014 Shares
Each year, Franchising.com likes to take a look back at the articles and news that highlighted the franchise industry. Below you will find a list of the 10 most read articles and news stories that ran across our network in 2013.
  • Benjamin Foley
  • 7,629 Reads 9 Shares
Talk about starting a business during the worst of times. Jason Duffy knows just what that's like.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 17,084 Reads 229 Shares
Among the many tools and tactics companies can use to improve the customer experience, speed is the most overlooked.
  • John Tschohl
  • 6,903 Reads 154 Shares
To most financial advisors, convincing their clients of the absolute necessity of maintaining a sound financial system and cash controls—and the need to consistently review, evaluate, and plan—is about as easy as selling first aid.
  • Steve LeFever
  • 7,456 Reads 60 Shares
IRAs and annuities are growing in popularity as retirement investment options, according to recent surveys, but three financial experts warn they can have serious disadvantages.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,245 Reads 1,021 Shares
Two former Air Force vets will soon be taking flight by opening an Interim HealthCare in Salt Lake City.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,708 Reads 1,014 Shares
In 2009, Charles Loflin's life was in high gear and he was racking up one success after another. Then his wife got cancer.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,664 Reads
Thirty Golden Corral restaurants, $155 million in sales annually, and providing jobs for more than 3,000 people would most certainly qualify as a success story for Eric Holm.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,871 Reads 1,014 Shares
For NFL Quarterback David Garrard, there's no such thing as "retirement." His short break from the NY Jets, starting in May and ending in October, proves that he's not good at sitting back and doing nothing.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,575 Reads
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These days we hear plenty about employee engagement. We know disengaged employees are bad for business.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,965 Reads 1 Shares
Larry Katzen made partner at Arthur Andersen by the time he was 30. The "Big 8" accounting firm had a long reputation for innovation and integrity.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,003 Reads 5 Shares
Mary Lynne Carraway's 74 Domino's Pizza restaurants may dominate the Washington, D.C., market, but she runs her 1,800-employee business with a kind and gentle approach to success.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,402 Reads 5 Shares
Recently, we represented a multi-unit operator in the sale of a tier-one franchise business that had to overcome numerous hurdles to achieve a successful outcome.
  • Dean Zuccarello
  • 5,789 Reads
Mary Lynn Carraway is a successful Domino's franchisee with 74 locations in the Washington, D.C., area.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 15,123 Reads 6 Shares
Although we live in the richest and most advanced society the world has ever known, many of us say we need more money in order to be happy, notes best-selling author Doug Vermeeren.
  • Doug Vermeeren
  • 6,772 Reads 1 Shares
Two Zaxby's franchisee partners with ties to the brand's corporate office are growing again.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,835 Reads 3 Shares
A couple of months ago, our lead social media strategist at EMSI Public Relations started noticing interesting changes involving the Twitter accounts we manage for clients.
  • Marsha Friedman
  • 5,127 Reads
Have your begun processing payments with a smartphone or tablet yet? Maybe they're seriously considering implementing a mobile processing strategy like many other businesses and micro-merchants.
  • Jon Clark
  • 10,973 Reads 39 Shares
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