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Franchising Out of the Box: Identifying Non-Traditional Multi-Unit Sites

Requirements and specifications for non-traditional locations will alter from franchise to franchise and location to location.

Operations & Training

Franchise Advertising: There’s More to it Than Meets the Eye

As competition for new franchisees becomes heated, advertising and promotional materials directed to prospective franchisees is likely to get more creative.

Operations & Training

Helping Franchisees Develop a Strategic Plan

The strategic-planning process offers a stronger approach to running the business by the numbers.

Operations & Training

Communicate Your Way to the Best Franchise Relationship

No doubt about it, good relationships are good for business, particularly in franchising. But why does the relationship between franchise owner and franchisor break down? There are many reasons beyond the scope of this article, but a logical reason to consider first is the quality of communications between and among the parties.

Franchise Relations

Acknowledging Success: How to Build an Effective Franchise Recognition Program

Building an effective franchise recognition program can be a crucial element in promoting the actions, diligence and planning required for being a successful franchisee.

Operations & Training

Benjamin Franklin: Father of Franchising?

His resume is impressive. While he is most known for his role in founding the United States, launching more than five inventions, serving as a diplomat during the American Revolution, scientific discoveries, writings and much more, his role as an entrepreneurial printer earns him yet another landmark in the history books.

Franchise Development