December 22, 2009

Leathes Prior Franchise – The Most Important Ingredient In A Successful Franchise

Franchise International: A strong business system? A stand out brand? Successful marketing? All important, no doubt. But, ask any franchising expert, and “The relationship between franchisor and franchise owners” will come near the top of their list. Franchising may be a uniquely successful way of spreading a business format, but at the core of any […]

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Peterborough Leads The Way In Franchising World

Peterborough Today: Peterborough once again became the leading example for franchising when at the recent British Franchise Association‘s annual general meeting, the city’s group of franchise businesses stood out as examples of progressive thinking. The regulatory standards body for franchising, the bfa in the UK is now being further developed to directly engage the thousands

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Great Clips Franchise Announces Its Football Bowl Advertising Schedule

Franchising.com: Great Clips, Inc., the world’s leading salon franchise, released the second tier of its National Media Strategy, which includes its college football bowl television schedule advertising the salon business. “Our first 15-second TV commercial airs December 29 in the Champs Sports Bowl and the schedule concludes with two spots running in the National Championship

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Production Studio In A Kit

In June, Missouri doctor Stuart Hoover needed to create a Web video to market his new wellness center in Springfield. He had farmed out similar video projects in the past, at a cost of thousands of dollars and weeks of waiting. This time he took a chance on a $300 product called Instant Video Presenter,

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Biz Christmas Cards Are Good Biz

Have you sent out your business Christmas cards yet? Is it worthwhile to send out a season’s greetings to your business contacts? Yes! With building a relationship with your clients and prospects, a business Christmas card acknowledges that you took the time and effort to think of them, reports About.com Small Business-Canada. Don’t go overboard

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Biz Gift Idea: CrowdFlower

Mundane tasks can be a waste of time not only for entrepreneurs, but for their team members. Get those dead-simple but time-consuming, someone’s-gotta-do-it tasks outsourced on the cheap using Labor-as-a-service startup CrowdFlower. You’ll need to create an account and add some credit to get your entrepreneur started. Photo by CrowdFlower.

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