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Mister SparkyÂ®, Benjamin Franklin PlumbingÂ®, And One Hour Heating & Air ConditioningÂ® Get Flooded With Business After NBCâ€™s â€œThe Celebrity Apprenticeâ€

Earthtimes: The popular home service brands of Mister SparkyÂ®, Benjamin Franklin PlumbingÂ®, and One Hour Heating & Air ConditioningÂ® partnered with NBCâ€™s The Celebrity Apprentice for the programâ€™s ninth season. The episode aired on Sunday, May 2nd from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT. During the episode, the celebrity contestants had to create three 30-second creative radio commercials […]

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Tasti D-Lite Ready For Rapid Expansion With New Hires

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QSR Web: Frozen dessert chain Tasti D-Lite has recently brought on four top industry professionals with varied backgrounds to build and strengthen its core leadership team. The new hires include: • Dwayne Greer, franchise development director, who will assist in the companyâ€™s U.S. expansion plans. With 20 years in franchise development, Greer most recently worked

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Plan For Repeat Biz

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Brad Sugars at Entrepreneur says if there is one mantra you should adopt now and plan for in your business, it should be that repeat business equals profit. The reality of business is that it costs anywhere from six to eight times as much to generate a new customer as it does to sell to

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Ibis Launches New Operating Model For Expansion In China

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Travel Daily News International: ibis, the international economy hotel brand of the Accor group, announced its plan to deploy a franchise development model to support the growth of the ibis brand in China. This new franchising model together with the existing ownership and leased model will grow the ibis network into new locations throughout China.

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Twitter Readying Business Center

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Appscout reports that Twitter has confirmed that it is readying the launch of its new Business Center. Aimed at business users, the new service has been in beta testing mode for almost five months. The service has already been rolled out to “a handful of accounts.” Twitter has begun offering more businesses access to the

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Turn Your Passion Into Profits

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Job satisfaction may be at a record low, but you’re probably not going to quit in this economy, right? Where would you go? What would you do? WalletPop says to tap into your passions. Find a way to make a living doing what you love to do. “If the recession’s taught us anything, it’s that

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Round Trip Brings In New Franchisees For Ovenclean

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Franchising.net.au: Ovenclean‘s Perth based franchisors took an 11,000 km round trip from Perth to Sydney in the Ovenclean fifth wheeler to recruit additional franchisees. Richard and Rowena Clark have attracted three new franchisees to the team, with a further two in the pipeline. Rowena Clark said “Ovenclean will be exhibiting at the Perth Franchising Expo

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Mrs. Fields Names New CEO, Talks Growth

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â€ŽNation’s Restaurant News: Mrs. Fields Original Cookies Inc. has hired Timothy Casey, a veteran of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Starbucks chains, to serve as chief executive and president. Casey joins the company, which exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2008, as it restarts growth at its Mrs. Fields and TCBY brands following

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Papa John’s Makes Management Changes

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â€ŽTrading Markets: Papa John’s International, a pizza company, has announced the promotion of Jude Thompson, president and COO of the company, to co-CEO, along with John Schnatter, founder and chairman of the company. Mr Schnatter will continue to focus on the company’s sourcing of ingredients, distribution, product quality and serving as brand spokesperson, while Mr

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Manila Looks Set To Become Franchising Hub In Asia

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Business Mirror: After business-process outsourcing (BPO), franchising is now seen as the next biggest employment generator and catalyst for real-estate development as more foreign brands locate to the country and make the Philippines their franchising hub for Asia. Samie Lim, chairman emeritus of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA), said the mature franchising industry in the

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