Brian Keen releases articles of many kinds to the media and through other avenues such as
YouTube, Vimeo and Soundcloud. Here are some of the franchise radio recordings that you can browse and listen to.


Success Recipes

Don’t take franchise success for granted. The mistakes franchisors can make are many and one major example appears to be lack of appropriate research as in this unfortunate recent example with Success Recipes franchise from Malaysia. And this was after already expanding into eight countries… read more here

A great weekend

A great weekend. I ran the best franchise workshop yet on Saturday with a lovely group of committed business owners and then on Sunday….. A nine o’clock start saw me privileged to front up and spend an inspiring day in a workshop  with John Dwyer’s Institute of WOW Imagineers group at Sanctuary Cove. Outstanding example … Read more

2013 new dates have been released…

Have you set your goals for next year yet? Prue and I are going to be setting ours over the next couple of weeks before Christmas. It’s terrific having the flip chart out planning our new projects and strategies. And committing to what breakthroughs we want to achieve in 2013. We’ve got plenty, and I … Read more

Is disruption good for business?

We’re all (well, if we’re not we should be) experiencing massive change. For many of us it’s the first time. For us who are longer in the tooth, and that includes me, it’s a familiar pattern every seven to ten years. Maybe we’re lucky, maybe we’re not. I for one find it fascinating studying these … Read more

Franchising offers scope for regional businesses

It started with Pizza Hut, McDonalds and the rest of the fast-food giants, but now franchises have become one of the fastest-growing business types in Australia, racking up a turnover of more than $2 billion a year – or 15% of GDP. More often than not they are seen as an easy way for people … Read more

Ballina hosts free franchising seminar

Article from Ballina Shire Advocate Thursday 17th May 2012.   A FREE seminar on franchising will be held in Ballina on May 22.  The seminar is being presented by Brian Keen, from How to Franchise Simply. Brian started and grew six new franchise businesses with over 120 outlets over a five-year period. Over the last … Read more

Mal Emery’s Streetsmart Business School

Just returned from enjoying three stimulating days at Mal Emery’s Streetsmart Business School in Sydney where I made a presentation on our new programs – and received a really enthusiastic reception. Fortunate to meet numerous really dynamic business people. What a contagious environment!

If you want to franchise your business, Red Tent Radio has your answers on this week’s show

On this week’s episode of Red Tent Radio, Ludwina Dautovic interviews Brian Keen who is an expert in business franchising advice and consulting. Australia, April 06,2014/Free-Press-Release.com/ — This week, Red Tent Radio, one of Australia’s leading and most influential radio/podcast shows for small business advice, interviewed the franchising expert Brian Keen. He has over 40 … Read more

Learn How To Franchise Your Business and Save $10,000

Like to learn more about how you can franchise your business and save $10,000s? Listen to this week’s episode of Red Tent Radio – The Small Business Podcast Show, where Ludwina Dautovic, the host, has recorded a feature length interview with me on the in’s and out’s of franchising your business. It’s available right now … Read more

7 Steps To Creating That Franchise Business You Want

How To Franchise Your Business! 7 Steps To Creating & Setting Up A Franchise Business You Want Since you’re here, you’ve probably heard the story of how I started and grew six new franchise businesses with over 120 outlets over a five year period. Over the last three decades I have also helped dozens of … Read more

We believe in doing business… …for good

Our quest is to continue to help business owners who want to grow their business into a more valuable asset.

We do this through a number of our enterprises.

Through Franchise Simply® we help business owners who want to grow their business into a more valuable asset through franchising. The team of expert advisors at Franchise Simply® does this this through our simple three step Franchise Success Path which can be delivered in many different ways to suit you. We work closely with our team of leading franchise experts to provide the full range of services to the franchise industry, from carefully crafted legal agreements and operations and procedure manuals, to expert advice on corporate structures, fee structures, territory planning, franchisee support, recruitment and much more…The result - our members implement fast and get everything they need to succeed all in one place. Click here to join our inspiring community of entrepreneurs and you can be our next success story.

We believe in giving back and so a percentage of every program is given to MicroLoan Foundation Australia to help women in Southern Saharan Africa to build businesses and take their families out of poverty. To date we have helped provide over 60,000 loans impacting on 355,000 impoverished people.