Seven Reasons Why Franchising is Good for Small Business Growth

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Despite popular belief, franchising is not exclusive to large-scale businesses. Many studies show it can be the perfect vehicle for small businesses to expand – gaining market share through increased distribution of products or services with minimal capital outlay. You’ve probably heard of franchising before, but are wondering what the real benefits are. Well, here … Read more

Why disruptive thinking is essential

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“What keywords that have been uppermost in business commentary so far this year?” In searching for a topic for this article, I asked this question at the recent Franchise Expo in Sydney. And there were three clear favourite responses – ‘change,’ ‘innovation,’ and ‘fear.’ Change because we hear it constantly, innovation because it is ‘the’ … Read more

How To Sell A Franchise

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Choosing franchisees is little different from any normal job selection process. However, finding the right applicant for your business isn’t easy… one well-known hamburger chain is said to interview 100 prospective franchisees for every one appointed. Given this difficulty, it is especially important to have an effective recruitment system in place from the start. So, … Read more

Foodies Go Mainstream

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There Are New Patterns Emerging As Fresh New Food Choices Challenge The Establishment When we arrived on the Gold Coast a few years ago, we were encouraged to visit Tedder Avenue in Main Beach for a foodie experience. The strip boasted some of the best foodie outlets we were told. So we decided to go … Read more

Creating more sales traffic that sticks

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Advertising is expensive and, next to creating your product, probably the most critical and expensive investment for developing and growing a successful business. You May Have To Sacrifice Equity Some businesses see advertising as their way to growth but I know this is often a gross oversimplification. And the reason is, advertising done wrong can … Read more

Simplest Way To Beat Your Competition Hands Down

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In today’s consumer world we are all bombarded with choice. Choice of more suppliers, choice of more products, and every one of them promising to provide better service. It doesn’t have to be January sale time to see that everyone is competing on price as well. In consumers’ minds this can be a turnoff and … Read more

Are You Ready To Open New Stores?

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Brian Keen from How to Franchise Simply talks to Renew Design and shares three decades experience working within the franchise industry. We discussed a simple strategy to set your business up for growth. There are a handful of key ingredients that must be in place before a business is ready to expand. When a business owner … Read more

The 7 Eleven saga and is wage cheating endemic?

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Of course there has understandably been a lot of press about 7Eleven recently – which appears to be more about franchisee employment practices than franchising per se. There are always a wide range of success and failure stories around franchising but I have found that within the well-managed franchise groups there is very little to … Read more

Gold Plus Mentoring Program

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Add The Specialists You Need For Franchise Success How would you like to add some specialist help to get your franchise journey on track? Well, that’s exactly what you get when you become part of my Gold Plus Mentoring Program. Not only is it your opportunity to use me and everything I know to help … Read more

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