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.
The Growing Trends in Franchising
The Growing Franchise Trends 2022 Business never stands still does it? Especially today with fast communication systems making us all aware of what is being done by everyone else and using those ideas to build new ones of our own. And the changes and innovations seem to be coming faster and faster each day. Having … Read more
Understand How A Franchisee Business Journey Promotes Growth Over The Years
Every franchisee, especially a franchisee new to business, will have a journey to take to gain the skills to operate more than one franchise unit. Understand The Basics First, you will have to concentrate on learning how to deliver the service or product the franchisor’s way. you might be an experienced restaurateur, but if you … Read more
Taking The Fear Out Of Franchising – Inspired By The Book By Dr. John P. Hayes
I was introduced to Dr John P. Hayes when I met Michel E Gerber, so I knew he’d be an interesting subject when I interviewed him for my Franchise Radio Show. And John didn’t disappoint me. In fact I was so impressed with his published works that I give copies to all Franchise Simply clients … Read more
How Life in the Clouds Paid Dividends for Earworx
COVID beaten, growth accelerated at Earworx – here’s how An interview with Scott Marston from Earworx the other day reminded me just how vital a carefully crafted business structure and systems were for driving business growth. Scott’s partner Lisa started the business in 2016. Earworx is a professional practice for earwax removal by qualified nurses … Read more
Managing Franchise Growth Can Be The Biggest Challenge You Have Faced To Date
Thinking about expansion? But how are your franchise support systems going to cope? And what do you want the group to look like in the future anyway? One way or another you are going to have to bring in some help and, once you have established yourself and your franchisees are gaining business experience, … Read more
How to franchise your business simply
It‘s more than just systems: a franchise without a system is like a car without wheels – it’s just not going anywhere. Whether you are just starting up, you currently have 50 franchisees or are somewhere in between, if you are to franchise, you need a clear, simple and well documented system. Just as … Read more
What if your ideal franchisee doesn’t exist?
When I attend expos and events I am told again and again, ‘This franchising thing is a con, my ideal franchisee just doesn’t exist’. When I question, I am inevitably told, ‘My business is successful but I want it to grow and have other people take the day to day management away. So I went … Read more
Why Lawyers Are The Last
WHEN FRANCHISING A BUSINESS, YOU CAN’T WORK OUT THE MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT ITEMS TO BE CAREFULLY DESCRIBED IN ANY MEANINGFUL FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW A FRANCHISE GROUP IS GOING TO WORK. Even with the best will in the world, lawyers are not in the best position to understand the people side of a … Read more
The Pros and con of a Mobile vs a Bricks and Mortar Franchise
At any given moment there are thousands of people across the world looking at buying a business and many of those will be looking at a franchise. There are as many types of franchises as there are businesses. The franchise model is usually a safer way of starting a business for the first timer as … Read more
Is your franchise value for money? Here’s 5 ways to check
Working out whether a prospective franchise will be a worthwhile investment is an important step before deciding to take the plunge. Is your franchise value for money? I’ll answer that question with another. What is franchise value? It’s a really good, and complicated question. Good, because you need to determine if it is good value … Read more