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What Are The Advantages Of Franchising

Let’s look in some of these aspects. Working Capital A big advantage of franchising, there is an initial outlay, yes, but that’s fairly limited, I think, in terms of what you can spend in a business today, is that you get working capital. So for franchisors, you really have very little in the way of … Read more

Franchisor Responsibilities

Franchisor Responsibilities What are these franchisor responsibilities you should keep in mind? Group marketing is a critically important in any franchise. I think the franchisor should either retain people who have marketing expertise or learn it themselves because it’s an important area where the franchisor should keep the initiative to make sure the brand’s integrity … Read more

Recruiting new franchIsees

Recruiting new franchIsees An Example of how we went about it Moving on to recruitment, I mentioned earlier about Peter Bassett with his group and how his first franchisee was an employee and then, once that was established, he went on and sold other outlets to new franchisees. So that’s the evolution he used to … Read more

How many franchises could you grow across Australia?

How many franchises could you grow across Australia Just consider this. Location Total Year One Year Two Year Three Accumulative Sydney 35 Melbourne 28 Brisbane 19 Perth 12 Adelaide 8 Country 20 Total 120 Example city 19 4 9 3 16 These figures are from Peter, but approximately, if you’re thinking Brisbane, you can put … Read more

A Successful Start-Up Franchise Case Study – Annette Corrie

I mentioned earlier Annette Corrie who came and presented in our workshop a while back and we were able to film her talk and her background. She’s going to share a little bit of her history. Annette Is someone who’d never been in business before opening this one. Her family and her friends, who’ve never … Read more
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