Franchise sales and development is what drives the growth of a
franchise system, especially early on, and it’s what most
franchisors lose sleep over more than anything else. But what’s
also crucial to the steady growth of a franchise is the support
that corporate gives to existing franchisees, in terms of marketing
and advertising, operational
... Read MoreDate Published: Jan 11, 2012 - 1:04 pm
Franchise local online marketing is complicated and intimidating
for most franchisees, especially if the franchisor isn’t proactive
about providing strategies, best practices, and guidance. When done
right it can be a powerful sales & marketing channel at the
local level, but for most people the thought of juggling a local
website, blog, SEO, social media,
... Read MoreDate Published: Dec 27, 2011 - 8:33 pm
I recently had the pleasure of co-presenting a webinar with Adam
Enbar from HubSpot, titled “Inbound Marketing Strategies for
Franchises.” We covered a lot of topics that franchisors and
franchisees struggle with day in and day out in the franchise
online marketing space, including SEO best practices, local
franchisee websites, blogging, social media, and email
... Read MoreDate Published: Dec 21, 2011 - 7:13 pm
Ultimately, it’s less important which technologies are used in
implementing a solution for your local franchisee websites, how
long it takes, or how much the investment is. These are all very
important considerations, but what trumps everything else is
determining who is best equipped to comprehensively understand the
business objectives and goals for franchisee websites,
... Read MoreDate Published: Dec 20, 2011 - 2:36 pm
It is extremely important to make a sound determination on who is
ultimately best suited to deliver the optimal results you’re
looking to achieve for franchisee websites. In most cases, the
decision is whether to task your IT department or a current vendor
with implementing this new solution, or utilize an existing,
specialized service such
... Read MoreDate Published: Dec 15, 2011 - 1:46 pm
When assessing what’s important for your franchisee websites, what
matters most is the return on investment (ROI). In most cases the
success metrics you should assess for franchisee websites to help
define the ROI, in order of importance, are:
1. Lead-to-Customer Conversions: Website leads that convert to
paying customers. 2. Lead Generation: Visitors that complete
a
... Read MoreDate Published: Dec 13, 2011 - 12:38 pm
Franchisors considering the effectiveness of their franchisee
websites and overall online presence are generally in one of the
following stages: 1. Starting to think about it: You’ve realized
the need for local websites to empower franchisees with a better
way to increase awareness and customer acquisition in their local
markets, but you’re unsure about how
... Read MoreDate Published: Dec 08, 2011 - 10:39 am
How to Effectively Plan & Implement the Right Solution for
Franchisee Websites Franchisors are quickly realizing just how
important it is for their franchisees to have a strong online
presence these days, to spread awareness of their locations in
local markets, increase lead generation and customer acquisition
levels, and help improve customer loyalty and retention
... Read MoreDate Published: Dec 07, 2011 - 2:22 pm
It’s shocking that in 2011, so many small businesses and
franchisees are still without a proper marketing website to help
boost lead generation, sales, and if nothing else just to get on
the radar of would-be customers. Blaming the poor economy is a
tired excuse for why your business is suffering. Stop worrying
about things
... Read MoreDate Published: Aug 05, 2011 - 1:43 pm
We put together this video to put a humorous spin on what many
distributors experience when they first enroll in a new
opportunity. It’ll crack you up (promise), so check it out –
please share with your co-workers and associates if you like it!
But in all seriousness, a new distributor’s first 30 days are
extremely
... Read MoreDate Published: Jun 10, 2011 - 6:05 pm