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Informative Technology franchise articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors.

Tired of hearing about Gen Y, better known as the Millennials? Here comes Gen Z, your next wave of customers and employees!
  • Adam Pierno
  • 5,034 Reads 1,021 Shares
When it comes to hiring, BrightStar Care franchisees Maureen and Peter Moore count on more than just credentials to get the job done.
  • Helen Bond
  • 10,909 Reads 1 Shares
Sport Clip's franchise recruitment process earns the brand a strong 2nd place in the 2015 STAR Awards for Best Overall Performance.
  • Helen Bond
  • 4,528 Reads
Jonathan Barnett has a portfolio full of ideas and plans for his expanding the Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning brand.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,546 Reads 12 Shares
When it comes to being a "STAR" franchise development player, the best keep winning--and they keep working to get better.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,700 Reads 4 Shares
In case you hadn't noticed, a new generation has begun applying for full- and part-time jobs: Generation Z.
  • Adam Pierno
  • 3,317 Reads 1 Shares
When Jon-Anthony Lui was growing up, he watched closely as his father achieved success in franchising, selling products such as real estate and insurance. But the bright young entrepreneur found his niche when he began working for Tutor Doctor, which offers one-on-one tutoring to children in the home.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,598 Reads
Technology has become essential to the operation of franchised businesses around the world. This incudes not only operating the actual business, but managing the franchisor-franchisee relationship across country and continent boundaries.
  • William Edwards
  • 15,892 Reads 4 Shares
Pam Harper says she learned at an early age the commitment and tenacity it takes to run a small business. She drew inspiration and strength from observing her own parents toil to make their businesses succeed.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,773 Reads 1 Shares
It's really incredible how much technology continues to evolve! There are so many tools available to assist franchisors with their development plans today, and at CruiseOne integrating technology is an essential part of our development strategy.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,065 Reads
At Jersey Mike's Subs, technology, marketing, operations, and strategy are so intertwined, "We joke back and forth about who's in charge of who, because there's so much overlap," says Rich Hope, the company's CMO.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,568 Reads 1 Shares
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Jon-Anthony Lui was Tutor Doctor's first franchisee to reach $1 million in sales, and in 2014, he became the brand's largest franchisee, and was named Franchisee of the Year.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,508 Reads 2 Shares
On May 20, 2013, when strong tornadoes tore through Moore, Okla., Brandon Boozer and his family were lucky. Their home wasn't damaged, though some of their closest neighbors lost everything.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,390 Reads 3 Shares
For Frank Milner, it's all about the journey. Milner, CEO of Tutor Doctor, sees his role in the Canadian franchise brand as a natural extension of his passion and determination to make organizations succeed and to provide customers with the best products and services possible.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,319 Reads 1 Shares
How Houlihan's uses an array of analytics and business intelligence to improve its marketing.
  • Jen Gulvik
  • 3,569 Reads 2 Shares
The most important metrics for marketing should be cost per lead and cost per sale. Cost per lead is the media cost divided by the number of legitimate leads.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,463 Reads 1,021 Shares
Franchise systems play up their technology as a differentiator, but Oxi Fresh delivers--in a big way. In fact, other service brands have approached them about using a customized version of their home-built software.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,814 Reads 2 Shares
When Aslam Khan was a youngster growing up in a poor mountain village in Pakistan, his world didn't include knowledge of luxury cars, homes, designer apparel, or the other trappings of money.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 21,310 Reads 38 Shares
Marina MacDonald, CMO at Red Roof Inn, serves two audiences: its lodging clientele and its franchisees -applying her nearly three decades in hospitality to satisfy both.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,974 Reads
You can say this about William Bruce: he's not afraid of change or embracing new challenges.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,260 Reads 83 Shares
"Increasingly, leadership today is defined not just by how many hours you spend at your computer, but your ability to connect to others, says Carol Bartz, former Yahoo CEO and Lisa Lambert, founder of UPWARD."
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,739 Reads
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Technology has become essential to the operation of franchised businesses around the world. This incudes not only operating the actual business, but managing the franchisor-franchisee relationship across country and continent boundaries.
  • William Edwards
  • 16,873 Reads
The way Steven Taylor and Chris Smith see it, operating multiple brands just makes their business better.
  • Helen Bond
  • 11,905 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: Facebook's "dislike" empathy button; Twitter's Buy button; Periscope - is it for you?; getting in on the Apple Watch early; and should you jump on the Periscope bandwagon?
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,947 Reads
In the previous issue we discussed the power of selling your brand's marketing expertise during the franchise recruitment process.
  • Jim Bender
  • 2,875 Reads 1 Shares
Just 3 months to go in 2015. Use these 4 tips on how to finish the year strong in social media marketing!
  • By: Aseem Badshah
  • 8,845 Reads 1,023 Shares
Robert Cresanti spent a year as the IFA's executive vice president of government relations and public policy. Now he takes over as the new president and CEO of the organization.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,474 Reads
With technology continuing to rapidly evolve and change the face of both consumer marketing and franchise recruitment, planners for the 5th annual Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference built an educational curriculum to address marketing's hottest topics--with a focus on how technology is influencing marketing today.
  • Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
  • 8,156 Reads
Integrating technology into the sales process at Chem-Dry from Doug Smith, vice president of franchise development.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,530 Reads
Marina MacDonald has worked in the hospitality industry for nearly three decades. Since November 2007, she's been with Red Roof Inn, the past year and a half as CMO.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,074 Reads 2 Shares
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