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Rick Silva developed a passion and understanding for business early in life. The son of Cuban immigrants, he watched his mom and dad start their own small business from scratch in Miami.
  • Kerry Pipes
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That's a question a lot of people ask themselves every day. It's also one of the questions posted on Focus.com.
  • Franchise Update
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Franchisors recognize the best performers in their system with a Franchisee of the Year award (or equivalent).
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,451 Reads 14 Shares
We have made progress digging our way out of the pit of economic meltdown we tumbled into in 2007, but we certainly have a long way to go before we experience the vibrant economy we enjoyed in much of the 1990s and the early to mid-2000s.
  • Dean Zuccarello
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At the recent Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators Conference, Service Management Group (SMG) conducted interviews with executives on how their customer satisfaction efforts are working.
  • Jack Mackey
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Linda Shaub is CMO of Interim Healthcare, a network of 332 franchise locations providing medical staffing and in-home care services in 43 states.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,171 Reads 27 Shares
In case you missed it (and when it comes to marketing and social media there's plenty to keep up on), MarketingSherpa published its Wisdom Report, "Marketing Wisdom for 2012" earlier this year.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,123 Reads 1,023 Shares
I am convinced that someday the franchising community will finally get around to unleashing its biggest competitive strength: unit predictability.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 4,908 Reads 1 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,269 Reads 311 Shares
As chief marketing officer for Interim Healthcare, Linda Shaub oversees the company's branding and consumer-facing activities across a network of 332 franchise locations that provide medical staffing and in-home care services in 43 states.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 2,887 Reads 99 Shares
Franchisee satisfaction is a pillar of our business. It is both a point of emphasis and a source of great pride for the our executive team and support staff.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,524 Reads 240 Shares
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Franchise shows were the champions of recruitment during the 1980s and early 1990s. Franchisors effectively sold owners throughout the U.S. by "working the circuit" 40 weeks a year.
  • Steve Olson
  • 4,347 Reads 81 Shares
Kevin Cushing began delivering newspapers in Chicago when he was in second grade. He eventually delivered more than one million.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,242 Reads
You search and screen and interview for the best employees. Days pass, sometimes weeks, as you narrow down your choices (and continue to operate understaffed).
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 8,047 Reads 1 Shares
How do you promote your franchise to prospective buyers?
  • Steve Olson
  • 3,588 Reads 2 Shares
No one I know would dispute the benefits technology--specifically the computer--has had on every aspect of our lives.
  • John Tschohl
  • 4,691 Reads 68 Shares
As a franchise CMO, you probably are already using digital marketing to reach customers through email and your company's social media presence on Facebook and Twitter.
  • Chris Watland
  • 5,155 Reads 542 Shares
There's good news and bad news for franchise sales and development executives. That's the way Steve Olson, president of Franchise Update Media Group sees it after reviewing the results of the company's most recent Mystery Shopper survey.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,536 Reads 69 Shares
In 1985, after committing to play for the powerhouse University of Michigan Wolverines, high school football senior John Rotche suffered a career-ending spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,199 Reads 715 Shares
Last month we published a high-level overview of the 2012 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR).
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,611 Reads
With 2011 winding down, how are you leveraging people, budgets, brands, and resources to meet development goals?
  • Franchise Update
  • 3,601 Reads 32 Shares
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Thinking of buying a new franchise? Here are 5 questions to ask the prospective franchisor in order to determine if they will support you with financing.
  • Mike Rozman
  • 12,621 Reads
Last year the headline on our Annual Lead Generation Survey story in Franchise Update magazine read: "Adapt or Die."
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,637 Reads 225 Shares
Last year the headline on our Annual Lead Generation Survey story read: "Adapt or Die." Responses to two new questions this year indicate franchisors have taken this lesson to heart.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,877 Reads 1,014 Shares
Amit Kleinberger rattles off the business start-ups he's launched like a general listing the cities he's seized.
  • John Carroll
  • 31,749 Reads
The first-ever Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference attracted marketing executives from 57 franchise brands with more than $11 billion in annual system-wide sales - all seeking better ways to connect with customers in today's digital marketing environment.
  • Kerry Pipes and Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,506 Reads 63 Shares
The intriguing new Siri application that comes with the iPhone 4S has big implications for local search marketing.
  • Franchise Update
  • 3,573 Reads 5 Shares
Every business that accepts credit/debit card payments must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
  • Paul Arceneaux
  • 7,326 Reads 1,014 Shares
I often comment that technology is just a tool. It's not magic, nor mysterious, it is just a tool.
  • Scott Klososky
  • 4,469 Reads 138 Shares
Each day you are flooded with articles about using social media and mobile technology, and how important it is for your company to keep up.
  • Tom Epstein
  • 4,992 Reads 1,023 Shares
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