Create a blog specific to your franchise offering (part 3 of 8)

August 12, 2011 No comments yet
The article below is an excerpt from AIS Media's Thomas Harpointner and FON's W.C. Garth Snider's white paper, "8 Critical Steps to Leveraging the Power of Social Media to Drive Franchise Sales". To download the full white paper in PDF format, please click here. A frequently updated blog with relevant articles can significantly increase a website’s search ...

Integrate social media into digital and traditional advertising (part 2 of 8)

March 15, 2011 1 comment
The article below is an excerpt from AIS Media's Thomas Harpointner and FON's W.C. Garth Snider's white paper, "8 Critical Steps to Leveraging the Power of Social Media to Drive Franchise Sales". To download the full white paper in PDF format, please click here. Integrating social media into both your ...

Integrate social media into the franchise offering website (part 1 of 8)

March 3, 2011 No comments yet
The article below is an excerpt from AIS Media's Thomas Harpointner and FON's W.C. Garth Snider's white paper, "8 Critical Steps to Leveraging the Power of Social Media to Drive Franchise Sales". To download the full white paper in PDF format, please click here. Properly integrating social media into a ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His “Unexpected” Economic Legacy

January 18, 2011 No comments yet
Monday, January 17th, 2011 was the day we as Americans were called upon to remember the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.    Some Americans had the day off.   Others did not.  It is likely that some Americans gave not much more than a passing thought to Dr. King on his holiday.   Of ...

Trade Secrets: The Franchisor’s Big Bet

October 22, 2010 No comments yet
There has been a lot of ink spilled recently about the plight of the small businessman in the recession. In particular, there has been a great deal of discussion as to whether franchising as a business model has done relatively better or relatively worse than non-franchised businesses. There is ...

Franchise Leadership: Lessons learned from Generals Lee and McClellan.

October 12, 2010 No comments yet
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The Importance of Selling in Earnest

July 26, 2010 No comments yet

The Importance of Selling in Earnest

Too often are franchise sales people guilty of not selling in earnest. Yes, they will say that they are giving an effort but the evidence is clear that they are not really giving it their full attention and effort---they have failed to recognize the importance of selling in earnest. ...

Improving Webdesign via Modernist Architecture

July 7, 2010 No comments yet
In many ways, this minimalist approach to website design has the same look, feel, and most importantly, functionality, as modernist architecture. Modernist architecture is characterized by simplification of form and the subversion of the ornate into the structure and theme of the building.

The macro-economics of vertical lead generation sites. Part II–analogizing vertical lead generation sites to retail shopping malls.

September 4, 2009 1 comment
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The macro-economics of vertical lead generation sites: Part I

September 3, 2009 No comments yet
This blog entry is the first in a series of two blog entries discussing the macro-economics of vertical lead generation sites.

Part I.

An oft-cited criticism of vertical lead generation sites (“VLGS”) is that end-users have the ability to request information on multiple concepts. This, so the ...


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