Getting Personal With Your Fundraising

Personal relationships reap the most rewards - especially when it comes to fundraising. Jayson explains why this is so, and provides a few basic tips to building relationships with current and potential supporters.

Jamba Juice Fundraiser

One of the most popular fundraising ideas these days is the Jamba Juice fundraiser. Jamba Juice is the hottest name in nutritional smoothies since they originated in Hawaii, the home of so many fruit ingredients.

Entrepreneurship Story; Over Regulation in Franchising Part I

Part I of II; Jim and Sally run a successful auto business, which they have built up over two decades and have expanded to three stores and many of their friends keep saying, “You should Franchise.” They think about this for about five years read a few books, like “Franchising for Dummies,” The “E-Myth”, “The Franchising Bible” and many others on the shelves of the new big book store in town with the coffee shop inside.

Free Enterprise in Franchising, Show Me?

Free enterprise is where buyers and sellers of their own free will come together in trade through a common monetary instrument. Regulatory bodies such as the Federal Trade Commission are completely oblivious to free markets and free enterprise whenb it comes to franchising.

Franchising 101- What You Absolutely Need to Know

Franchising has made the world look really small. The well known flavors are now not just restricted to a single town or city but can be enjoyed world wide.

Franchising

Franchising offers those who lack business experience (but do not lack capital) a business with a good probability of success.

Franchising Directories

Franchises have more opportunities to acquire multiple units with greater potential compared to individual companies with branches. Names of the franchises that are willing to expand in various industries can be available in a franchising directory. This directory provides an exhaustive list of industries wherein the prospect of franchising is available or willing to start. There is practically no industry where the company would not like to grow in various parts of the country, so all such industries would be listed in a franchising directory.

Hotel Franchising

Hotel franchising is a very popular concept. Hotel franchising includes the franchising of hotels, motels, inns, and other forms of lodging and boarding. Hotel franchising includes a lot more technicalities compared to restaurant or fast food franchising. Hotel franchising leads to hotel chains appearing in various parts of the world.

Careers in Franchising

Have you ever considered a career in franchising? You might want to, as they need all the high-energy bright people they can get. You see in franchising it takes a lot of people power to make it all work right.

Franchising or Independent Dealer; Are You Buying a Job?

Many people who buy a franchise think they are buying a business of their own. In many regards it does resemble your own business. But in reality you are leasing or renting a business.

Getting Away from the Concept of Master Franchising

So often franchisors look for faster ways to expand their systems and extend their brand name. One of the common ways to do this for franchisors is to sell regional franchising rights or master franchising.

International Franchising; Did You Read the Agreement?

Perhaps this may amuse you in some way. Did you know one of the ways that international franchisees of a US based franchisor often try to get out of the franchise agreement is by saying that they did not read it or could not read it?

Advisory Services Fees In Franchising

Often in franchising companies a franchisor will spend 80 percent of their time helping 20 percent of their franchises. The allocation of the franchisors labor

Franchising and Commercial Accounts in Mobile Service Models

Franchising companies, which specialize as part of their market mix commercial and industrial national and international accounts to be serviced bought a Mobile basis must consider how to control those accounts.

Signage Clauses in Franchise Agreements for Mobile or Home Based Franchising Companies

To maintain the consistency and image of a franchising system, even a mobile-based franchise, each franchisee must maintain standards of signage. This issue will be addressed generally in the confidential operations manual set forth by the franchisor.