08Apr
Posted by Kimberly Ellis in Franchise
Have you ever wondered if you have the personality and skills to be a successful franchisee? There are over 2500 franchise companies operating in the US, each requiring a plethora of different skill sets in a franchise owner.
Confusing? You bet! But there are a few key characteristics that you should be aware of to determine if franchising could work for you. Are you cut out to be a successful franchise owner?
15Mar
Posted by Kimberly Ellis in Business Ideas, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Franchise, How-To Guides, Starting Up
For a woman interested in buying a franchise, evaluating the training a franchise business offers should involve even greater research – after all, this is about your future – not a vacation.
As part of your due diligence when researching a franchise opportunity, find out everything about the training a franchise system provides. A good training program should cover not only the product or service but also setting up the business, marketing, employee management, business procedures, reporting, etc.
Franchising is a wonderful way to go into business for yourself. So many things have already been established for your benefit: branding, marketing, processes, products, systems, etc. Building a business through franchising has been so successful that franchised businesses generate jobs for more than 18 million Americans and account for 9.5 percent of the private-sector economic output, according to a study released by the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation.
If you are convinced that you want to investigate franchising for your next career move, how do you go about finding just the right one?
07Mar
Posted by Kimberly Ellis in Business Ideas, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Franchise, Home-Based Business, How-To Guides
If you are considering a franchise as your next career move, you probably already understand a number of the benefits to being a part of a franchise system. However, as each franchisor will offer different levels of assistance, it can be confusing to someone trying to evaluate a potential franchise purchase.
Since the value of a franchise is that the system has been developed to have replicable results, you will want any system you evaluate to score high in those areas that are important to the success of your unit.
23Feb
Posted by Kimberly Ellis in Franchise
If you are like most women, you chose a career path at the tender age of 18 or 19 and have dutifully followed that path for many years. But let’s say you’ve grown tired of your career, or worse yet, never liked it to begin with. What are your choices?
How do they make the transition? Many times through the power of franchising and one of the bonuses you’ll discover about franchising is that they can train you to excel in a job you’ve never done before!
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