Category: Franchise Lead Generation
How Much Should I Invest to Start a Franchise Company?
Why some fail and what can be done to help more new franchise systems succeed Talk to any number of franchise brands at the IFA Convention with fewer than 100 franchisees or locations, and a troubling theme will emerge: An alarming number of them have not been able to grow as they expected. Some have...
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Important Takeaways from the 2015 Franchise Leadership and Development Conference
The franchise buyer takes control – are you prepared to meet them where they are? By Thomas Scott Franchising is an unusual industry. For an industry that generates more than $25 billion a year in sales and has thousands of competing companies, it remains one of the most transparent. Attend any franchise conference, and you’ll find...
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Franchise Lead Generation Featured on Brand Journalism Advantage
Brand Journalists CEO Thomas Scott talks about his approach to using brand journalism to generate leads and engage buyers Brand Journalism Advantage, a national podcast covering content marketing and brand journalism, features interviews with the country’s top content marketers. This week Phoebe Chongchua interviewed Franchise Performance Group’s Thomas Scott about his work in the franchise industry...
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Why You Should Use PPC and SEO For Franchise Lead Generation
Smart use of SEO and PPC can make a big difference in your results SEO and PPC are mysterious, smoke-and-mirror tools for business owners. They are attractive and complicated and offer great return if intelligently executed. However, franchisors appear to get deluged with a staggering amount of bad advice and mixed messages from vendors. Here is the...
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Why You Shouldn’t Focus On Franchise Lead Generation Quantity
Don’t make the mistake of focusing on leads – focus on franchise buyers By Thomas Scott Franchise lead generation is a mistake. You might think, “Wow, a mistake? I’m spending upwards of $250,000 a year to generate interest in my franchise opportunity.” That’s true. Companies across franchising typically spend $200,000, $240,000 or $250,000 a year...
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What are Franchise Buyers looking for? A takeaway from the IFA Convention
Marketing is in the midst of a revolution. The internet, and social media in particular, has wrested control of the conversation away from companies, turning traditional top-down marketing messages into quaint dribbles amid a tide of information being shared and commented upon by the public. How do you navigate the maelstrom? By moving beyond slogans,...
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Why Brand Journalism is the New Key to Franchise Lead Generation
Quick, close your eyes and try to recall a business mailing, magazine advertisement or online banner ad that you’ve seen in the last week. It should be easy — the average person is exposed to several thousand display ads a day. But are you able to recall a single one? It’s hard, isn’t it.
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Planet Beach Spa Franchise Case Study
Entrepreneur Magazine is considered the bible for most business owners and it carries and amazing amount of influence for franchise systems. In the world of franchising, public perception of a brand does more to determine what brands grow and which ones struggle. The January 2010 trends article proclaimed that tanning franchises were out and listed Planet Beach as a tanning franchise.
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How Brand Journalism Created a Breakthrough for Chem-Dry Carpet Cleaning
Bill Knight, formerly of Lenny’s Subs, TCBY and Ruby Tuesday’s, joined Chem-Dry Carpet Cleaning as vice president of franchise development in 2009, in the depths of the recession. He immediately took the established steps franchise pros use to boost lead generation. Leads increased but it wasn't enough.
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What is Google Penguin and How Does it Affect Your Franchise Opportunity Website?
Everyone hates spam. Spam doesn’t just clog your inbox; it clutters up your Google search results. Google has declared war on what it calls “webspam” — websites that rank highly for specific terms but don’t have the content people are really looking for.
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