Posts Tagged ‘franchising’

Franchisors and franchisees – should you join the Black Friday 2009 sales? Based on the stats, you should.

Black Friday – Union Square, San Francisco

The day businesses, especially retailers, have been waiting for is finally approaching: The Black Friday on November 27, 2009.

The Black Friday (and the whole Christmas shopping season starting from that day) is the Day for customers to lavishly spend their money and for businesses to attract and serve as many customers as they can. Franchises are definitely on the bandwagon right now and I don’t think you should miss this out.

Papa John’s, for example, has already launched a Black Friday weekend specials:…

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Copyshop franchise – in fragments

I like browsing for small business-related news, partly because I have interest in the topic, and partly because I run and manage two small business-related blogs – Noobpreneur.com and FranchiseNote.com.

While browsing for franchising news, two articles have caught my attention – The Boston Globe’s and The Tennessean’s.

Actually, those two articles have caught my attention because there are some issues bugged me reading those two, leading to one question: Do people really think franchising is as easy as 1-2-3?

I was in franchising as a franchisee since 4 years ago, back in 2005. From my experience, buying a franchise with a mindset that is…

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Franchising in social media

Franchises are getting along well with social media. Although I cannot present you with analytical data and stats, I can see that franchises are taking benefit from the social media, in term of brand awareness and franchise information (including promos, events, polls, etc.) Eventually, all of those will be translated into more customers and revenue.

With various strategies, plans and purposes, it’s enlightening to learn and observe what franchising people are doing in major social media. Let’s do our brief exploration in three social media behemoths – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Franchising on Facebook

Facebook offers franchises and franchise experts opportunities to build and engage network…

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7-Eleven as Kwik-E-Mart

Franchising is more appealing to entrepreneurs than ever – Many thanks to the recession. People are ‘forced’ to take entrepreneurship route due to downsizing and troubled personal finance. As people need a hand in guiding them in the new frontier, franchising comes to the rescue, offering proven system, strong brand name and support/help along the way.

I’ve just read an article from the NYDailyNews.com that, in essence, echoes to what I believe all this time – Franchising as the legitimate business model in the midst of economic uncertainty.

The article, titled In weak economy, having your own biz, but not being on your own, has appeal,…

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Multi-unit franchising

You have done your due diligence well – You have searched and evaluated dozens of franchise opportunities you are interested in, and you have finally picked the one suit you best. And your hard work proves right – Your franchise unit is profitable and growing well.

The idea of multi-unit franchise ownership – owning more than one franchise units of the same franchise company – is suddenly pop out of your head.

On paper, the idea looks good: If you own a franchise unit, owning two of the same franchise is double the fun, right? Maybe. Maybe not.

The opportunities of multi-unit franchising

Being in the same franchise…

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Success in franchising

There are always pros and cons in franchising. The pros always believe that strong brand name and proven systems are the main benefits of franchising. The cons always believe that franchising is expensive and unfair (benefit franchisors more than their franchisees.)

I am always pro-franchising. However, I can not deny that there are some legitimate reasons why you should not buy a franchise, if you do not have the proper mindset and knowledge for franchising.

10 reasons not to buy a franchise

According to Nolo.com, there are 10 good reasons not to buy a franchise:

1. Questionable profitability
   Most franchise owners don’t show potential franchisee the whole picture – They…

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Birds on line

Franchising offers an opportunity for a budding entrepreneur to shortcut into entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, franchising is not for every entrepreneur.

Not all entrepreneurs can be a good franchisee – This is a fact you and I can not deny. Forcing your way into franchising can only eventually result in two exits: Struggling franchise units and going out of business.

Why entrepreneurs struggle as franchisees

By nature, born entrepreneurs are creative but having difficulty in following rules, as they think rules were made to limit their creativity. They like to play with their own set of rules and love to find creative ways to solve problems.

Those perks, despite…

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Hello World!

Welcome to the very first blog post of Franchise Note. I am pleased to announce in this not-your-typical “Hello world!” article that Franchise Note is (finally) launched.

I envision this franchise business blog to be one of the authoritative voices in franchising blogosphere, as it is written by an experienced ex-franchise units’ owner.

“Ex-franchise units’ owner” – Yes, I am. Thanks to the recession and my bad trial-and-error sessions during my ownership period, those franchise units I once owned are merely surviving the recession, not thriving – And I consider this a failure. To cut long story short, I sold my franchise units.

Why? Because franchises can…

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