Posts Tagged ‘social media’
How can Social Media Help New Franchise Launch?
October 15th, 2009 | 
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Social media can help new franchisors to create the buzz necessary for the launch of their franchising concepts… and for attracting franchisee candidates.
New franchise launch 2.0
I have just written an article on my other business blog, Noobpreneur.com, about social media ROI. To my surprise, 5 minutes after I posted the article, I received 2 comments. Both of them manage social media activities for small business clients, and one of them is actually helping with the social media of a newly-launched franchise, Naples Tomato – a popular local restaurant in Naples, Florida (read the press release.)
In my Noobpreneur.com blog, I question whether the social media have…
What do Franchises and Franchising Experts Do on Social Media?
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…
Top 10 Twitter Users Who Tweet about Franchising (Updated and Extended)
Top 10 franchise twitterers
Do you tweet? I suppose you should.
No matter how many people are giving bad reputation to Twitter, we have to admit that it is the fastest growing of all social media and one of the most popular ones in the world.
The idea that Twitter invent – Typing something in 140 characters or less turns out to be very addictive (and lucrative.) And yes, Twitter users are no longer answer the question “What are you doing?” alone – Many use Twitter as marketing tool, as well as creating a community to support their businesses.
Franchising can’t escape social media, too. In Twitter, franchise…
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Tags: franchise tweets, franchise twitter, franchise twitterer, social media, top 10, twitter, twitter users | 
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How to Use Social Media for the Benefit of Your Franchise
Franchising on social media
With all the hypes surrounding social media, not to mention the battle in popularity between Twitter and Facebook, one question arises: Will social media make a difference to franchising? If so, how to use it for the benefit of your franchise?
An early answer to the former question: Social media is making a difference to franchising, right here, right now.
From my experience with social media, if you don’t know what you are doing, joining and be active with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media are only a waste of time, or at least a fun thing to do for the fun’s sake.
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