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Open Letter To Business Owners About Franchising

Open Letter To Business Owners About Franchising

Now is an excellent time to develop a franchise system! For the past 30 years, any time our economy has gone “south” franchising has boomed? Whenever our economy suffers, people are laid off of their jobs and many individuals make the decision to go into business for themselves and franchising is their first choice.

Whether it’s expanding your existing business or potential concept into a franchise system, the experiences, knowledge and skills to help through the regulations, procedures and guidelines of franchising is of the upmost importance. The most popular type of franchises being sought after today is service businesses that have a start up costs under $100,000. That’s not to say the development of a food related business isn’t strong, which by the way is 48% of the franchises being offered today, but over the past 15 years, there has been a tremendous shift to service businesses.

I good franchise development firm should provide its clients with development services and assistance which include:

• Business Structure
• Trade Mark, Trade Name & Logo Design
• Federal Registration of the Mark
• Development of the Franchise System
• Preparation of the Franchise Disclosure Document
• Financial Audit
• Manuals (Employee, Pre-Opening & Operations)
• Franchisee Training Program & Procedures
• Web Site Presence (Including Online Franchise Application Form)
• Franchisee Profiling
• On-Going Field Support
• Lead Generation Procedures
• Procedures in How Sale & Close Franchisees
• How to Build a Franchise Network





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John Power, founder of Biltmore Franchise Consulting, has extensive experience developing and marketing franchises and business opportunities. He has been in and around franchising for over twenty years. From 1980 through 1990 he conceptualized, organized, and developed the American Video Association. He grew AVA to 2,000 national members, before selling the company it 1990. It was later merged into another home video marketing company. From 2000 to 2005 he worked as a contract marketing and human resources consultant to several local and national companies. In 2005 Mr. Power began working as a franchise development consultant on a full-time basis. Since that time he has helped more than three dozen companies initiate and develop their franchising program. He notes that there are many companies interested in developing a franchise program, and who need his specialized assistance. Mr. Power is a “hands-on” franchise consultant. He said, “I am the ‘nuts and bolts’ person who tends to the details for my clients.” Mr. Power holds a B.S. degree with a major in Marketing. See: www.biltmorefranchise.com You may contact Mr. Power at: jpower@biltmorefranchise.co - Visit John Power's Website

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Ken Hollowell
(Visit Ken's Website) – Ken M. Hollowell, founder of both Prfran Consultants, Inc. and National Franchise Services, Inc. and is a leader in the field of franchise development since 1980. Mr. Hollowell has lectured before many business organizations, Universities and Colleges on the subject of franchising and hosted a radio talk show of radio for years. He conducts numerous seminars annually on franchise development and investing in a franchise business throughout the United States. He is regularly requested by the Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., S.C.O.R.E., Learning Annex and the International Franchise Association to speak on franchising. Mr. Hollowell's well-rounded experience and practical knowledge in both development and marketing have led him to be one of the most sought after franchise consultants in America. Mr. Hollowell has written many articles on both developing a franchise network and buying a franchise. Mr. Hollowell sits on no less than a dozen boards of directors.

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