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This week's franchise business advice is for future and current franchise owners; Get with the program. Start getting active on social media. It's time consuming, for sure. But once you set up an account on places like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.. Read More

A viral YouTube video of McDonald's Executives doing backflips may be thrust upon us soon... From a press release; McDonald's U.S. continues to be a convenient and affordable choice for consumers in an uncertain economy. For the first quarter, the U.S.... Read More

Franchise Direct, a strategic partner of mine, just released their Top Global Franchises for 2010. First, a little about Franchise Direct; Franchise Direct is one of the world’s leading portals for franchise and business opportunities. Started as a single website... Read More

Something to think about...Almost two years ago, I wrote When Google Owns You, about what happened with Nick Saber was cut off from all his Google applications. It’s worth taking a quick read now. Now, it’s my turn. I woke up this morning Read More

Becky McCray and I are writing a book, with the working title “From Small Town to Small World: Unlocking the Secrets of Rural Entrepreneurs”
Small Town Entrepreneurs have been successful for years creating communities. When the whole world online is becoming more like one big small town, s... Read More

Earth Day 2010. A day to get outside, and enjoy the air. Is there a place you can go to see a body of water? Can you take a half hour to slow down a little, and enjoy the outdoors?... Read More

I have the capability of helping so many people.I've heard way too many nightmare franchise stories during my 10 year franchise consulting career. I've decided that it's time for me to be really blunt. (More than my usual bluntness, anyway!) If you're getting "really excited about the possibilities,"... Read More

Do you know about the huge franchise lawsuit that will start getting some traction next week? (Mail Boxes Etc. Franchisees Vs. The UPS Store) There are still plenty of very angry ex-franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc. They're not going away,... Read More

The next two weeks will be busy ones for fans of Subway, and it's famous $5 Footlongs(tm). Enter the Famous Fans, who bring their love of SUBWAY(r) sandwiches to life on the court, in their race cars, in the pool... Read More

Sometimes, real human interaction, and fact gathering, does the job. Software tools are teriffic, but they don't always have the answers needed. Read More