Starting any franchise, or business in general, you set out to make it a success. This will be your livelihood that looks after your family and will be where you spend a large part of your waking hours. Putting so much of yourself into your franchise, you want to see it grow and be proud of the service you deliver …

Building a successful franchise operation depends on your own hard work and good forward planning. A big part of that forward planning goes into deciding what exactly your franchise will do and what niche it’s going to be in. Not finding the right niche for you or what your target markets need can mean that whatever work you put into …

What is a Franchise Business Plan? A highquality franchise business plan is important for a number of reasons and will be the first significant step you take towards opening your own franchise business. A franchise business plan outlines what you’ll be doing, who you will compete against, and how your business will make money. According to the Small Business Association, …

The Franchise System: An Introduction Franchising is an interesting alternative to the standard small business model where you set up and run a business entirely independently. Franchising is particularly popular in the US, where successful business ideas are replicable under relatively similar conditions across a huge continent and population. The franchise system allows a business to rent out a concept …

Screenmobile is proud to announce that it has been named Entrepreneur magazine’s #1 Home Repair Franchise — considered the world’s first, best and most comprehensive franchise ranking. Screenmobile has long been a member of the Franchise 500 list under the “Home Repairs” category, climbing up the magazine’s “Top Franchises for Less Than $100,000” list over the previous two years. The …

What Does a Franchise Owner Do? Starting with a franchise, some people might ask, ‘well, what does a franchise owner do?’ imagining that they’re just sitting back with their feet up while the business runs itself. The franchise owner’s job description, however, as anyone in the field knows, contains a lot of responsibilities, not just in terms of operating the …

Are Franchises a Good Investment? For those with capital to invest, a franchise opportunity is an alternative investment asset that is hard to ignore for a number of reasons—investing in a franchise suits a wide spectrum of investing styles, those who want a steady passive income with minimal input as well as those who want to be more involved in …

The Best Way to Work Work takes up about anywhere from a fifth to a third of your life between the ages of 18 and 66. That’s a lot of time for your body to be in a specific position or doing certain things repetitively, and over time, poor choices can negatively impact both physical and mental health. It’s not …

Does a Franchise Count as a Small Business Community is important to most people, and ‘buying local’ can be a way for people to support local stores where they know the money will be staying in the community rather than going to some major international corporation. For franchisees, this means they sit in an odd space. They might be connected …