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Business Opportunities Weblog: Women Hold Half of US Jobs

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:09:53 -0500

The composition of the nation’s work force is approaching an unprecedented benchmark, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Due in part to deep layoffs of men, women are poised to become the majority of workers for the first time.

As of September, women held 49.9% of the [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Mom Coach, Author Helps Other Moms Live Balanced Lives

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:26:05 -0500

When mom coach Lori Radun spoke to the Mothers of Preschoolers group in Aurora recently, she talked about the eight essential ingredients of having a “momnificent” life.

“While she was going over them, in the room you could hear the oohs and ahs,” recalled MOPS member [...]

The Franchise King Blog: Win A TCBY Franchise!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:52:03 -0500

Number of comments: 0

The Country's Best Yogurt®

(I didn't know that is what TCBY stood for.) Some re-branding? Anyway...all you have to do is make a 2 minute video explaining why you deserve to win a TCBY franchise.

Good luck! Here are the rules.

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Franchise Direct Blog: Understanding Franchisee Success

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:22:51 -0500

One of the most exciting parts of writing this blog is discovering ordinary people who have found a business lifeline through franchising. Perhaps franchising isn’t for everyone, but when it works, it can lead to great success.

Consider 36-year-old Suzanne Plafcan. A mother of triplets, Suzanne found it hard to [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: BuddyTops Gives Childrens Hats Personality

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:17:52 -0500

Now that we’ve entered December, parents are starting to break out their children’s coats for another winter— if they haven’t already. With the coats comes the extra essentials, hats and gloves. For some lucky kids, this means they get to wear their favorite animal on their head.

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Franchise Pundit: Social Media, What Can Franchisees Do?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:56:01 -0500

Number of comments: 20

Most franchisees will not have social media addressed specifically in their Franchise Agreements. So, there is not much stopping franchisees from participating in social media web sites. New franchisees are now starting to see company’s social media policies in their franchise agreements.What is the big deal with a franchisee setting [...]

Franchise Pundit: Brand Positioning Will Help Us, Says Largest Pizza Hut Franchisee

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:36:48 -0500

Number of comments: 20

The marketing function performed by most franchisors can mean the difference between a flat year-over-year sales, and 13% year-over-year decrease in sales. For Pizza Hut’s largest franchisee, NPC, that difference in sales a massive amount of money. Hypothetically, if the average Pizza Hut does $1.5 million in sales, then [...]

Franchise Pundit: Double Cheeseburgers cost more than $1 to produce and sell

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:32:28 -0500

Number of comments: 20

Burger King franchisees are suing their franchisor over being forced to price the double cheeseburger at maximum of $1. Franchisees’ problem is that it costs more than $1 to make and sell. I’m sure Burger King corporate response to the loss argument is that the total average sale [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: Business Makeover Sweepstakes

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:40:48 -0500

Deluxe Enterprise Operations will randomly award a $10,000 gift certificate from Target Commercial Interiors featuring HON furniture and a $5,000 DeluxeBucks gift certificate to use toward logo and Web site design, promotional products and additional marketing and branding solutions.

Ten second-place winners will receive $500 DeluxeBucks gift [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog: The Great TCBY Store Giveaway

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:05 -0500

Number of comments: 1

TCBY (the frozen yogurt stores) is holding a competition to give away a brand new TCBY franchise store for FREE.

To enter you must create a video up to 2 minutes long indicating why you should win a TCBY store.

Complete the application form and submit it [...]