FGS August Newsletter
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August Newsletter Featured Franchise Brand Are you able to stay cool during these hot summer months? Well, here’s a new franchise brand to distract you from the heat. Welcome to Franchise Growth Systems! Mike’s Master Mechanics The automotive aftermarket for maintenance and repair is estimated at over $150 billion annually. However, it is extremely fragmented, with no single provider having even a 1% market share. Studies show that there are more cars on the road than ever before. Consumers keep their cars longer and are driving more miles, creating great opportunities for automotive service. The stereotype for an auto service garage is typically well-deserved. Many of them are dishonest, incompetent, and poor at customer relations. The typical automotive repair customer feels that he or she goes to the shop with some partially undefined problem, gets told by the mechanic that there is a larger problem than was originally thought, waits longer for the repairs than he/she was told it would take, is treated poorly, and leaves paying more than he/she expected. Mike’s Master Mechanics was created to change all that. Our mission is “do it differently, do it better,” and to be “a mechanic you can trust.” We strive to deliver the best possible prices to our customers while fulfilling the obligations of ethical business practices.
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July News Letter
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July Newsletter New Franchise Brand Franchise Growth Systems is constantly adding new brands to our team of franchises. This month, we welcome the following franchise brand. Welcome to Franchise Growth Systems! CareMinders The home care industry is projected to be one of the most explosive industries over the next 25 years and is currently ranked in the top 5 franchise opportunities. CareMinders In-home Care offers a wide range of both long and short term assistance, skilled and non-skilled services to our clients including companionship, personal and skilled nursing related home support services and assistance to elderly, handicapped, convalescing and individuals of all ages in their own homes. When permitted, they can provide these services in nursing homes, hospitals, assisted care facilities and other medical settings. Great News for One of Our Franchise Brands! The 2008-2009 President’s Cancer Panel report was recently released, and it contained two recommendations regarding the quality of water that everyday Americans consume and use daily. First, the report recommended that everyone install a water filtration system in their homes to reduce the risk of cancer due to carcinogens, contaminants, and pollutants found in the water. A second recommendation in the report suggested that individuals refrain from drinking bottled water due to chemicals affecting the water from the plastic it is contained in. Franchise Growth Systems (FGS) partnered with Krystal Klear Water in April 2010 to expand its distributorship opportunities throughout the United States. Franchise Growth Systems is offering Master Distributorship opportunities for a water purification system concept that continues to see steady growth. Krystal Klear Water supports a system that clearly satisfied both of the water recommendations found in the President’s Cancer Panel report, meaning that this is just one more reason to consider purchasing a Krystal Klear Water Master Distributorship! More information on the Cancer Panel's Report.
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Happy June Everyone!
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June Newsletter
Summer has officially sprung in Arizona and Franchise Growth Systems is sure to be incredibly busy in the Arizona heat! We have lots of new developments that will continue to build upon our success. One of those successes is a closing by Dan Olsen to Don Carpenter who is now an International Franchise Solutions Master Franchisee for Colorado! Welcome NewMembers of Our Sales Team!
We are pleased to welcome the following Franchise Development Advisor to FranchiseGrowth Systems.
Kendell McGowen
Kendell is the newest advisor for Franchise Growth Systems. He has plenty of franchising experience, as he was a Master Franchisee for two separate concepts in various states between 2000 and 2010. He is currently an International Franchise Solutions Master Franchisee. He has 13 years of experience owning and operating single unit wellness franchises, which he can use to help advise new franchisees. Furthermore, Kendell's 10 years of experience in franchise sales makes him a valuable asset to Franchise Growth Systems.
Kendell says, "I have a passion for franchising because I have seen firsthand that it changes lives."
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Happy Cinco De Mayo!
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Happy Cinco De Mayo! Franchise Growth Systems is constantly adding new brands to our team of franchises. This month, we welcome Eighteen Eight. Welcome to Franchise Growth Systems! Franchise Growth Systems has teamed up with 18|8 Fine Men’s Salons to expand its franchise opportunities throughout the United States. Franchise Growth Systems is offering single and regional development franchise opportunities for a recession-resistant hair care and grooming services concept that continues to see steady growth. There’s a huge void in the salon industry that’s waiting to be filled…the perfect salon for successful men. 18|8 Fine Men’s Salons is the first national chain of Premium Men’s Salons. Almost a decade has been spent perfecting this model, and countless dollars have gone into fine-tuning the opportunity to the point it’s at today, ready to expand across the country. 18|8 Fine Men’s Salons is a company designed to capitalize on the lack of salons focused entirely on hair care and grooming services for successful men. Discerning men need a place of their own with experienced, skilled stylists who can discuss their hair needs – and allow them to unwind and take a much-needed break from the day-to-day routine. The stylists and staff at 18|8 provide the advice, solutions and consistency men deserve in a wide variety of services and treatments including haircuts, hair coloring, MANicures, face treatments, scalp treatments, massages, and more. 18|8 is the reinvention of the barbershop, providing hair and grooming services in a relaxing environment focused on the unique needs of men. 18|8 Fine Men’s Salons’ mission is simple: give men an alternative to women’s salons…give men a fine salon experience in a place designed to meet their needs. 18/8 Fine Men's Hair Salons is operated by Mana Concepts, Inc., a California corporation. The core management team consists of the following individuals:
After attending Chapman University, Mr. Griffiths graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design, where he later served as President of the Alumni Board and on the Board of Trustees. He received his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School. Mr. Griffiths was chosen as an Entrepreneur of the Year in 1993 and is a member of the Harvard Business School Association of Orange County, where he helps direct the marketing segment of their annual Entrepreneurs Conference. He serves as marketing advisor to the UCLA Anderson Economic Forecast and teaches business courses at Art Center. Scott has published three books with major publishers, one a best seller (Random House).
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Ron Love, Founder / Chairman /CEO - British-born Ron Love has close to forty years experience in the salon industry. His hairstyling career began as an apprentice in London's Mayfair district at age 15. A stylist for many years, Mr. Love refined his creative talent and acquired the interpersonal skills that are a vital part of his business philosophy today. Mr. Love is a business builder known for his ability to develop positive corporate cultures and create profitable businesses.
W. Scott Griffiths, Founder / President / COO - Mr. Griffiths has been building companies and successful brands for more than twenty years. As President of GO: Brand Engineering, a brand development and marketing firm based in Southern California, Mr. Griffiths manages and directs marketing and branding assignments for many Fortune 500 companies, as well as entrepreneurial and investment-backed companies. Examples include: Nokia, House of Blues, Boeing, The Anderson School at UCLA, Semester at Sea, Advanced Tissue Sciences (NouriCel), Avery Dennison, Bausch and Lomb, Crystal Cruises, and Opal Concepts (American Hair Force, José Eber Atelier, Carlton Hair International).
It's April 1st FGS has some big news and this is no joke!
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Franchise Growth Systems is constantly on the lookout for up coming industry leading brands. We have recently added the following brands to the FGS inventory. We look forward to a great relationship with each of these brands and will work hard to grow them into recognized brands across the US and even throughout the world with the help of our great broker networks!
BannaStrow’s
BannaStrow's is a company designed to capitalize on the profitable food industry but still minimizing some of the typical drawbacks of most food conepts. BannaStrow's offers crepes, salads, wreps (wrapped crepes) and waffles cooked to order--in a kiosk! All of our food is prepared to order, providing customers with an entertaining show to watch while waiting on their order. BannaStrow's's main draw is the nature of the assembly process of our food. There's no need for extractors for fumems, which lets us operate a full-sized restaurant without the necessity of a kitchen, going where the competition cannot!
BannaStrow's's products are appealing to all people, regardless of age, gender, or nationality. Also, our good is just as appetizing to potential customers during all hours of the day. Our crepes are great for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or for mid-day snack. BannaStrow's appeal reaches far and wide, meaning that our customers are from all walks of life.
Listo TaxSolutions
The estimated Hispanic population of the USA as of 2008 is 46.9 million, making this group the largest ethnic minority. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, Latinos account for half of the United State’s population growth since the turn of the millennium. Hispanics need help with tax preparation services just like all Americans, and often times, tax preparation offices lack bilingual staffing. There are very few tax franchises offering services specifically for the Hispanic community. Listo Tax Solutions offers customers a complete resource for confidential, accurate, efficient and affordable tax, accounting, payroll and translation services. All Listo staff members have a deep respect for our customers’ privacy in all the services we provide. While Listo has a niche focus on the Hispanic community, we offer tax preparation and other business services to the general public. Faces 365 The skin care industry is a multi-billion dollar business, estimated to be worth 43 billion per year. It has consistently grown in the last several years, and is expected to continue to grow 6.8% this year. Faces365 and its franchise owners are positioned to capitalize on this growing market. Faces365 combines a relaxing spa with a trendy retail store and is a one stop destination for skincare needs. The lobby features cutting edge, botanically-based products, and our spa services keep you looking your best with facials, face and body waxing, micro-dermabrasion and more. Krystal Klear Water There are millions of households and business spaces that have “hard” water. Therefore, water softeners are necessary. Krystal Klear Water capitalizes on the growing purified and natural water industry. We focus on premium water and provide our customers with an environmentally-friendly and low-maintenance water system that has fewer pollutants than our competitors. Krystal Klear Water’s water system is able to provide consumers with clean, mineral-rich, affordable water. The environmentally-safe aspect of our system has also attracted customers. We don’t utilize thousands of plastic bottles or filters, and your water never becomes acidic. We are literally competitor-free. Welcome New Members of Our Sales Team!
We are pleased to welcome the following Franchise Development Advisors to Franchise Growth Systems. Don Marshall
Don is a member of the New England Commercial Investment Board of Realtors and a board member of the New England Business Brokers Association, so his network reaches wide and far. He is also a member of the New England Franchise Association; therefore, he comes to us with experience in the franchising industry and a wealth of knowledge to build upon.
Tina Smith
Tina owns her own successful multi-territory franchised service business, giving her the advantage of knowing what a franchisee goes through. Tina’s work as an inside sales professional working with direct leads and brokers makes her suitable to deal with a wide variety of people. We look forward to having Tina on the FGS team and her professional experience is sure to pay dividends!
Jeanne Costello
Jeanne has owned and operated her own franchise consultant business, she is well-versed in the industry and will be able to bring a lot of experience to the table. She has sold multiple franchises in the past and specializes in Master Franchises. Jeanne has had an entrepreneurial spirit since a young age and is a member of the National Associate of Professional Women. Marc Sutton
Marc hails from Chandler, Arizona, and has a wide variety of accomplishments attached to his name. Marc increased Cellgate USA sales in non-traditional channels by 50% in only three months. He is also a three-time Director’s Club Winner with T-Mobile and is a President’s Club Winner with Bell Atlantic Mobile. We’re excited to see how his previous sales accomplishments translate to Franchise Growth Systems. Rhonda Ockun
Rhonda’s specialties as a trainer, mentor and transaction coordinator are sure to help her gain some great success in Franchise Sales with Franchise Growth Systems. She has almost 30 years of success as an entrepreneur, and self-employment is, to Rhonda, away of life. Rhonda describes her main goal as “ethically and honestly finding the right business opportunities for my candidates and offering my business partners well-qualified candidates.” You’ve come to the right place, Rhonda! Alan Bentley
Alan has an excess of 35 years experience providing contracted professional business services and solutions to the Small and Medium Sized Business Community. He is a certified business broker with experience in mergers and acquisitions, business loans, business valuations, and the sale of franchise and master franchise opportunities. he also has done Marketing and Advertising Sales to Corporate, Agency, Retail, Franchise and "Mom and Pop" enterprises. We are glad to welcome Alan aboard the FGS team!
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Here is What Has Been Happening at FGS!
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Here is what has been happening at FGS!
3 Master Franchises sold for International Franchise Solutions
2 Single Units sold for International Franchise Solutions
1 Qlaser Master
Congratulations to each individual that was involved in the sale of these franchises!
Franchise Growth Systems is looking forward to working with each of you in 2010!
Happy Holidays From Franchise Growth Systems
ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL FRANCHISEES
Over the years many studies have been completed to determine the ideal franchise candidate. Franchisors and professional psychological profilers have spent large amounts of time and capital to increase their chances of gaining a successful franchisee. To understand how well a potential franchise candidate will do in a certain franchise system, the franchisor should consider the four essential characteristics of successful franchisees. The franchisor will be wise to develop grading systems to observe the franchise candidate during the qualification process on how well they follow the system of qualification. If they can follow the franchisor’s qualification system, they can probably follow the franchisor’s system. Here is what most successful franchisors look for in potential single-unit and some multi-unit franchise candidates before they will award the franchise:
1. People skills.The franchisee must have the ability and desire to deal well with people. If they treat their employees and customers with trust and respect they will probably treat the franchisor the same. If they treat their employees well the employees will usually treat the costumers well. Franchisees will need to enjoy spending time with people. Franchisees who do not enjoy a lot of human interaction tend to become stressed. This will often lead to rudeness to employees, customers and eventually to their family, which will tear down the business instead of building it up. 2. Follow the System.The franchisee must have the ability and desire to follow a proven system. After analyzing the franchise system, the franchisee must be able to enjoy the system and reap the rewards of following the proven track record. If the potential franchisee can’t or won’t follow a system for success, the franchisee should consider starting their own business or buying a business. At the heart of the franchise system are the marketing strategies and systems. The marketing programs should be examined carefully to insure the potential franchisee feels comfortable with the system. 3. Good Attitude. Carefully consider the potential franchisee’s attitude. Are they asking a lot of questions about failure or do they ask more questions about the success of the franchise? They should be seeking to find out what makes the franchise successful rather than dwelling on what makes the franchise a failure. All franchisors that have many units and that have been around a few years have failures. Most of the time it is due to the failure of the franchisee to follow the system. The franchisee must be self-motivated to take action and follow the successes of others.They should have a good work ethic and not be afraid to roll up their sleeves and work side-by-side with their employees. A potential franchisee can consider the success rate of the franchise. If it is under 70 to 80%, it may not be worth the time to consider it. Franchising as a whole has a 90% plus success rate. 4. Proper capitalization.The franchisee must have the minimum amount of liquid capital and networth available to meet the franchisor’s requirements. A good franchisor will not allow the potential franchisee to move forward without the proper initial capital. The franchisee must have good credit, not perfect, but decent credit. This is essential for qualifying for a loan, if necessary. Good credit also has a direct correlation with how successful the franchisee will become.
Area development franchisees and master franchisees will need to have the four characteristics listed above and, in addition, a fifth characteristic listed as follows:
5. Extensive business experience.Real life success in real business is essential. Successful master franchisees or area development franchisees will take their experienceand apply it to the franchise system to help other franchisees succeed. With a proven record of success of the potential franchisee, the franchisor can expect the success to continue on the franchise system.
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FGS Welcomes New Franchise Development Advisors
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We Are Pleased to Announce our Newest Franchise Development Advisors! Scott Bundy Gary Payne Jose Siandre Bill Wilson Tom Lang Martin Hancock Each of these individuals brings a lot of expertise and experience to continue to help Franchise Growth Systems succeed and continue to be number one in Master Franchising! You can find out more about our newest FDA’s by visiting our website at www.franchisegrowth.com and going to the “About Us” section. The FDA’s for Franchise Growth Systems will be your main contact to answer any questions, and with whom you will submit your leads to. They will be available to assist you and your clients through the selling process with each one of our brands. If you would like to be assigned and FDA, or simply do not know who your current FDA is, please contact April Johnson at the home office. We will be happy to assign you your FDA and they will in return introduce themselves, and be ready to help you!
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More Master Regions sold for Esio Water & Beverage!
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Congratulations goes out to Ralph Keyslay, a Business Alliance Affiliate out of Nashua, NH for assisting Dan Olsen, President of Franchise Growth Systems, with the sale of 2 ESIO Master Territories - Tampa Bay and Orlando Florida!! These 2 new additions make a total of 5 Master territories sold for ESIO in less than 5 months time - New Jersey, Philadelphia, Arizona and now Tampa Bay and Orlando Florida. Mr. Keyslay received $50,000 in commission for closing these 2 territories! ESIO is a HOT brand in the Franchise Growth Systems inventory for Master concepts - If YOU too would like to learn how YOU can receive a nice commission check - Please contact Tammi Veater, tveater@franchisegrowth.com, ESIO Brand manager for assistance. Great things are happening with this HOT brand that we would like to share! Please join us in a warm welcome to Chuck Vollmer as the new Master Franchisee for these two regions. If you have someone interested in single or multiple unit opportunities for Tampa and Orlando, FL, please contact: Matt Olsen molsen@franchisegrowth.com Franchise Growth Systems (480) 223-1500 x706
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Master Franchises and Territories closed with FGS
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We would like to take this opportunity to let you know what exciting things have been going on with FGS! We are working with some amazing brands, and over the past few months, we have sold territories for Esio Water & Beverage, Firestorm 24/7 and Qlaser Solutions. Because of their hard work and dedication, we have been able to write out commission checks for the following: Congratulations to each one of you on a job well done! Keep up the good work and we will keep the checks coming!
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What We Do at Franchise Growth Systems
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Franchise Growth Systems is an independent franchise sales force
throughout the United States. We have a network of franchise brokers and
consultants across North America and can tap into their contacts and
knowledge to quickly bring a steady stream of qualified franchisee leads to
the franchisor. We become THE authorized franchise sales department for
the franchisor.
Franchise Growth Systems recognizes the importance of consistent, quality
franchise sales to a franchisor. Since 2002, we have developed
extremely effective franchise sales systems and professional, successful
franchise sales people to execute the FGS franchise sales plan. FGS is
responsible for bringing in millions of dollars in franchise fees for franchisors
every year, as well as paying out millions in broker commissions. These sales
are the result of hard work - seeking and finding the right person for the right
franchise.
We Carefully Select the Companies We Represent
Franchise Growth Systems carefully evaluates all franchise companies that
we consider representing, before offering the franchise to brokers and
consultants. FGS evaluates the industry extensively as well as the company
and its officers. Random and thorough validations are done with franchisees
to insure integrity of the franchise and their system.
All information gained is input into our proprietary software and analyzed,
producing a twenty-four page franchise analysis on the company. FGS will
then determine if the franchise is solid and a good addition to our franchise
inventory. Only after all of these steps are taken and an agreement is signed
does this franchise become available to our network of brokers and
consultants to show to their clients.
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