So you’re considering buying a franchise – great decision! The franchise business is a lucrative, rewarding profession in which you can start your own business without needing to forge your own business model or develop an entirely new conceptual standard. Your business has proven profitability and customers may already be loyal to your brand – so all the work is done, right? Wrong, wrong, wrong. While buying a franchise means a reduced failure rate, more buying power, and external backing, it doesn’t necessarily indicate success for your start up. Read the following three myths about opening a franchise before you lay out the welcome mat, and help ensure your attainment of your personal and professional goals.
#1 The brand name sells itself
- Just because you’re opening a franchise of a well-known company doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about marketing or competition. While it’s comforting to think that the name will sell itself, your franchise needs a comprehensives marketing strategy in place to coordinate and plan how to get new customers. Without an all-inclusive strategy, a franchisee is likely doomed to fail. Not a franchise marketing major? Consider an award-winning franchise business consulting team like Upside Group Franchise Consulting for experience in marketing, strategic advertising, public relations, and sales management.
#2 Your parent company will tell you everything you need to know
- While your franchiser will probably provide you with materials and advice on opening your business, additional resources are critical to ensure your franchise launches successfully, and remains consistent during developmental and expansion stages. Consider hiring a franchise business consulting team to write customized manuals developed according to industry standards. These materials will fill in the gap between generic advice and your individual circumstances, serving as an essential supplement to your parent company’s instruction.
#3 Your franchise has a million physical locations, so you don’t need a web presence
- Even if your franchise has a business front in every shopping mall in America doesn’t mean you can ignore the omnipotence of internet search engines and the enormous significance of your web presence. If you’re not strategically utilizing your website development to employ search engine optimization, you’re missing out on an increasingly vast swarm of online customers. Whether they’re Googling the nearest franchise or searching on Bing for your products, it’s imperative your potential regulars find you.
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For the past decade, Upside Group has been helping franchisees develop their business plans and marketing strategies with an aim to increase sales and to ensure long term success. Comprised of an experienced and professional team, Upside Group understands every aspect of the franchise model and how to execute the most effective strategies for a number of different business goals.With measurable results and proven expertise, Upside Group is committed to providing clients with a list of comprehensive services that will strengthen the development of their franchise. The Upside franchise consulting business team is relied upon industry-wide to attract qualified franchisees that are in line with your strategic growth goals.
From sales planning to franchise lead scrubbing and screening, tracking, and customer management, Upside Group's proven franchise sales management professionals sell franchises, help with franchisee re-sales, and assist entrepreneurs interested in buying a franchise to find one in the industry that fits their professional vision and the potential for franchise profits in their local marketplace.