As a small business owner, you have to wear many different hats to keep your business running and growing. Between staffing, scheduling, purchasing, customer service, marketing, and all the other tasks, you’ll start to wish you could clone yourself just to get it all done! Well, any successful business person will tell you that success comes…
Buying a franchise is a really good way to start your own business. You can avoid much of the work that goes into starting a business from scratch. You also have the advantage of following a blueprint, which is a proven business model. The first step though, is obviously choosing the right franchise. Why High…
Google Toolbar Find out how well your pages rank on Google with the Google Toolbar. Each page on your site has a Page Rank, which is Google’s way of saying which sites are more likely or less likely to yield useful information. The page rank is used to determine which sites to list highest in…
When you’re considering the purchase of a franchise, you want to be sure the one you choose is “hot”. With so many opportunities out there, how do you know what’s hot and what’s not? Let’s take a look at a few indicators that may help you decide to jump into the fire! Happiness in…
1.Be Clear on Why You want to Start a Business While the idea of starting a business may be daunting, the fatigue of looking for a job may be even greater. Taking control of your working life by venturing out on your own may be scary, but doing nothing can be worse. That said, don’t…
Tip 1: Engage Your Target Audience The popularity of a franchisee’s page—and on Facebook it’s all about popularity—will depend on whether or not those who have liked your page are compelled to interact with it. The level of interaction, or as Facebook terms it, “engagement”, will determine a franchisee’s placement on the news feeds…
Trends in Franchising Trends in franchising are ever evolving as the economy ebbs and flows. As a franchisor, you need to keep your opportunity relevant to the demands of consumers while also remaining an attractive option for prospective franchisees. It is critical that you keep your fingers on the pulse of what drives customers to…
Hints for Starting a New Business In our recent blog posts, we’ve defined a franchise and provided reasons why investing in a franchise might be an idea to consider. In today’s blog, we’d like to discuss some helpful tips to follow when getting a new business off the ground. High Touch High Tech (ht2) has…
Maintain Brand Integrity One of the main reasons to buy a franchise instead of starting an independent business is that you benefit from the widespread brand recognition built by your franchise. The sheer number of geographically distributed franchisees in a franchise system exerts an enormous influence on consumers. When planning your email marketing campaign, it is…
So recently, we learned, “What is a Franchise.” In today’s blog post, we’d like to identify some of the advantages to investing in a franchise. With the help of Ask.com, we have compiled a list of the top 10 reasons why we think buying a franchise is a good idea. We invite you to review…
