The Franchise King Blog

Keeping Up With The Neighbors. Can Green Lawn Care Franchises Make A Difference?

2008-07-24T07:38:00-04:00

My lawn's greener! No,my lawn's greener! A common friendly little neighborhood argument that takes place every summer around the country. If you feel that you have the nicest, greenest lawn on the street, but you use a franchise lawn service like Spring-Green, or Natural Lawn, instead of spending 5-8 hours a week slaving away like Mr. Perfection, 3 doors down, who is the real winner????

According to The Columbus Dispatch, the real competition for the greenest lawn on your street takes place in the trenches. The trenches of franchise warfare, that is....Read.

Global warming facts.
A new Green Mom blogger.
Share this new website with a green franchise company
The Dot Gov Is Now Green!

Career Choice Time:Get A Job? Or Get Your Own Business?

2008-07-23T06:50:00-04:00

With all the downsizings and layoffs that are happening around the country, lots of folks are feeling the heat, if they are out of a job..... So what will a job do for you? {Besides provide some steady income} What types of jobs are growing, and what types of jobs are disappearing?

My role as a franchise consultant enables me to help those that are not interested in pursuing a job. My goal is to move someone away from corporate America, and into a business of their own.

So, if you are one of the downsized, what direction should you be going? If you opt for another job, Forbes came up with some job data that you may find interesting.

Go here to see the top growing jobs

Go here to see the top disappearing jobs

What about the world of franchise/small business ownership? Are there certain franchise sectors that you may want to investigate?

Go here to see the 2008 franchise trends

Is it possible that there are some franchise types to avoid? Do you know of any? Please tell me, in the form of a comment. You could be helping someone out who could be making a mistake.

Learn how to research a franchise...

This Franchise Has Been Green For Years!

2008-07-21T06:44:00-04:00

A lot of small businesses are jumping on the Green bandwagon, and this blogger thinks that it is important to do so. Some franchise concepts can start off their Green initiatives with simple things like replacing old light bulbs with newer, more energy efficient ones.This may seem like a minuscule thing to do, but if all the franchise companies nationwide did it, it would save a lot of energy!

There are even some franchise concepts to get involved in that have been Green since their inception. Would you like top know which one I am talking about?

Kitchen Tune-Up has been saving wood, and even planting trees for years. Dave Haglund, founder of Kitchen Tune-Up says "When you redoor your cabinets instead of replacing them entirely, you do a small part to help our planet. Your cabinet boxes don't go to a landfill and the energy and materials needed to create new ones isn't used, either! It's just one more thing to feel good about."

If you are about to do a kitchen remodel, is it possible for you to take a step back, and consider the refacing option? By doing so, you really would be helping the planet, by saving a tree or two. You would of course, also be saving the fuel costs that would be required for delivery of the trees to the mill, and finally, you would be saving another type of Green. It is less costly to reface a kitchen, than to replace the cabinets that are already in place!

Don't believe me, though.

Read some comments from real Kitchen Tune-Up customers:

Love my new kitchen!!! Can't say enough about it. Made a 30 year old kitchen like new in 3 days. On time, cleaned up each night and 1/2 price of new cabinets. Love it, love it, love it!!!

I will recommend "Kitchen Tune-Up" to all my friends and I am very happy that I could keep my old cabinets that now look like new.

My kitchen cabinets look brand new and my whole kitchen feels different. I was so impressed with the professionalism of the services. Great company to work I have already passed their name along.

Amazing - came for original visit when promised. Explained everything. Called to confirm date. Finished and left everything looking 1000% better.

There are 100+ more customer reviews to read, here!

If you are feeling the need to spruce up your kitchen, or are thinking about entering the green franchise realm, please check out their company website. Go Green!

Need help with a Green Franchise Business Plan?? Look!

Small Business Expert Of The Week

2008-07-20T19:43:00-04:00

WOW! I want to publicly thank the fine folks over at Work.com for naming me
"Business Expert Of The Week." You made this guy smile.

Read about it on the Work.com Community Blog...

By the way, The Work.com website just surpassed 10,000 written guides!

Congrats!!

Pickles And Ice Cream

2008-07-18T07:18:00-04:00

I just had to. I have no idea if this franchise is good, bad, or successful. But the name is the best one I have heard this year. My friends over at the Daily Franchise News are reporting that this franchise chain is expanding. {Yes, ladies. Expanding...}
It is called Pickles And Ice Cream Maternity Apparel!

Read...

Here are some other great franchise names

Small Business/Franchise Related Podcasts For Your Listening Pleasure

2008-07-18T07:05:00-04:00

The Franchise King is decreeing the following for his Royal Subjects this weekend:

I, Joel Libava, The Franchise King, order you, my Royal Subjects, to give your eyes a much needed break from visual media of all sorts, including PC's, Laptops, TV's, and such, so that you may use 2 organs that may be getting a little lonely, in this here Kingdom.

Here are some great informational audio links on Small Business & Franchising for your enjoyment.....
Have a nice weekend!

THIS Franchisee Loves Helping Others

2008-07-16T09:19:03-04:00

Sanderson PR

The fine folks at Sanderson PR shared an uplifting story today about a franchisee of Express Employment Professionals, the re-branded name of Express Personnel, out of Oklahoma. This is a great week for Express. I just mentioned some positive stuff about Express's CEO, Bob Funk, on my weekly AllBusiness.com article. He stepped up big time, and wrote a $50k check last December to the American Red Cross after the ice storms in Oklahoma.

In Sanderson's Daily Franchise News Blog, they profile Palbinder Badesha, a California franchise owner of express Employment Professionals, who says “There is no better thrill than helping someone get a job – it really does change their life,.”Badesha opened her Express Employment Professionals office in March 2006 in Corona, California

Read the rest of the article on the Daily Franchise News, here...

Is a staffing business in your future? Is any franchise-type business in your future?

Please go to our company website, and find out if we can help you select a great franchise to own!

Of course you can TakeTheFranchiseQuiz.com

{Not to be confused with a copycat version, in which this franchise brokerage firm requires you to give them pages and pages of personal info before you can take their "test"}

Solar Panel Franchises. My Servers Are Overloaded!

2008-07-15T10:18:52-04:00

                                             Ok! OK! OK!!
I get it! Gas prices are over $4.00. My wife just put 11 gallons in her Mitsubishi Galant, and it cost $50. She came home, and proceeded to throw up!

Does my wife's aggravation have anything to do with the uptick in folks clicking my "Solar Panel Franchises" articles from the past year? Is it a coincidence? Is it President Bush? Does his announcement that he wants to start more offshore drilling of oil have anything to do with today's interest in Solar Panel Franchises? I have no idea. Is Solar Energy our answer? Please let me know in the comment area! I want to know!!!

You are now free to move about the cabin. Here are the articles in question:

A Solar Power Franchise Concept!

January 2008. Interest Is High On All Things Solar

April 2008 Update On Solar Franchises

Ok. Buy a Solar Panel, Here!

Check A Jim Kukral's Wife's Green Blog

Another Friend's Green Stuff. A Wiki.

Rooster's Franchising Strategy Worth Watching

2008-07-15T08:38:00-04:00

A Central Ohio restaurant franchisor. With no corporate headquarters? Named after an animal that goes"Kakadoodledoooooooo!"

No, I am not making this up, like a certain other website's writer's seem to be doing..quite often. This really is a franchise that you could invest in. Rooster's would like you to have real live restaurant experience, which is certainly a welcome change, in this blogger's eyes. As a matter of fact, I am going to call up the president of Rooster's, and offer my incredible marketing talent. They should be here, don't ya think???

Anyway, it is time for you to read their story. It is one that you will find quite refreshing...

Here.

New Franchise Follies Website 2nd Website To Break News Of New Angelina Jolie-Pitt Franchise!

2008-07-14T14:39:33-04:00

WOW! A "getting kinda popular" new franchise website, recently launched by this blogger, is getting a tremendous amount of traffic today, by being not the 1st, but the 2nd major small business website to break some celebrity news, today.

Franchise Follies has the story on this new Jolie-Pitt future franchise offering. The blogosphere is humming with the news, and a few bloggers are getting creative, by coming up with some new names for these "clinics." I have a feeling that mine will win out, though.

Mine:

"A Womb With a View"