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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727</id><updated>2012-02-17T22:07:29.959-08:00</updated><category term="Emotional Intelligence" /><category term="Grow Smart Risk Less" /><category term="Leadership" /><category term="Performance" /><category term="Clients" /><category term="Values" /><category term="Compatibility" /><category term="Stages of Growth" /><category term="Marketing" /><category term="Recruiting" /><category term="Culture" /><category term="Special Offers" /><category term="Events" /><category term="Top Performer" /><category term="Webinars" /><title type="text">Proven Nuggets</title><subtitle type="html">Tips to recruit, train and support top performing franchisees</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>63</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/SFPhV" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="blogspot/sfphv" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-6486223481793709644</id><published>2012-02-17T21:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-17T21:56:15.610-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Top Performer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">CiCi's Pizza Announces 2012 Franchise Growth Plans</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;(COPPELL, Texas) Feb. 2012 – CiCi’s Pizza, home of the custom pizza  buffet, announced today its 2012 growth plans to support its continuing  10-year “Build the Brand” initiative to add 500 new restaurants by 2020.  Progress in 2011 included 22 new restaurant openings representing a  nearly 25 percent increase in new locations over the previous year, and  multiple new partnerships to accelerate expansion. &lt;a href="http://www.franchiseworks.com/franchise_news_story.aspx?nid=1209#"&gt;Read More Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-6486223481793709644?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/6486223481793709644/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/cicis-pizza-announces-2012-franchise.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6486223481793709644" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6486223481793709644" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/cicis-pizza-announces-2012-franchise.html" title="CiCi's Pizza Announces 2012 Franchise Growth Plans" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-2928628535358984328</id><published>2012-02-16T23:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-16T23:34:53.097-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culture" /><title type="text">PuroClean Forms Charitable Partnership With the American Red Cross</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rc43o-nQyqs/Tz4CEeDlPMI/AAAAAAAAAR8/y1qqjOILhdA/s1600/Puro+Clean+Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="86" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rc43o-nQyqs/Tz4CEeDlPMI/AAAAAAAAAR8/y1qqjOILhdA/s320/Puro+Clean+Logo.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;TAMARAC, Fla., Feb 16, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- PuroClean, a national property emergency restoration franchise,  announced today that it has partnered with the American Red Cross as a  member of the Red Cross Disaster Responder Program. PuroClean will be  the first partner in the American Red Cross' history to have the  distinct privilege of incorporating the Disaster Responder Program logo  on all collateral and vehicles throughout North America.    &lt;a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/puroclean-forms-charitable-partnership-with-the-american-red-cross-2012-02-16"&gt;MarketWatch Story Here.&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-2928628535358984328?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/2928628535358984328/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/puroclean-forms-charitable-partnership.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/2928628535358984328" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/2928628535358984328" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/puroclean-forms-charitable-partnership.html" title="PuroClean Forms Charitable Partnership With the American Red Cross" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rc43o-nQyqs/Tz4CEeDlPMI/AAAAAAAAAR8/y1qqjOILhdA/s72-c/Puro+Clean+Logo.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-6656883161381449847</id><published>2012-02-09T12:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T12:23:12.091-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Top Performer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recruiting" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">Business Builder Profile Debuts on Franchising.com</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sKT3TJRkE0Y/TzQZ2cIw6bI/AAAAAAAAARs/Yg14Dp3GfAg/s1600/Franchise+Update+Media.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="183" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sKT3TJRkE0Y/TzQZ2cIw6bI/AAAAAAAAARs/Yg14Dp3GfAg/s320/Franchise+Update+Media.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;“One of the biggest challenges franchisors face is spending time and money developing a franchisee that isn’t a good fit for either party,” says Gary Gardner, Chairman of FUMG. “We believe giving franchisors a proven and scientific tool to evaluate a candidate in the beginning of the process gives them the best chance of long-term compatibility and success while increasing their number of qualified leads.” &lt;a href="http://www.franchising.com/campaigns/20120209_provenmatch/"&gt;Learn More Here.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Program is limited to 63 franchise companies. Call Mike Herrera directly at 949.278.0052 or Rebecca Monet at 760.207.2214 with questions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-6656883161381449847?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/6656883161381449847/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/business-builder-profile-debuts-on.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6656883161381449847" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6656883161381449847" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/business-builder-profile-debuts-on.html" title="Business Builder Profile Debuts on Franchising.com" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sKT3TJRkE0Y/TzQZ2cIw6bI/AAAAAAAAARs/Yg14Dp3GfAg/s72-c/Franchise+Update+Media.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-2631816950443287438</id><published>2012-02-08T14:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T15:14:51.316-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Values" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Top Performer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Webinars" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culture" /><title type="text">The Science of Attracting Top Performers</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Martin Greenbaum, CFE of Greenbaum Marketing and Rebecca Monet behavioral scientist and President&amp;nbsp;of Proven Match&amp;nbsp;discuss the science and art&amp;nbsp;of attracting top performing franchisees using values-based marketing.&amp;nbsp;Rebecca shared the science of values and Marty took the bull by the horn to discuss practical marketing applications marketing including messaging, graphics, fonts, colors, strategies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had no idea&amp;nbsp;recruiting would be such a hot topic. When the registrations started to pour in for this webinar we had to increase the number of spots available to 150.&amp;nbsp;We're thrilled&amp;nbsp;franchisors are committed to finding the 'Right' candidates - folks that are both culturally compatible and have what it takes to build strong businesses.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Clearly, Recuiting and more importantly recruiting A players is top of mind for franchise organizations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you missed it you can &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJft5Ktg9nA"&gt;LISTEN HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-2631816950443287438?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/2631816950443287438/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/science-of-attracting-top-performers.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/2631816950443287438" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/2631816950443287438" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/science-of-attracting-top-performers.html" title="The Science of Attracting Top Performers" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-4931735851097101296</id><published>2012-02-08T14:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T11:21:17.582-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">Welcome Aboard Asiana Cuisine Enterprises!</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FgSrai8zcfU/TzL5ULZKjpI/AAAAAAAAARk/RBR8t4Grq20/s1600/Asiana+Cuisine+Enterprise.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="195" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FgSrai8zcfU/TzL5ULZKjpI/AAAAAAAAARk/RBR8t4Grq20/s200/Asiana+Cuisine+Enterprise.png" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Proven Match is pleased to announce that we have just added Asiana Cuisine Enterprises to our client roster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ACE offers fresh, high quality sushi, made in local supermarkets by trained chefs, at affordable prices, every day in convenient “to-go” packages. ACE currently operates 600+ outlets in local supermarkets in 38 states across the U.S. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sushi has never been fresher or quicker! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you shop at one of these major supermarkets stop and grab one of their tasty delights: A&amp;amp;P, Albertsons, Giant Foods, Kroger, Pick n Save, Piggly Wiggle, Smiths, Stop N Shop, Rainbow Markets and Spencers to name a few. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asiana Cuisine Enterprises&amp;nbsp;understands science based screening and qualifying of candidates will provide a better quality franchisee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;We look forward to working and growing with Gary Chin, Michelle Olson and their team. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-4931735851097101296?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/4931735851097101296/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/welcome-aboard-asiana-cuisine.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/4931735851097101296" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/4931735851097101296" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/welcome-aboard-asiana-cuisine.html" title="Welcome Aboard Asiana Cuisine Enterprises!" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FgSrai8zcfU/TzL5ULZKjpI/AAAAAAAAARk/RBR8t4Grq20/s72-c/Asiana+Cuisine+Enterprise.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-382114874809654401</id><published>2012-02-07T14:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T14:21:58.056-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">FranNet and Wounded Warrior Project</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- FranNet, an international network of franchise consultants, is donating money to the Wounded Warrior Project(TM) (WWP), a national nonprofit with a mission to honor and empower wounded warriors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several of FranNet's 100 franchise consultants are veterans themselves, and FranNet has been searching for the best way to help veterans of the war in Afghanistan and the just-concluded war in Iraq, said Jania Bailey, FranNet's president and chief operating officer.    &lt;a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/frannet-to-help-disabled-veterans-through-wounded-warrior-project-2012-02-07"&gt;READ MORE HERE.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-382114874809654401?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/382114874809654401/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/frannet-and-wounded-warrior-project.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/382114874809654401" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/382114874809654401" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/02/frannet-and-wounded-warrior-project.html" title="FranNet and Wounded Warrior Project" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-6081813982838358994</id><published>2012-01-29T00:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T00:37:55.893-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culture" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Emotional Intelligence" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Performance" /><title type="text">Ethics Matter</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;I think we would all agree ethics matter. Franchisors want to know their franchisees will run an ethical and principled business, thus providing credibility at the local level and protecting brand equity. Can you really know a franchisee will uphold your standards and principles? Yes. There are numerous clues within Proven Match &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TETjAoR7YxM"&gt;Emotional and Social Intelligence&lt;/a&gt; measures, including self-discipline and self-control that help companies see the 'true' character of an individual.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found this article interesting regarding ethics and the correlation  between one's personal life and professional life. &lt;a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/ethical-challenge-create-a-work-culture-that-emphasizes-doing-the-right-thing-138251084.html"&gt;Creating a culture that encourages doing the right thing.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-6081813982838358994?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/6081813982838358994/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/ethics-matter.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6081813982838358994" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6081813982838358994" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/ethics-matter.html" title="Ethics Matter" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-8033582299531361145</id><published>2012-01-27T23:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T00:38:39.877-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culture" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Performance" /><title type="text">Liquid Capital: Factoring - Franchising</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Tightened bank lending&amp;nbsp;policies have affected many businesses. Brian Birnbaum, founder and director of Liquid Capital says “Statistics show that nine out of ten businesses that apply for a bank  loan are getting denied.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Proven Match we are advocates of business and franchise ownership. We are grateful to Liquid Capital on of our franchise clients&amp;nbsp;for stepping up to the challenge and assisting businesses of all sizes and shapes with cash flow management. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pr-inside.com/increased-demand-for-factoring-services-drives-r3021965.htm"&gt;More on Liquid Capital and Factoring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-8033582299531361145?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/8033582299531361145/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/liquid-capital-factoring-franchising.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/8033582299531361145" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/8033582299531361145" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/liquid-capital-factoring-franchising.html" title="Liquid Capital: Factoring - Franchising" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-4168490455881588181</id><published>2012-01-26T18:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T18:16:23.561-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Top Performer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Compatibility" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leadership" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culture" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Performance" /><title type="text">CEO of Domino's shares insights on Autocratic Leadership Style</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;This article hit home for me. As many of you know one of the 7 assessment we use to determine&amp;nbsp;the Top Performer Model for a franchise organization is&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;"Leadership Style". &lt;/strong&gt;We break&amp;nbsp;Leadership Style&amp;nbsp;into 4 categories: Autocratic (which is Patrick Doyle's topic in this article), Paternalistic, Democratic and Laissez-Faire. Each of course has its pros and cons depending on the business itself. Each when applied inappropriately can&amp;nbsp;have a detrimental effect on performance and profitability. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patrick Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Domino's  Pizza Inc. (NYSE:DPZ), speaks with Blue MauMau about why he pays so much  attention to franchise owners and what style works best in leading  them. &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/Patrick%20Doyle,%20president%20and%20chief%20executive%20officer%20of%20Domino's%20Pizza%20Inc.%20(NYSE:DPZ),%20speaks%20with%20Blue%20MauMau%20about%20why%20he%20pays%20so%20much%20attention%20to%20franchise%20owners%20and%20what%20style%20works%20best%20in%20leading%20them."&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-4168490455881588181?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/4168490455881588181/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/ceo-of-dominos-shares-insigths-on.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/4168490455881588181" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/4168490455881588181" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/ceo-of-dominos-shares-insigths-on.html" title="CEO of Domino's shares insights on Autocratic Leadership Style" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-7231278669440893114</id><published>2012-01-20T13:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T13:45:09.513-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Webinars" /><title type="text">Webinar: The Science of Attracting Top Performers</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;This 1-hour webinar scheduled September 1st at 11:00 Pacific,&amp;nbsp;is sure to provide some valuable insights into the psychology of attraction. Our conversation will lead us into color psychology, values-based marketing and the most effective ways to attract your ideal franchisee candidate. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Please &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/showReg?udc=eyyqpkpekph6"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;to learn more about our speakers and participate in a &lt;b&gt;FREE&lt;/b&gt; webinar that will make you think twice about your existing recruitment practices. Special thanks to our webinar sponsor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guidantfinancial.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;www.guidantfinancial.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-7231278669440893114?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/7231278669440893114/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/webinar-science-of-attracting-top.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/7231278669440893114" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/7231278669440893114" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/webinar-science-of-attracting-top.html" title="Webinar: The Science of Attracting Top Performers" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-4307474547524319073</id><published>2012-01-06T14:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T11:28:14.522-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Performance" /><title type="text">Rocco Fiorentino and His DIVCO Milk Truck</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_8q_p-yxFa0/Twd2m5506II/AAAAAAAAARY/pVxG13ecjVI/s1600/Swiss+Truck+103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_8q_p-yxFa0/Twd2m5506II/AAAAAAAAARY/pVxG13ecjVI/s320/Swiss+Truck+103.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_8q_p-yxFa0/Twd2m5506II/AAAAAAAAARY/pVxG13ecjVI/s1600/Swiss+Truck+103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_8q_p-yxFa0/Twd2m5506II/AAAAAAAAARY/pVxG13ecjVI/s1600/Swiss+Truck+103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I just had to share this photo of Rocco Fiorentino, President of Swiss Farms. The DIVCO milk truck you see -&amp;nbsp;Rocco recently&amp;nbsp;refurbished. I love it! Many of you know I was born and raised in a small village in&amp;nbsp;Switzerland. I spent many days at my best friend's dairy and apple farm. The farm has been in Annalee's family for over 350 years.&amp;nbsp;When Rocco shared this photo&amp;nbsp;with me a rush of wonderful memories filled my head and a smile crossed my face. I hope it does the same for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, check out Little Rocco, age 15&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;named one of America’s top ten youth volunteers for 2011 in a  ceremony at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: &lt;a href="http://www.musicbyrocco.com/"&gt;http://www.musicbyrocco.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-4307474547524319073?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/4307474547524319073/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/rocco-fiorentino-and-his-divco-milk.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/4307474547524319073" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/4307474547524319073" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/rocco-fiorentino-and-his-divco-milk.html" title="Rocco Fiorentino and His DIVCO Milk Truck" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_8q_p-yxFa0/Twd2m5506II/AAAAAAAAARY/pVxG13ecjVI/s72-c/Swiss+Truck+103.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-3393034082775231981</id><published>2012-01-05T09:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T14:47:08.974-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leadership" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">Yum! Brands Chairman David Novak Shares Break-Through Leadership Strategies</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Wanted to share a recent&amp;nbsp;press release&amp;nbsp;from Smart Brief. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether starting a business, developing or launching a new product,        moving a company in a new direction or raising money for a good  cause, &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;TAKING        PEOPLE WITH YOU&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; has the answers to empower people at all  levels        personally and professionally. The book offers a step-by-step  guide to        setting big goals, getting others on board, achieving  break-through        results and celebrating after people “shock the skeptics.”  Specific        tools are included at the end of each chapter that challenge  readers to        reflect on how they are doing on key aspects of leadership. &lt;a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/news/Workforce/industryBW-detail.jsp?id=A28AFC4B-E54D-4BFE-B237-06AC2A83966A"&gt;Read More Here &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-3393034082775231981?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/3393034082775231981/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/yum-brands-chairman-david-novak-shares.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/3393034082775231981" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/3393034082775231981" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/yum-brands-chairman-david-novak-shares.html" title="Yum! Brands Chairman David Novak Shares Break-Through Leadership Strategies" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-5439345253565823504</id><published>2012-01-04T10:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T11:33:34.309-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">Welcome Aboard Fabutan!</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #232323;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-livRFlpjqFA/TwSpZOw5n7I/AAAAAAAAAQs/bqDw4NNKU5k/s1600/FabutanSTS+DarkRed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="82" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-livRFlpjqFA/TwSpZOw5n7I/AAAAAAAAAQs/bqDw4NNKU5k/s320/FabutanSTS+DarkRed.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #232323;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span kerning="0" letterspacing="0" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"&gt;Those Canadians know how to turn grey skies and cold winters into a day at the beach with a simple visit to a Fabutan Sun Tan Studio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #232323;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span kerning="0" letterspacing="0" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #232323;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span kerning="0" letterspacing="0" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"&gt;Today,  we welcome Fabutan to the Proven Match family of franchise clients. For  those south of the Canadian border or in a land far away, let me  introduce Tracey Warren, Director, Franchise Operations and Fabutan a  franchise system with over 130 locations.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span kerning="0" letterspacing="0" style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"&gt;Fabutan is a privately owned  Canadian company that has been helping people look and feel better  through the benefits of indoor tanning since 1979. Being not only  Canada's premier indoor tanning company, but also the largest, allows  Fabutan to guide over 2.5 million people through the process of smart  tanning each year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span kerning="0" letterspacing="0" style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"&gt;Speaking about a smart process, Tracey is looking forward  to using the Personal Franchise Assessment to gain greater insight into a  prospective franchisee’s business building personality. The goal of  course is selecting franchisees with the compatibility and competencies  necessary to build profitable businesses. The PFA is designed to help  her franchise development team sell more deals – to the right people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span kerning="0" letterspacing="0" style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"&gt;Welcome Aboard Fabutan - We  look forward to many sunny days together as you continue to grow market  share.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-5439345253565823504?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/5439345253565823504/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-aboard-fabutan.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/5439345253565823504" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/5439345253565823504" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-aboard-fabutan.html" title="Welcome Aboard Fabutan!" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-livRFlpjqFA/TwSpZOw5n7I/AAAAAAAAAQs/bqDw4NNKU5k/s72-c/FabutanSTS+DarkRed.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-1797899526218416687</id><published>2011-12-26T14:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T15:23:24.943-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events" /><title type="text">OC Franchise Business Network - Meeting at LA Boxing</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Rebecca Monet, President of Proven Match, is to speak at the &lt;i&gt;Franchise Business Network Event&lt;/i&gt; on &lt;i&gt;How to Manage System Change&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The event is to take place at the &lt;i&gt;LA Boxing Franchise Corporation&lt;/i&gt; in Santa Ana on January 10th.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;According to Monet, “All businesses experience common problems that arise at similar stages of development.&amp;nbsp; Familiarity with this concept allows franchisors to attain valuable insights to effectively manage change&amp;nbsp;and ensure that their&amp;nbsp;organizations will continue to thrive.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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Blum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Since the 1920’s, economics and business management professors have been teaching about the &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Stages of Growth&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This model of business growth is based on the fact &lt;u&gt;that all businesses experience common problems that arise at similar stages of development.&lt;/u&gt; Familiarity with this concept allows business owners to attain valuable insights into their organization to ensure that their business will not only continue to survive, but to thrive as well.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;What Makes Stages of Growth Important to Franchisors?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;According to Rebecca Monet, President of &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;Proven Match, &lt;/b&gt;“Understanding a franchise system's Stage of Growth is a critical element relative to a Franchisor’s expansion.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;A number of business and management theorists have alluded to these developmental stages – and they have been the subject of considerable research.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Some early practitioners include proponents of the &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Organizational Life Cycle&lt;/i&gt;, (OLC), the &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Greiner Curve&lt;/i&gt; and other models based on the work of James F. Moore or Haire’s &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Modern Organizational Theory&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Regardless, by the 1970s and 1980s the model became an accepted reference as it pertained to overall organizational growth.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;But it wasn’t until Neil Churchill and Virginia Lewis’ 1983 article in &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Harvard Business Review&lt;/i&gt; that this concept garnered the attention of management consulting firms around the world including Arthur Andersen (now Accenture), Deloitte and McKinsey. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;For Monet, a behavioral scientist, the &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;Stages of Business Growth&lt;/i&gt; made great sense for franchising.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Monet set out to research and write algorithms that would accurately predict a companies stage of growth and assess individuals most likely to embrace and adapt to each of these stages.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;These algorithms have since proven successful in its application to franchising. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Kitchen Solvers -- a national franchising company that specializes in kitchen remodeling -- is just one example.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Like many of us, Gerry Henley, General Manager of Kitchen Solvers, has seen great change throughout his industry as well as within his company in the last decade.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Fast Company: Kitchen Solvers&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Kitchen Solvers initially focused on providing cabinet re-facing services to La Crosse, Wisconsin homeowners.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As demand for cabinet re-facing and remodeling grew, the company expanded their service area to include all of Western Wisconsin.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;In 1984, the Baldners established the first franchise division of Kitchen Solvers in Janesville.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Soon thereafter, Kitchen Solvers grew internationally in 1999 with the opening of its first Canadian franchise in Ottawa, Ontario.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Today, Kitchen Solvers has established itself as an industry leader in both cabinet re-facing and new cabinetry.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Henley learned about the 5 predictable stages of growth all companies go through at a webinar hosted by Proven Match.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He quickly recognized that some of the challenges his company was dealing with could be attributed to “growing pains.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;The 5 Stages of Growth in a Nutshell&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Basically, all companies pass through a recognizable life cycle -- or sequence of developmental stages -- from existence through maturity.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The number of life cycle stages has been the subject of considerable debate over the years. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;While some analysts have delineated as many as ten different stages, others have consolidated the model into as little as three stages. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Says Monet, “Most models -- including the classic Harvard Business Review Study – support the view of the organizational life cycle as a period comprised of five stages.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;At &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;Proven Match&lt;/b&gt;, the 5 Stages of Growth are as follows:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Stage 1: Entrepeneurial &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Stage 2: Partnership&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Stage 3: Systematic&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Stage 4: Bureaucracy&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Stage 5: Intrapenuerial&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;According to Monet, “Within each stage of growth, a franchisee’s motives and skill sets need to complement a franchisor’s strategic plans and market expansion strategies.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In other words, says Monet, “the Franchisor’s Stage of Growth and the Franchisee’s Stage of Life need to be aligned.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;The Moral to the Story&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Fast-growing companies can often be chaotic and demanding.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;According to Henley, Kitchen Solvers – with its rapid expansion was certainly no exception.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;“As market share increased exponentially, our systems and needed to change to accommodate and support our growing number of franchisees.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Proven Match&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt; helped Gerry at Kitchen Solvers to identify what Stage of Growth they were in, and perhaps more importantly, better determine what the franchisee needed to succeed within that Stage of Growth. This allowed him to tackle the complex problem associated with systemizing the company.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;A Useful Metaphor&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mason Haire’s 1959 work Modern Organizational Theory is generally recognized as one of the first studies that used a biological model to illustrate business growth from a developmental standpoint.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Essentially, it serves as a useful metaphor in terms of developing the framework outlining the 5 key stages of small business growth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;“Child development specialists will tell you that a child who skips crawling will face developmental challenges – and the same holds true of a company that forces growth or systemic changes before it’s ready,” says Monet.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Additionally, to sustain and grow a franchise system, there must be a clearly defined and interdependent relationship between the Franchisor and Franchisee.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;By analyzing the issues and growth patterns of small business, companies are able to take a step back and better assess the needs of the franchisee. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Monet cites “The Greiner Curve” as it proves helpful in thinking about the common misconceptions that organizations face as they grow.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;“Systems and procedures must adapt to support an evolving business model, the needs of your franchisee as well as satisfy end-user demand. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Says Henley, “By understanding Stages of Growth, you can quickly grasp the root cause of the problems you are likely to experience in a fast-growing business.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Furthermore, you can troubleshoot problems before they occur, so you can meet them head on.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Proven Match&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt; Stages of Growth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt; algorithms are based on empirical research and allows companies to better prepare for &lt;u&gt;the next growth transition&lt;/u&gt;, as well as ensure everyone is operating in tandem.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;“The fundamental questions are centered on whether the franchisee’s life stage matches the franchisor’s stage of growth,” says Monet.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;“Are we compatible?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If so, are we all on the same page?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Sometimes it’s a case of diagnosing problems and matching solutions.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In other instances, it’s a case of outgrowing a franchisee that is not able to adapt or keep up.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Monet presents a compelling case for the business model. “The Stages of Growth helps franchisors to determine their stage of development to ensure a prosperous future.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crisis to Expect at Each Stage:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;STAGE 1:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Limited      resources and under staffed&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Support      and training short&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Dynamic      systems causing chaos and errors&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Overly      liberal franchise agreements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;STAGE 2:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Franchisee      resistance to change&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Reporting      and royalty problems&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Franchisee      validation issues&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Increased      competition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;STAGE 3: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Franchisee      retention problems&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Franchisee      validation issues&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Increased      litigation &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Increased      costs due to franchisee demands &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;STAGE 4:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Poor shareholder value and franchisor profitability&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Poor internal and franchisee-franchisor communications&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Disconnect from end-user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Franchisee's loss of hunter instinct&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;STAGE 5:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Many      systemic changes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Increased      marketing and support costs&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Compliance      and regulation issues&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Lack of      agility and speed to market&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-1594163169840431088?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/1594163169840431088/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/stages-of-growth-predictive-model-helps.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/1594163169840431088" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/1594163169840431088" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/stages-of-growth-predictive-model-helps.html" title="Stages of Growth Predictive Model Helps Franchisor Expand Business" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-3330420991711532833</id><published>2011-12-16T21:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T21:10:43.512-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">Mark Potoki of Spring-Green on Fox Business!</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spring-Green Lawn Care's Franchise Development Director&lt;/strong&gt;,  &lt;em&gt;Mark Potocki&lt;/em&gt;, was recently interviewed on &lt;strong&gt;Fox Business&lt;/strong&gt;,  and was able to share several key points about the lawn care business. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Mark! 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line-height: 115%;"&gt;Additionally, a portion of proceeds go to the Women's Initiative organization to help low-income, high-potential women realize their entrepreneurial dreams:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://ow.ly/7RJj7"&gt;Women's Initiative for Self-Employment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;“&lt;span class="messagebody"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN"&gt;I wanted to share that my book, &lt;i&gt;Grow Smart, Risk Less&lt;/i&gt;, which documents my journey as a female entrepreneur, is now 20% off!&amp;nbsp; I will also be donating a portion of proceeds to the &lt;i&gt;Women's Initiative for Self-Employment.”&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;– Shelly Sun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;To learn more, please visit web site:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.growsmartriskless.com/"&gt;GrowSmartRiskLess&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Shelly Sun's Credentials&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Shelly Sun was selected as the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Entrepreneur of the Year for 2009, becoming not only the youngest recipient of this impressive award, but also only the second female recipient. In 2011, Shelly and BrightStar were featured on the hit CBS series “Undercover Boss.” She was also recognized by the Women Presidents Organization and American Express Open as #1 in their Top 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Led Organizations in 2011, moving up from #2 in 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Shelly Sun has also published a book entitled &lt;i&gt;Grow Smart, Risk Less&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Unlike many authors of books on franchising, Shelly Sun has been through the process, growing her business from $1 million to $100 million in five years in system-wide sales.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-1244834350693833855?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/1244834350693833855/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/franchisors-are-you-looking-for-low.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/1244834350693833855" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/1244834350693833855" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/franchisors-are-you-looking-for-low.html" title="Looking for a low-risk, low-capital path to astounding growth?" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxwS35AM7oY/TulRNruqRBI/AAAAAAAAAPc/lghBlTYUr-U/s72-c/This+one.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-1701392016319888598</id><published>2011-12-09T23:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T00:21:40.516-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leadership" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Emotional Intelligence" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Performance" /><title type="text">The Foundation of Leadership</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;p$1&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;The most important quality of leadership, the one quality for which you want to be known, is extraordinary performance, with the goal of achieving extraordinary results. These results then serve as an inspiration to others to perform at equally exceptional levels. &lt;i&gt;People ascribe leadership to those men and women who they feel can most enable them to achieve important goals or objectives. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p$1&gt;&lt;p$1&gt;&lt;/p$1&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;p$1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Accept Complete Responsibility&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p$1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;p$1&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;When you take complete responsibility and accept ownership, without making excuses or blaming others, you experience a sense of control that leads to the personal power that is the foundation of charisma. When you look like a winner in every respect, when you have the kind of external image that others admire, you build your charisma. When you develop your character by setting high standards and then disciplining yourself to live consistent with&lt;br /&gt;the highest principles you know, you become the kind of person who is admired and respected everywhere. You become the kind of person who radiates charisma to others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p$1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-1701392016319888598?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/1701392016319888598/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/foundation-of-leadership.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/1701392016319888598" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/1701392016319888598" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/foundation-of-leadership.html" title="The Foundation of Leadership" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-670178722162546901</id><published>2011-12-07T16:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T11:46:18.520-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Top Performer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">Elements Completes Top Performer Model!</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;﻿Proven Match is please to announce that Elements&amp;nbsp;Therapeutic&amp;nbsp;Massage has recently completed a Top Performer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c1oUSoEwZIw/TwSrH_gswdI/AAAAAAAAARE/Sgy_1VWNU3A/s1600/Elements-Logo-2010-TM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="106" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c1oUSoEwZIw/TwSrH_gswdI/AAAAAAAAARE/Sgy_1VWNU3A/s200/Elements-Logo-2010-TM.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With upscale facilities that appeal to both male and female clients, Elements Therapeutic Massage franchises offer a total wellness approach as well as a variety of pricing structures and memberships.&amp;nbsp; In over 80 locations nationwide, Elements is staffed with professional massage therapists offering a variety of massage styles -- therapists who listen to client needs and employ the proper techniques to deliver a truly therapuetic experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elements Therapeutic Massage is so committed to the success of their franchisees that they have recently&amp;nbsp;completed a&amp;nbsp;Top Performer&amp;nbsp;Model on their current franchisees&amp;nbsp;to determine what differentiates "A" players from "C" players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeff Jervick, Kris Nieb and Scott&amp;nbsp;Wendrych will use the Top Performer data to recruit, select and support prospective franchisees. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look forward to growing with Elements Therapeutic Massage!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For&amp;nbsp;more nformation on how&amp;nbsp;a Top Performer can help your franchise organization, please contact Mick Herrera at:&amp;nbsp; 949-278-0052.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-670178722162546901?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/670178722162546901/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/elements-completes-top-performer_6627.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/670178722162546901" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/670178722162546901" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/elements-completes-top-performer_6627.html" title="Elements Completes Top Performer Model!" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c1oUSoEwZIw/TwSrH_gswdI/AAAAAAAAARE/Sgy_1VWNU3A/s72-c/Elements-Logo-2010-TM.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-7704596367884225863</id><published>2011-11-29T14:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T00:01:39.328-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Performance" /><title type="text">What Have You Done For Me Lately?</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;According to the Franchise Performance Group, franchisors who grew the most in the past year attributed it to strong unit level economics and trusting relationships with franchisees. &lt;a href="http://www.franchiseperformancegroup.com/key-franchise-recruitment-takeaways-from-2011-franchise-update-conference/"&gt;Recruitment Takeways.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Science has shown that whether a marriage, partnership or franchisee-franchisor relationship, relationships having shared values provides for a satisfying, sustainable and profitable relationship. That is why it is critical that franchisors determine what type of franchisee they are looking for and stay focused on attracting candidates who are compatible to ensure they fit well within their system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regardless, over the course of any relationship, perceived slights or misunderstandings arise that may breed mistrust and resentment. Often times as the franchise system evolves, the franchisee becomes less and less grateful, and their initial gratitude is replaced by an attitude of entitlement. After providing all of the systems, support and processes to ensure the success of the franchisee – it is only natural for Zors to feel like they have been “taken for granted.” Especially when the Zee makes continuous demands, in a time of economic scarcity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is no secret that assessment tools in the Proven Match system allow franchisors to quickly identify candidates who are strong matches as well as those who are not a fit. Psychometric profiling tools can also help determine if there are any areas of weakness that the franchisor can bolster through training. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regardless, when a franchisee encounters a problem with a system or a process, or needs an answer in order to proceed – Zors still feel an obligation to respond – and that can prove stressful for both parties. It is important to bear in mind that “giving support” may provide an opportunity to exchange information that will ultimately help to contribute to the success of the franchise system overall. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this manner, we can have a deeper appreciation for the mutual challenges we face, as well as strengthen the bond the bond between the Zor and Zee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.&amp;nbsp; What are you thankful for?&amp;nbsp; With an attitude of gratitude, anything is possible... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-7704596367884225863?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/7704596367884225863/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/7704596367884225863" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/7704596367884225863" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-have-you-done-for-me-lately.html" title="What Have You Done For Me Lately?" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-6520668733661598866</id><published>2011-11-12T22:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T12:10:11.827-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events" /><title type="text">West Coast Franchise Expo</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mP-WA_j1bCQ/TuMBVJxaiaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/fEXwWjsrfEU/s1600/Franchise+Expo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mP-WA_j1bCQ/TuMBVJxaiaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/fEXwWjsrfEU/s1600/Franchise+Expo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="72" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mP-WA_j1bCQ/TuMBVJxaiaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/fEXwWjsrfEU/s320/Franchise+Expo.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Proven Match made the rounds at the Los Angeles Franchise Expo Nov. 4-6. The annual event sponsored by the International Franchise Association (IFA) offers individuals a means to explore franchise opportunities, as well as to engage in a dialogue with executives from leading franchise organizations. The event provides franchise brands the opportunity to showcase their products, services and business opportunity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was great to see our leaders,experts and sages - another warm thank to Scott Lehr, Steve Olson, Jerry Darnell, Marty Greenbaum, MaryAnn O'Connell, Rhonda Sanderson, Kim Ellis and numerous others who support our common goal of empowering franchisors and business owners alike.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Retention and Royalties&lt;/strong&gt;What did we notice? Companies being very picky in awarding franchises. It seems counter-intuitive since lead flow is down doesn't it?&amp;nbsp; Yet, that's exactly what is happening. Smart franchise companies are focusing on the profitability and retention of their current franchisees; while carefully selecting franchisees with a greater likelihood of performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's no longer about bodies and buildings today's mindset is one of sustainability and strategic growth. Companies recognize the success of a franchise system lies in strong validation, attracting and retaining top performers and long-term royalties – its all about compatibility and complementary competencies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: thank you Debbie Shwetz and Jenna Barber for delicious pumpkin spice bundt cake ... we made 3 rounds!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-6520668733661598866?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/6520668733661598866/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/11/proven-match-made-rounds-at-los-angeles.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6520668733661598866" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/6520668733661598866" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/11/proven-match-made-rounds-at-los-angeles.html" title="West Coast Franchise Expo" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mP-WA_j1bCQ/TuMBVJxaiaI/AAAAAAAAAOc/fEXwWjsrfEU/s72-c/Franchise+Expo.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-5126956357471456526</id><published>2011-11-11T10:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T11:49:25.454-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Top Performer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clients" /><title type="text">Welcome Aboard Goddard Schools!</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proven Match&lt;/strong&gt; is pleased to announce that we have just added The Goddard School ® to our client roster. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AFtZvjdksPk/TuMFMBxG1MI/AAAAAAAAAOk/LUa08BYP99I/s1600/Goddard+School+Logo+Color+%2528JPG%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="87" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AFtZvjdksPk/TuMFMBxG1MI/AAAAAAAAAOk/LUa08BYP99I/s200/Goddard+School+Logo+Color+%2528JPG%2529.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Goddard School ® of Early Childhood Development is ranked 142nd on the 2011 Franchise Times list of Top Franchise Systems. And for good reason: the school offers educational childcare in beautiful, state-of-the-art learning centers at 375 locations nationwide. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accredited early childhood education programs offered by The Goddard School support the healthy development of children from six weeks to six years. In business since 1988 – and franchised since 1989 – the Goddard School provides the foundation for a lifelong love of learning through their educational childcare programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Goddard School is so committed to the success of their prospective franchisees, that they have recently completed a Top Performer Model on their current franchisees. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Top Performer Report assesses all franchisees within your system to determine what differentiates your “A” players from your “C” players. This 100+ page report offers 7 assessments in one comprehensive tool, and includes marketing recommendations for attracting top performers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony Padulo, VP Franchise Development and his team will be able to launch and manage prospect assessments and reports 24/7 from the dashboard of their Electronic Profiling System. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look forward to growing with The Goddard School! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-5126956357471456526?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/5126956357471456526/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/11/welcome-aboard-goddard-schools.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/5126956357471456526" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/5126956357471456526" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/11/welcome-aboard-goddard-schools.html" title="Welcome Aboard Goddard Schools!" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AFtZvjdksPk/TuMFMBxG1MI/AAAAAAAAAOk/LUa08BYP99I/s72-c/Goddard+School+Logo+Color+%2528JPG%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-5058840601141340975</id><published>2011-10-17T15:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T23:21:52.683-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Compatibility" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Performance" /><title type="text">Monet to Speak at FranNet Conference</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FranNet &lt;/strong&gt;hosts a number of informational seminars on a quarterly basis -- although Spring and Fall are the biggest events for Franchisors. The fall event is scheduled to take place at the Marriot in downtown Louisville, Kentucky from Wed. October 19 – Friday October 21st.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FranNet &lt;/strong&gt;consultants specialize in helping their clients find the right franchise through their exclusive matchmaking process -- in part using the Personal Franchise Assessment provided by Proven Match. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;As president of &lt;strong&gt;Proven Match&lt;/strong&gt;, Monet is frequently asked to speak on how to use the Personal Franchise Assessment to better determine compatibility and predict performance of prospective franchisees. This conference should prove unique as franchisor partners are invited to observe the behind the scenes consultation and week-by-week High Touch Process of the FranNet consultant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The PFA tool is currently employed by FranNet consultants to advise high-level executives who are considering franchising as well as to provide leads to qualified leads to franchisors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The seminar with Jack Armstrong and Rebecca Monet will feature an hour on &lt;em&gt;Using&amp;nbsp;the PFA&amp;nbsp;when Consulting with Prospective Franchisees&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;plus two hours on &lt;em&gt;The High Touch Follow-up Process&lt;/em&gt;. The three hour session will take place at the Mariott on Friday, Oct. 21st at 1:00 PM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Armstrong of FranNet New Jersey -- conducts more than 50 seminars per year on franchising, many in close cooperation with leading outplacement firms and Small Business Development Centers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;According to Monet, “Franchisee performance is greatly dependent on cultural compatibility and other complementary competencies within a franchise system. Our tools promise a higher quality candidate, better retention, stronger validation and reduced costs for recruiting, selling, training and supporting franchisees.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-5058840601141340975?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/5058840601141340975/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/10/monet-to-speak-at-frannet-conference.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/5058840601141340975" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/5058840601141340975" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/10/monet-to-speak-at-frannet-conference.html" title="Monet to Speak at FranNet Conference" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-3640137239109181918</id><published>2011-10-05T16:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T00:08:42.520-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Special Offers" /><title type="text">Glad to Have Met You At the Conference!</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Proven Match&lt;/b&gt; is pleased to present special introductory offers to attendees of&amp;nbsp;the &lt;i&gt;Franchise Update&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;2011 Franchise Leadership and Development Conference&lt;/i&gt; in Atlanta and the &lt;i&gt;Fall FranNet Conference&lt;/i&gt; in Louisville.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Unlike other&amp;nbsp;profiling tools, &lt;b&gt;Proven Match&lt;/b&gt; assessments were developed exclusively for franchise organizations. Our tools predict compatibility and performance and promise a higher quality candidate, better retention, stronger validation and reduced costs for recruiting, selling, training and supporting franchisees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Special Introductory Offers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt; &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Unlimited&amp;nbsp;Profiles&amp;nbsp;for 1 -year &lt;/u&gt;at a monthly subscription fee of $495 per month.* &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;30% discount off&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;of your&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Top Performer Model&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;*For companies&amp;nbsp;with up to 250 franchisees&amp;nbsp;using the Personal Franchise Assessment. Individual Comparison Reports slightly higher. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;For more information on how &lt;b&gt;Proven Match&lt;/b&gt; assessment tools can help improve franchisee compatibility and performance, please see: &lt;a href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/09/proven-match-to-attend-annual-meet-and.html"&gt;Conference Blog Below&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or visit our web site. &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Proven Match&lt;/b&gt; profiling tools are designed exclusively for franchise companies – we have a 17-year history of predicting franchisee performance.&amp;nbsp; Our assessments have been market validated by over 60,000 business owners in all major industries.&amp;nbsp; These assessments are based on statistical analysis with a high degree of accuracy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Proven Match&lt;/b&gt; supports leading franchise brands including BrightStar Care, Spring-Green, Max Muscle, Kitchen Solvers and Martinizing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;858.222.0228&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-3640137239109181918?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/3640137239109181918/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/10/glad-to-have-met-you-at-conference.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/3640137239109181918" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/3640137239109181918" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/10/glad-to-have-met-you-at-conference.html" title="Glad to Have Met You At the Conference!" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107517267724644727.post-599425438151559493</id><published>2011-10-03T10:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T23:46:25.067-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events" /><title type="text">PM Appoints New VP of Sales and Strategic Development</title><content type="html">&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proven Match is pleased to announce that Mike Herrera, CFE has joined the organization as it's VP of Sales &amp;amp; Strategic Development. Herrera, a seasoned franchise sales and operations professional, assumes a key leadership role within the organization in terms of forging strategic alliances with franchisors, franchise solutions providers and other prospective partners. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Mike's 20 years in Franchise development and operations management will provide many opportunities for our company to expand aggressively into the Franchise industry,” says Proven Match, Founder and CEO Rebecca Monet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proven Match -- a premier provider of top performer reports, business builder profiles, franchisee assessments, risk and resource index and franchisee training tools -- has been the exclusive provider for FranNet consultants for 15 years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Herrara, “With over 20 years of experience in franchise sales, I would have paid for this service out of my own pocket. I figure I would have earned another $500,000 in commissions.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please Join Us in Welcoming Mike Aboard!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=36911902&amp;amp;authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&amp;amp;authToken=Gltc&amp;amp;trk=hb_upphoto"&gt;Mike Herrera's LinkedIn Profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1107517267724644727-599425438151559493?l=noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/feeds/599425438151559493/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/10/pm-appoints-new-vp-of-sales-and.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/599425438151559493" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1107517267724644727/posts/default/599425438151559493" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://noodle-nuggets-franchisee-profiling.blogspot.com/2011/10/pm-appoints-new-vp-of-sales-and.html" title="PM Appoints New VP of Sales and Strategic Development" /><author><name>Rebecca Monet</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06340429326847508209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mFfTVxXFAs8/SIlvrEUQkpI/AAAAAAAAAAs/xf1LpeDB2Lg/S220/Rebecca+Monet.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

