How to Weed out Negative Reviews!

Negative reviews can make potential customers and prospective franchisees reconsider their choices and question the brand’s credibility. With multiple franchise locations and diverse customer bases, franchises face a unique challenge in managing their online reputation. According to a BrightLocal survey, 94% of consumers admit that a negative review can discourage them from engaging with a […]
Franchise Management Team Building Advice

Turning your business into a franchise is something that takes time to happen. In fact, most business owners are flabbergasted when they discover the time, money, and legalities involved in franchising a business and franchise management. The good news is that there are companies in the franchising industry that operate within an ecosystem of expertise. […]
How Does a Franchise Grow? The Power of a Comprehensive Franchise System

Are you interested in learning how a franchise grows? Marketing experts will tell you it is all about marketing, the salespeople will tell you that marketing isn’t enough, it’s about bringing new franchisees into the system, and the analysts will tell you that without them, neither the marketers nor salespeople would know when and in […]
Franchise Web Design: The Power of a Franchise-Specific Website for Lead Capture

Your website is the face of your brand and ultimately, the first touchpoint that franchisee’s and visitors see. Understanding your audience and their first impressions can help you with navigating the design and layout of your website. We have outlined below the importance of developing a strategic web design for your franchise website! The best […]
Five Ways to Up Your Game in Franchise Social Media Marketing

Social media is no longer about just being social, 59% of the world’s population uses social media, and they hang out there on average more than two hours per day. Now, with advertising options available on social media platforms able to laser focus on a target market, providing your franchise prospect’s undivided attention for more […]
Franchise PR: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

People often think of marketing and public relations as two very separate entities. This is understandable because they typically operate as independent agencies. In franchise marketing, specifically digital marketing, we consider what we can measure, track, and analyze. Franchise PR focuses more on communications in both digital and non-digital landscapes. Let’s look at them both […]
Seibert’s Corner: Battle of the heavyweights: Here’s What Happens when SEO Fights PPC

What happens when SEO and PPC go head to head? Franchise expert Mark Siebert explains which franchise development marketing strategy gets the knockout in this edition of Franchise Times. When it comes to franchise lead generation, two heavyweights dominate the ring. In one corner looms search engine optimization (SEO)—an opponent who fatigues the competition with […]
Words Matter: The Art of Franchise Focused Marketing Using Excellent Content

When we talk about franchise focused marketing, we are talking about content, or utilizing content marketing as part of your overall franchise marketing strategy. Content marketing is a way of selling your concept without selling your concept. What do we mean by that? Think of those used car sale ads you sometimes see on television […]
Franchise Lead Generation Differentiate a Good Lead from a Great Lead

What is a franchise lead? A franchise lead is a prospective franchisee for your brand. Generating and collecting these leads is a bit of a science. When it comes to lead generation, quality rules over quantity. A poorly planned digital franchise marketing plan can bring in more leads than you could ever want, and chances […]
TopFire Media: The Franchise SEO Experts that Get Results

It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in. If you’re researching marketing strategy and building a brand in any way, you’ll run across the term SEO, or search engine optimization. Just like with any specialty, franchise SEO has particulars that need to be considered when you’re dealing with building a franchise brand. TopFire Media uses franchise […]