Iowa Interstate All Battery franchisees, Matt and Nancy Breen, helped Al Roker of the Today Show deliver much needed batteries to a youth center facility in Des Moines, Iowa. This contribution was Interstate All Battery Center's part in providing products to selected charities for the "Today's Lend a Hand" tour.
There are plenty of franchise opportunities in the cleaning services and maintenance sector. They vary by many aspects including investment level, commercial vs. residential services, the amount of support the franchisor supplies and several other factors...
Take a look at our annual Top Franchises Guide for 2010! We are proud to announce 133 franchise companies - out of over 500 brands surveyed this year - that are doing things right and putting their franchisees first.
My uncle and small business owner, Mark Burris, could be your typical 21st century businessman. Let's take a look at his typical morning (pulled from his "IdeaBlog"):
Tuesday, July 31. "It’s 5:50a as I write this, and I’m watching via iTunes last night’s “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” 23 minutes with no advertising, only programming promotions from NBC and MSNBC.
Last night we tried to fight through Michael Mann’s Miami Vice. (Just couldn’t make it.) Came to us from Netflix. (And going back in the postage paid envelope today.)
I scanned the headlines from the New York Times (online), rifled through the morning’s paper, the Post & Courier, actually on newsprint and collected from the driveway."
So in an ever-evolving digital world, how is growing franchise supposed to reach this potential customer?
Digital media - partnership with iTunes? MSNBC?
Print - Targeted small advertisements, hopefully near headlines of intriguing stories?
Other media - The "tear-off" cover of the Netflix packaging?
Our consumers are becoming more and more reliant on digital media. And finding a way to peak their interests (and convert them to faithful customers) is becoming even harder.
What are you doing to get noticed?
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Posted by Joseph Longo on 01:42:41 AM on September 26, 2009
Be a part of a new cool mobile webapp
A new mobile webapp has been launched and is a great giveaway to franchise owners that have businesses along the side of the Interstate highways. Its called milesurfer.mobi and it is a free mobile highway portal for travelers along the interstates. The Basic Ad listing is free to any businesses within 5 miles of the Interstate highway.
It goes beyond the traditional GPS and billboard as it can contain more information about your business, is text based so you can reach many more travelers cell phones, can be updated immediately on the fly, and very easy to use. The potential for your business with this app is phenomenal. Think of a twitter like app for businesses. Check out more information at
www.milesurfer.com -
Yes i did say it was offering a Free basic listing. Its smart business to at least check it out.www.milesurfer.com
