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What are you doing this weekend? Strange question on a small business-related website, right? Well, not if you're thinking of becoming a franchise owner. Check out the webinar I did for the University of Northern Iowa, this weekend. Bring your laptop outside-get some air, and L E A R N. Read More

If you're seriously considering the idea of buying a franchise-type of business, there are several options when it comes to getting a small business loan. Getting a "free grant," isn't one of them. Seriously. There are hawkers hawking them, though.... These people spend a lot of money trying to conv... Read More

Whether you’re a successful businessperson, entrepreneur or a rookie to the industry, making the decision to buy a franchise has its fair share of pros and cons. In this post we will top pros and cons that may help you to make the decision, to buy, or not to buy a bar or restaurant franchise. Read More

That's right; a shovel-ready business. President Obama's been slammed pretty hard by the media, (and by his detractors) about his so-called, shovel-ready programs. Well, I found one in my own backyard. But, it may not be exactly what he was thinking of... Read More

Today there are lots of articles about how to divide a web site to sections and create build navigation between them in order to make visitors feel comfortable on this site, like they’ve been using it for ages[...] Read More

If you know someone who's considering franchise ownership as a career option, you may want to tell them to read this short post. However...they may not be too happy with your suggestion, though. That's because they'll be starting all over again... Read More

Google just opened it's 1st retail store over in London, England. That's awesome. But, as a franchise guy, I want to see them become franchise operations instead of company stores like the Apple ones... Read More

Customer service. Those two words have an important place in the hearts and minds of today's small business owners. When you take the exciting step of becoming a Spring-Green Lawn Care franchise owner, you’ll quickly discover that you (and your family, if you’re lucky enough to have them working wi Read More

Recently, one of the writers over at the Small Business Administration’s website wrote a very useful post titled, “Six Things to Consider Before You Franchise Your Business.” Read More

Internal linking is an important part of any small business website strategy. In this post, I look at the how as well as the why for using internal links, touching on seo and then going beyond the search stuff. Read More