by Tracey Leak | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles, Business Building, Business Simplified, Franchise, Sales, Tracey's Thoughts
It is that time of year again when it is an ideal time to set goals with your franchisees! End of financial year is the perfect time to set up plans for the next financial year for franchisees. What do they want to make in profit? What sales do they need to make...
by Tracey Leak | Jun 3, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise, Marketing, Tracey's Thoughts
Although the internet, Google, Facebook, etc have been in our lives for quite some time now, I still find that franchisees are often reluctant or hesitant to fully utilise the power of the internet and social media to market their business. Whether it be that they...
by Tracey Leak | May 20, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise, Personal Development, Tracey's Thoughts
You are not alone. In fact, EVERY franchisor has struggling franchisees, it is just a matter of how many and what they classify as struggling. In fact, about 10% of your franchisees should be in your category of ‘struggling franchisees’ because no matter what, if you...
by Tracey Leak | May 13, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts
I believe that there is one thing that is the best thing about a franchise. That is, as a franchisee you can see what all the other franchisees are doing and you can talk to all the other franchisees. That being said, there is one thing that I think is the worst...
by Tracey Leak | May 6, 2019 | Articles, Franchise, Tracey's Thoughts
Today’s blog is pretty short because I just have this simple question to ask you…. Are you (or your support team) being the COACH or the COP with your franchisees? What do I mean by this. If you are being the COP, then it is all about policing your franchisees. You...
by Tracey Leak | Apr 8, 2019 | Articles, Business Simplified, Franchise, Marketing, Personal Development, Sales, Tracey's Thoughts
When I speak at large franchise conferences and there are more than one or two hundred people in the room, it is hard to find activities that will allow the audience to participate, rather than just listen to a presentation, but I have one activity that I love that I...