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April 27th, 2008

How to Read a Franchise Ad Part 1 (Butterfly Life)

(FranchisePick.Com) In Butterfly Life Franchise Offer: 10 Franchises for $65K. I posted an email solicitation from a women’s fitness franchise called Butterfly Life. Butterfly Life is the same as Curves for Women, except with 9900 fewer locations and a name befitting an entomology superstore. You can tell it’s the same as Curves […]

By sean -- 1 comment

April 26th, 2008

Butterfly Life Franchise Offer: 10 Franchises for $65K.

(FranchisePick.Com)  A FranchisePick.Com reader who is investigating franchise opportunities sent me an email they received from Butterfly Life woman’s fitness franchise. 
The email come-on offers the Area Developer rights to 10 franchises for a fee of $65,000.
The email listed the strict criteria it takes to succeed as a Butterfly Life Area Developer:  Detailed.  […]

By sean -- 4 comments

April 11th, 2008

Franchise Buying Tip: Use 3rd Party Escrow Service for Refundable Deposits

(FranchisePick.Com)  The posted comments of Criston Menz, a prospective franchisee of Cuppy’s Coffee, demonstrates why you should insist on using a 3rd party escrow service for refundable deposits or downpayments.
Back in December, 2006, a much more optimistic Criston gave a substantial downpayment ($35,900) to Cuppy’s Coffee franchise affiliate Elite Manufacturing, contingent on obtaining […]

By sean -- 1 comment

February 16th, 2008

If You Like Money, Avoid This Tax Rebate Scam

(FranchisePick.Com)  You say you’ve got a tax rebate coming next Tuesday, but you want a hamburger today?  Your pocket’s ripe for the pickin, sez Tax Girl:
In her post Don’t Get Scammed: Important Tax Rebate Information, Tax Girl Kelly Erb says:  “The only way that you can “speed up” your tax rebate is to file […]

By sean -- 1 comment

February 13th, 2008

The Keys to the Franchise Kingdom Can Now Be Yours

(FranchisePick.Com) When it comes to making the critical decision whether a franchise investment is a wise decision for you and - if so - which franchise offering is best, go right to the top franchise experts to guide and inform you.  Settle for no less than advice from the Franchise King… Joel Libava.
The Franchise King? you’re thinking. That […]

By sean -- 2 comments

February 8th, 2008

Guest Post: Are you Franchise Material?

(FranchisePick.Com)  This is a guest post from Wendell Morris of MatchPoint.  Matchpoint is a franchise brokerage, providing free assistance to franchise buyers.  Like real estate brokers, franchise brokers’ fees are paid by franchise companies. Franchise companies cannot, by law, surcharge you when you use a consultant nor can they offer you a discount when […]

By sean -- 3 comments

November 29th, 2007

Forget Franchising… Become a College Football Coach!

(FranchisePick.Com)  Over at Tax Girl,  b5 blogger and tax attorney Kelly Erb is seriously questioning her career choice.  In her post This Just In… she spills the beans (rather than simply counting them) on Penn State football coach Joe Paterno’s recently disclosed salary and wonders:  Why didn’t I become a college football coach? 
It probably didn’t […]

By sean -- 1 comment

October 18th, 2007

4 Great Tips (And 1 Bad One) on Buying a Franchise

(FranchisePick.Com)  If you’re considering investing in a franchise, you should pay an experienced franchise attorney to review the franchise disclosure documents, scrutinize it, and go over it with you section by section.  If you’re in Iowa, you may want to consider hiring attorney Rush Nigut (pictured right) for the task.
I don’t know Mr. Nigut personally, but I just perused […]

By sean -- 7 comments

September 10th, 2007

New Franchise Blog Features Opportunities 4 Returning Vets

Franchise industry blogger Joel Libava has started a new blog, The Franchise Blog 4 Vets. 
According to Joel Libava, a Cleveland, Ohio franchise expert/consultant, this is the first ever blog on franchising that will be focused on war veteran’s returning home from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas. 
Joel has real world experience helping veterans get into […]

By sean -- 3 comments

June 25th, 2007

Top Businesses You Can Manage in your Pajamas

(FranchisePick.Com) Other than Hugh Hefner, it’s tough to name successful business owners able to effectively operate multiple businesses in their pajamas.  But, according to an excellent report published today by the Wall Street Journal’s Raymund Flandez and Gwendolyn Bounds, technology is changing that.  Progressive franchise companies have harnessed new technologies to enable their franchisees to effectively operate […]

By sean -- 5 comments

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