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A franchisor who is promoting his franchise brand is really marketing for a couple of different objectives and this makes things a little more difficult than in other types of businesses. You see, a franchisor must promote the brand name to help the franchisees get more customers because if the franchisees don't succeed the franchisor will also go out of business.A franchisor must also market his franchise system so that he can recruit the top candidates to his franchise system. It is not just a matter of selling franchises because the franchisor needs the very best franchisees otherwise it will slow him down in the marketplace.So how can a franchisor find the best franchise candidates to sign up to by franchises? Well, the Internet is one very good way and there are also franchising Internet portals, but the franchisor must be where because simply having someone fill out a form on the Internet does not mean they are qualified to buy the franchise, as a matter of fact 80% of the people who fill out the franchise forms are worthless leads. And in the remaining 20% may not be interested and are filling out forms all over the Internet with many different franchisors.A franchisor should market and promote the franchise system in such a way that he gets a double bang for his buck. In other words he must find a way to strengthen the brand name and drive customers to his franchisees, as well as get people interested in signing up to be franchisees.One way to accomplish this is to get customers into the stores and then have something on the counter such as a brochure, which will bring people to the company web site. Once on the web site; there should be a place for the potential franchise candidate to click on and learn about franchise opportunities. Please consider all this in 2006.
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By Lance Winslow
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