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The Savvy Franchise Buyer Secrets for Investment Success

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

Smart and savvy franchise buyers almost always ask for your Franchise Disclosure Document - FDD at the outset when they contact their target franchisors. Or they get the FDD from another source before inquiring directly to a franchisor. There are...

Print v. Internet Which is Better for Franchise Sales?

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

Print leads were different from internet leads. It used to be that a print lead would phone you after seeing your print ad. While on the phone with the prospective purchaser, you had to qualify them financially. You also had...

Make a Franchise Sale on the Phone - 6 Can't Miss Questions

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

It's harder than ever to get your franchise candidate on the telephone. You and I both know you can't sell a franchise until you have further qualified the franchise candidate for your offering. And that means engaging in dialogue with...

Why Your Franchise Leads Refuse to Talk with You

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

The Franchise sales process has changed since I began over 20 years ago. Back when I started out, people interested in franchises used the telephone to inquire and request information. Because they saw our ads in the Wall Street Journal...

Bring Out Your Dead

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

Remember - "Bring out Your Dead? Well, you might be killing your leads too early, too. In the early 1990s, I was in charge of US development for a top QSR franchise. At that time we relied on targeted...

It's Easier to Ask Forgiveness than It is to Get Permission.

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

Changing things for the better requires an element of risk. After a large reorganization of a major QSR franchisor I worked for, I ended up with greater responsibility and not enough resources. We had a set way of doing things...

Fire Your Franchise Sales Team

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

Every end of year you ask your franchise sales team how many franchise deals will they close next year. And they tell you a number. Almost always the number is higher than the previous year and you believe them, or...

How to Sell More Franchises By Reducing Your Leads

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

I once took over a franchise develeopment department where the sales team was getting 5000 leads a year. The sales team was very proud of that 5000 lead number and so was the CEO of the company. We were popular...

4 plus 4 More Ways for Improving Your Franchise Sales Closing Ratio

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

I previously wrote an article "How to Quit Having Discovery Days & Sell More Franchises". I suggested you come up with a new and better name for "Discovery Day". Here is what you need to do before and during your...

Are You Making these Mistakes trying to Sell Franchises Faster?

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

Many franchisors announce great plans to expand. Yet, the same franchisors have a lead to close sales cycle greater than 90 days. There is a good scientific reason for this - the commitment process takes at least that long to...

How to Quit Having Discovery Days & Sell More Franchises

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

I've been selling franchises for quite awhile. It might surprise you to learn that I had never held a Discovery Day until years after I began selling franchises. Yes, that's right I sold franchises without a Discovery Day with tremendous...

Worst Franchise Ever

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

Alright it wasn't the worst franchise ever. Start-up franchisor had been selling franchisees under Area Development Agreements for about 2 1/2 years. The investment ran about $450K a unit including franchise fee. They sold 8 Area Development Agreements that had...

How To Convert Franchise Web Leads Into Sales - Three Easy Steps

Posted by Joe Caruso  |  Category Sales

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