The Franchise Blog 4 Vets

Earn Your Stripes; One Yellow Dog Striping Franchise Being Given Away To One Lucky Military Veteran

 

    

Jack Child, the founder of YELLOW DAWG STRIPING, a leading pavement marking franchise, just launched a social media Facebook campaign – Operation Stripes for Veterans - that will offer one honorably discharged U.S. military Iraq or Afghanistan veteran the chance to become a small-business owner of a YELLOW DAWG STRIPING franchise. YELLOW DAWG STRIPING works with businesses to create clean, crisp lines and traffic markings to enhance safety, comply with laws and make parking lots more attractive. 

Does Your Veteran-Owned Business Need Bookkeeping Help?

 

 

Keeping up with financial records for your small business, can be rather cumbersome, especially if you're a young, thriving small business.

Here's some good news;

BookKeeping Express is coming to the financial-recording rescue of one lucky company. From Boston to Tacoma and everywhere in between, small businesses entering the "Great 2010 Accounting Makeover" contest stand to win a comprehensive BookKeeping Express 12-month service package.

Different businesses have different issues when it comes to proper recordkeeping.

Sometimes, recordkeeping isn't exactly top of mind when it comes to running a business.

It needs to be, because if there'e ever an "issue" a detailed paper trail can really help.

Go to Franchising.com for contest details!

Maid Brigade Wants You! (Military Veterans)

Atlanta, Georgia based Maid Brigade, who has a long history of supporting Military Veterans, will begin offering qualified Veterans a 45 percent discount off the total investment to own a Select Market Franchise territory. The newly created program extends one of the deepest discounts to Veterans interested in owning a franchise business in the United States. Maid Brigade's Veterans Program will be offered to the first 10 qualified Veterans, and applications can be found on the program's website www.maidbrigadeforveterans.com.

The 45 percent discount translates into a reduction of $27,900 and includes waiving the franchise fee ($14,900), territory fee ($10,000) and equipment package ($3,000). The total investment for a Select Market Franchise is $62,900 and includes an exclusive territory of 10,000 qualified households. The remaining $35,000 initial investment will be the franchisee's responsibility.

"This new Maid Brigade Veterans Program is offering a great value to Veterans by providing them with a significant discount that goes well beyond the standard 20 percent discount on a company's franchisee fee," said Lonnie Helgerson, chairman of the International Franchise Association's VetFran Committee. "Maid Brigade should be commended for their program as well as their ongoing commitment to veterans."

Great Clips Announces The Ultimate Gaming Makeover Contest

During the month of July, customers can go to www.greatclips.com for a chance to win the EA SPORTS "Ultimate Gaming Makeover."

Prizes include a 52" HDTV, a Sony Home Theater System, PlayStation®3 systems, a suite of EA SPORTS games, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems, an XZipit Video Game Rocker and more! Great Clips will feature EA SPORTS and PlayStation in more than 2,800 salon locations across the United States and Canada via in-salon signage. With 5 million customers expected to walk through the Great Clips doors during July, the word will easily spread about this exciting sweepstakes.

Gamers; Go Here!

$400,000 In Franchise Fees Will Be Going To Honorably Discharged Military Veterans

Here's some exciting news for veterans;

Investing in a franchise can cost anywhere from $7,000 to over a million dollars. To invest in Kitchen Tune-Up, a home remodeling franchise, the cost is $40,000. In an unprecedented move, Kitchen Tune-Up is offering 10 FREE franchises to honorably discharged veterans. This includes the franchise fee, exclusive territory, training and the start-up package for a total offering to waive $400,000 in initial fees.

The program will run until all 10 franchises are awarded. Kitchen Tune-Up’s Veterans Program is offering one free franchise in the following territories: Savannah, Georgia; Mobile, Alabama; Biloxi, Mississippi; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Kansas City, Missouri; Memphis, Tennessee; Tallahassee, Florida; Omaha, Nebraska; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and San Antonio, Texas. If interested, applicants should contact Craig Green by phone at 800.333.6385 or email at craig@kitchentuneup.com

Free Stuff For VBO's

In addition to my role as a franchise consultant and marketer, I'm also the Community Promotions Director for the highly ranked Small Business Trends site. (You are subscribed to it, right?)

Never mind. You probably don't need to stay abreast of the trends that will be affecting your own businesses...

Anyway, check out the giveaways on Small Business Trends. There's even one for a pretty important Small Business Summit that takes place in NYC.

Franchise Email Marketing Awards

The Franchise Excellence in Email Awards will recognize outstanding achievements in email marketing in three categories as judged by Constant Contact’s Franchise team.

If you are a franchisor, and you feel that your email marketing is really strong, here's more info on this great contest...Here

Veteran's; Grab These Books If You're A Small Business Owner

If you happen to either own a small business, or are thinking of it, check out the Top Small Business Books of 2010...

The following books were chosen by the Editors of Small Business Trends, along with expert input from a 27-member Advisory Panel (see the Advisory Panelists listed at the end of this article).  The combined input was impassioned and invaluable, and the decisions all the more difficult due to the quality of this year’s business book releases.

Go to Small Business Trends to see the Top 10!

Maid Brigade Awards A Free Franchise!

Veterans Day is November 11th, and a lucky military veteran just won a free franchise start-up! 

Maid Brigade is a 300+ franchise unit residential cleaning franchise out of Atlanta, Ga.

Read more here!

6 Veterans To Compete For A Free Franchise

It's down to six. Six of our best will be competing to win a franchise business package from Atlanta's Maid Brigade Franchise Corp...

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