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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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TeamLogic IT Awards It's Top Achievers

 

Chuck Lennon, president of TeamLogic IT—a nationwide network of computer consultation and managed services businesses—is pleased to announce the winners of four business achievement awards presented at the company’s Owners Summit recently held in Washington, D.C. Chris Cioffi and Rob Fallows of Northwest Valley Phoenix, Arizona received the Franchisee of the Year Award and the Top Volume-SystemWatch Award. Keith and Taco Cowan of Mission Viejo, California received the Overall Top Volume Award and the Top Volume-Services Award.

“Each of these winners is a leader in our network and I am very proud of their success,” said Lennon. “Receiving these awards is a testament to their professional and personal commitment to their business and their customers.”

Congrats, Chuck!

How Serving My Country Helped Prepare Me For Franchise Ownership

{This is a guest post from Ray Toombs. Ray is a franchisee of Maid Brigade, a military veteran, and received the Purple Star}

                                                                                                                 

Two things have formed my life since early adulthood; a desire to help and a need for structure.

 

When I retired from the Army Nurse Corps in 1996 after a thirty year military career, I didn’t need to work; I had everything I needed and most of what I wanted. However, the sense of duty that has been my driving force since youth led me to seek opportunities to be of service to others.

 

I opened a home repair business starting with one home and over seven years time grew the business to serve over 100 families. In 2003 my wife left her Quality Advancement position with a national company and we decided to look into franchise opportunities.