Five Characteristics of Successful Franchisees

Five Characteristics of Successful Franchisees

As a franchisor, you have invested significant time, money and energy in franchising your business. Your success relies on your franchisees, so you need people who bring a range of talents with them

Compliance: The Best Way to Protect Your Brand

Compliance: The Best Way to Protect Your Brand

  When you franchise your business, you want every outlet to embody your vision and your brand. After all, if you’ve taken the decision to franchise, then your business is no doubt successful

Setting up a franchise. How to stay ahead in a constantly changing market

Setting up a franchise. How to stay ahead in a constantly changing market

  The world of business is constantly changing. What worked in marketing or management three to five years ago may no longer work today. If you keep using the strategies that you designed and

Franchising in 2015: What You Need to Know

Franchising in 2015: What You Need to Know

  Before you go away for a weekend, you check the weather report, so you can be prepared for what lies ahead of you. Before you franchise your business, you also need to do you research and see what

Steps on How to Document Your Systems for Franchising

Steps on How to Document Your Systems for Franchising

  Having successful systems that can be easily followed and replicated is one of they key attractions when buying a franchise. Recognising and accurately documenting the systems you have in place is

Changes to the Franchise Code

Changes to the Franchise Code

Changes to the Franchise Code of Conduct and what it means for your franchised business? James Corne, Managing Director of the Franchise Institute speaks with Peter Sanfilippo, The Franchise Lawyer. Peter, as you know on 30 October 2014, after many months of review, recommendations and consultation with the franchising sector, a new Franchising Code of […]

Calculating Franchise Fees for Your Franchisees

Calculating Franchise Fees for Your Franchisees

  When done well, franchising your business can be a great way to grow and expand your brand and to earn additional income. It also provides opportunities for franchisees to start and establish their

Tips on How to Use Content Marketing for Franchise Lead Generation

Tips on How to Use Content Marketing for Franchise Lead Generation

  As a franchisor, you need to attract the right people to purchase franchises from you – that is, those who are going to be totally committed to the success of their businesses. But in order

Love them or hate them Jim’s Franchises are an Australian Success Story

Love them or hate them Jim’s Franchises are an Australian Success Story

If you’ve ever contemplated buying a franchise or indeed franchising your own business then it’s well worth reading some of the books written by Jim Penman. Jim transformed a simple

Thinking of Franchising Your Business?

Thinking of Franchising Your Business?

When it works well, franchising can provide some enormous advantages. You get to expand your business and broaden your reputation. You also tend to get a greater level of commitment and reliability

Top Tips From The Boost Juice Franchising Model

Top Tips From The Boost Juice Franchising Model

Boost Juice is one of Australia’s franchise success stories. This probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise, since you can hardly walk around a shopping centre these days without

The Key Elements that Make a Franchise Work

The Key Elements that Make a Franchise Work

Every component, cog and crank of a bicycle is vital to its operation. If you have even one part that’s defective, it can affect its ability to run smoothly and efficiently. Just one missing

To Franchise or Not to Franchise in 2015?

To Franchise or Not to Franchise in 2015?

Should you franchise your business? This may be a question you’ve asked yourself on occasion, perhaps even many times. It’s not exactly a straightforward one to answer, since there is no

How Franchising Differ From Licensing in Australia?

How Franchising Differ From Licensing in Australia?

While franchising is a form of business licensing, not all licensing agreements are franchises. The two have some significant differences, and if you are considering growing your business either

The top 200 Franchise Systems

The top 200 Franchise Systems

The Franchise Times in the USA has just released its annual top 200 franchises list. The top 5 franchise systems were: Franchise Global sales ($M): Total units Franchised: McDonald’s  $89,126  35, 429 81%   7-Eleven $84,475  53, 856  77% KFC  $23, 250 18,875 73% Subway  23, 250 42, 296 100% Burger King 16, 301 13, 667 […]

4 Lessons We Can Learn from both Thriving & Struggling Businesses

4 Lessons We Can Learn from both Thriving & Struggling Businesses

Have you ever wondered why some businesses succeed while others fail? Research done in Australia from 2010 to 2012 by the Griffith University’s Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellenceshows us attributes commonly found in thriving businesses, as well as characteristics generally present in failing ones. Businesses can all learn from the results of this research. The […]

Top Franchising Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Top Franchising Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Finally, you’re ready to franchise your business, the ongoing project you’ve been thinking about and putting off for years. Congratulations! You’ve made a smart move towards making

Free Event: Franchise Feasibility Webinar

Free Event: Franchise Feasibility Webinar

  Discover if Your Business Can be a Fantastic Franchise Opportunity! The Franchise Institute has been helping successful businesses take the educated dive into franchising their businesses since

Is franchising my business a good idea?

Is franchising my business a good idea?

This is a question many business owners have pondered. If the goal of being in business is to create a valuable asset that is profitable, once this has been achieved shouldthe business stay as it is or expand? For some, keeping their business as it is, is fine. Their business is manageable, it’s ticking along […]

Are you franchisor material

Are you franchisor material

Have you ever dreamt of starting the next, big Australian franchise? You’re not alone. Franchising, with its significant contribution to the Australian economy, is attracting many businessowners today in the hopes of achieving great returns. But we all know that for every successful supermarket, automotive or fast-food franchisor, there are also scores of others who […]