Franchise Show

HomeTownTimes.com is a national online news and community publications franchisor, currently operating more than 500 internet-based news sites across the United States. The mission of the Georgia-headquartered business is to bring local communities together via a convenient portal that provides free access to local news, information exchange, community forums and advertising. Each individual community’s HomeTownTimes.com is a community hub for home town events, Internet forums, classified ads, business directories, photo galleries, sports, health news, coupons and feature stories about local events, people and businesses. Independent small businesses, large franchisors, and companies with a national footprint will all find their hyper-local targeted audience for their products or services through HomeTownTimes.com ad placements, videos, original content articles of interest, and news of local events associated with their business. Franchise opportunities are available in every state and county throughout the USA.
Guest: Paul Baron
http://www.hometowntimes.com

Buenos Tardes, Jaime! Jaime Miro has served as Yogurtland's Director of Corporate Operations since April, 2008 and has taken the Director of Franchise Development (in the interim) since July 2008. Yogurtland's mission is to bring people together for the most flavorful, natural, and fun frozen yogurt experience while promoting a healthy lifestyle. Yogurtland serves their customers like guests in their home. They take great care in developing each of the flavors that they offer to exceed their customers expectations. Yogurtland features a contemporary style interior with a touch of natural classic colors, and a unique 'serve yourself' format. Learn about live active cultures and their contribution to a healthy lifestyle!
Guest: Jaime Miro
http://www.yogurt-land.com

Jeff welcomes fellow CSULB alumni and Yogurtland franchisee Charles Cuellar. Mr. Cuellar successfully opened his store in the heart of Belmont Shores in Long Beach in October 2008 to rave reviews. Christine asks Charles about his homework in first deciding on Yogurtland, and then the critical decision as to where to locate it. Think there aren't any synergies between being a high school teacher and successful entrepreneur? Think again!
Guest: Charles Cuellar
http://www.yogurt-land.com

Jeff and Christine go to Franchising 101 to discuss the ingredients behind a great franchise concept. Whippersnappers, whose description as a children's photo studio would be an enormous understatement, combines creativity, ingenuity, and a dynamic founder and CEO, Lisa Flynn into a knockout concept destined to be the next 'category killer'. So how does a new concerpt like Whippersnappers go from 0-60 without the infrastructure of a McDonalds or Blockbuster (two of Jeff's alma maters)? They outsource development--lead generation, franchise sales, real estate and construction--to FRANDEAVOR. There are dozens of 'consultants', but FRANDEAVOR, headed by Jeff & Christine, bring experienced corporate proceedures and methodology to small and medium-sized franchisors. Not all new concepts will beat the odds and come from behind like Mine That Bird--Jeff and Christine turn the odds into your favor.
http://www.whipsnaps.com