OVER THE TOP seminars are all about franchise leads!

Wow everyone's favorite subject in franchising. Where is the next lead coming from?  Can't say it's not on target. In the 80's your biggest problem was getting the right people to qualify the tons of leads coming in.  Ah the good old days.

Reality check-there has been a climate shift in franchising for a variety of reasons--not the least of which is 20-30 years later all those people that bought a franchise way back then did NOT succeed and they are the vocal ones.  Yes it is not a perfect business model and many who have become franchisees maybe shoudn't have.  However it sure beats sitting around in a corporation or on an assembly line waiting for the axe to fall.

Now a very experienced group of experts are putting on one day seminars in fab cities (with food!) on how to put together a terrific lead generating program built for these times.  The 3 key players work in 3 different areas but when worked at together could definitely improve your lead stream.

Details of their 3 upcoming events can be found here and you can also go in and register for the event in the city nearest you for a ridiculous $249.  I am sponsoring this because frankly it is so reasonable a price for a seminar with 3 people I think have lots of answers.  So there ya go!!  Hope to see you at Chicago event--where I will also be but the other cities are good too. Do the date and location most convenient for you clearly!!

Above-Chicago at night!

Another Great IFA Convention

Hats still off to Debbie Moss and her amazing team that make the IFA annual convention so cool--I can only guesstimate that there were upwards of 2500 people at this event in Orlando Feb. 11-14 but they make it look easy.  An APP that we could download this year and last is BEYOND convenient.  You can see at a glance where and when everything is going to be happening then just click on what you want to attend and it makes a little calendar for you.  Wish they had that the year I slept through the First-Timers Reception which I was an Ambassador to!! Jim Amos, CEO of Tasti D-Lite, pictured to the left, received the Hall of Fame award, the highest honor one can receive in franchising.  Although he left me out of his thank you speech :-) I still adore him and it seems most everyone else does too.  No dry eyes in the house as a fantastic video of his young years was viewed along with his military accomplishments and then business.  A terrific gala topped the program off with The Franchise All-Star Band (franchise people with REAL talent) and a song dedicated to ME-Unchained Melody sung by the incredible Ron Taylor of Sandler Sales Institute. 

Businesses Turn To LED Lighting

Businesses all over the country are opting to install LED lighting in their establishments in an effort to "go green." As a result, Wellington, Fla. based-LED Source, a national and international supplier of LED lighting that specializes in full-scale evaluations and retrofits, is at the top of its game! Bedonna Flesher, owner of Nature’s Table also in Wellington, consulted with LED Source after her employees were complaining about the excessive heat from the halogen bulbs in her café.  Ultimately, she decided to replace 60 percent of the halogen bulbs in her business with LED lights.

According to AMEX OPEN Forum, LED lights are 300 percent more efficient than compact fluorescent bulbs and 1,000 percent more efficient than incandescent bulbs. LEDs also last an
average of 60,000 hours and use 90 percent less energy. This means business is booming in the LED industry.

LED Source has opened three franchises and has over 20 in various stages of development.  President and CEO Marcel Fairbairn explains, “LEDs are one of the very few things that you can buy that makes a huge difference and makes you money. If the entire world would convert to LED, the number of power plants and nuclear plants needed would be substantially reduced.” 

 According to AMEX OPEN Forum, LED lights are 300 percent more efficient than compact fluorescent bulbs and 1,000 percent more efficient than incandescent bulbs. LEDs also last an average of 60,000 hours and use 90 percent less energy. This means business is booming in the LED industry.

LED Source has opened three franchises and has over 20 in various stages of development.  President and CEO Marcel Fairbairn explains, “LEDs are one of the very few things that you can buy that makes a huge difference and makes you money. If the entire world would convert to LED, the number of power plants and nuclear plants needed would be substantially reduced.”