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Welcome to Season 3 of the Advisory Board Podcast with Dave Hansen! In this episode, we sit down with Jeff Bevis. a 31-year franchising veteran and COO of Caring Senior Service. Jeff shares insights on support, communication, and metrics in franchise operations, providing valuable tips for success. Support challenges: Emerging brands often oversimplify engagement models, cutting corners. Dave emph...

Welcome to "The Advisory Board Podcast with Dave Hansen: Season 3"! In this episode, we have an exciting guest host, Lowry Akers, Founder/CEO of Briidge Syndicates, who brings his expertise in franchising and alternative funding strategies. Whether you're an aspiring franchisee or a franchisor looking for new insights, this podcast is packed with valuable information. So sit back, relax, and join...

Join Dave Hansen and Vaughn Sigmon on The Advisory Board Podcast as they explore the art of effective leadership and successful sales strategies. Discover how empathy, listening, and understanding can transform your approach to sales, helping you build stronger connections and achieve consistent sales success. Some Key Takeaways: Empathy and genuine interest in customers are crucial in sales. Be f...

Welcome to the Advisory Board Podcast with host Dave Hansen and this week's guest host Melissa Pang. Melissa has extensive experience in franchising, building partnerships, and helping others grow their franchises. She emphasizes the importance of self-assessment to find your sweet spot in life, focusing on what energizes and excites you, as well as what you're great at and what you don't enjoy. E...

In this episode of The Advisory Board, we learn from Franchise Development wizard, Ryan Zink, co-founder of Franchise Fastlane, and now Franchise Sidekick about franchise development best practices from the perspective of the franchise candidate. Ryan and Dave discuss ways franchisors should evaluate their readiness to franchise. And it's not what you think. Ryan shares the two most important thin...

Welcome to the Advisory Board Podcast Season 3 with Dave Hansen, where we dive deep into the challenges faced by growing and emerging brands. In this episode, we explore key aspects that brands often struggle with and discuss strategies for sustainable growth. Here are the highlights from today's podcast: Territory Sales and Franchise Fees: - The importance of understanding market dynamics and pro...

Welcome to the Advisory Board Podcast Season 3 with Dave Hansen! In this episode, we dive deep into the world of franchising, exploring the importance of trust and effective communication between franchisors and franchisees with Michelle Rowan. Join us as we uncover valuable insights and strategies for building a culture of trust in franchising, ultimately driving success and growth for franchise...

Introducing the Advisory Board Podcast: Season 3 with Dave Hansen , featuring special guest Ron Holt, the Founder of Pink Zebra Moving. Join us as Ron shares his insights on disrupting the moving industry and creating a whole new category focused on customer experience. With his background in growing Two Maids & A Mop into a successful franchise, Ron brings valuable lessons and expertise to th...

In this episode of the Advisory Board Podcast , host Dave Hansen is joined by Jon Ostenson , founder, and CEO of FranBridge Consulting and author of "Non-Food Franchising". Jon is also the president of Shelf Genie Franchise System and has been a franchisee in five brands. Jon shares valuable insights on improving your franchise to attract multi-unit and investor owners, including the importance of...

On this episode, we speak with Charlie Jebran, Founder and President of Jebran and Abraham, a regional full-service CPA firm. With over 100 franchising clients, Charlie shares his unique insights on how to optimize franchise performance. Highlights from the episode include: The importance of speaking with other franchisees before signing an agreement. Challenges that can delay opening, such as pic...

Welcome to today's episode of our podcast! We're thrilled to have Trevor Rappleye, Founder/CEO of Franchise Filming, with us today. Trevor has been in the business video filming industry for a decade and has been helping franchisors award more franchisees with monthly marketing videos. In this podcast episode, we'll be discussing why and how to sell more using video. Trevor shares his insights on...

In this episode of the Advisory Board Podcast, we're joined by Kyle Barr who shares some valuable insights on how to help owners focus on the most important priorities, and not just the loudest ones. Here are some of the highlights: Before implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), they had too many distractions from various marketing campaigns, trade shows, and random ideas that ate...

Join Thomas Scott, founder and CEO of Home Run Franchises, in this episode of The Advisory Board Podcast. Thomas is a serial home service franchise brand founder, has helped grow more than 400 brands, and has some pretty radical and proven methods to helping franchise brands scale responsibly and quickly. Listen in as he shares how he challenges the traditional paradigm of franchising with some re...

On this week of The Advisory Board Podcast , Dave Hansen meets up with Aaron Harper where we : 1. Learn about the infrastructure and support needs for launching a franchise system, which involves two separate businesses - the franchisors and the franchisees. 2. Understand the importance of focusing on the success of franchisees and providing them with the necessary support to thrive. 3. Discover t...

Join Debbie Melkonian , the Director of Managed Services for Footprints Floors and our host, Dave Hansen of ClientTether, as they discuss how Debbie helped build and grow an industry-leading customer support team. In this episode, they discuss: Why they decided to in-source rather than outsource their call center/customer service team How they structured it to optimize franchise unit performance H...

On this weeks episode of Advisory Board : Season 3 with Dave Hansen, Dave and Job Boston Cover: How Sales and ops experience are key Training zees is different from employees, needs to be customized and updated as necessary Constantly fine-tuning scorecards and formats, so the data is consistent. Data is key: Address their questions with real data It is an ongoing process: Coach them so they can a...

On this weeks episode of Advisory Board : Season 3 with Dave Hansen, we have invited Jeff Horst to learn how Suppliers and Franchisors can make sure they are in a 'good fit' relationship. Jeff and Dave talk about : Successful Franchisor/Supplier Relationships Analyzing what a 'good fit' relationship is Understanding your clients needs Doing what you do (and doing it well) As the CEO and Co-Founder...

On this weeks episode of Advisory Board : Season 3 with Dave Hansen, we have invited Julien Paul to help us understand the best strategies to increase your social media and lead generation. Julien walks us thru: Social Media and Lead Generation Misconceptions Targeting to increase lead generation and engagement TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook Tips What Drives Effective Social Media Campaigns Getti...

Welcome to another season of Advisory Board. Dave Hansen and Luke Schulte discuss how to modernize an unsexy franchise concept. They Cover : Franchise systems in traditional or older services tend to seem a little boring and unsexy. - Pivoting With the Economy How to leverage their super powers to continually improve the system. Luke loves fostering relationships with candidates, consultants, and...

Welcome to another season of Advisory Board. Dave Hansen and Matt Kline discuss what fueled OxiFresh's FranDev Success. Matt Kline started as the Director of Franchise Development in early 2018. Now, Matt leads the development team as they help more people explore Oxi Fresh's carpet cleaning franchise opportunity. Before becoming an Oxi Fresh team member, Matt earned a BS from the University of No...

How can you prepare your franchise for a successful acquisition? What do investors look for when evaluating a franchise systems for purchase or investment? When should you start preparing for an acquisition? These are some of the questions Tom Spadea and Dave Hansen discuss in this episode of The Advisory Board. Merger and acquisition activity has skyrocketed in the franchise space, because smart...

Kicking off Season 3 of The Advisory Board podcast with marketing wizard, Graham Chapman, of 919 Marketing. In this episode, we dig deep into the key metrics every franchise brand should be monitoring for franchise development and unit operations. Cost per lead Marketing qualified leads Sales qualified leads Discovery Days booked (or deals quoted in service brands) Closed deals (and deal value) We...

Every franchise talks about culture. Every business wants to be a culture-driven enterprise. The thing is... not everyone knows how to build a culture that sticks, how to protect it as you grow, and how to make sure it creates meaning, connection, and motivation for your team and franchise owners. Nick Lopez, founder and Steward of Lime Painting shares his insights into how he has been able to cre...

In this episode of The Advisory Board podcast, I am joined by one of the top-performing brokers that I know, Chris Valdes of Horizon Consulting Partners. Whether you're a Franchise broker, a franchise consultant, a franchise development team, or anyone else interested in learning how to engage brokers, you'll want to listen to I know very few consultants that are generating the types of numbers I...

Join me and David Stein, who has been managing Facebook and other digital marketing campaigns for decades. In this episode of The Advisory Board podcast, we dive deep into learning how to leverage the power of Facebook's targeting tools to optimize your social media marketing campaigns out of the gate. We discuss the in-platform and look-a-like targeting tools and how to take them to the next leve...