The Franchise Academy Podcast

Erik Russell is an international best-selling author, award-winning salesperson, and business growth consultant. His membership sales method has generated multiple millions of dollars in membership sales all over the world.  In 2015 he published his first book outlining his "no pressure, no convincing" process for membership sales called 'The Art of Selling Memberships'. The book reached #1 across...

Erik J. Olson is the Founder & CEO of Array Digital - a digital marketing agency in Virginia. He’s the host of the Journey to $100 Million, a daily podcast and Amazon flash briefing, as well as the host of Marketers Anonymous, a monthly marketing meetup. Erik speaks often on the topics of entrepreneurialism, building freelance businesses, and digital marketing. Find Erik online at iamerikjolson.co...

After 17 years in corporate sales and distribution, Christy Wilson Delk decided to risk it all. In 1996, she sold her house and cashed out her 401(k) for the down payment she needed to buy and build a Kids ‘R’ Kids Academy franchise in Orlando, Florida. Over the next 15 years, Christy expanded twice and grew her business into one of the largest franchises in her industry before her multi- million...

As a national FranChoice consultant since 2004, Tana Hutchinson’s skillsets in franchising and business analysis provide her clients with a dynamic power-punch combination. Tana walks you through an extensive investigation of franchise opportunities while adding energy and fun to your business search. Her warm approach and comprehensive knowledge of franchising puts you immediately at ease and qui...

Since 2008, Gaspar Insurance Services has been a full service insurance agency with clients nationwide. CEO and founder Tim Gaspar is passionate about helping people and providing a much needed service to their clients. INK Magazine named Gaspar 6th fastest growing insurance agency in California. In this episode, director of franchise relations, TIm Feddersen, reveals the underbelly of business an...

Nancy Lanard is a highly regarded and accomplished franchise attorney with a focus on representing prospective franchisees in the evaluation of the franchise documents, setting up the entity for the business and negotiating the lease for the business if needed. Nancy’s firm is a 100 percent female operation based in Philadelphia, however, her covers every state in the union.

Learn the 11 Deadly Mistakes Business Owners make when selling their business.

Joe Buzzello has dedicated over forty years of his professional life to entrepreneurial pursuits, B2B sales and organizational leadership. Joe has served in executive level roles for companies such as Aflac and Transamerica. He has built hundred million business units for several Fortune 500® companies and has been a corporate Hall of Fame inductee. In 2015 Joe stepped away from corporate related...

Mathews has been in franchising since 1985 after accepting his first position right out of college, recruiting franchisees for a 20-year old regional sandwich chain with just under 400 restaurants. That chain was Subway. While it had taken Subway 20 years to open 400 restaurants, they opened 3,000 restaurants over the next few years. Mathews had four key takeaways from his early experience with Su...

Brandon discusses persistence, surrounding yourself with great people and standing up for yourself, in a respectful way.

Barry gets small businesses unstuck. As a small business expert, Barry Moltz gets owners growing again by unlocking their long forgotten potential.  With decades of entrepreneurial experience in his own business ventures as well as consulting countless other entrepreneurs, Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward. As a small business expert, Barry...

Evan believes in entrepreneurs. At 19, he built then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a venture capitalist helping raise $500k to $15mil. He now runs the biggest YouTube channel for entrepreneurs with 1.8M+ subscribers, wrote 4 books & speaks globally. He wants to solve the world's biggest problem. He's set 2 world records, uses a trampoline & stand-up desk, owns Canada's largest Sal...

Adam Fridman is a seasoned entrepreneur, startup veteran, and founder of the digital branding agency, Mabbly, who believes that brands are a reflection of culture and exceptional cultures happen when people pursue purpose together. As the co-author of Best Selling book, The Science of Story, and creator of ProHabits, a technology to operationalize values, Adam inspires organizations to transform a...

With all the technological and economic shifts leading to significant change in the world of retailing, it’s important to understand what really works -- as well as what really doesn’t -- in the current retail selling environment. Surviving and thriving in this market means not just meeting, but exceeding, customer expectations. In this book, you learn what makes that possible: a nurturing relatio...

Are you protecting your assets? A corporate entity separates your personal and business assets. There are many tax implications to know. Hear all about it on this podcast.

Gary Findley, the self-proclaimed “Redneck CEO”, oversees one of the fastest-growing multi-brand franchise chains – Restoration 1 and bluefrog Plumbing + Drain . Restoration 1 is an award-winning brand with more than 250 locations, while bluefrog, acquired in 2017, serves as the perfect complement to Restoration 1.

Mitch York is a Professional EOS Implementer and Professional Certified Coach. He has been helping business owners get more out of their businesses for 17 years. Before that he was a senior executive working on startups including LendingTree as well as leading media companies including Ziff Davis.

Steve Harrison has helped more than 15,000 entrepreneurs, authors and expert get free publicity on radio, TV, print and online. He is the co-founder of the National Publicity Summit where previously unknown entrepreneurs have landed appearances on Fox News, Today Show, Good Morning America, and many other media outlets. His company helped launch such bestselling books as Rich Dad Poor Dad and Chic...

Tab Burkhalter is a CPA, tax and business strategist and the managing partner of The Burkhalter Group, which includes Numbers House, a business start-up and back-office service provider based in Knoxville, TN.

The Story of Transformation and how to tell what you do. * Scene 1: Context and background ending with an incident * Scene 2: The calamity, the disruption the fall * Scene 3: The epiphany, the light bulb moment, the hero’s journey * Scene 4: Your mission now based on your experience

Sparktank's "franchise growth program" focuses on helping franchisors find new franchisees with powerful marketing materials and "outside the box" lead generation campaigns.

3 Simple Strategies to Get More People in Your Restaurant with Marcus Guiliano - Chef on a Mission

Learn The Art of Feminine Negotiation

Want to learn about how to build a brand using a camera? Chelsea a the leading national authority on social media branding. In this episode we talk about the best platform for your message.

Dr. Nazari teaches techniques in win/win spiritual negotiation and clearly explains the difference between haggling and negotiating. There is a major difference.