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Can a good Business Coach assist you franchise your business

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When you’ve been in business for a few years, gotten through the initial roller coaster ride you naturally look at ways to grow your business either through expansion or a franchising model.

Plenty of business owners toy with the idea of franchising. After all every industry seems to be represented in the franchising model. On the face of it Franchising can seem to offer rapid business growth, expansion and instant brand recognition.

Franchising is a viable option for many businesses. Is yours? Some businesses seem to adapt well to franchising whilst others struggle. What characteristics have we seen in a business that makes them more franchisable?

Simple Business Model

The more basic a business model the easier it will be to duplicate and franchise. In other words if you have an easy to run business that is successful then you should be able transfer it to another party. Your model and operations of course should be documented in an operations manual. You should start today to start documenting your procedures and processes. If this seems too hard start creating flow charts for each process.. This is the key to absolutely any franchise. If it can be duplicated, it can be franchised.

Your suppliers

Apart from your basic business model your suppliers need to be available in whatever part of the country you hope to begin franchising in. Some products, especially something that is perishable, may not be available in different areas of the country. Other excellent suppliers that serve you well locally may have no interest in expanding or supplying you outside of your current region. This may have serious impacts on products and services that you sell

Fees

Ensure that your franchisors will be able to still make a profit after your fees and royalties are taken into account. Maybe you could offer periods free of fees to entice potential franchisors.

There are a number of other considerations when it comes to franchising. Your business Coach should be able to advise you on these. Contact BOOST if you want to be shown how to go down the franchising route. Especially if you are a small business wanting rapid growth.

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