MasterMind Minutes - One Guest, One Question, One Expert Answer in Minutes not Hours. Today our Guest is Kurt Eddins

Kurt is the Owner and President of 360 Relay (formerly known as 360 Intel and Goodwin Hospitality over the last 20 years). 360 Relay provides an array of services centered on gathering various types of customer feedback, with mystery shopping being the primary service. Their portfolio of clients ranges from national chains all the way down to single units.

Kurt has been involved in the mystery shopping industry going back to his high school years, starting out in the family business setting (known Goodwin Hospitality at the time and then ultimately coming on board full time in a managerial role after graduating from UNH in 2012.

Contact Kurt at: https://www.360-relay.com

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MasterMind Minutes - One Guest - One Question. - One Answer.   Today's guest is my longtime friend and associate Ed Teixeira. 

Ed is a recognized franchise expert with 40 years’ experience in the franchise industry. He has served as a corporate executive for franchise firms in the retail, manufacturing, healthcare and technology industries and was a franchisee of a multi-million-dollar home healthcare franchise.  

Ed and Professor Richard Chan are the authors of a new textbook, Franchising Strategies: The Entrepreneurs Guide to Success published by Rutledge. He has participated in the CEO Magazine Roundtable Meetings with business leaders from around the country and has spoken at several venues including the International Franchise Expo and Chinese Franchise Association in Shanghai, China.   Over the course of his career, Ed has been involved with over 1,000 franchise locations and launched franchise concepts from existing business models.   

Contact Ed at: [email protected] 

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MasterMind Minutes One Guest One Question, One Answer. 

Today my guest is Darrell Bennett.  Mr.Bennett is a Harvard Law School alum, former attorney and the founder of The B-Squared Global Group and creator of the Kingdom Wealth Circle, who has helped more than 100 business owners create more than $10M in profit and has sizable equity stakes in dozens of profitable enterprises.    Also known as The Comeback King, for his Voice, his personal story and his work helping people turnaround negatives into positives, Darrell has helped more than 100 people launch their business dreams.  In 2022, Darrell turned his personal memoirs, Come. Back. Swinging., into a Mentorship Accelerator, to help people beat the odds and break down barriers in their personal lives and business endeavors.  

Contact Darrell via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrellbe...

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Chem-Dry plans to meet this development milestone by mapping out its 2022 business theme, ‘New World of Opportunities.’  Contact Ed: https://www.chemdry.com/Contact Gary: [email protected] Visit: www.frangrow.com

MasterMind Minutes -  One Guest - One Question - One Answer in Minutes not Hours.   

Our guest today is Doug Smith... Doug is the Director of Sales for America's Best Restaurants (ABR) which is a digital marketing agency that works with restaurants around the world. ABR  generates trackable ROI using their unique ROI engine platform. Doug is 27 year veteran of the radio, sales and marketing . America's Best Restaurants works with restaurateurs building sales and repeat business.  Measuring the ROI of your advertising by tracking web hits, social media "likes", blog hits, and the like is OK....but you can't deposit "likes" into your bank account.  If you are spending your time and money on marketing your restaurant and NOT building a database of your customers you are simply Hoping & Praying they come back. That's not a good use of your efforts. Our company helps restaurants gain the visibility needed to attract customers and then, once they give you their business, we help you build a segmented database to nurture a relationship and long term business from them.   Contact Doug at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsmithcincy/Visit: https://americasbestrestaurants.com/  Contact Gary at: [email protected] Visit www.frangrow.com

MasterMind Minutes - One Guest, One Question, One Answer in Minutes not Hours...

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HOW TO BRING MORE QUALIFIED FRANCHISE LEADS INTO YOUR PIPELINE.

Our guest today is Tom Scarda. Tom is the Founder of The Franchise Academy. Tom was the number one franchisee of the year with his first franchise concept and failed miserably in his second franchise. The lessons learned from failure is what makes him such an expert. He is the author of several books including the number one bestseller, Franchise Savvy. And over the past 15 years he has helped more than 1500 people figure out if franchising is for them. The Franchise Academy is a franchise education website and a podcast for folks frustrated with their career, downsized Executives, and for people who want to make a passive investment in franchising.  

Contact Tom at: https://tomscarda.com/

Contact Gary at: [email protected] 

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