Modrn Business

Bedros Keuilian is the Founder of Fit Body Bootcamp, a national fitness franchise with over 600 locations open. He is the author of MAN UP, a WSJ bestseller. He’s an Executive coach, has several elite masterminds, and is an incredibly talented marketer, entrepreneur, and authority in his industry that is really walking the talk while teaching others to do the same in.

We recorded this episode at the IFA streaming booth in Orlando at IFA 2020. Topics we explored in depth in this great chat included:

-Bedros incredible backstory

-Life before Fit Body Bootcamp (running a personal Training Agency that taught trainers how to sell high ticket packages)

-The evolution of Fit Body Bootcamp

-Lead generation and digital marketing for both Consumer marketing and franchise development

-Fit Body Bootcamp’s step by step process for franchise Development

-Content strategy for running ads

-How to weather personal and business “winters”

-The Man Up book

-“The Project”

-Franchisor Mastermind Classes

Email me to claim a FREE MAN UP BOOK! I’m giving several of them away. Also email me if you would like to learn more about The Project or the Franchisor Mastermind that are both mentioned in the podcast!

Cheers,

In this episode, Ryan and Zack talk through a comprehensive breakdown of all major franchise conferences in 2020. If you want a text version of the conference list emailed to you, or to chat about any of these further / meet conference organizers, drop us a line!

Audio Engineer: Ben Kliever

Contact Ben for Audio Editing needs: [email protected]

For this interview, co-host Zack Fishman jumps on the phone with Ken Osness, Belfor Franchise Group's VP of Franchise Development. We discuss their recent acquisition of HRI (Chem-Dry, N-Hance and Delta Disaster), their two newest brands under the Belfor umbrella (Plumberz and Packoutz), what they look for in a franchisee and great stories about Belfor's CEO.

In this exclusive episode, Zack Fishman chats with VP of Franchise Development for Belfor Franchise Group, Ken Osness. In this episode, we talk through some exciting ways that the portfolio companies under Belfor differentiates themselves, some tools they provide for their franchisees in order to help them succeed and some big things on the horizon in 2020 (especially with their newly announced acquisition of Harris Research International, MB alums!)

In this Millennial Monthly edition of Modrn Business, host Zack Fishman sits down with the CDO and Co-Founder of Pedal Pub, Shane Dunn. We talk through the story behind how Shane got involved with Pedal Pub, some new technological innovations in the brand and some creative ways they cater to the Millennial consumer and to the young franchisees out there that want to strike off on their own.

This is a value packed episode that we recorded during our summer tour. On Day 26 we got to meet up with Darrell Johnson (CEO) and Edith Wiseman (President) from the FRANdata team to talk about data.

In order to gain (and keep) an edge in business, especially in todays modern times, it pays to be on top of the data. This episode explores how these 30 year franchise industry veterans (and FRANdata) help the franchise sector as the "Forrester or Gartner of franchising".

In the episode we get in to these questions/ topics and more:

1. How you got into franchising  

2. FRANdata has been in the business for more than 30 years now, what are some of the changes you have seen over the last three decades?    

3. Having consistently studied the performance and growth of more than 3800 brands across the years, What do you think franchisors should fear the most?     

4. What are the most interesting questions that franchisors want you to answer?    

5. People refer to FRANdata as the Forrester or Gartner of franchising, why is that?       

6. Why is it important to work with franchise focused market research company?     

7. How would you characterize the work that you do for franchisors?         

8. Who are your best clients and how do they work with you?         

9.  How do you think market research can change the course of a brand's trajectory? Or What is the affect you have seen with your research?         

10. Advice to mature brands         

11.  Advice to emerging brands 

About Fran Data:

FRANdata works with clients on their most challenging performance issues, investing significant time and effort in developing and renewing a knowledge base that offers unique perspectives and insights. Thy apply their understanding of market and industry forces to develop long-term macroeconomic perspectives.

They take a central role in developing performance standards around particular areas of the franchise model and set the bar based on those standards – because of this task, certain industry measurements and standards of reporting were born: true failure rate, unit time-to-breakeven, the Bank Credit report and the franchise continuity rate.

"We enable clients to achieve lasting success in franchising. Our work is founded on a rigorous understanding of every client’s business context, industry dynamics, and market climate. We study franchise trends and emerging best practices because we believe that in order to serve our clients, we must stay ahead of the game."

Audio Engineer: Ben Kiever

Co-host Zack Fishman catches up with power couple and fitness gurus Jackson & Deanna Loychuk to hear about all things 30 Minute Hit. In this segment, we hear the story behind 30 Minute Hit, how the Loychuks plan to stand out in a crowded boutique fitness space and some exciting plans for 2020.

In this episode we host the dynamic husband and wife duo Mary Kay and Mark Liston.

Mary Kay is the president of Molly Maid, a neighborly brand company. She is on the IFA Franchise Relations Committee, and is the FRC representative on the 2020 convention committee. She is active in Franchise Business Network in Ann Arbor and also active in the Women in Franchising Network in Central Texas

Mark Liston is in a new and exciting role at Neighborly brands (after serving as brand president of Glass Doctor) where he works with brands they acquire including Mosquito Joe, Window Genie and others. Mark was the past Chair of ICFE Board of Governors for 2 years. He is currently a member of the Foundation Board of Trustees and an IFA Board of Director.

In this chat we dig in to: their leadership styles and how the compliment each-other, their current roles, Marks weekly blog (7 years strong!), ways to get involved in a deeper level in franchising AND a bit of competitive fun.

Marks blog: https://markliston.wixsite.com/website/home/

More info about the PRINCIPLES of Franchising program that Mark spoke about; https://www.franchisefoundation.org/sites/default/files/.uploads/user_35/cfespecialsessions2020-updated-10-2-19_0.pdf

To learn more about Franchise Action Network and to get involved, visit www.franchiseactionnetwork.com. If you have any questions, please email IFA's Patrick Pitts at [email protected] for more information.

Audio Engineer: Ben Kliever

We really enjoyed sitting down with Jay Duke this past September while at Springboard Event for Emerging Franchisors. Jay has been in franchising for over 30 years and he is the National Managing Director at the #1 ranked accounting firm for franchise brands. We will have him back on a longer form episode but do not miss this one!

If you want to reach Jay:

www.bdo.com

Cheers!

Audio Engineer: Ben Kliever

In this Millennial Monthly edition of Modrn Business, host Zack Fishman sits down with the CEO of Wings Over, Dan Leyva. We talk through the story behind how Dan got involved, some new technological innovations in the brand and some creative ways they cater to the Millennial consumer.

In this really exciting episode, co-host Zack Fishman jumps on the phone with friends Paige Robinson (Director of Franchise Development) and Sean Hart (VP of Franchise Development) for American Family Care. In this discussion, we talk through what it’s like to be the biggest in an industry, ways they continue to stay nimble in a constantly evolving healthcare space and their growth plans for 2020.