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While down in Miami Beach for vacation, Zack got to have lunch with an expert in international franchise development: Marc Mushkin, VP of International Sales & Development for CKE Restaurants (Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, for those who aren’t good with acronyms).

In this discussion, Marc goes through his best practices for international development, which countries he has his eye on for extreme growth and some pitfalls you can avoid when trying to take your brand abroad. NOTE: the restaurant noise in the background wasn’t ideal, so please contact me if you’d like to be connected to Marc to learn more about international franchise development.

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In this exclusive episode, Zack Fishman chats with Manager Director of O2E Brands, James Alisch. In this episode, we talk through some exciting ways that the portfolio companies under O2E differentiates themselves, how they plan to deal with the Amazon problem and some big things ahead for the portfolio companies in 2020 and beyond.

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In his 9th guest hosted episode while we were on tour, IFPG President catches up with Justin Livingston of One Cannabis.

In his 8th guest hosted episode while we were on tour, IFPG President catches up with Jeff Odo of City Wide Franchising.

In this special interview with one of the F.com sponsors, Valyant AI’s CEO Rob Carpenter, we bring you one of the aspects of franchising this host definitely didn’t know much about: artificial intelligence. Rob provides insight on how AI is being used in franchising currently, how he believes it will evolve our space in the future and how franchisors/franchisees can be prepared for these drastic changes in technology.

SPONSORS:

SCORPION INTERNET MARKETING

www.Scorpion.co/mb

Named the #1 franchise marketing company in America by Entrepreneur Magazine, Scorpion delivers all-in-one solutions for franchise brands looking to defeat disjointed marketing and increase revenue.

As a marketing partner, Scorpion assists franchises in the management of branding, website design, online listings, paid advertising, and more, eliminating the need for multiple vendors.

To learn more, visit www.Scorpion.co/mb

VALYANT.AI: www.valyant.ai

Imagine automating the order taking process at your restaurant and freeing your employees to focus on food preparation, payment processing and order accuracy. Valyant AI's artificial intelligence software, think Alexa or Google Home, can speak directly with your customers and take all drive through orders. As a result of automating this task, early Valyant customers have seen their customer’s wait times drop by 10% to 25% on average. The AI never gets tired and you can be assured that in every situation where it makes sense, customers will receive custom up-sell messages.

Valyant’s software uses data like trending food items, time of day, weather and even a customer’s decisiveness, to make specific product recommendations. This has resulted in an average order increase of 70%. That’s additional capital you could be earning today.

If you think your business could benefit from decreased wait times, and additional revenue, check out www.valyant.ai or contact them directly at [email protected] to learn more.

In his 7th guest hosted episode while we were on tour, IFPG President catches up with Aaron Stahl from P3 Cost analysts to explore the business opportunity.

In our final in-person discussion of the tour, the boys make a pitstop in Overland Park, Kansas for an interview with the three founders of Scissors & Scotch: Erik Anderson, Sean Finley and Tanner Wiles. In this chat (over drinks, of course), we discuss the founding story, how S&S differentiates from their competitors and their growth plans for 2020.

SPONSORS:

SCORPION INTERNET MARKETING

www.Scorpion.co/mb

Named the #1 franchise marketing company in America by Entrepreneur Magazine, Scorpion delivers all-in-one solutions for franchise brands looking to defeat disjointed marketing and increase revenue.

As a marketing partner, Scorpion assists franchises in the management of branding, website design, online listings, paid advertising, and more, eliminating the need for multiple vendors.

To learn more, visit www.Scorpion.co/mb

RALLO: www.rallio.com

Rallio is a powerful combination of social media technology and local agency

The easy-to-use technology enables franchisors and their franchisees to manage their entire social media presence, online reputation, and online directory listings in one dashboard for all locations.

The mobile app provides a simple way for franchisees to engage

The advocacy system turns net promoters into REAL promoters and incentives employees to share content that portrays your brand as a "best place to work"

Voted as the #1 social media technology platform and #6 marketing partner overall in the entrepreneur magazine's franchise supplier listing, Rallio will help you RALLY your employees and customers around your brand.

To learn more, visit Rallio.com

On the very last stop of the tour, the team visits TITLE Boxing HQ to meet with three three of their dynamic leaders: President Susan Boresow, Josh Lyon, VP of Franchise Operations and James Lloyd, Franchise Development Manager. During this conversation we touched on many topics including: local store marketing, mobile app integration, their new on-demand class and much more.

SPONSORS:

SCORPION INTERNET MARKETING

www.Scorpion.co/mb

Named the #1 franchise marketing company in America by Entrepreneur Magazine, Scorpion delivers all-in-one solutions for franchise brands looking to defeat disjointed marketing and increase revenue.

As a marketing partner, Scorpion assists franchises in the management of branding, website design, online listings, paid advertising, and more, eliminating the need for multiple vendors.

To learn more, visit www.Scorpion.co/mb

BUSCH GLOBAL: buschglobal.com/

Busch Global is more than a franchise development company. They help you reach your organizational goals through intelligent growth, which comes through understanding your franchise, your concept, your values and vision. The team then builds a plan that identifies the right franchisee targets, and the growth goals that you can successfully support. To learn more about Bush Global, visit www.BuschGobal.com.

RALLO: www.rallio.com

Rallio is a powerful combination of social media technology and local agency

The easy-to-use technology enables franchisors and their franchisees to manage their entire social media presence, online reputation, and online directory listings in one dashboard for all locations.

The mobile app provides a simple way for franchisees to engage

The advocacy system turns net promoters into REAL promoters and incentives employees to share content that portrays your brand as a "best place to work"

Voted as the #1 social media technology platform and #6 marketing partner overall in the entrepreneur magazine's franchise supplier listing, Rallio will help you RALLY your employees and customers around your brand.

To learn more, visit Rallio.com

In his 6th guest hosted episode while we were on tour, IFPG President catches up with Jacob Grady from Surface Experts to discuss the founding story, the business opportunity, and more.

Due to time constraints, we unfortunately didn’t have time to interview Denny’s Chief Global Development Officer, Steve Dunn, when we went to visit their HQ. Luckily, Steve was gracious enough to hop back on the phone with us! In this interview, co-host Zack Fishman leads a discussion on how Denny’s is positioning itself for quick growth overseas, what markets they have seen success in thus far and tips/tricks for brands looking to expand internationally.

SPONSORS:

SCORPION INTERNET MARKETING

www.Scorpion.co/mb

Named the #1 franchise marketing company in America by Entrepreneur Magazine, Scorpion delivers all-in-one solutions for franchise brands looking to defeat disjointed marketing and increase revenue.

As a marketing partner, Scorpion assists franchises in the management of branding, website design, online listings, paid advertising, and more, eliminating the need for multiple vendors.

To learn more, visit www.Scorpion.co/mb

RALLO: www.rallio.com

Rallio is a powerful combination of social media technology and local agency

The easy-to-use technology enables franchisors and their franchisees to manage their entire social media presence, online reputation, and online directory listings in one dashboard for all locations.

The mobile app provides a simple way for franchisees to engage

The advocacy system turns net promoters into REAL promoters and incentives employees to share content that portrays your brand as a "best place to work"

Voted as the #1 social media technology platform and #6 marketing partner overall in the entrepreneur magazine's franchise supplier listing, Rallio will help you RALLY your employees and customers around your brand.

To learn more, visit Rallio.com

FRANCHISE HELP

www.franchisehelp.com/

FranchiseHelp is the industry's largest source of online franchise leads, the #1 lead generator for many of franchising's biggest brands, and has been ranked 4 years running as one of the country's fastest-growing private companies by Inc Magazine. Millions of people visit FranchiseHelp.com to find and research franchise opportunities. We want to introduce the most motivated of these prospects to your concept. Let FranchiseHelp's lead generation experts customize a powerful FranDev marketing program that will keep your franchise's development pipeline filled with a steady stream of fresh leads.