Social Geek

Deb Evans, Franchise Foundry and Jack Monson, Manalto are joined by Rebecca Monet, founder and past president of Proven Match LLC, and Zoracle chief scientist. Monet has been in the franchise consulting and psychometric assessment business since 1993.  Monet is known for her uncanny ability to draw performance correlations. She is fascinated with neurology and human performance as it relates to business success. She is dedicated to helping franchisors recruit, qualify, train and support franchisees. 

Join Social Geek Radio live or download on iTunes as the hosts and guest discuss what a franchisor should keep in mind when selecting a profiling franchise tool.

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This week on Social Geek Radio, Deb Evans of Franchise Foundry and Jack Monson of Manalto welcome  Richard J Basch, President of SYNERGY HomeCare and Author of Behind the Franchise Curtain.

We'll chat with Rick about the current trends in Franchising, highlights at #IFA2015 events, and how he's successfully using LinkedIn Publications!

Join us Wednesday at 8pm ET  / 7pm CT or download on iTunes! 

The 55th Annual International Franchise Association, #IFA2015, was a huge success! It would be impossible to share all the take-aways from the recent event but Deb Evans, Jack Monson and special guest Mary Kay Liston, President at Five Star Painting will share what impressed them the most. 

You can find a daily recap of #IFA2015 tweets via the links below

Join Deb Evans of Franchise Foundry and Jack Monson of Manalto for a preview of The International Franchise Association's 2015 Convention in Las Vegas. This year's event is full of technology and marketing-focused speakers, panels, and round tables and we've got your schedule covered. 

Check it live at 8pm ET / 7pm CT or download on iTunes immediately after the show!

Deb Evans and Jack Monson share their tips to promoting physical events via social media. Content, event pages, Google Hangouts, LinkedIn published posts and few tricks you may not be aware of!

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Upcoming #franchise events:

Houston Franchise Lunch and Learn

Franchise Expo South 

Annual IFA Convention

IFA TweetUp

Paul Segreto, CEO Franchise Foundry joins Deb Evans and Jack Monson. Paul along with Lee Plave and Theresa Huszka will present "Web 2.0: Data + Social Media" at upcoming Franchise Expo South. Paul will give us a sneak peak to his presentation and tips on effectively using social media within franchising. 

About Paul Segreto

Paul is responsible for Franchise Foundry corporate strategy and business development. Paul also works with Franchise Foundry’s portfolio and clients to improve unit economics and to strengthen systems and processes. Paul has extensive franchising experience and is a Certified Franchise Executive. He has over twenty years of franchise experience and has exclusively served the franchise industry as consultant and coach, senior-level corporate executive, advocate, multi-unit franchisee and area developer.

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This week we will preview an upcoming event with the Houston Franchise Association featuring a panel discussion on Social Media for Franchises with your Social Geek Radio hosts Deb Evans and Jack Monson!

Our guest will be Jason Duncan, President of the Houston Franchise Association who will tell us about the group and what's new with his franchise tech firm, ManagerComplete.

Join us live Wednesday at 8pm ET / 7pm CT!

Happy New Year! Hosts Deb Evans and Jack Monson have an exciting 2015 year planned for Social Geek Radio. Their continued focus on #franchising and the use of digital marketing will keep the content interesting and informative! Their first guest for the year is Taylor Hulyk, Social Media Director at re:group, an active IFA member and contributor. Taylor will share how to gather, create and publish content that your audience wants! 

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This episode was our most replayed shows of 2014! Not a surprise since it is a hot topic and our guest is a leader in franchising!

Kelly Martens-Crompvoets, Marketing at Home Franchise Concepts joined Deb Evans and Jack Monson to discuss how to increase local share and customer engagement with less time and engagement. 

This week Deb Evans and Jack Monson interview Bill Karalius. Bill and his team are working on a new cartoon series where life gets animated. The series, animated and directed by Steven Chitty (Founder of Koi Pond Studios), is going to be a free to watch cartoon on YouTube and other video platforms. They started a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to make their idea a reality.

Bill will share:

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