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The Franchise News Podcast for Wednesday, September 22, 2021.

Thanks to MFV Expositions / International Franchise Expo and Constant Contact.

MasterMind Minutes with Gary Occhiogrosso

Today’s guest: Micah Logan, Founder and CEO of MELD Fitness + Wellness 

Learn more from Gary at Franchise Growth Solutions

Joining the show today is Brandi Kloostra, Digital Marketing Director at FranWorth and creator of the Digital Marketing Road Trip. Brandi shares how to plan, budget, and create a strategy for your brand’s own road trip.

Thanks to Thryv, Consumer Fusion, and AnswerConnect.

Shout-outs today to Mike McDowell and Fernando Meza.

For a list of all the tools and resources Brandi shared, please check out the show page here: 

https://www.socialgeekradio.com/brandi-kloostra-2021/

The Franchise News Podcast for Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Thanks to MFV Expositions / International Franchise Expo and iPost. 

It’s National Small Business Week! And Matthew Gourgeot of Thyrv joins us to discuss Customer Experience for small business owners, particularly franchisees. We’ll chat about giving Emerging brands the same great customer experience that Enterprise or Legacy brands receive!

Shout outs today to Matt Haller, FranWorth, #MUFC, and Scott Greenberg!

Thanks to Constant Contact, IFA’s VetFran, and The Franchise Show.

It's the latest instalment in our series on The Culture of Franchising. My guests today are Tray Doster of Zaxby's, Brynn Gibbs of Consumer Fusion, and Keith Gerson of FranConnect all discussing the Culture of their brands as well as their take on the Culture of the Franchise space. We captured these conversations at the 20th Multi-Unit Franchising Conference in Vegas last week. What great event!

Shout-outs today to Tim Courtney of PuroClean and Franchise Update Media. Thanks to iPost, Citrin-Cooperman, and Thryv.

The Franchise News Podcast for Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Thanks to MFV Expositions / International Franchise Expo and Suttle-Straus.

MasterMind Minutes with Gary Occhiogrosso

Today’s guest:  Charles Watson, CEO of Tropical Smoothie Café

Learn more from Gary at Franchise Growth Solutions

Today, it’s the latest in our series on The Culture of Franchising. My guests are Amanda Dempsey of Kent Franchise Law Group, Richie Huffman of Celebree School, and Emily George of Franchise Business Review.

We captured these conversations at the 20th Multi-Unit Franchising Conference. We’ve had a pretty horrible couple of weeks in America, but the comeback of lifetime is starting and the spirit of entrepreneurship is alive. Kudos to Therese Thilgen, Gary Gardner, and Diane Phibbs of franchise update media for bringing us all together again at this amazing event. 

Thanks to iPost, Location3, and AnswerConnect.

Joining the show today: Matt Haller, Jennifer Brandeen, and Rikki Amos from the International Franchise Association.  The team shares the most critical issues affecting franchising such as the PRO Act, Joint Employer, and an upcoming new economics report that will be shared with business owners about the value of the Franchise model. 

We also chat about the work the group is doing through the IFA Foundation, The Diversity Institute, VetFran, The Pride Council, and The Black Franchise Leadership Council. And, we’ll get a preview of upcoming franchise events leading up to the 2022 Convention in San Diego!

Thanks to Thryv, Constant Contact, and AnswerConnect.

Shout out to IFA's partners at Franchise Update Media and MFV Expositions. See you in Vegas this week, and see you in NYC in September!