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Today’s guest is Sean McCaffrey, CEO of GSTV.  Sean shares the story of the boom of location-based video advertising and content. We discuss how his team, advertisers, and brands are pivoting to due to Covid-19 and what trends and consumer behavior might linger. 

Thanks to Social Joey and The International Franchise Online Expo.

Jennifer Jackson is the Vice President of Development at Hungry Howie’s Pizza. She shares her story of growing up in the franchise and pizza industry and becoming a leader in what were traditionally male-dominated spaces. 

Jennifer also takes us through how the current pandemic crisis is changing the franchise business today and what changes will stay with us long term.

Thanks to Social Joey and Better. 

The Franchise News Podcast for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

In the news this week: 

Franchise Update Media, Therese Thilgen

NRD Capital, Aziz Hashim

Franklin Junction

Pet Suppliers Plus, Chris Rowland

Soccer Shots

McDonald's

Biggby Coffee

Fatburger

CareerPlug

Seniors Helping Seniors, Daniel Jan

MOD Pizza, Josh Guenser

Global Franchise Group, Paul Damico

McDonald's, Mason Smoot

Potbelly, Steve Cirulis

Hungry Howie's Pizza, Jennifer Jackson

Intrepid Direct

Social Joey

Richie Huffman, CEO of Celebree School, joins the show today to share ideas on leading a team of educators as well as franchisees and business owners. 

We’ll also discuss team building and leadership during and after the pandemic crisis

Thanks to Social Joey and Better. 

Allison Schlanger and Alison Qualter Berna are co-founders of songs for seeds, a New York City - based 'more than music' franchise for kids that focuses on teaching critical aspects of early childhood development. 

We’ll dive into how the brand has quickly pivoted to a new online classes model that still keeps the kids connected to their teachers.

Thanks to Social Joey and Better. 

The Franchise News Podcast for Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

In the news this week:  

School of Rock, Rob Price

Society of Prevention of Teen Suicide

Edible

Terminix Commercial, Greg Rutherford

Potbelly, Brandon Rhoten

Subway

Little Caesar's

Domino's

Hilton

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux

Best Life Brands, J.J. Sorrenti

Goddard School, Dennis Maple

songs for seeds

Intrepid Direct

Social Joey

Maayan Gordon is a TikTok coach with 2.3 Million followers! She shares ideas for getting attention and keeping followers through creative and complex tactics on the wildly popular video streaming app.  We’ll discuss:

Thanks to Social Joey and Brand Journalists

Andrea Mundie is the Co-founder, CEO, and President of skoah. We dive deep into the important actions for leading a brand through the challenges of today including: 

Thanks to Social Joey, VetFran, and Franchise Dictionary Magazine.

The Franchise News Podcast for Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

In the news this week:

MFV Expositions, Sheila Fischer

International Franchise Assocation, Paul Rocchio

Ziebart

Tropical Smoothie Café, Charles Watson

CMIT Solutions

Dale Carnegie, Joe Hart

7-Eleven

College Hunks Hauling Junk, Omar Soliman

World Vision

Feeding Children Everywhere

Photofy

Penn Station East Coast Subs

National Down Syndrome Adoption Network

Canadian Tire Corporation

Skoah, Andrea Mundie

Intrepid Direct Insurance

Social Joey

Author and Brand Strategist Jeremy Miller of Sticky Branding is back to discuss marketing during the pandemic.

Jeremy’s team is diving into Crisis Marketing and advising business owners how to change their strategies to find new customers and generate business in our new normal.

Thanks to Social Joey and Better.