Social Geek

Brian Spindel, co-founder PostNet International franchise joins Social Geek Radio hosts, Deb Evans and Jack Monson. Brian shares how PostNet uses the various Google tools for connecting and engaging with their franchisees.

Franchise Business Review (FBR) has worked with over 1,000 franchise brands. FBR works with franchise companies, franchisee associations, and investment groups to better understand operational challenges and identify key opportunities for performance improvements and franchise system growth. Founder and CEO, Eric Stites join Social Geek Radio hosts Deb Evans and Jack Monson and share how FBR has changed since Eric established in 2005 and still servicing the franchise sector.

Social Geek Radio is very excited to have Jeff Dudan, CEO, AdvantaClean join host Jack Monson. Jeff shared AdvantaClean philosophy and franchise practices as well as their culture and social digital marketing best practices.

Learn more about Jeff https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffdudan and AdvantaClean http://advantaclean.com/

Connect with hosts Deb Evans and Jack Monson on Twitter @DebCE and @JackMonson

FranTech attendees Anthony Antonicello, Business Development Manager at Delivra and Jillian Koeneman, Vice President of Marketing at Ben's Soft Pretzels share several of their key lessons learned during their attendance.

This was Jillian's second attendance at FranTech. Some of Jillian's takeaways came from Anders Sorman-Nilsson, Social Commentator, Creative Director and Founder, Thinque and Tariq Farid, Founder and CEO, Edible Arrangements International. You can find much of what she learned via her #FranTech tweets. https://twitter.com/Jillianmk Anthony attended FranTech for the first time as a sponsor and attendee. New to franchising and IFA, he learned that there are "lots of opportunities to work with franchises and that franchising is a welcoming community".

Jack Monson, Digital Director at Qiigo and Social Geek Radio co-host shared some of the best practices his panel shared at the Franchise Development Leadership Conference. Franchise leads can and do come from social media! 

Join Deb Evans and Jack Monson on Twitter as well as Facebook! 

Thomas Scott, founder, and CEO of Brand Journalist joins Social Geek Radio hosts Deb Evans, founder Deb Evans Consulting, LLC and Jack Monson, Director of Digital Strategy of Qiigo. Brand Journalists is a professional blogging, PR, social media, and content creation firm based in Nashville TN.

He joins Social Geek Radio hosts, Deb Evans and Jack Monson to share franchise lead generation and best practices for franchise brand storytelling.

Julie Niehoff is a celebrated keynote speaker, author and host of The Easy Marketing Guide with Julie Niehoff, a weekly mixed format podcast offering real-world advice for small business, franchise, and nonprofit organizations.

Julie joined Social Geek Radio hosts to explain the net promoter score and why business owners should understand the value to their business.

Alisa Harrison, Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing with the International Franchise Association shares what is new in franchising, marketing and what to expect at the 2016 FranTech Conference.

Learn more about the conference: www.franchise.org/frantech

Social Geek Radio hosts, Deb Evans (Deb Evans Consulting, LLC) and Jack Monson (Director of Digital Strategy with Qiigo) share what social platforms are available today for video integration. Do you know how to start a Facebook live video stream? What to do after the video is produced? Did you know that Twitter now offers the "live" function via the Twitter app? 

Connect with Deb and Jack on Twitter and join the conversation on Facebook! 

Sue B. Zimmerman, aka "The Instagram Expert" joins Social Geek Radio hosts Deb Evans and Jack Monson and shares how she created a content visual strategy that enhances and adds value to her Instagram feed through stories. 

Sue built her career empowering Entrepreneur's and marketing professionals to utilize the power of Instagram to get tangible business results. Sue has over 30 years of business experience and eagerly shares daily tips, tools and strategies on the use of Instagram. Sue offers a free Instagram Strategy Guide on www.suebzimmerman.com

Challenge: Use #suebmademedoit and take a selfie sharing something about yourself and your business and connect with Instagram users