{"id":279846,"date":"2021-12-23T01:07:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T01:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/?p=279846"},"modified":"2024-05-06T15:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:07:42","slug":"4-things-keeping-franchisors-up-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/4-things-keeping-franchisors-up-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Things Keeping Franchisors Up at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a recent franchising conference, we were lucky enough to sit down for interviews with a variety of senior executives from the FranConnect customer base. This included franchise brands of different sizes and from different industries.\u00a0 We asked them what business challenges are most important for them to solve using technology. It was great to know how they are getting so much value from FranConnect, but it was also enlightening to hear some of the common themes that surfaced. Here are four of them, with actual soundbites from those customer interviews. For the full catalog of interviews, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/customers\/testimonials\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Testimonials Resource Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #dd5f13;\">Tightening the Screws On Franchise Development<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The three most important aspects of managing leads in franchise development marketing are timing, communication, and organization. The ability to master all of these aspects simultaneously can make a huge difference between closing deals or letting them slip away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little Caesars Pizza | Craig Sherwood | Vice President of US Development\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/657133576?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A critical solution for managing their entire development process from lead to opportunity to new unit launch. With over 5,500 locations, Little Caesars has been a FranConnect customer since 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #dd5f13;\">Speeding Up Location Openings<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Focusing on a solid, well-researched plan for your expansion is key to success. Understanding the specific challenges associated with franchising and what can be done in order speed up that process is vital when it comes time for you to take control of your SNOs (Sold But Not Open). Speeding up your process all while ensuring your locations have the same aesthetic and thematic elements can often feel intimidating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taco John&#039;s | Brooks Speirs | Vice President of Franchise Development\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/657132779?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unit openings are the name of the game in franchising, and that\u2019s why Taco John\u2019s uses FranConnect to automate the end-to-end franchise development process and bring visibility to the entire team.\u00a0 A customer since 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #dd5f13;\">Wrangling Disparate Data<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>How can you break the silo mindset to ensure information is flowing freely between all departments of your business? Integrating disparate business systems, aggregating and connecting data can deliver valuable insights that will drive performance and growth for your franchise brand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freddy&#039;s Frozen Custard | Chris Dull | Chief Executive Officer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/657133620?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hear how FranConnect software serves as the system of record to aggregate disparate data from sources across the enterprise at this fast-growing franchise business. Freddy\u2019s is a new FranConnect customer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #dd5f13;\">Streamlining Field Operations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The importance of field support cannot be understated, but it&#8217;s often overlooked in the heat of opening new stores and signing franchise agreements. With so much on your plate when you are \u00a0expanding you business&#8211;from marketing campaigns to managing national locations &#8211; you might find yourself growing frustrated when faced with immediate needs for assistance outside of your home base. Giving your Franchise Business Consultants confidence by providing them tools to focus on coaching franchisees instead of policing them can make all the difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Payroll Vault | Sean Manning | Chief Executive Officer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/657132941?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This growing franchise concept has run their business with FranConnect almost since their inception in 2008. They have a strong emphasis on supporting and empowering franchisees by sharing KPI\u2019s and critical training content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Hear more customer success stories and see if FranConnect could be right for your business.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 4 categories that keep franchisors up at night. We&#8217;ve compiled them along with customer stories to explain how FranConnect can help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":283181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,107,98,99,97],"tags":[59,44],"class_list":["post-279846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analytics","category-develop","category-expand-locations","category-improve-performance","category-open-locations-faster","tag-franchise-development","tag-franchise-operations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279846"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284798,"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279846\/revisions\/284798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franconnect.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}