December 2010
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Recession? What Recession? Five Star Painting...
Painting franchisor up 45% for 2010; 4th record-breaking year in a row
Five Star Painting Inc. continues to be a big success story in the slumping home services market.
Despite a sluggish economy, the painting franchisor posted a 45% percent gain in individual franchise revenue for 2010 and expanded its franchise system nationally and internationally. It is Five Star Painting’s fourth...
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Showhomes Home Staging Franchise in Toledo makes...
December is one of the slowest months for house real estate, but many people strive to sell their house before the New Year. Showhomes Toledo owner, Matt Pokorny, has another staging success story from a real estate market that has seen some of the toughest market conditions in the country:
This $400k house had been on the market for several months when the home owner hired Showhomes...
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Five Star Painting Franchise Makes Entrepreneur...
Five Star Painting Franchise only one to gain ground in national survey
SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Dec. 16, 2010 – After six years of explosive growth, Five Star Painting made Entrepreneur magazine’s “Franchise 500″ list, an annual ranking for top-producing national franchises.
Entrepreneur magazine has been ranking the top 500 franchise companies for 31 years and examines important criteria such as...
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Computer Explorers featured on TMCnet
Computer Explorers Believes Electronic Gifts Can Reinforce Learning
By Mini Swamy, TMCnet Contributor
In stark contrast to the prevailing opinion that electronic gifts will turn kids into couch potatoes, Cyndee Perkins, director of curriculum and program development at Computer Explorers, a Houston-based education technology franchise system, strongly believes that popular technology can...
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Computer Explorers Featured on WCIU TV - Creating...
Computer Explorers, a national child technology franchise was featured on WCIU in Chicago this morning. Deerfield Franchise Owner Lori Gross talks about how her company uses legos to teach engineering basics:
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CoLab energizes stagnant downtown Nashville office...
CoLab - Coworking space in downtown Nashville
Coworking’ business model rapidly expanding in Nashville
Like many cities, Nashville’s downtown was hit hard by the recession, leaving floor after floor of office space vacant.
John Hussey and his daughter Kailey started a revolution in downtown Nashville by taking long-dormant office space and making it thrive again.
Kailey Hussey, General...
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Home Staging May Thwart ‘Mansion Squatting’ in...
DSNews, a mortgage industry news organization that serves out real estate news to a large audience, ran an article today on Showhomes from a Brand Journalists national release on mansion squatting. Take a look:
According to Showhomes, a nationally franchised network of home stagers based in Tennessee, staging a vacant home can keep squatters from moving in, a rising
problem in the struggling...
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Computer Explorers: Holiday Tech Gifts Can Expand...
Local technology education company turns holiday gifts into learning opportunities
Think giving electronics for gifts will turn kids into couch potatoes?
Laptops, iPads and video game consoles are among the most popular holiday presents and they often get a bad rap for dumbing down kids. Yet popular technology gifts can engage children in activities that reinforce learning across core subjects...
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Entrepreneur Magazine: Franchised Day Spas are ont... →
Franchising experts say franchised day spas well positioned for growth
An Automated day spa service from Planet Beach Contempo Spa
Entrepreneur Magazine this month wrote about how franchised day spas are well positioned for growth this decade and talked to Stephen Smith, the CEO and founder of Planet Beach Contempo Spas, the largest franchised day spa.
Here’s an excerpt:
Duck into any downtown...
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Holiday Insurance Tip to Help You and Your...
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2010 /Brand Journalists/ — Christmas tree fires, which can tear through an apartment; burglaries, which spike when gifts are under the tree; and improper fireplace use can turn the most wonderful time of the year into a nightmare.
In New York City, where most residents live in apartments, condos and co-ops, 60 to 80 percent may not have renters insurance to cover fire...
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Mansion Squatting Takes Root in Vacant Homes For...
Showhomes Home Staging helps solve squatter problem for vacant homes
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 8, 2010 /Brand Journalists/ — As the number of vacant homes for sale in the U.S. spirals higher, so-called “mansion squatting” is on the rise, too, especially in large metro areas such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle.
Consider these recent incidents: A woman was arrested in Seattle...
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Why Flu Season is Peak Season for Industrial First... →
HART Health’s arsenal against cold and flu for workers
Cold and flu season is a drain on companies.
Its not just employees with flu, its everyone who catches a cold during flu season.
An alcohol-based hand sanitizer comes in handy during cold and flu season, but HART Health carries multiple products that can help keep a company’s workforce healthy during the winter months and boost the revenue...
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No Jerks Allowed - new franchise website for Five... →
Scott Abbott, Five Star Painting CEO in front of the Wall of Fame - Five Star Franchisees
According the bestselling book “The Carrot Principle,” which draws on an extensive study of more than 200,000 employees, most people leave jobs because of their boss was a jerk and the culture was negative.
Ever work with or for a jerk?
Jerks suck the energy out of a room. They make life miserable and...