February 2011
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Showhomes Home Staging Potomac featured in Potomac...
New Business Helps Occupy Local Luxury Homes
Showhomes works with “home managers” who fill vacant luxury homes in Potomac, Bethesda and Chevy Chase to help sell them on the market
By Sarah Beth Hensley | Email the author | February 23, 2011
You could have a new (temporary) neighbor in Potomac, thanks to a newly launched luxury home staging company in the area.
Showhomes, which opened an...
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Five Star Painting Franchise A Bright Option
Dismal housing news shines light on importance of a expert paint job.
It’s sobering news for homeowners, but good news for Five Star Painting franchisees.
Industry analysts say the housing market will remain lukewarm – at best – for the next two years. The Mortgage Bankers Association, a national trade group that represents more than 80 percent of the nation’s mortgage business, predicts that...
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CoLab Nashville: Interview with Jennifer Way of...
Jennifer Way had been working out of her house for the past 15 years. Moving into CoLab was a big change, but a change that has been worth it.
Jennifer Way
She moved Way Solutions, founded March 1, 2004, into CoLab in June 2010 after hearing about the new downtown coworking space at The Social Media Club of Nashville. Way Solutions provides HR consulting, including executive search services,...
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INC. Magazine Lists Planet Beach Contempo Spas as...
2011 is the year of the automated Day Spa!
Entrepreneur Magazine said franchised day spas were a hot sector of franchising this year and listed Planet Beach Contempo Spas as a best bet. This week, INC Magazine followed suit and listed Planet Beach Contempo Spas as one the top 10 franchises for 2011.
Here’s what INC had to say about Planet Beach:
Planet Beach Contempo Spas Franchise
Ten...
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Verlo Mattress Warns that Hand-me Down Mattresses...
Kids who sleep poorly on old mattresses face greater obesity risk
Parents often hand down worn out mattresses to children and older mattresses rarely sleep well. A new medical study says children who sleep poorly are four times more likely to be obese.The study, published in the February issue of Pediatrics, a medical journal, concluded that kids who had the shortest sleep and a...
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Top 10 Marketing Take Aways from the 2011 IFA...
This was a busy year at the 2011 International Franchise Association conference in Las Vegas. Much like the last two years, almost every session I attended drifted to social media; it didn’t matter if we were in a room full of operations staffers, franchise attorneys or salespeople; social media is still dominating the conversation in franchising.
Here are my Top 10 marketing and social...
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Five Star Painting Franchisee Cruise
At Five Star Painting, we believe in fun. The company, including Five Star franchisees, takes a cruise every winter; this year our five-day excursion started in San Diego and visited Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico. We could talk more about it, but the pictures do a better job. We work hard all year and then get together to celebrate our successes.
Jordan Gross (Provo, UT) and wife Katie...
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Computer Explorers Scores High on Franchisee...
Deb Evans, CEO of Computer Explorers with Michelle Rowan, COO of Franchise Business Review as she is awarded the Top 50 Franchise Award.
Of all the kudos Computer Explorers received in winning a coveted Franchisee Satisfaction Award from the Franchise Business Review, one stands out — nearly 80 percent of our local owners who took part in the annual survey rated their life-work...
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Planet Beach Franchisee Interview with Mike...
Schwartz expands Contempo Spas into northern California Like many larger franchise systems, Planet Beach uses Area Representatives to build out sections of the country. Area Representatives, called ARs, work as mini-franchisors providing franchisee support and training in a local area as well as working to recruit additional owners to open new Contempo Spas.This gives new franchise owners two...
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Deb Evans CEO of Computer Explorers
Deb Evans, CEO of Computer Explorers, isn’t a buttoned-up executive speaking from an ivory tower. She comes off more like a straight-shooting friend with a lot of knowledge and wisdom than a remote executive. That’s probably because Evans started on the ground floor at Computer Explorers as a part time teacher. She fell in love with the brand and ended up buying a franchise. She still has the...
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Baby Boomers Increase Demand for Five Star...
Largest, richest U.S. generation more likely to hire out painting
Sociologists have compared the Baby Boomer generation to a pig moving through a python. They represent a humongous population born between 1945-1964. Why should a painting franchise care?
Because this 76 million-plus demographic will help grow a painting business. Baby Boomers are the wealthiest generation in the U.S, with an...
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Banks Turn To Showhomes Home Staging Franchises to...
Showhomes live-in home staging services popular with increasing number of banks
Foreclosed homes may be an opportunity for buyers and investors, but for banks they are a mess with no end in sight. Foreclosures cost money to maintain, create insurance problems, invite vandalism and devalue neighboring homes.
Showhomes home staging, a nationally franchised network of home stagers, provides an...
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CoLab Teams with Firefly Logic for GiveCamp
CoLab’s mission is not only to create a vibrant, creative community but also open its doors to the larger Nashville community.
So when CoLab’s Nashville Director Kailey Hussey was approached by Firefly Logic to team up to give GiveCamp a home here, she knew it was just the kind of way she wanted to show support in the community.
Microsoft’s Chris Koenig came up with the idea in 2007 to host a...
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Franchise Review: Interview with Five Star...
Adam and Meredith Gilpatrick own two Five Star franchises in North Carolina’s fast-growing Research Triangle area. They are self-described “do-it-yourselfers.” Before buying their franchises in 2006, the couple renovated housing properties on the side. Adam says one key to their success is their opposite – but compatible – work styles. Meredith is the detail person. Adam is the big thinker. The...
