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Franchise Marketing Review: David Sparks Talks PPC Trends to Watch in 2021 and Beyond
Paid online advertising is changing, and Brand Journalists can lead you through it At Brand Journalists, we spend a lot of time following the trends and changes in pay-per-click technology and practices, or PPC as it’s called, and I have to tell you, it’s been a year. Paid online advertising is changing rapidly, and the...
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Power of the Podcast
How podcasting can grow your franchise sales When podcasting first started in 2006, it wasn’t clear exactly how this new medium might become popular, much less useful. Few people knew what podcasts were, and even fewer had the technical skill or the interest to listen. My what a difference just 15 years makes! Today, podcasting...
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The Conversational Marketing Revolution
How conversational marketing is transforming the sales automation process – one customer at a time As franchise sites increase information density to previously unimaginable levels, it’s now more important than ever to help potential leads to find the information they need quickly. Enter Conversational Marketing, that helpful little chat window that pops up to offer...
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Thomas Scott and Brett Larrabee Share the Top 5 Qualities to Expect in a Franchise Recruiter
Check out the full transcript here: CEO and Founder of Brand Journalists is joined by franchise recruitment expert, Brett Larrabee, on the What The Franchise Podcast to share the top 5 qualities all franchise sales professionals must possess. Scott and Larrabee share laughs, wisdom and personal experiences explaining why successful franchise recruiters are curious,...
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Is Your Visual Storytelling Effective?
Video is an integral part of sales automation When I first started out in franchising, websites were the hot, new thing and video was not on anyone’s radar. But over the last few years, a titanic shift has moved vast amounts of information and customer engagement to video. We can thank sites like YouTube and...
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Brand Journalists’ President Talks Persona Marketing 101
What it is and what it isn’t A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about sales automation and how websites are a key component of the contemporary sales process. A website is supposed to take the place of that first, hour-long phone conversation. One way websites are connecting with visitors is through a relatively...
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Everybody’s Talking About Sales Automation – There’s A Lot More to It Than You Think
Sales Automation 101: What it is, what it isn’t, and how your website should be driving it By David Sparks Every few years, it seems a new fad shows up to “revolutionize the sales process” and a new buzzword drives a new frenzy. Too often, we end up dismissing the “new latest” because it’s just...
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Thomas Scott Talks What to Expect In Franchise Development This Year With Johnny Franchise
Check Out the Full Transcript Here: Our CEO and founder, Thomas Scott joined John Francis, who is better known as “Johnny franchise” here in the franchise industry, on the What The Franchise Podcast to talk 2021 trends in franchise development. These two leaders in the franchise industry shared it all from why you CAN’T be...
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Brand Journalists Franchise Recruitment Websites Dominate 2020 Awards and Rankings
Sites we developed and managed earned 38% of the top 50 awards for best performing franchise recruitment websites Franchise industry trade publication 1851 magazine recently published their 2020 Franchise Development Website Awards – and websites built by Brand Journalists dominated the rankings. Of the sites that 1851 highlighted as being the best in the industry,...
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What You Missed at the 2020 International Franchise Association Convention
New decade brings new and unexpected challenges for franchise system growth Thomas Scott, CEO and Founder, Brand Journalists The International Franchise Association’s 60th annual conference in Orlando remains one of the most important yearly events for anyone working in franchising. This year’s record attendance came with a promise of what’s ahead for us in this...
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