{"id":1015,"date":"2009-12-03T20:42:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/jenny-jenny-the-franchise-slouch\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:59:32","slug":"jenny-jenny-the-franchise-slouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/jenny-jenny-the-franchise-slouch","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Is Living The &#8220;Turnkey&#8221; Franchise Business Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/labdog2010\/9103141654\/in\/photolist-eSpYSb-8Ue3BT-iHpEJ9-2JaMDs-fZdpTg-5U5mei-cXAiqw-6LT2oc-4wYy1Y-6hXjNJ-cantD-9d8B8c-P8FJk-4WSCZV-9YATwB-5WmHee-ALEWhQ-5zeqrC-MLohP-6iWqcY-MLmPN-5w1LrQ-bxL9CD-9d8D9r-qzXMGE-N7mPe-dD4zRS-joDs6F-N6bQp-pak7gP-9uxoeq-7UBDmZ-an2fkP-5dsVj2-m4MPs-DoBcV-84eYhb-fAJ293-7ZGVc3-CSBhP-4EmJJQ-nSMNZx-t1VMD-fH3T9s-sUrLv-NwfVA-3LyLx-5P4d3o-9z5jt9-66GdqQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9103141654_9d415d4521_z-620x465.jpg\" alt=\"jenny\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9103141654_9d415d4521_z-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9103141654_9d415d4521_z-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9103141654_9d415d4521_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jenny, Jenny, Jenny. How could you?<\/p>\n<p>I <em>know<\/em> you wanted to be your own boss. I understand. Owning what you do rocks. Especially if comes in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/upgrade-to-a-turnkey-business-for-60000-when-you-buy-this-franchise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Turnkey&#8221; franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I know you were excited to own and operate a &#8220;<em>Turnkey<\/em>&#8221; franchise business. That <a title=\"word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/the-two-words-that-dont-exist-in-franchising\"><strong>word<\/strong><\/a> makes it sound <em>easy<\/em> to be a franchise owner.<\/p>\n<p>I know you wanted to live your <strong>dream<\/strong>. I know you wanted to own a thriving local business that served other small business owners. But, Jenny&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You allowed yourself to be sucked in. You proved to be easy prey for professional, highly-paid marketers.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll bet you didn&#8217;t even have <strong><a title=\"conversations with franchisees for research purposes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/researching-franchises-how-tos-franchise-due-diligence-steps\">serious conversations with franchisees<\/a><\/strong>&#8230;the folks who already wrote a check to the franchisor.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Jenny Is Living The &#8220;Turnkey&#8221; Franchise Business Dream?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sean Kelly, a 20+ year franchise marketing veteran<\/strong>-a guy who helped launched several franchise brands&#8230;just wrote an interesting article about the new owner of a printing franchise, of the store-front variety. Thanks for writing it, Sean. It&#8217;s an important article for would-be franchise owners who think that all they&#8217;ll have to do is pay the franchise fee, and open for business. You know&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/multi-level-marketing-schemes\">turn the key<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good lesson on the power of words&#8230;in this case, one word.<\/p>\n<p>A word that Jenny took a little too literally.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>From Sean&#8217;s FranBest.com website:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Jenny is the poster child for franchise failure. Despite the fact<br \/>\nthat she owns a small business in one of the most fiercely competitive<br \/>\nsegments of the service industry (printing), she seems content to just<br \/>\nwait for fate to decide whether her business will succeed or fail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Instead of posting a photo that shows that she\u2019s an energetic<br \/>\nprofessional eager for your business, Jenny displays herself slumped<br \/>\nlazily on her couch.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Instead of making sales calls, attending Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\nnetworking events, or putting on seminars, Jenny prefers to wait in her<br \/>\nshop \u201cfor a sudden onslaught of customers.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a title=\"prining franchises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franbest.com\/2009\/11\/25\/why-franchises-fail-what-to-do-about-it-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the rest<\/a>.<\/strong> What do you think? Who&#8217;s at fault here?<\/p>\n<p><em>Jenny photo courtesy of <a title=\"flickr kevin ryder photos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/labdog2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Ryder<\/a>, Flickr\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenny, Jenny, Jenny. How could you? I know you wanted to be your own boss. I understand. Owning what you do rocks. Especially if comes in the form of a &ldquo;Turnkey&rdquo; franchise. I know you were excited to own and operate a &ldquo;Turnkey&rdquo; franchise business. 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