{"id":19181,"date":"2016-04-12T13:57:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T13:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=19181"},"modified":"2016-07-05T23:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T23:42:23","slug":"see-how-this-blaze-pizza-team-member-almost-broke-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/see-how-this-blaze-pizza-team-member-almost-broke-youtube","title":{"rendered":"See How This Blaze Pizza Team Member Almost Broke YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/broken-plate-on-a-wooden-table-840112_640.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/broken-plate-on-a-wooden-table-840112_640.jpg\" alt=\"lebron james broke youtbe\" width=\"445\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/broken-plate-on-a-wooden-table-840112_640.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/broken-plate-on-a-wooden-table-840112_640-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did you hear about the <strong><a title=\"blaze pizza twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlazePizza\" target=\"_blank\">Blaze Pizza<\/a> team member<\/strong> that almost broke <strong>YouTube<\/strong> recently? Check this out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The place:<\/strong> Pasadena, California<\/p>\n<p><strong>The day:<\/strong> March 11th, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Blaze Pizza team member:<\/strong> Ron<\/p>\n<p><strong>The thing that almost broke YouTube: <\/strong>This video<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VF5jXrZfuCA?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"599\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nRon is really <strong>Lebron James<\/strong>, the super-human power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Off the court, <strong><a title=\"lebron james blaze pizza\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/lebron-james-is-the-new-spokesperson-for-blaze-pizza-franchise\">Lebron James is the spokesperson for Blaze Pizza<\/a><\/strong>, a hot, new pizza franchise that&#8217;s already sold out practically every available territory in the U.S.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"\nhttps:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/are-you-secretly-afraid-of-buying-the-wrong-franchise\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dont-choose-the-wrong-franchise-business.png\"alt=\"don't buy the wrong franchise\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAccording to <a title=\"blaze pizza franchise coming to cleveland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/cavs\/index.ssf\/2016\/03\/lebron_james_hints_that_blaze.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a story I read<\/strong> <\/a>on Cleveland.com, \u00a0James first invested in Blaze in 2012. He now owns more than 10 percent of the franchise company. He parted company with <a title=\"mcdonalds fast food ceo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/the-franchise-king-just-interviewed-the-mcdonalds-ceo\"><strong>another<\/strong> <\/a>fast-food chain in order to devote his energy to this up and comer he&#8217;s part-owner of.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>An Endorsement Brands Dream About Getting<\/h2>\n<p>How would you like to have been the team member at Blaze Pizza headquarters to get the call from one of Lebron&#8217;s representatives?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Hello, this is Greg Smith. I work with Lebron James, and Lebron is super-interested in learning more about Blaze Pizza&#8230;and possibly making an investment in your company. Who&#8217;s the person I should be talking to today<\/em>?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Franchisors pay franchise PR firms <em>thousands of dollars per month<\/em> to do the type of work needed to create relationships&#8230;the ones that can potentially lead to endorsement deals etc. A deal like the one Blaze Pizza was able to score is a home-run&#8230;better yet, a triple double.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Do You Want In?<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking that the best chance of becoming the owner of a Blaze Pizza franchise or 5, is to be<em> Canadian<\/em>. Living in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Blaze Pizza announced a deal to open 60 locations in <strong><a title=\"canadian franchises the great white north\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/25-franchises-hot-great-white-north-2\">the Great White North<\/a><\/strong> in January of last year. Maybe there&#8217;s still territory available.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really too bad that there aren&#8217;t many opportunities to secure territory here in the United States. The last time I checked, Seattle was the only area still open.<\/p>\n<p>Would <em>you<\/em> invest in Blaze Pizza-would you open a few franchise <strong><a title=\"franchise locations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idealspot.com\/?r=fk\/\"rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">locations<\/a><\/strong> if you had the chance?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you hear about the Blaze Pizza team member that almost broke YouTube recently? Check this out&hellip; The place: Pasadena, California The day: March 11th, 2016 The Blaze Pizza team member: Ron The thing that almost broke YouTube: This video &nbsp; &nbsp; Ron is really Lebron James, the super-human power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers. 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