{"id":28173,"date":"2018-06-01T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T13:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=28173"},"modified":"2018-06-01T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T13:15:29","slug":"wax-poetic-buying-a-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wax-poetic-buying-a-franchise","title":{"rendered":"In Which I Wax Poetic About Buying A Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wax-poetic-about-franchise.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wax-poetic-about-franchise-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"in which I wax poetic about buying a franchise\" width=\"650\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do something a little different today.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of having you simply read some text about<a title=\"franchise article joel libava on medium\" href=\"https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/in-franchising-the-how-must-come-before-the-what-3276b6b5c82f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> buying<\/a> a franchise, with periods, too many commas, and a <a title=\"proper grammar\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/resource\/597\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dangling modifier<\/a> or two, I want you to read a poem I wrote.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about buying a franchise&#8230;with a twist.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<em>twist<\/em>&#8221; is that the words I wrote <em>rhyme<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how your brain reacts to what <em>will<\/em> be useful information&#8230;disguised as poetry.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Listen, real poetry doesn&#8217;t say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/morrison-poetry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/morrison-poetry-320x284.png\" alt=\"jim morrision on poetry\" width=\"320\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/morrison-poetry-320x284.png 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/morrison-poetry-620x550.png 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/morrison-poetry-768x681.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/morrison-poetry-1536x1362.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/morrison-poetry-2048x1816.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jim Morrison<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong>\u00a0My poem includes links to informational articles that you&#8217;ll want to save for a later date. To access them, all you have to do is click the words in blue, and bookmark them.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy my attempt at <em>prose<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be shy; you can tell me if it <em>blows<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>My Poem<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roses-are-red-and-poetic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roses-are-red-and-poetic-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"roses are red\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roses-are-red-and-poetic-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roses-are-red-and-poetic-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roses-are-red-and-poetic-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roses-are-red-and-poetic.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roses are red, violets are blue<\/p>\n<p>There\u00a0<em>has<\/em> to be a great <a title=\"owning a franchise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/on-owning-a-franchise\">franchise<\/a> just for you<\/p>\n<p>There are choices galore from A to Z<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"franchise business websites\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/the-top-10-franchise-opportunity-websites\">Hundreds of websites<\/a> for you to see<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good thing you can narrow franchises down by <a title=\"fees\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/why-paying-franchise-fee-changes-everything\">fee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That way you don\u2019t end up blankly staring at your screen<\/p>\n<p>Because I know in my heart you want to make some <a title=\"can I make money with a franchise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/can-choosing-right-franchise-make-you-rich\">green<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They say finding the right franchise can be tough<\/p>\n<p>Unless of course you listen to me and keep <a title=\"read about buying a franchise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/how-to-buy-a-franchise\">reading my stuff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But whatever you do, don\u2019t do it alone<\/p>\n<p>Because <a title=\"negotiating franchise agreements\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/top-franchise-attorneys\">some things in franchising aren\u2019t etched in stone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The franchise model has been called the best<\/p>\n<p>You shouldn\u2019t be afraid to put it to the test<\/p>\n<p>Just <a title=\"the franchise king franchise research\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/how-to-research-a-franchise\">do great research<\/a>-and then do more<\/p>\n<p>That way you\u2019ll be prepared and confident when you open your store<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What Do You Think?<\/h2>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed my attempt at poetry.<\/p>\n<p>If so, please give it <a title=\"facebook like\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFranchiseKing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Facebook Like<\/a> or three<\/p>\n<p>While I grab a fresh glass of iced tea<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&rsquo;s do something a little different today. Instead of having you simply read some text about buying a franchise, with periods, too many commas, and a dangling modifier or two, I want you to read a poem I wrote. It&rsquo;s about buying a franchise&hellip;with a twist. The &ldquo;twist&rdquo; is that the words I wrote rhyme. 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