{"id":3566,"date":"2011-09-12T03:27:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T03:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2016-09-22T20:07:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T20:07:46","slug":"franchise-buyers-i-dont-understand-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-buyers-i-dont-understand-you","title":{"rendered":"Franchise Buyers; I Don&#8217;t Understand You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/confusedjoel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3568\" title=\"Joel Libava confused\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/confusedjoel.jpg\" alt=\"a confused joel libava\" width=\"390\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/confusedjoel.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/confusedjoel-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really puzzled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The average investment in a franchise business opportunity is around $180,000<\/strong>. \u00a0The fees that I charge people who want to work with me to seriously increase their chances of success as franchise owners are usually less than $1,000. If I did my calculations correctly, future franchise owners only have to invest half of a percent of what they&#8217;ll probably end up spending on their franchise business.<\/p>\n<p>So why aren&#8217;t more prospective franchise buyers requesting information from me?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   var host = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/secure.\" : \"https:\/\/\");document.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + host + \"wufoo.com\/scripts\/embed\/form.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   var s7x3k7 = new WufooForm(); s7x3k7.initialize({ 'userName':'franpro',  'formHash':'s7x3k7',  'autoResize':true, 'height':'420', 'header':'show'}); s7x3k7.display();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking that it could be one of three things;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. There&#8217;s not enough people that know about my\u00a0<strong><a title=\"franchise advisory services\" href=\"https:\/\/becomeafranchiseowner.biz\/how-ill-help-you-become-a-franchise-owner\">franchise advisory services<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. Most franchise buyers <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> think they should have to pay for <strong>straightforward advice from an industry insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0If prospective franchise buyers contact me, reality could be setting in, and they&#8217;re trying to avoid <em>that<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can fix #1. I&#8217;ll need to do a better job with my marketing. Maybe I can write a<strong><a title=\"franchise books at amazon.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Become-Franchise-Owner-Start-Up-Lowering\/dp\/1118094026\/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1\"> franchise book<\/a><\/strong>. According to several <strong><a title=\"joel libava's friends online\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jimkukral.com\/\">friends<\/a><\/strong>, if I did <em>that<\/em>,<em><strong> lots<\/strong><\/em> of people would be asking me to provide franchise services for them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to<strong> Free<\/strong>, #2, things can get complicated.<\/p>\n<p>For example, most people that are looking for franchises run across websites touting, &#8220;<em>free franchise consultations<\/em>.&#8221; It&#8217;s true; franchise brokers and franchise consultants,\u00a0<em>(same thing<\/em>) do offer their services for free. Except for one thing; if you choose to take them up on their &#8220;<em>free consultations<\/em>,&#8221; they&#8217;ll only present franchise opportunities that they get paid big, fat commissions on. Having said that, there are several great franchise brokers around. Contact me if you&#8217;d like to speak to one.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why <em>they<\/em> offer a free service. I know this for a fact. I <em>used<\/em> to be a franchise broker.<\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;m not a franchise broker anymore, I do things a lot differently. For example, I don&#8217;t try to match you up to any franchises. None. Nada. \u00a0Instead, I&#8217;ll show you how to figure out what types of franchises you may want to look at, point you to places where you&#8217;ll be able to easily\u00a0find them, and then teach you how to <em>expertly<\/em> research the franchises that you&#8217;re interested in. And more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to &#8220;<em>think<\/em>&#8221; about becoming a franchise business owner&#8230;heck, <em>any<\/em> type of business owner. #3 It&#8217;s quite another to start taking your search for that perfect franchise opportunity to the next level. In our <strong>email and texting world<\/strong>, that next level could involve an actual &#8220;<em>verbal communication.<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0(<em>A.K.A<\/em>. \u00a0a<em>\u00a0phone conversation<\/em>.) That<em> is<\/em> scary.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re currently looking for a franchise to buy, you know what I mean. Checking out the<strong><a title=\"best franchise websites\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/the-top-10-franchise-opportunity-websites\"> top franchise websites<\/a><\/strong>, and looking for cool franchises to learn about is one thing. It&#8217;s quite another to fill out a, &#8220;request for information&#8221; form, and hit submit. That&#8217;s because once you hit <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>submit<\/strong><\/span>, things may start to change for you. Not only will you now be getting a call from a representative of the franchise you just requested information from, you&#8217;ll have to<em> talk<\/em> to that person, and maybe even share some of your information with them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Maybe even some of your financial information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It gets worse; you&#8217;ll probably have to tell them why you&#8217;re interested in their concept, and you may even have to convince them that you&#8217;re worthy of their time.<\/p>\n<p>And, what if you actually end up liking the franchise?<\/p>\n<p>What will you do? How will you get the information you&#8217;ll need to make a fact-based, low-risk, intelligent decision?<\/p>\n<p>How will you know if you&#8217;ve missed something?<\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ll know.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar host = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/secure.\" : \"https:\/\/\");document.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + host + \"wufoo.com\/scripts\/embed\/form.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar s7x3k7 = new WufooForm();\ns7x3k7.initialize({\n'userName':'franpro', \n'formHash':'s7x3k7', \n'autoResize':true,\n'height':'420',\n'header':'show'});\ns7x3k7.display();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n\u201c<em><strong>You want The Franchise King? You talk to Joel Libava! Joel can tell you everything you need to know about the franchise business. Save yourself some time searching endlessly online and just contact Joel for the real deal<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221; &#8212; \u00a0<strong>Jim Kukral, Marketing Consultant, www.JimKukral.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m really puzzled. &nbsp; The average investment in a franchise business opportunity is around $180,000. &nbsp;The fees that I charge people who want to work with me to seriously increase their chances of success as franchise owners are usually less than $1,000. 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