{"id":579,"date":"2008-09-30T10:05:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T10:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/franchise-compa\/"},"modified":"2017-02-26T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T15:27:08","slug":"franchise-compa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-compa","title":{"rendered":"Franchise Companies Getting Agressive;Wooing The Franchise Buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>                                                                                        <br \/>One can&#8217;t sell if they are no buyers.<\/strong> With the current economic situation, more and more franchise companies are starting to get aggressive as they try to find potential new franchise buyers. Discounts, and other incentives are starting to appear, and will become more creative and more plentiful, I&#8217;m sure. <br \/><strong><br \/>Just how many &quot;buyers&quot; do you think there are right now???<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I do not<\/strong> suggest getting into any franchise unless you are comfortable with the concept, the company, and your own financial situation. Now, why would<strong> a proponent of franchising<\/strong> {me}suggest <u><em>that<\/em><\/u>?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I always suggest that. Why would you want to invest in a franchise that you like because there is a discount or other incentive involved? Notice I said like. I feel that you better be in <strong>love<\/strong> with a franchise concept before you invest your own money into it. If you happen to <strong>love<\/strong> the franchise concept that you are considering, and this franchise company happens to be dangling some type of carrot over your head, then by all means invest in it! It is OK to get a &quot;good deal&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>But, it is not a &quot;good deal&quot; if you are not totally convinced that it is the right one for you at this time in your life. <strong>Don&#8217;t look at the deal.<\/strong><em> Look at the entire picture.<\/em><strong> It is only a good deal, if it is the right opportunity for you&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I suggest using <em>these <\/em>tools before you decide to invest in a franchise of your own:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Essential Steps To Researching A Franchise&quot;<strong> eBook.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Business Plan Help. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisebizplans.com\"><strong>www.FranchiseBizPlans.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Franchise Loan Option.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidantfinancial.com\/products\/small-business-financing\/default.aspx?r=e6fc8537-5858-47fc-9f62-e2233d495789\"><strong> Here.<\/strong><\/a>  People that did it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/01\/business\/smallbusiness\/01money.html?ref=smallbusiness\"><strong>Here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read<a href=\"https:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB122273041848288125.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\"><strong> this article <\/strong><\/a>concerning some franchise companies that <em>are <\/em>getting creative in their offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Need some franchise guidance? <strong>Go Here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Please<\/em> <strong>subscribe<\/strong> to my blog.<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Don&#8217;t Miss A Darn Thing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One can&rsquo;t sell if they are no buyers. With the current economic situation, more and more franchise companies are starting to get aggressive as they try to find potential new franchise buyers. Discounts, and other incentives are starting to appear, and will become more creative and more plentiful, I&rsquo;m sure. Just how many &#8220;buyers&#8221; do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,22,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-franchise-business-plans","category-franchise-terms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Franchise Companies Getting Agressive;Wooing The Franchise Buyer &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Franchise Companies Getting Agressive;Wooing The Franchise Buyer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-compa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Franchise Companies Getting Agressive;Wooing The Franchise Buyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Franchise Companies Getting Agressive;Wooing The Franchise Buyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-compa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Franchise King\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-09-30T10:05:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-26T15:27:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-scaled-e1682017832699.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1561\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"851\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Libava\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-compa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-compa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joel Libava\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66\"},\"headline\":\"Franchise Companies Getting Agressive;Wooing The Franchise Buyer\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-09-30T10:05:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-26T15:27:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-compa\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\",\"Franchise Business Plans\",\"Franchise Terms\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2008\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-compa\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-compa\",\"name\":\"Franchise Companies Getting Agressive;Wooing The Franchise Buyer &#8212; 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