{"id":6890,"date":"2012-07-12T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T14:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=6890"},"modified":"2017-02-26T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T15:27:53","slug":"ask-franchisees-how-they-rate-products-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/ask-franchisees-how-they-rate-products-services","title":{"rendered":"Ask Franchisees How They Rate Their Products And Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Andrew Eats Pizza by Michael Bentley, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/donhomer\/6110302745\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"great pizza franchise product\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6193\/6110302745_397e0e3216.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You would think that asking this question of <strong>franchisees<\/strong>, (<em>during your research<\/em>) would yield simple answers. \u00a0But, sometimes you don&#8217;t <em>want<\/em> simple answers. Sometimes you want <em>deeper<\/em> answers&#8230;.the kind that could end up revealing flaws in the franchise system that you&#8217;re thinking of investing your money in.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the opposite could be true, too; you could end up learning about some of the best things that the franchise business opportunity you&#8217;re considering brings to the table.<\/p>\n<p><em>A table that could end up being yours<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Ask This Question Of Every Franchisee<\/h2>\n<p>In my continuing series of the <a title=\"top 40 franchise questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/category\/top-40-franchise-questions\">Top 40 Questions To Ask Current And Former Franchisees<\/a>, I&#8217;m teaching you how to gather <em>The Facts<\/em> about the franchise business opportunities that you&#8217;re investigating. You&#8217;re not allowed to get off track, here. Your old college roommate-the one with the MBA that you want to do some brain-picking with, is not allowed to be contacted during this phase of your franchise research. Family members, including your rich Uncle Mort, shouldn&#8217;t be contacted now, either. These questions, (<em>for now<\/em>) are between you and the franchisees that you&#8217;re contacting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s Question #15;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>How do you rate your franchisors product<\/em>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this one is important. (<em>All of the Top 40 Questions can be found in <a title=\"top franchise book reviews of joel libava's book\" href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2011\/12\/become-a-franchise-owner-book-review.html\" target=\"_blank\">my book<\/a>, on pages 184-186<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The franchisees that you&#8217;re calling now have already taken some risk&#8230;.they wrote <em>The Check<\/em>. In addition to writing a check for the<span style=\"color: #d30220;\"><strong> $25,000+<\/strong><\/span> franchise fee, <em><strong>they may have put their houses on the line<\/strong><\/em>. (<em>To get approved for a small business loan, you may have to use your home as part of your collateral<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Unless you borrow money from yourself, which a few of my clients have done<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"franchise loan alternative\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/track\/franpro@sbcglobal.net\">Learn how<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Are The Franchisees Impressed?<\/h2>\n<p>They should be. Most of the franchisees that you call and\/or visit, should be product or service\u00a0evangelists.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re lucky enough to find a true evangelist, pay close attention-their enthusiasm may rub off on you, and if you end up feeling the same way about the franchisors products and\/or services, you will make more money. That&#8217;s because your customers\/clients will feel your enthusiasm, too. And, if they end up becoming &#8220;<em>believers<\/em>,&#8221; they&#8217;ll tell their friends. They&#8217;ll write reviews on local sites like Yelp. They&#8217;ll talk about your franchise on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, I met someone who is considered to be\u00a0<em>The Evangelist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"guy kawasaki and joel libava by FranchiseKing, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thefranchiseking\/4107761014\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"guy kawasaki and joel libava\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2617\/4107761014_a8dd8b9902_q.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<em>That&#8217;s me, with Guy Kawasaki<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Now, in case you don&#8217;t know about Guy, he was with a meaningless little company called<strong> Apple<\/strong>. His college roommate helped him secure a job there, and he was able to get involved in that ground-breaking company. Take a quick break now, and read <a title=\"bio of guy kawasaki\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guykawasaki.com\/about\/\">Guy Kawasaki&#8217;s bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Evangelist isn&#8217;t simply a job title. It&#8217;s a way of life. It means that the evangelist totally loves the product and sees it as a way to bring the good news<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-From Guy Kawasaki&#8217;s, How To Change The World blog<\/p>\n<p>Meeting a franchisee that exudes excitement about their business, and what their business sells, is quite a sight to see. Very few franchisees can fake it, so take\u00a0advantage\u00a0of these special moments, if you&#8217;re lucky enough to experience them.<\/p>\n<p>Because if the franchisees are\u00a0genuinely enthusiastic about their businesses, they&#8217;re probably making money. Learn from them. Find out what&#8217;s, &#8220;<em>doing it<\/em>&#8221; for them. This is the time to do some digging. Don&#8217;t just ask them if they&#8217;re impressed with the franchisors products and services. Ask them why? Ask them what could be improved? Ask them if they&#8217;re even more impressed with them than they thought they would be? Dig.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, if the franchisees are not all that impressed with the franchisors products and services, ask them if the franchise executive team is focused on improving things.<\/p>\n<p>If 75% of the franchisees you contact are happy with what they&#8217;re selling as franchisees, it&#8217;s a good sign. Of course, the opposite is true, too. If you contact 15 current franchisees, and all but two are <em>unhappy<\/em> with the products and\/or services they&#8217;re selling as franchisees, run like the wind. There are lots of other franchise concepts to choose from.<\/p>\n<p><em>And, I know how to find them<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You would think that asking this question of franchisees, (during your research) would yield simple answers. &nbsp;But, sometimes you don&rsquo;t want simple answers. Sometimes you want deeper answers&hellip;.the kind that could end up revealing flaws in the franchise system that you&rsquo;re thinking of investing your money in. 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