{"id":8924,"date":"2013-06-23T00:04:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T00:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=8924"},"modified":"2016-09-17T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T19:01:01","slug":"is-your-franchise-business-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/is-your-franchise-business-safe","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Franchise Business Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/protected.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/protected.jpg\" alt=\"business\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/protected.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/protected-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/protected-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is it safe?<\/p>\n<p>Is your\u00a0<strong><a title=\"franchise business tips and suggestions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/10-things-that-will-insure-your-success-as-a-franchise-owner\">franchise business<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0protected?<\/p>\n<p>Are you sure?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>No Business Insurance Rant Coming<\/h2>\n<p>If you thought that I was going to write about <strong>business<\/strong> insurance\u2026well, you\u2019re going to be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I\u2019m not saying that you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> need insurance for your business. It\u2019s just not what I\u2019m focusing on in <em>this<\/em> blog post.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, insurance is an intangible; you can\u2019t see it, touch it, smell it, or taste it. It\u2019s a little more difficult to make an investment in it than something that you <i>can<\/i>\u00a0see. And, <i>can<\/i> touch.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Powerus Interruptus<\/h2>\n<p>If a massive thunderstorm were to hit your area, one with say, 70 mph winds, the kind of winds that bring down trees and power lines, will your franchise business be able to stay open for business? Think about it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/keep-your-business-safe-from-storms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/keep-your-business-safe-from-storms-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"franchise business safe\" width=\"482\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s go even deeper.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say that the storm in question is a daytime one. If that were the case, you wouldn\u2019t need all the lights to work, right? Your customers would still be able to see your products\u2026order your services. Correct?<\/p>\n<p>What about your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/how-is-their-franchise-technology\">electronic business systems<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Things like your PC\u2019s&#8230;your point-of-sale system?<\/p>\n<p>Would they work?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>UPS<\/h2>\n<p>May I gently suggest that you consider purchasing a few\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;index=aps&amp;keywords=ups&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=thefrakin-20\" target=\"_blank\">uninterrupted power supply<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thefrakin-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> boxes?<\/p>\n<p>You need a back-up system for your business.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have one, you\u2019re putting your business at risk. Why would you want to do that?<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t franchise business ownership risky enough?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>I Have One<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had my share of \u201c<i>issues<\/i>\u201d with my AT&amp;T high-speed internet service over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a rabid follower of mine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FranchiseKing\">on Twitter @FranchiseKing<\/a> , you may have seen a couple of rather terse 140 character remarks of mine concerning AT&amp;T\u2019s service. It hasn&#8217;t been the bomb.<\/p>\n<p>The last technician that paid me a visit at The Castle must of felt my negative vibes towards his employer, because not only did he install a brand new high-speed router, he added (<i>at no charge<\/i>) a UPS to my (<i>now<\/i>) cutting-edge home business office. My business is now fully protected. (<i>My moat is pretty deep, too\u2026<\/i>) Thanks, AT&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>More Business Safeguards<\/h2>\n<p>There are actually several things that you may need to do to add more levels of protection to your business. Adding a UPS is only one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky for you, I found five more things that you can do to protect your business.<\/p>\n<p>I was scanning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/articles\/innovative-ways-to-reduce-your-email-pain-points-1\/\">Open Forum by American Express<\/a> for small business articles, and I found one that you should read from Julie Bawden Davis. Julie did a fine job with her post &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/articles\/6-ways-to-safeguard-your-small-business-data\/\">6 Ways to Safeguard Your Small Business Data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What other things are you doing to protect your biz?<\/p>\n<p>What have you done in the past to protect your business\u2026that you\u2019re glad you did?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it safe? Is your&nbsp;franchise business&nbsp;protected? Are you sure? Let&rsquo;s find out. &nbsp; No Business Insurance Rant Coming If you thought that I was going to write about business insurance&hellip;well, you&rsquo;re going to be disappointed. Now, I&rsquo;m not saying that you don&rsquo;t need insurance for your business. It&rsquo;s just not what I&rsquo;m focusing on in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,564,37],"tags":[1277,1275,1276],"class_list":["post-8924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-services","category-franchise-ownership","category-franchise-technology","tag-power-supply","tag-safe-franchises","tag-ups"],"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>Is Your Franchise Business Safe?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So, is your franchise business safe? 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