{"id":982,"date":"2009-12-30T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/the-franchise-king-blog-the-top-franchise-business-articles-of-2009\/"},"modified":"2017-01-09T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T13:51:24","slug":"the-franchise-king-blog-the-top-franchise-business-articles-of-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/the-franchise-king-blog-the-top-franchise-business-articles-of-2009","title":{"rendered":"The Franchise King Blog; The Top Franchise Business Articles Of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a78dc5ab970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a78dc5ab970b \" style=\"width: 176px; height: 158px;\" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a78dc5ab970b-500wi\" alt=\"10\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mag3737\/\" rel=\"cc:attributionURL\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mag3737\/<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/\" rel=\"license\">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a recap of this year&#8217;s most read articles<\/strong>. This list should give you a better idea of what I write about, and what this blog&#8217;s readers like. <em>(If you&#8217;ve recently subscribed to this blog)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(These are in random order-there&#8217;s <strong>10<\/strong> of them)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"solar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/can-this-solar-panel-design-and-installation-franchise-continue-its-growth\">New Solar Energy Franchise Launched<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anything having to do with Solar, has always been a popular topic, and should remain so.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/do-you-have-franchise-questions\">Do You Have Questions On Franchising?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions? 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And yes-<strong>they gave away a franchise&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cleveland-franchises-the-first-ever-chocolate-bar\">Chocolate Franchise<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When one thinks of chocolate bars, the word &#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #7f3f00;\">Hershey&#8217;s<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; usually comes to mind. Not this time, though.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/the-5-best-reasons-for-buying-a-franchise-business\">The 5 Best Reasons To Buy A Franchise<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There could be more. <em>Or less.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/franchise-opportunities-whats-the-real-story-behind-those-business-coaching-franchises\">Business Coaching Franchises; The REAL Deal<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I actually<em> didn&#8217;t<\/em> make a lot of friends from this one. Let me rephrase that a tad;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The execs of these franchise companies may not have been too happy after they read the articles. <em>(It&#8217;s a 2-part article)<\/em> That&#8217;s fine.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The folks who <em>did<\/em> invest in a coaching franchise probably <em>wish <\/em>that they were my friends<em> before <\/em>they blew their money on one of these.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I may have a new friend or three. These would be the ones that <em>didn&#8217;t invest<\/em> in one of these franchises, because they read the articles. <\/strong><strong>That&#8217;s good.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, one has to have some fun during the year, right?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>The Eraser Store Franchise<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for hanging out with me this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you receiving updates from this blog?<\/strong> <strong>Receive <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mag3737\/ \/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Here&rsquo;s a recap of this year&rsquo;s most read articles. This list should give you a better idea of what I write about, and what this blog&rsquo;s readers like. 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