Franchise Update Magazine Issue I, 2015 | Page 44

CONSUMER MARKETING CMO roundtable “HOW CLOSELY DO YOU WORK WITH THE SALES TEAM IN FRANCHISEE LEAD GENERATION AND FRANCHISEE RECRUITMENT?” Michael C. Branigan VP, Marketing & Product Innovation Bruster’s Real Ice Cream The Bruster’s marketing team works very closely with the franchise sales department. This is a significant collaboration between the two departments and is the lifeblood of the organization. Besides the standard public brand communications to prospective franchisees, the department works diligently to provide the franchise sales team with franchisee lead generation programs and tactical marketing tools that help them generate leads. The lead generation pro