Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue III, 2017 | Page 9

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CONFERENCES
2017 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference
By the time you read this, you’ve missed the 2017 Multi-Unit
Franchising Conference, held this April 23–26 at Caesars
Palace in Las Vegas. But don’t worry: we’re holding another
one next year! Attendees enthusiastically agreed this year’s
gathering was a highly useful, valuable experience. And
following another year of record-breaking attendance by multi-
unit operators and exhibitors alike, many are already making
plans to return next year. This annual conference is a unique,
must-attend opportunity for multi-unit franchisees to meet and
learn from the best in the business, explore new brands, and
soak up invaluable expertise at the educational sessions. Need
some inspiration? Take a peek at the conference online to see
the speakers and review the educational sessions. Next year’s
conference will be held April 3–6 at Caesars Palace in Las
Vegas. Sign up to keep current on developments for 2018 at
www.multiunitfranchisingconference.com
✓ ONLINE Multi-Unit Community Grows
Check out our community-based website for multi-unit
operators. It’s your exclusive look into the world of multi-unit
franchising, your one-stop shop to fi nd:
• New brand opportunities
• Exclusive interviews
• Networking opportunities
• Operator profi les
• Online edition and archives • Financing resources
www.franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees
✓ NEW
ONLINE VIDEOS
EmpireBuilders.tv Expands
Great entrepreneurs build great organizations. They possess
a knack for making smart business decisions, building great
teams, and creating successful companies. But as we’ve learned
from years of interviewing successful multi-unit franchisees,
they’ve also struggled, doubted, and made more than a few
mistakes—yet they’ve soldiered on, persevered, and ultimately
come out on top. To provide a deeper sense of their journeys,
insights, and personalities, we’re selecting franchisees from
our most inspiring print interviews and creating a new series of
online videos of these franchisee leaders. We call them Empire
Builders.watch.franchising.com/empire-builders/
✓ FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES
Looking for your next franchise opportunity?
Have we got the tools for you! Find articles on companies,
concepts, industries, trends, and profi les—and search our
features. Find franchisors looking for multi-unit franchisees,
area reps, and area developers. Search by top opportunities,
alphabetically, investment level, industry, state, and more at
www.franchising.com
✓ RANKINGS
Check out our annual rankings of the top multi-unit
franchisees and their brands to fi nd out “who’s on fi rst.” This
iss ue contains our annual Multi-Unit 50 rankings, which show
the most “multi-friendly” brands. To see our Mega 99 rankings
of the largest multi-unit organizations and their most popular
brands, go to www.franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees/
mega99.html
✓ PUBLICATIONS
“Don’t just survive, thrive!”
Franchise Update Media’s 2017 Annual Franchise
Development Report, and the best-selling book, Grow to
Greatness by top franchise consultant Steve Olson, offer
invaluable tips for franchise sales success and unit growth
in today’s economy. To order, visit www.franchising.com/
franchisors/afdr.html and www.franchising.com/
franchisors/growtogreatness.html
✓ QUICKLINK
For a one-click link to articles in this magazine and to past
issues of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine, visit www.
franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees
FREE YOUR EMPLOYEES!
“We realized we just needed to allow
them to be real human beings with our
customers to make them happy, smile,
and feel at home. How can you be the
best part of someone’s day? How do you
go above and beyond for your guests and
your employees? Take off the shackles
and allow employees to think on their own
and do what is right.”
— John Ponczoch, TravelCenters of America, a multi-
brand franchisee with more than 800 locations
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