by admin | Apr 14, 2016 | Articles, Expansion & Exit
A major hurdle for people buying a franchise is that, mostly, they end up buying themselves a job. So the retrenched executive spending her money buying into a muffin franchise ends up working a 70-hour week, probably equating to less than $25 an hour. And still...
by admin | Apr 7, 2016 | Articles, Marketing
The accounting and bookkeeping professions have much to learn from the trades. Doing business with a tradesperson today is a very different experience from three or four years ago. Getting a plumber or electrician is no longer a case of ringing around; today we have...
by admin | Apr 7, 2016 | Articles, Marketing
2016 is looking like a tough year for many of your clients. Debt recovery specialist and lawyer Roger Mendelson knows a thing or two about debt recovery, as his firm Prushka is the largest (non-listed) debt recovery firm in Australia. In keeping with our core mission,...
by admin | Mar 23, 2016 | Articles, Marketing
How can businesses protect themselves in case the market turns against them? What’s the key to surviving – and thriving – in difficult times? There are all sorts of dangers ahead for business – sometimes they are simply a case of David versus Goliath. As case in...
by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | Articles, Marketing
Images from the past tell a story – and often present a lesson to be learned. Bank tellers are disappearing – fast. When ATMs first came out, they were a tremendous advancement in convenience. In more recent times, bank teller numbers have dwindled; not to be replaced...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Articles, Expansion & Exit
“No way!” we hear you say. We agree. But it does raise the question as to how many clients do you need to make your bookkeeping practice sustainable and profitable. A survey of high performance franchise groups in Australia and New Zealand are revealing: these high...
