Keys to the Mobile Kingdom

 

Mobile Kingdom

 

I’m looking forward to moderating a great panel at the upcoming Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference in Atlanta. In the session, Mobile – New Ideas to Drive In-store Visits, I’ll speak with a panel of marketing executives from the franchise sector to discover how they are using new innovations in mobile to drive traffic into their retail and restaurant establishments.

Do you have questions about mobile marketing best practices that you would like to ask these execs?  Are you struggling with getting new customers in the doors? Are your older strategies and tactics not working? Are you looking for ways to get your franchisees involved?

Please share any questions you would like to include in the session either in the comments section below or privately via LinkedIn Messaging or email at Jack@Qiigo.com. I’ll share your questions at the June 20 session and mention you (unless you would prefer to remain anonymous).

We will announce the final line-up of panelists next week! And if you’re thinking of attending FCMC this year, check out the fantastic agenda and details.

 

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Managing Social Media’s Role in Franchise Sales

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I’m looking forward to moderating an all-star panel discussing Social Media in Franchise Sales. At the 2016 Franchise Leadership and Development Conference in Atlanta on September 29, we will dive deep into best social media practices for franchise marketing and sales executives. From Franchise Update:

What is Social Media’s role in franchisee recruitment to generate leads, provide validation, get people talking about your brand? This session will help you understand the options and opportunities Social Media offers to help grow your brand.

Facilitator: Jack Monson, Director, Digital Strategy, Qiigo

Panelists: Aaron Goldberg, VP, Franchise Development, ZIPS Franchising; Paul Pickett, CDO, Wild Birds Unlimited; Philip Schram, CDO, Buffalo Wings & Rings

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Aaron Goldberg
VP, Franchise Development
ZIPS Franchising

 

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Philip Schram
Chief Development Officer
Buffalo Wings & Rings

 

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Paul Pickett
Chief Development Officer
Wild Birds Unlimited

 

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Jack Monson
Director of Digital Strategy
Qiigo

 

 

 

 

 

Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference 2016

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Three times per year social geeks in the franchise industry have the opportunity to network, sharpen skills, learn, and share in person on a national scale:

At the marketing / tech sections of the IFA Annual Convention

At IFA’s FranTech

At Franchise Update’s Franchise Consumer Marketing Conference (#FCMC)

The FCMC is taking place next Monday night through Wednesday. I look forward to this show as it’s in Atlanta so I can catch up with many of my Qiigo teammates and some old friends in franchising. It’s also one of the best places to share marketing strategies and learn from other brands, other marketers, and even a competitor or two.

If you have the opportunity to join us, please make a point of saying hello – I would love to hear your franchise story!

 

What’s Your Personal Brand?

I am honored to speak as part of a panel about personal branding in digital media and represent Manalto at this upcoming event hosted by The WFN next Tuesday evening in Atlanta. Here are the details from WFN and a link to RSVP.

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WFN Atlanta Chapter Presents:

What’s Your Personal Brand and Why Does it Matter?

A panel of experts will discuss the importance of your personal brand and how the digital world affects how you may be perceived within your industry. Take control of your career by building, enhancing and developing a digital persona that speaks to your skills and experience. Understand how your personal brand is communicated and shared. Discover the steps you can take to control the message when it comes to your own personal brand! Three panelists will share their perspective on the personal branding in today’s complex environment:  

Jack Monson

Jack is the Global Head of Strategic Accounts at Manalto, Inc. He has been helping franchise systems and global brands with Digital Marketing for two decades.

 

Terri McCulloch

As the VP of Sales and Marketing for Any Lab Test Now, Terri manages the company’s brand, as well as all aspects of sales and marketing support to the company’s franchisees.

 

Yvonne Dwyer

Yvonne Dwyer has been a successful medical recruiter since 1998 and prides herself on identifying top personnel for medical practices in and around Atlanta.

 

Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Networking 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. Program 6:30-7:30 p.m.
JW Marriott 3300 Lenox Road NE Atlanta, GA 30326

RSVP by Friday, April 17, 2015. Please feel free to forward this to any franchise colleagues!  

Sponsored By:

Qiigo

Any Test Franchising, Inc.

We Sell Restaurants

Manalto, Inc.

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FranCamp 2013 By The Numbers

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FranCamp the Social Media conference for The Franchising Industry – is happening May 14 and 15 at the Loews Atlanta Hotel. I am pleased to once again be part of the team organizing FranCamp, this time with the IFA!

If you haven’t yet registered for FranCamp, do so today as space is limited. And now, the numbers…

Number of days:  2

Speakers / sessions scheduled:  20

Education Credits you will toward your CFE accreditation:  300

Number of times in the next two months Paul Segreto and I will make a joke that begins: “This one time, at FranCamp…”:  7

Cost: $395

Contacts you will make while networking: up to you!

 

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FranCamp 2012: Mapping Your Customer’s Route to Your Store

As we’re winding down the summer and gearing up for a big retail season, I thought I would share my presentation from Franchise Social Media Camp (FranCamp) from back in May. The topic was leveraging social platforms for Franchise systems.

One slide (#6) that lead to some good discussions with attendees is the view of social platforms compared to your franchisees’ stores.  Think of it as a map. What platforms are you using as roads to get to other platforms? And, more importantly, what’s the route to get foot traffic in the stores? Are you sharing links on Twitter to draw consumers to an app on Facebook for coupons that drive store traffic? Are you using Google+ or Facebook start a discussion and then sharing video that lives on YouTube that has a great call to action? There are many more combinations than there are platforms! Remember, some channels may be a better or faster route for your customers than other routes.

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FranCamp 2012 Registration Open Now


I’m please to helping my friend Deb Evans organize FranCamp – The Franchise Social Media Camp – once again this year. Last year’s turnout at the Nashville event was so well received that we’re expanding the agenda for our May 4 event in Atlanta. Please check out the
FranCamp registration page now and check out the description below from our FranCamp website.

FranCamp 

We realize that social media is a rapidly changing field and many marketing professionals, CEOs, franchise development staff and franchisees lack a clear roadmap for where to start with social media and how to weave together all the relating pieces that make up a successful social media and online content strategy.
 

What FranCamp is Not

If you work in the franchise industry, you know that franchise conferences are often full of vendors making pitches for services and products. Sometimes the information is helpful and it rarely goes into the real ‘recipe’ for using social media.

We want to change that.
 

What FranCamp is About

Everyone who works in franchising is affected by social media and the last thing any of us need is a speaker talking about ‘why you need to be using social media’ or big picture talk about ‘social media strategy.’ What franchise professionals hunger for is simple: real, actionable steps anyone can take that will make a HUGE difference in your marketing.

If you want to educate yourself on the best of current thinking and learn the real recipes that work from the most advanced franchisors, franchisees, consultants and experts in the field of social media, this is a one-day conference you can’t afford to miss.
 

You won’t get sales pitches. You’ll walk away with a very sophisticated level of understanding about ALL of the pieces of a successful social media strategy.

FranCamp follows the wildly successful PodCamp format – a low-cost, one day event fully loaded with a fast paced and aggressive agenda full of super-helpful content. What you will get is a good education in almost all of the relevant topics that marketers must understand to make good decisions. If you want to launch your own campaigns and make sure your marketing department is pointed in the right direction, this is for you. If you have a budget and need a better level of understanding about social media related issues so you can make good hiring and vendor decisions, this is especially for you.

 

Who Should Attend

Anyone who works in franchising: Franchisors – CEOs, COOs, VPs of Marketing and VPs of Franchise Development. Anyone who deals with franchise sales and lead generation, anyone who handles consumer side marketing should attend. If you work in the marketing department of a franchise system, this is for you. If you own a franchise and want to learn more about how you can boost your local marketing, this is for you.

 

Limited Registration

Registration is open and is limited to one hundred attendees. This is a high-power and intimate session. FranSocialCamp is designed to by inexpensive – total cost for flights, hotel and the $149 per person, making it one of the least expensive social media conferences in the country. Less costly doesn’t mean we skimp on content – you’ll have a hard time finding a better and more packed agenda than this one.

Breakfast and Lunch are included on Friday. Tuition comes with a very cool FranCamp T Shirt and copies of all presentations.

  
  
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