Your franchise runs better on Thryv.

from Canadian Franchising July/Sept 2023

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Thryv software is designed to make it easy for you to manage your franchisees’ operations — all in one place.

With Hub by Thryv, running multi-location businesses has never been easier. Thryv gives you back hours in your day so you can:

View a single operational dashboard with real-time tracking and analytics across every location

Connect to apps you already use Track revenue and performance of all locations

Standardize your brand, and drive consistency across all locations

Streamline communications and payments

And much more

With Thr y v ’s 24/7 support, you can’t go wrong. Learn more at Thryv.ca/franchise president: colin Bradbury. colin@cgbpublishing.com publisher: Vikki Bradbury. vikki@cgbpublishing.com editorial department: editor@cgbpublishing.com adV ertising: vikki@cgbpublishing.com jasonb@cgbpublishing.com production: usaproduction@cgbpublishing.com design: Jejak Graphics. jejak@bigpond.com cgb publishing

#201 - 1001 cloverdale avenue, Victoria, B.c V8X 4 c9 canada www.canadianfranchisemagazine.com i n this issue we are delighted to welcome Local handyman Group on the cover. Matthew Gourgeot from Thryv sat down with craig Jooste franchisor of Local handyman Group and talks about how he and his wife Kristen grew from 1 to 20+ locations in less than 3 years. You can read more about this franchise on page 8.

Franchising offers many different opportunities for the budding entrepreneur, from mobile, health and beauty, food, retail, in fact any business you can think of is probably franchised. In this issue we have some great advice and feature a number of franchises to whet your appetite.

We have some great advice from some of the top experts in the industry. Lori Karpman is ceO of Lori Karpman and company and asks the question “are You ready to be a Franchisee?” Wayne Maillet is a franchise management consultant, and, in this issue, we cover the “Top Ten successful Qualities of a Franchisee”. edward (ned) Levitt helps us to Understand how you can harness your Franchise Business with ai; and david Banfield asks, “is that a Franchise?”

We have also featured a range of Franchises in this issue such as the delicious BeaverTails who are currently seeking franchisees and with over 200 locations, they are also launching a campaign to find unique and interesting places. Our Latest news and additional featured franchises along with our popular a-Z directory are all a must read. i hope you enjoy this issue and always look forward to your comments. happy reading