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Moving franchise seeks to
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Moving can be an incredibly stressful time in a person’s life, but one North American moving franchise aims to change that with relentless innovation in the pursuit of customer satisfaction. In addition to keeping customers satisfied, Vancouver, BC-based You Move Me also aims to provide the best possible service to its franchisees. Josh Herron, who owns the You Move
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Herron and his business partner started out with a local moving company and joined You Move Me in 2013 to fast track their growth.
Something that struck him right away when he joined the network was how You Move Me employs business coaches as opposed to field advisors, like many other franchises do. You Move Me prefers to have business coaches, he explained, so they can develop the franchisee and help them become better leaders and scale their businesses.
“We were originally a local moving company and we used the You Move Me platform to get better branding and more support, plus it helped us scale our local business,” he said during a recent interview with Franchising USA. He estimates that this year will see his franchise do $8 million in business.
Franchisees learn how to estimate a moving job, how to efficiently perform
Me franchise in Kansas City, MO, has an interesting perspective on the business because not only is he a franchise owner, he actually became part-owner of the entire franchise system.
Before franchisees get their business coaching, though, they go through comprehensive training, learning how to run a moving company, not just from an operational standpoint, but also from a leadership standpoint.
