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Veterans in Franchising june 2019

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Window World:

A Home for Veterans

double your sales

- The power of communicating value

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SAME DRIVE. DIFFERENT BATTLEFIELD. TAKE THE NEXT STEP > VETFRAN.COM OFFERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, TRAINING & MENTORSHIP Veterans interested in franchising can take their skills learned in the military to successfully own and develop small businesses. Learn more and support veterans in franchising at www.vetfran.com.

• 650 franchise companies participating • 151,000 veterans and their spouses found careers in the franchise industry • 5,100 veteran franchise owners

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Veterans in Franchising Supplement june 2019 Our Veterans in Franchising special supplement has become a regular feature of Franchising USA. To share your story in the next issue, please contact Vikki Bradbury, Publisher Phone: 778 426 2446 Email: vikki@cgbpublishing.com

Contents On the Cover

Veteran Profile

50 Window World: A Home for Veterans Cover Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott, US Army

52 Venture X

Golden Knights, Retired

Veteran Snapshot

54 Double Your Sales: The Power of Communicating Value 56 Fast Track Planning for Self-Employment

Veteran News 48 JDog Carpet Cleaning to Be Led By Former Special Ops Marine 49 Lapels Dry Cleaning Donates Services

to American Heart Association Awareness Campaign

58 Caring Transitions

Veteran Expert Advice 54 Double Your Sales - The Power of Communicating Value Joshua Frank, Chairman of the Board,

St. Louis Veterans Business Resource Center; Managing Partner, RSM Federal

56 Fast Track Planning for Self-Employment Jim Mingey, Founder and Managing Director,

Veterans Business Services (VBS)

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veteran news

JDog Carpet Cleaning to be Led by Former Special Ops Marine

Chayse Roth

and polishing, and air duct cleaning services the military way—with respect, integrity, and trust.

JDog Brands is on the offensive and adding strategic allies and service offerings. The rapidly growing brand of home and commercial services has named former Special Ops Marine, Chayse Roth, as President and COO of JDog Carpet Cleaning, a new franchise offering that will further expand JDog’s national footprint.

The new position is part of a recently announced national expansion campaign that will leverage the trust JDog Junk Removal & Hauling has built with customers across 200 franchises nationwide since 2011.

“Consider it an escalation in our mission to vastly expand business ownership and employment among America’s greatest labor pool, our Veteran brothers and sisters,” said Jerry Flanagan founder and CEO of JDog Brands, in a press release.

“Our experience shows that consumers trust, value, and want to do business with Veterans. No one exemplifies the skills,

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talents, and leadership abilities of our military, or is as qualified to lead this charge as Chayse.”

Roth enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as a junior in high school, began boot camp two days after his high school graduation, and was enrolled in the School of Infantry at Camp Pendleton during the attacks of 9/11. He dedicated 13 years of service to our country, completing deployments to Iraq, Bahrain, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and receiving multiple commendations, including the Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Achievement Medal with combat distinguishing device, and Combat Action Ribbon.

Roth comes to JDog Carpet Cleaning after having owned and operated a successful carpet cleaning business that provides services to 200,000 residents in North Carolina. In the new role, Roth will create the operating format for JDog to provide carpet cleaning, hardwood floor cleaning

“I decided to join JDog because we share the same culture and understand the value that Veterans bring to American business,” said Roth in a press release. “Jerry and his team have done a remarkable job of building a trusted, national brand in a short period of time and developing a franchise business model that allows Veterans to succeed at entrepreneurship. We’re excited to open this new front in carpet cleaning under the JDog Carpet Cleaning brand, in a ground game that expands our service offerings to national markets.”

“We’re convinced entrepreneurship represents the best way to improve the lives of American Veterans,” said Flanagan. “We intend to take this fight to the market and provide real and legitimate opportunities for the servicemen and servicewomen who have sacrificed so much to preserve our freedom and protect our way of life. Now we’re going to make the free market available to them as they grow businesses and advance their careers.”

For information, visit www.jdogbrands. com/brands/carpet-cleaning.

Lapels Dry Cleaning Donates Services to American Heart Association Awareness Campaign

Lapels Dry Cleaning, an environmentally friendly dry-cleaning franchise headquartered in Hanover, Massachusetts, recently opened its heart and Waltham location to help the American Heart Association celebrate national Heart Health in February.

Lapels’ specific donation was dry cleaning services for 1,500 red stocking caps knitted by volunteers and distributed to newborns at Boston area hospitals as part of the Little Hats Big Hearts campaign.

Little Hats, Big Hearts is a month-long campaign as part of Heart Health Month that raises awareness for congenital heart defects. Taking place across the nation, little red hats are handed out to newborns at participating hospitals.

“Our wonderful volunteers did such a great job knitting these hats for the newborn babies. We knew we needed a special kind of dry cleaner to clean

the hats without damaging some of the delicate needlework,” said Stefani Barba, coordinator of the Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign in Massachusetts. “We reached out to Lapels’ location at 1036 Main Street in Waltham and they volunteered their services and did a fantastic job getting the hats ready.”

Named a Military Friendly Franchise®

by MilitaryFranchising.com, Lapels has pioneered an eco-friendly dry cleaning experience over the past 18 years. Part of that effort includes a partnership agreement with GreenEarth®, the dry cleaning industry’s only non-toxic cleaning alternative. Using these kinds of solutions and the latest technology in equipment, Lapels is one of the few dry cleaners able to boast that there is no hazardous waste in their process. Consequently, it’s gentler on clothes and you can see, feel and smell the difference.

“We were delighted to help out with the ‘Little Hats, Big Hearts” campaign,” said Kevin Dubois, CEO of Lapels Dry Cleaning. “As a parent, you never take your children’s health for granted. We are more than proud to be asked to volunteer our expertise and services to help the American Heart Association on this great campaign. It’s a great reminder for everyone of the importance of heart health.

As the hats correctly imply that starts from the day we are born.”

According to the American Heart Association, which organized the program in connection with the Children’s Heart Foundation, congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect in the country.

For more information on Lapels Dry Cleaning and its range of dry cleaning services and locations, visit www.mylapels.com.

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cover story: Window World

Window World: A Home for Veterans

As an Air Force recruiter, Art Lane competed with many of America’s finest as he crisscrossed the Upper Midwest in the 1990s, trying to pin wings on the best candidates while competing with rivals from other branches of the U.S. military who were also recruiting them.

“You’re in an area by yourself as an Air Force recruiter. That area is usually manned by about a dozen recruiters from the Army and even more from the Navy, and maybe a half-dozen representing the

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Marine Corps,” Lane recalls. “You’re driving, you’re canvassing — everything is done by you.”

But a quarter-century later, Lane is grateful for how this aspect of his experience in the U.S. military helped prepare him for the competition he would face as owner of two Window World franchises, one in his home town of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the other in nearby Wausau, Wisconsin.

“That military experience honed my ability to run a business, and my sales skills. It gave me a foundation. It was one of the many things I learned in the Air Force that I can attribute for our franchises’ success today.”

More American companies are expressing their appreciation for military veterans such as Lane these days, and Window World is right in the thick of such efforts.

“I can attribute a lot of our success to lessons I learned in the Air Force. But it’s Window World that has taken us from rags to comfort in a relatively short amount of time.” - Art Lane

Window World team accompanies a Gold Star family on a recent V.A.C. mission

For example, the company works closely with the Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit organization that facilitates free air transportation to wounded veterans and their families. Using its corporate jet, Window World has flown 114 missions to date for the Command, transporting 139 veterans over 160,000 miles and logging over 420 hours in the air. The partnership has raised over $1 million in flights and inkind donations since it began in 2008.

Headquartered in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Window World is America’s largest replacement window and exteriorremodeling company, with more than 200 locally owned offices nationwide. Its windows, vinyl siding, and Therma-Tru doors all have earned the coveted Good Housekeeping Seal, and in 2018, Window World was ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Window and Patio Door Retailers” by J.D. Power & Associates, which surveys retail customers.

Andrea Gallina is another U.S. military veteran who appreciates what Window World means not only to her but to other vets. “They’re the kind of people who, when you shake someone’s hands and look them in the eye and give them a promise, they follow through,” says Gallina, who is a design consultant for Window World franchisees Gene and Karyn Bryan in Vista, California.

Gallina learned about the importance of honesty, commitment and dedication in lots of ways, beginning with her decision to join the Marine Corps right out of high school in Oregon. She became an encryption specialist and served during

Window World Chairman and CEO Tammy Whitworth

Operation Desert Storm in the first U.S. war in Iraq. After that stint, she left the service, got married and began raising children.

But lots of things changed for Gallina, as for the country, after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. She decided to re-up, joining the Reserves. And this time, she signed up in a field closer to her original desire: photojournalism. As a reservist combat photographer, Gallina helped document the Marines’ views of important events and developments ranging from catching airborne drug runners in Curacao to chronicling the rise of female helicopter pilots in the Pacific Ocean on the USS Reagan.

After six years of that stint, Gallina pivoted to something she also figured she’d be good at — home-improvement sales. She was able to apply some of the skills she’d learned as a reservist, such as careful photographic documentation, to marketing home repair.

More important, though, working for Window World has enabled her to apply principles she embraced in the military, including “being able to stand behind my word,” she said. “Window World has delivered. If I sell a package of windows and tell customers what’s going to happen, everything is followed through. Window World is a great organization, a place where I can be myself and rely on core values of customer service, integrity and positivity.”

Aaron Broer is learning the values of the U.S. military and of Window World simultaneously. He’s a motor-transport

operator in the Marine Corp Reserves in Fargo, North Dakota. Broer is also working as a project manager and head installation technician for his brother and sister-in-law, Carter and Melissa Broer, who own the Window World franchise there.

He is a link in the supply chain that is crucial for Marine Reserves’ training and, if necessary, deployment. Broer’s service requires his absence from work monthly for a five-day stint and a couple of weeks during the summer. “Window World is a great supporter of what I do,” he says.

And it’s important to him, Broer says, that Window World runs as smoothly as his Reserves unit. “Other companies don’t run that way,” he says. “It’s nice to be with a company that works to a schedule.”

Art Lane, the Wisconsin franchisee for Window World, leveraged a small loan from a physician friend to purchase the 48th Window World franchise nationally in 2002. He has overcome a number of personal and business obstacles — including his wife’s ultimately successful struggle with cancer, his son’s serious injuries in battle in Afghanistan, and the Great Recession — to emerge sobered and yet grateful for commerce, and for life.

“After losing almost $100,000 in 2011, a devastating hit, I haven’t seen a negative number in this business,” Lane said. “I can attribute a lot of our success to lessons I learned in the Air Force. But it’s Window World that has taken us from rags to comfort in a relatively short amount of time.” www.windowworldfranchise.com

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profile: Venture X

Leading the Coworking Brand with a Military and Entrepreneurial Mindset Around the World “As the President of Venture X, it is important that we applaud the heroes in this nation... at Venture X, we provide a 10 percent discount off the franchise fee for our heroes.�

Meeting the demand for coworking spaces is heating up and this young veteran entrepreneur is just getting started.

Working from home may sound appealing to the countless people that have been working in their offices and cubicles for years, however it can be isolating.

Entrepreneurs are also noticing higher real estate costs which are leading professionals and investors to Venture X. Coworking spaces are giving people another option as they work to make their businesses more effective and efficient. Coworking is going to be the hub, driving the spokes of the entrepreneurial world over the next decade.

Jason Anderson, United States Air Force Veteran and President of Venture X

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As the President of Venture X, I oversee all aspects of the growth and development of this dynamic business. I believe coworking in its essence is the future of the world’s shared economy.

It’s clear that this industry is at the forefront of a transformation in how the world views working spaces and real estate. By 2020, The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 65 million Americans will be freelancers, independent contractors, temps, or entrepreneurs.

At the beginning of each morning, 40 percent of America’s workforce could be walking into coworking spaces to do their business rather than walking into a home office or café. Venture X is primed to be the top player in the industry because of the multiple factors driving growth in the coworking industry.

Veteran Service Leads to Veteran Business Leadership As a veteran, the military instilled in me a drive to succeed against all odds. Every day my goal is to further Venture X’s reach globally and help the Venture X team move forward in an effective way. I enlisted in the United States Air Force at 17 years old and forced my parents to sign to allow me to do so. In less than 60 days after high school I was in basic training.

The military changed my life, my mindset for the future, and I believe it changed the way I thought about business and success moving forward. After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, I was deployed overseas. I spent the first few weeks shoveling wet sand into sand bags for bunkers in the cold and wet British country side. Had I gone to college I could have been flying planes and managing troops. I knew when I completed my military service, I would push myself to be successful, but also to be an example for the people around me. I guess you can say I overcompensated by getting three degrees and an Ivy League Certification.

As the President of Venture X, it is important that we applaud the heroes in this nation. When I say heroes, I mean all of the veterans and service members who have served and who are serving our great nation. I’ve watched almost every documentary on Vietnam and World War II and seeing so many brave souls run into battlefields is something inconceivable for most to understand, but these heroes did just that to fight for our American freedom. Most of these men and women will never be known by you and I or be a household name. As a small token of our support, at Venture X, we provide a 10 percent discount off the franchise fee for our heroes.

Ryan Gagne, Marine veteran owner and CEO of Venture X Marlborough-Apex Center

Veteran Franchisees Lead Venture X to Success One of our hero franchisee’s, Ryan Gagne, a Marine veteran, is the owner and operator of our flagship location in New England.

Venture X Marlborough-Apex Center opened this year for business and Ryan is already planning to expand into locations in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode

Island. Ryan made it to the rank of Sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

It excites us when we have a franchisee that takes the brand to new heights, just like Ryan. His military background shows in his business acumen. Even though Ryan is the owner and CEO of Venture X Marlborough-Apex Center, he’s the first to tell you that no job is too low for him to do. His military background is why this facility is and will stay a successful franchise location and example for the rest of our franchise system.

“Only once prior to Venture X did any former employer or business partner pass judgement in a positive way about my military service,” Ryan stated. “Venture X cares about veterans and all of their franchisees. It is clear that Venture X, and its partner company, United Franchise Group, realizes the sacrifices our veterans have taken and they respect it.”

In 2016, Venture X partnered with Ray Titus and United Franchise Group, a company that is responsible for some of the franchise industry’s top-ranked, award-winning brands. As a veteran it was important for me to see their appreciation for our armed services. As we look into the future, I hope effective business leaders, veterans, and people with a desire to grow with us see how valuable this company is and will continue to be.

Jason Anderson is United States Air Force Veteran and President of Venture X, a modern, professional coworking space franchise that offers virtual, community, shared and private offices to members. venturexfranchise.com

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expert advice: Joshua Frank | Managing Partner | RSM Federal

Double Your Sales - The Power of Communicating Value

You’ve heard it before, “It’s not about what you sell. It’s about the value that your products or services provide.” But what does that mean?

Whether your franchise is commodity or service based, sell sandwiches, cut hair,

or perform disaster restoration, you want to think in terms of how you qualify and quantify your value.

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We’re going to discuss how to communicate value and integrate with what marketers term a Call To Action (CTA).

We’re going to discuss this, step by step.

There are two parts to this strategy. The first is understanding how to communicate the value of what you provide. The second is providing part of this value, for free, as your primary CTA. This is then followed with what we call a “trip-wire” for a second CTA. You never provide more than one CTA at a time. It’s not overly complicated. We’ll use an example so you can tailor it to your franchise. Like anything else in business, it will take some

of your time but it’s well worth it.

Let’s consider a Home Inspection franchise. Remember that these techniques and strategies are industry agnostic. No matter what you sell, product or service, you can tailor these strategies to your business.

One target market for home inspection companies is real estate. Home buyers (if they’re smart), will hire someone to inspect their future home. What do most inspection companies do for marketing? They have a simple website that outlines their services, perhaps how many years they’ve been

“No matter what you sell, product or service, you can tailor these strategies to your business.”

Free Download “12 Most Common Inspection Issues That New Home Buyers Fail to Identify and 4 Inspection Checks Every Home Inspector Should Do For You.” The first paragraph of the document is a part of your sales pitch: “ABC Home Inspection has been helping new home buyers avoid costly repairs for more than 20 years. Buying a new home is an exciting experience and your focus will be on signing the contract and planning your move. But an inspection that fails to find all the issues can cost you thousands after you’ve moved in.

84% of home buyers are surprised with an average of $3,100 in repairs within 30 days of move-in. So before you hire a home inspector, quickly look at these 12 most common issues and the 4 checks you can do yourself before you select a home inspector.

“It’s not what you sell. It’s not the cost. It’s not the features.

It’s the value you provide.”

doing this, and their contact information.

Maybe their website is the first you find in a Google search. They may have a dollar or percentage discount for their services.

They might say that the discount is only good through the end of the month to create a sense of urgency. How likely are they to accelerate their sales? Not likely.

Their competitors have the same or similar offerings.

Instead, identify about the value provided.

I want you to think about your industry and the value you provide every day that you may take for granted. There are probably a dozen issues that you’ll consistently find during a home inspection. Three of these are so common, that 90% of the houses have these problems. Now imagine that a prospect visits your website and finds the following:

We don’t just inspect your home, we protect against future costs. Since 1996, we’ve saved new home buyers more than $1 Million in avoidable repair costs that should have been identified during the initial inspection and paid for by the seller. (Author’s note: the numbers and percentages in this paragraph are not real. Just an example of the type of metrics you want to use.)

The title of the free download and the opening paragraph of the article are packed full of numbers, percentages, and return on investment (ROI). When you list the inspection issues and the 4 checks, continue to describe via value and metrics.

It’s not what you sell. It’s not the cost. It’s not the features. It’s the value you provide.

Now, the second part of the strategy is to provide the document as a CTA. What good is providing something of value if you have no mechanism to identify which prospects are interested? Before they download, they should be required to enter their first name and email address. That’s

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it. If your CTA is strong enough, you’ll get people to download. Now you have prospects you can immediately engage.

After entering their name and email, when the prospect clicks the button for ‘Free Download’ they are taken to a second page where they can download the document.

But, in addition to the download is a second CTA! It’s proven that if someone is willing to enter their information, they are more likely to do it again. For the home inspection company, perhaps CTA 2 is a 20% coupon for services.

Rethink your value. Design a strategy that collects your prospects information.

It’s industry agnostic. How can you differentiate from your competition and accelerate your sales?

Joshua Frank is Chairman of the Board for the St. Louis Veterans Business Resource Center. He is the #1 bestselling author of “An Insider’s Guide To Winning Government Contracts,” a professional speaker, and awardwinning business coach with 30 years in corporate, government, and military organizations. He specializes in the development and implementation of techniques and strategies required to differentiate, position for, and win B2C and B2G business. He is currently Managing Partner for RSM Federal. www.rsmfederal.com

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expert advice: Jim Mingey | Founder & Managing Director | VBS

Fast Track Planning for Self-Employment “An estimated 3 million American veterans own their own businesses. Most could benefit from VA’s enterprising veteran support services.” pursue examining feasibility for their franchise ideas.

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So, what if you’re a Veteran who knows that he/she wants to go into business for themselves but maybe is not unsure which industry to select or which franchise in that sector to evaluate?

If you’re qualified for VA benefits one answer may be requesting the “Fast Track” method under the Chapter 31 Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Program to help you decide your direction. Of course, you must qualify for benefits including having at least a 20% Disability Rating.

But if you do a Veteran may opt to use a Fast Track plan for self-employment and

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Fast Track planning allows for the identification of a specific vocational small business goal to be deferred. In other words, one can explore the viability and suitability of a franchise while simultaneously developing the feasibility of a particular business concept. Veterans could also develop their own plan for a franchise concept. But Fast Track planning may only be used by Veterans when selfemployment is the primary focus of further rehabilitation planning.

Services provided under Fast Track can include: Eligible payments include general education courses to support training requirements in the vocational goal for operating a franchise. Or other courses designed to provide insight into aspects of running a successful business, such as accounting, business management and/or economics. The advantage of Fast Track is that you can move forward on several entrepreneurial directions simultaneously.

Every Fast Track Individual Work & Rehabilitation Plan (IWRP) for a Veteran considering self-employment must include

a referral to a “disinterested” advisor capable of providing sound business advice. In franchising that would not include Franchise Consultants seeking a Franchise Fee from specific transaction(s).

And any Franchise Fee by itself would be an ineligible cost. But referral to a professional business consultant with no conflict, either on a voluntary or contractual basis, to determine feasibility is necessary to complete an IWRP. For a free consultation on the potential of using Chapter 31 benefits for a franchise concept go to www. veteransbusinessservices.us

VA OSDBU When it comes to supporting Veteran small business aspirations the VA Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) has made great strides in supporting Veterans.

Self-employment presents opportunities and challenges to all potential entrepreneurs. Veterans are no exception.

The federal government supports veterans’ efforts to own their own businesses. VA has a special mission to act as an advocate in commercial and federal markets and ensure the Department meets certain goals in purchasing from veteran-owned small

“Fast Track planning may only be used by Veterans when selfemployment is the primary focus of further rehabilitation planning.” businesses. VA uses outreach and offers one-on-one coaching to carry out this mission. An estimated 3 million American veterans own their own businesses. Most could benefit from VA’s enterprising veteran support services.

Services VA offers: • A toll-free call center (1-866-584-2344), where veterans, military personnel or their family members can talk one-onone with a business coach about how to start or expand business; • Information on business management, financing and marketing, as well as small-business conferences and business training opportunities; • Information about legislation affecting veteran-owned business, including existing laws that require federal agencies to increase business

opportunities for veterans by setting aside a certain portion of their purchasing dollars for veterans and service-disabled veterans; • Inclusion in a Veteran business database for exposure to both commercial and government business, plus recognition as a verified veteran-owned of servicedisabled veteran-owned small business.

This way to the VA Entrepreneurial Portal and Franchising Opportunties >>>>> http:// va.gov/osdbu/entrepreneur/index.asp

market. Jim participated in the EBV Program at Purdue University, is a mentor at American Corporate Partners, developed the first approved franchise training program for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program at Veterans Administration, and was instrumental in forming the first equity fund in the United States exclusively for veteran owned small businesses and franchises: The Veterans Opportunity Fund. Jim intends to keep on ‘advocating’ for veterans in franchising. www.VeteransBusinessServices.us

VBS Founder and Managing Director, Jim Mingey, is a decorated Vietnam veteran raised from a proud military background. An entrepreneur for more than 35 years, Jim can relate on a personal level to the needs of the veteran small businessperson, and possesses the practical knowledge to implement his experience in today’s

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snapshot: Caring Transitions

The Dawn of the Virtual Estate Sale With $1,650,000 in Online Sales So Far This Year, Caring Transitions Doubles Down on CTBids.com and Opens the Door (literally) to

a New Way to Buy and Sell Referencing the power of CT Bids, Ray Fabik, President of Caring Transitions had this to say: “The sheer reach of CTBids. com has helped many franchise owners create additional revenue by making sales that otherwise never would have existed.”

Wherein many estate sales are hampered by their geographic location, Caring Transitions franchisees can sell anywhere, anytime, to anyone and now, franchisees are no longer simply selling, they will literally be showing.

Operating over 190 franchises across the country, Caring Transitions has solidified itself as perhaps the most wellknown Senior Rightsizing Franchise in America.

It is the only company that handles every aspect of senior relocation. It is one of the few (if not the only one) that controls its own national online auction platform. CTbids.com boasts over 263,000 unique site visitors and a revenue of over $1,650,000 this year alone. With a unique model that supports and promotes exclusive online auctions nationwide,

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Caring Transitions is poised to completely revolutionize the estate sale auction industry.

Imagine walking into the front door of an estate sale, moving through the whole house, noting every single item you’re going to buy and bid on along the way.

Afterwards, you make your way to the checkout and pay quickly and easily… without ever leaving your home. With the latest addition to CTBids.com, interested bidders/buyers can attend Caring Transitions Estate Sales across the country at the click of a button, from the comfort of their own homes. This is not eBay, this is an interactive tour of real-life estate sales… opening the door (virtually and literally) to the most passionate, detailoriented, buyers.

Indeed, CT Bids can serve as a major source of income for any Caring Transitions owner, but it is just one revenue stream that franchisees can utilize. Franchisees also tap into revenue from relocation, downsizing, and inperson estate sales. With a reputation for trust, compassion, and professionalism, combined with the infrastructure and marketing support provided by the corporate team, new franchisees can expect to be the #1 name in their community when it comes to senior moving assistance.

Bolstered by the newfound ability to show estate sales 24/7, prospective franchisees know Caring Transitions provides an incredible opportunity for both fulfillment and financial freedom. Additionally, clients are comforted knowing Caring Transitions will provide the services needed to help their relatives relocate with dignity.

For more information on Caring Transitions or CTBids.com, please visit: www.CaringTransitionsFranchise.com/ Ct-Bids

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