Franchise Update Magazine 2015 Franchise Technology Buyer's Guide | Page 22

2015 FRANCHISE TECHNOLOGY BUYER’S GUIDE ® Company: FranConnect® FranConnect is the most comprehensive franchise management software on the market. Over the past 10 years, we’ve partnered with more than 600 franchisors around the world to boost franchise development, operations efficiency, and local marketing success. We are the only organization that provides an integrated, end-to-end solution for your entire business to help simplify processes, increase productivity, ensure compliance, and ultimately, maximize your profitability. Zcubator™ Zcubator™ is Local Marketing Simplified. Transform local marketing by helping franchisees improve lead generation, lead nurturing & customer satisfaction, and increase revenues at the unit level. This centralized local marketing solution allows franchisees to send email, direct mail, manage social media, create customer surveys, local websites, landing pages, manage SEO & PPC, and to build custom branded ads based on corporate guidelines. Franchisors have the ability to provide their franchisees with the latest creative, while managing and tracking campaign performance to make better informed marketing plans. Learn more at Zcubator.com PerformanceWise™ Improve field manager performance and operations with PerformanceWise, our Franchisee Performance Management Software. Provide your field staff with the tools to track franchisee performance, audit franchisee locations, set up action items, enable one-to-one online communications, and manage field staff and their effectiveness. Learn more at FranConnect.com/ PerformanceWise 20 Captivate® A franchise recruitment platform that helps to guide your candidate through your franchise awarding process, from lead acquisition to engagement, to closing the sale. Based on franchise sales best practices, Captivate’s Virtual Brochure and Candidate Discovery Portal gets you More Leads and More Conversions. Guaranteed. Learn more at MyCaptivate.com Homepage: www.franconnect.com Address: 11800 Sunrise Valley Dr., Suite 900 Reston, VA 20190 USA Other Description: Local Marketing Year Founded: 2000 Number of Total Clients: Over 600 Franchise Brands Number of Total Locations Served: Over 110,000 Franchisees Served Typical Timeframe for Migration/Installation: 30-60 Days Noted Clients: ServiceMaster Clean La Quinta Dairy Queen The UPS Store Gold’s Gym Menchie’s 7-Eleven The Dwyer Group Firehouse Subs Driven Brands Target Brand/Organization Size: Franchise Brands of all sizes • Emerging Brands (1 – 99) • Established Brands (100 – 200) • Mature Brands (200+) Testimonials: “FranConnect is the most complete solution that addresses the key components of the business that all franchisors need. It enhances our productivity in our day-to-day operations.” Mike Bidwell, President & CEO The Dwyer Group “Zcubator makes local marketing easier than ever before... so our owners have more time for designing.” Jim Bugg, Jr., President & CEO Decorating Den “FranConnect certainly hit another home run for us with their FranConnect Solution! We are now ahead of the pack for creating and measuring our digital online presence. It is definitely helping us generate more leads for our franchisees. I would urge anyone to sign up for this great program.” Gerry Henley, President Kitchen Solvers Contact: Name: Tim Johnson Title: President, Brand Development Phone: (703) 390-9300 ext. 162 Email: [email protected] 2015 FRANCHISE TECHNOLOGY BUYER’S GUIDE TBG2015_allpages.indd 20 5/7/15 10:28 AM