South Carolina Feature Articles

South Carolina Feature Articles

Looking for a franchise opportunity in South Carolina? Whether you're a first-time business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur, South Carolina offers exciting potential for franchise success. From food and beverage to retail and services, the diverse economic landscape in South Carolina is ripe for franchise opportunities. Explore the best franchise options today and take the next step toward business ownership in South Carolina.

Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in South Carolina.

Social media marketing news you can use. This week: Google boosts mobile search in online rankings; how to improve your mobile rankings on Google; Meerkat soars, then crashes; Twitter adds direct messages, even to non-followers; Tumblr offers brands access to a younger audience.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 4,079 Reads 1,021 Shares
Houston franchise group Spicy Ketchup, LLC, signs a deal to bring 5 Persona Wood Fired Pizzeria locations to Texas.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,837 Reads
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: NYU professor predicts the future of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google; free web images for marketers; Google+ on the way out?; sending money with Facebook Messenger; and Twitter wins court case protecting free speech, anonymity.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,673 Reads 36 Shares
Dzana Homan's story is one of inspiration and perseverance. She grew up in Yugoslavia where she spent a happy childhood filled with friends and surrounded by a large extended family.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,519 Reads 1 Shares
Founded in 2010 and only franchising since 2012, dessert franchise CREAM signs development deal for more than 30 units in Florida.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,665 Reads
We've rounded up another "Mega 99" issue--and that means some big numbers.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 11,529 Reads 1 Shares
Richard Paek oversees his 75 Jiffy Lube locations by creating an open channel of sharing and communicating with his employees.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 17,100 Reads
C&P Restaurant Company in Georgia signs six-unit development agreement with Fazoli's. The move will add to their portfolio of Captain D's and Cheddar's locations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,772 Reads 15 Shares
Golden Corral franchisee uses a people-centered formula that brings success to his business and fuels his desire to give back to his community.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 13,730 Reads 3 Shares
When David Gronewoller was asked to be part of this "Dominators" issue, the Golden Corral franchisee expressed sincere surprise.
  • Helen Bond
  • 11,560 Reads 1 Shares
Thomas Maguire operates a PuroClean franchise to help home owners and business owners with property damage restoration, emergency clean up, and repair services for home owners.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 10,386 Reads 2 Shares
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U.S. Census numbers show that Latinos are the nation's largest minority: the Hispanic American population in 2012 had reached 53 million and is expected to grow to 128 million by 2060.
  • Sebastian Aroca
  • 11,129 Reads 8 Shares
Increasingly, U.S. franchisors are using social media sites to build brand awareness, attract new customers, focus marketing on their ideal customer demographic, and even to recruit new franchisees.
  • William and Heather Edwards
  • 6,199 Reads 1 Shares
Joe Weiss is another one of those successful people who got started in the corporate world and did well. But there was something different he was seeking.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,074 Reads
The continuing evolution of media consumption has made it increasingly challenging for an advertiser to both capture and hold an audience's attention.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,495 Reads
We live in a world where law firms commonly have billable hourly quotas that their attorneys must meet, and substantial hourly rates as well.
  • Carl Khalil and Sada Sheldon
  • 7,296 Reads
John Mulherin, a former investment bank CEO, likes to say he flunked retirement. "I believe that as people age, they have a decision to make," he says.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,094 Reads
For many multi-unit franchisees one brand just isn't enough. They prefer to spread their risk across different brands, seeking diversity and economies of scale.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,670 Reads 1,023 Shares
When a customer ordered a sandwich at one of Mike Knobelock's restaurants in North Carolina, it came with pickles on it. "They didn't like pickles," says JJ Villafranca, COO at Knobelock's company.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,919 Reads 2 Shares
Ted Kergan's path to success as Louisiana's largest Sonic Drive-In franchisee has been marked by hard knocks.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,635 Reads 1 Shares
In a time when many business executives are looking at what to cut because of rising payroll and healthcare costs, Michael Kulp, president and CEO of KBP Foods, a $250 million restaurant company with units in nine states, is taking an "inverse" approach.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,051 Reads 2 Shares
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Cancer was a wakeup call for Charles Loflin. He was a successful businessman in 2009 going from one accomplishment to the next.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 14,638 Reads 3 Shares
In my previous guest column, I discussed how I came up with the idea for a restaurant concept that fused the speed and inherent benefits of fast casual with the flavors, ingredient quality, and service level of fine dining.
  • Pierre Panos
  • 3,143 Reads
In 2009, Charles Loflin's life was in high gear and he was racking up one success after another. Then his wife got cancer.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,740 Reads
For NFL Quarterback David Garrard, there's no such thing as "retirement." His short break from the NY Jets, starting in May and ending in October, proves that he's not good at sitting back and doing nothing.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,653 Reads
Wan Kim is a quick study. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in international management, he began his MBA studies at the University of California-Irvine at the crest of the investment-heavy dot-com boom of the late '90s/early 2000s.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 14,697 Reads 2 Shares
Two Zaxby's franchisee partners with ties to the brand's corporate office are growing again.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,942 Reads 3 Shares
Franchise Update mystery shoppers posing as qualified prospects identified a stellar group of franchise companies for best practices in lead generation, follow-up, and recruitment.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,146 Reads
In 2013, U.S. franchisors of all sizes and from all sectors are "going global" with their brands. Is this a temporary trend or a long-term strategy decision?
  • William G. Edwards
  • 3,996 Reads
When we first got to know William Bruce late last year (MUF 2012, 4th Quarter issue) it was clearly apparent that he values people.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 8,929 Reads 1,023 Shares

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