Researching deep into all aspects of market
ing,
in regards to franchising,
we have uncovered many little known, or advertised aspects about the franchise business model.
Since our research is indepth, the results of that digging deep for answers
has led to new and important discoveries concerning the whole aspect of building businesses for profit.
It has come to the attention that even though the franchise
may hold a greater foothold to those seeking jobs,
affiliate marketing actually parallels
in many different aspects.
While people searching for a real business like the franchise,
most of those same people would run very quickly away
from any mention of the word affiliate marketing.
There have been many in the MLM
and network marketing industry who have gotten severely chastised
and lost money from marketing an affiliate business,
but likewise, there have have also been many as well,
that have suffered the same results at the hands of franchising.
Franchising is a legal agreement that takes place between the corporate franchise business,
and the purchaser of that entity.
Admittedly, the franchisee may have certain aspects going for them;
however, the success rate is totally dependent
on the corporate providing training,
management skills, advertising skills,
marketing skills an an abundance of hard work and effort.
Affiliate marketing actually follows along with the same model; however,
it is always approached dif
ferently.
People today, even though living in the fast paced techno world are very wary,
as they should be, of anything seen on the Internet.
The whole scope of the world wide web receives a lot of bad publicity
because of the hype and scams that are constantly perusing about online.
Franchisors that practice franchise fraud
will attempt to pressure a franchisee leaving the franchise system
to sign a non-disclosure agreement,
confidentiality agreement, or a gag order.
The gag order allows franchise misrepresentation
by preventing prospective new franchisees learning important details about the churning franchise.
Unfortunately, the Federal Trade Commission Rule
and the State Franchise Disclosure Documents
that govern the sale of franchises appear to enable franchisors
to withhold negative facts concerning the performance of the franchised business plan
from new buyers of franchises
and to disclaim that the franchisors
have promised anything in the way of success
and profits in the written disclosure document and the binding,
and generally non-negotiated,
franchise agreement.
The sellers of franchised business plans,
the franchisors, themselves,
appear to have no obligation under current rules
and regulations to disclose negative system UNIT performance statistics to new buyers
of the franchised business plans
who then unknowingly purchase franchises that have demonstrated low
or no profitability and high failure rates of founding franchisees.
Uniquely, franchisors, themselves,
under the FTC Rule and the State Franchise Disclosure Documents
appear not to have to disclose system UNIT Performance Statistics
in their possession to new buyers,
and new buyers of franchises must do their due diligence
with current and ex-franchisees.
It should be noted that current and ex-franchisees of systems
have no duty under the law to disclose information about their businesses to prospective franchisees.
A successful pyramid scheme combines a fake yet seemingly credible business
with a simple-to-understand yet sophisticated-sounding money-making formula
which is used for profit.
The essential idea is that a "con artist" Mr. X, makes only one payment.
To start earning, Mr. X has to recruit others like him who will also make one payment each.
Mr. X gets paid out of receipts from those new recruits.
They then go on to recruit others.
As each new recruit makes a payment,
Mr. X gets a cut. He is thus promised exponential benefits as the "business" expands.
Such "businesses" seldom involve sales of real products
or services to which a monetary value might be easily attached.
However, sometimes the "payment" itself may be a non-cash valuable.
To enhance credibility, most such scams are well equipped with fake referrals, testimonials, and information.
The flaw is that there is no end benefit.
The money simply travels up the chain.
Only the originator (sometimes called the "pharaoh")
and a very few at the top levels of the pyramid make significant amounts of money.
The amounts dwindle steeply down the pyramid slopes.
Individuals at the bottom of the pyramid (those who subscribed to the plan,
but were not able to recruit any followers themselves) end up with a deficit.
As the reader can clearly see,
the similarities in the scam scenario are actually very closely related.
One must understand that in business,
there are always a certain number of people that choose to take the simple and easy route.
They are not willing to work for their bread,
and are in the constant process of trying to find just that right niche,
that right place in the sun that will make them rich beyond all wildest dreams,
and turn them from average, to extraordinary.
Will a franchising business make you rich?
Most likely, it may provide a living for your family,
but in all honesty,
that is about all that it will do besides fill up your time
with and extraordinary work load.
We offer something different.
We do not offer a franchise business,
but rather an alternative to franchising or affiliate marketing.
to learn more, simply click any of the links in this article,
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James Eckburg
Senior Health and Wellness Strategist
http://www.google.com/profiles/JOEckburg
114 E. Franklin St.
Lanark, Illinois 61046
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