Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| The HomeMag | Talking Book World | |
| Investment | 250000 - 350000 | 150000 - 225000 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 6% | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 2002 | 1993 |
| Year Franchised | 2006 | 1995 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| The HomeMag | Talking Book World | |
| Experience | The Ideal Candidate Will Have * Strong Business and/or business-to-business sales experience * Desire and Talent to lead an Effective and Productive Team * Working and Applicable Knowledge of your Desired Market * A Full-time Commitment to your Success * The Commitment to follow our very Successful and Proven Systems | |
Financing Options |
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| The HomeMag | Talking Book World | |
| Franchise Fees | ||
| Start-up Costs | ||
| Equipment | ||
| Inventory | ||
| Receivables | ||
| Payroll | ||
Training & Support |
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| The HomeMag | Talking Book World | |
| Training | No publishing experience is required; we train your entire team at our Franchise Support Center and in your Protected Market. We even help you hire your personnel and find the right office space. | Franchisee's Store 2 Weeks |
| Support | Vendors are in Place your Printers are pre-negotiated with nationally managed pricing and Quality Control. The US Postal Service is ready with your National Account status and pre-arranged postal discounts. All other Vendors including Call-Tracking, CRM/SFA system, Residential List, and a few others are in place, pre-negotiated, and waiting for you. We're involved with you from day one throughout the life of your magazine. From the initial training to your first issue and throughout every magazine thereafter, we'll be involved along the way. Our industry leading support team works with you to ensure that every Ad is created to generate leads every Issue. Our job is to Support your efforts, and that includes keeping you on task toward producing the biggest and best magazine possible month after month. We develop marketing collateral, your web presence, digital magazines, new-hire and personnel management techniques, and we also work and refine your mailing lists, your call-tracking system, and provide regularly scheduled email campaigns on your behalf to name a few. | Field Operation Evaluation Field Training Initial Store Opening Inventory Control Franchisee Newsletter Regional or National Meetings 800 Telephone Hotline |
| Marketing | ||
| Operations | Average Number of Employees: 1 Full-time, 2 Part-time Passive Ownership: Allowed, But Discouraged | |
Expansion Plans |
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| The HomeMag | Talking Book World | |
| US Expansion | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | |
| Canada Expansion | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| The HomeMag | 6% |
| Talking Book World | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | 2% |
| Year Founded | |
| The HomeMag | 2002 |
| Talking Book World | 1993 |
| Year Franchised | |
| The HomeMag | 2006 |
| Talking Book World | 1995 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| The HomeMag | 10 years |
| Talking Book World | 15 years +5 |
| Renewal Fee | |
| The HomeMag | $5,000 |
| Talking Book World | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| The HomeMag | The Ideal Candidate Will Have * Strong Business and/or business-to-business sales experience * Desire and Talent to lead an Effective and Productive Team * Working and Applicable Knowledge of your Desired Market * A Full-time Commitment to your Success * The Commitment to follow our very Successful and Proven Systems |
| Talking Book World | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Equipment | |
| The HomeMag} | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Inventory | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Receivables | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Payroll | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| The HomeMag | No publishing experience is required; we train your entire team at our Franchise Support Center and in your Protected Market. We even help you hire your personnel and find the right office space. |
| Talking Book World | Franchisee's Store 2 Weeks |
| Support | |
| The HomeMag | Vendors are in Place your Printers are pre-negotiated with nationally managed pricing and Quality Control. The US Postal Service is ready with your National Account status and pre-arranged postal discounts. All other Vendors including Call-Tracking, CRM/SFA system, Residential List, and a few others are in place, pre-negotiated, and waiting for you. We're involved with you from day one throughout the life of your magazine. From the initial training to your first issue and throughout every magazine thereafter, we'll be involved along the way. Our industry leading support team works with you to ensure that every Ad is created to generate leads every Issue. Our job is to Support your efforts, and that includes keeping you on task toward producing the biggest and best magazine possible month after month. We develop marketing collateral, your web presence, digital magazines, new-hire and personnel management techniques, and we also work and refine your mailing lists, your call-tracking system, and provide regularly scheduled email campaigns on your behalf to name a few. |
| Talking Book World | Field Operation Evaluation Field Training Initial Store Opening Inventory Control Franchisee Newsletter Regional or National Meetings 800 Telephone Hotline |
| Marketing | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |
| Operations | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | Average Number of Employees: 1 Full-time, 2 Part-time Passive Ownership: Allowed, But Discouraged |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory |
| International Expansion | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Talking Book World | |