Ask Brad Sugars» Ask Brad Sugars http://askbradsugars.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:47:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brad — Do you believe some people are made for business and others are not? http://askbradsugars.com/brad-do-you-believe-some-people-are-made-for-business-and-others-are-not/ Hi Brad, I have a very niche business servicing owners of golf courses. To reach these people I need to advertise – and I do the same pretty much year after year. I have been noticing that the amount of new business I am getting is dropping. Any advice here? Thanks, TM http://askbradsugars.com/hi-brad-i-have-a-very-niche-business-servicing-owners-of-golf-courses-to-reach-these-people-i-need-to-advertise-%e2%80%93-and-i-do-the-same-pretty-much-year-after-year-i-have-been-noticing-that-the/ I am looking into buying a business and I am investigating an Action franchise. I came across some blog posts that the number of reported business coaches is incorrect. I was attracted to your franchise opportunity in part because of your 14 Culture Points – yet if these posts are true then I have to question the honesty of your company. However I am also aware not to believe everything you read – so I thought it best to go straight to the source itself. What is your explanation about this? http://askbradsugars.com/i-am-looking-into-buying-a-business-and-i-am-investigating-an-action-franchise-i-came-across-some-blog-posts-that-the-number-of-reported-business-coaches-is-incorrect-i-was-attracted-to-your-franchi/ For the last six years my wife and I have enjoyed an income well above what we could have earned working for someone else. Our customers love what we do. We have written a franchise agreement that we think is as success filled (for the franchisee) as our business is. Our franchise has all the benefits of real estate investing if not more. We know that our business can be successfully duplicated by others because we now have three other people in different parts of the country running businesses equally as successfully based on our model and using our products and systems. The problem is that we don’t seem to be able to sell a franchise. We spent ten thousand dollars having a marketing company prepare a campaign for us but I am now of the view that we would have had better value for money if we had thrown a ten thousand dollar party. We don’t have unlimited money to throw at this and even if we did there wouldn’t be any point we are in business to make money not spend it. We would be happy to have a partner take over the marketing and sales under some sort of business arrangement or we will keep trying ourselves, but where do we get a campaign that we know will work before we have to throw more money at it? The frustrating thing is that we know of a massive market opportunity that we are ready willing and able to share with others under an arrangement that is a win for us, a win for them and a win for the customers but no one seems to want to know. Is success out of fashion? http://askbradsugars.com/is-success-out-of-fashion/