Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Around Town Community Magazine | The HomeMag | |
| Investment | 37600 - 54800 | 250000 - 350000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5% | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 1996 | 2002 |
| Year Franchised | 2003 | 2006 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Around Town Community Magazine | The HomeMag | |
| 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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| Around Town Community Magazine | The HomeMag | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Around Town Community Magazine | The HomeMag | |
| 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. | |
| Support | Meetings, Internet, Field operations/evaluations | 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. |
| Marketing | ||
| Operations | Franchise can be run from home. 100% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Around Town Community Magazine | The HomeMag | |
| US Expansion | Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, | |
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | 5% |
| The HomeMag | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Year Founded | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | 1996 |
| The HomeMag | 2002 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | 2003 |
| The HomeMag | 2006 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | 5 years |
| The HomeMag | 10 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | $5,000 |
Business Experience Requirements |
|
| Experience | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| 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 |
Financing Options |
|
| Franchise Fees | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | No |
| The HomeMag | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Equipment | |
| Around Town Community Magazine} | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Inventory | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Receivables | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Payroll | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| 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. |
| Support | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | Meetings, Internet, Field operations/evaluations |
| 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. |
| Marketing | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| Operations | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | Franchise can be run from home. 100% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| The HomeMag | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, |
| The HomeMag | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |
| International Expansion | |
| Around Town Community Magazine | |
| The HomeMag | |