Inexpensive initial cost $25K vs. $100K+ for other franchise opportunities.
When you remove the commercial building, extensive build-out, and elaborate equipment from the formula all that you are left with for start-up is the franchise fee and normal business start-up cost. At BizziBiz that means your start-up cost is ONLY $18,000 to $25,000. Compare those start-up capital requirements to others that can rack up costs in the millions for franchises like some restaurants that require high-cost build-outs and equipment! Even in comparison to other service businesses, you will quickly see the initial start-up cost advantage that a BizziBiz franchisee offers.
VERY quick start! Go from contract to cash in one week or less!
Because we believe that “time is money,” our entire system is designed to get you up and moving in your NEW business quickly. Once you complete your Franchise agreement, pay the franchise fee and clear our compliance department, we activate your HQ. That gives you access to all of your training modules. These modules are designed to bring you up to speed in approximately 20 hours. If you happen to hit the live and interactive training schedule just right, you can graduate in just three days, and again, be out writing your first Roadmap sale… or as we say from “Contract to Cash” in less than a week. Now that is productivity – we challenge any other franchise opportunity to move that fast…. But like we said, “time is money!”
Right industry, right time = the Digital Marketing Explosion
There is no doubt that the Internet has changed life as we know it... FOREVER! We no longer pick up the yellow pages, or wait for the newspaper to show up on our doorstep to shop for specials… we just pick up our smart phone, or type our desired term into Google, right? The newest statistics are out and they are staggering. Internet Marketing is exploding worldwide and social media is leading the charge. Facebook has over 640 MILLION registered users, of which over 300 MILLION log on EVERY DAY. In fact if Facebook was a country it would be the third largest country in the world – TWICE the size of the United States. Employers are relying on the power of social networks as 53% research potential candidates online, while 80% of companies use social media for recruitment. Businesses worldwide are now relying on blogs and social media for marketing their products and services. In 2007 only 16% of companies used blogs for marketing compared to over 43% this year. Google processes over 88 billion searches per month that equals 3 billion per day, 121 million per hour, or 2 million searches per second. That is a lot of information being requested. By the way, what did we do BG (before Google)? They are not the only ones, obviously. YouTube hit 2 billion searches per day as of May 18, 2010 according to kineticknowledge.com, and Twitter does over 19 billion searches per month. Yes indeed, the world as we know it has changed – and business MUST change with it. Yet according to an article in The Daily Dose, January 13, 2010 – 46% of businesses surveyed said they did not have a website. At BizziBiz we not only provide a full suite of digital marketing services for businesses, we build websites, too. Does that sound like a GRAND opportunity to you?
Entire U.S. as your territory – (sell anywhere in the U.S. and U.S. territories)
Many other franchisee opportunities charge you MORE for an expanded territory. At BizziBiz we think that is crazy – WHY would we restrict you? There are no zip codes in the Internet world, so why should there be territories? If you have a brother in Atlanta and an old college roommate that owns a business in Denver, Colorado, wouldn't you want them as your first customers? We want YOU, our franchisees, to grow wings and FLY with the Internet – anywhere it takes you. Grow your business in Chicago while you are servicing customers in LA… why not, it is a digital, ever-expanding, world. That's why they call it "THE WORLD WIDE WEB"– no restrictions.
Enormous market – 29,952,489 small businesses in the United States
When looking at an opportunity you must first consider the overall potential market for the product or service. Specifically, how large is the target market? Is it being served or ignored? What is the competition like? What is the direct need the target market has for the product? These are just a few of the questions that should be considered. Because BizziBiz is a business-to-business, national digital marketing agency, we identify directly with the number of small businesses in the United States. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, as of 2007, there were 29,952,489 businesses. That number represents what we would consider the "target" market. And as mentioned earlier, 46% of those businesses surveyed still are without a website presence, let alone a custom digital marketing or Internet marketing strategy. So, to answer the question about the target market being served, clearly, it is not. Because digital marketing is fairly new, many of the larger digital marketing agencies have chosen to serve the fortune 500 clients leaving an enormous underserved market – small and midsized companies. The competition for this business is usually a small local digital marketing firm that does not have the capability to serve ALL the needs of their small business client. BizziBiz is a full-service, national agency with literally hundreds of clients from many various industries. Our economies of scale make BizziBiz a force to contend with. Because of our scale, we are able to leverage some of the best talent in the industry for the small, underserved local businesses that could never get the attention of the big firms. Finally, someone is an advocate for the little guy…. The heartbeat of American business! BizziBiz has a mission "to EMPOWER small business." What a worthwhile place to focus your abilities. What a wonderful movement to join!
Repeat revenue, residual income
Because BizziBiz performs a monthly marketing service, the revenue you receive from your business customer is ongoing. Every month that your customer continues to enjoy the digital marketing services BizziBiz provides, you get paid. That revenue builds as your customers build—month, after month, after month! Imagine the size of your business after a year or two of developing relationships with great business customers. And as they enjoy the benefits of competing in the digital marketing space, they’ll refer their business associates to you. Now that’s a powerful business!
No royalties, advertising fees or marketing co-op fees.
BizziBiz provides the service directly to your business customer, which is the beauty of the system. While you act at the relationship manager and secure the business customer, we are the “back-end” support and perform the services for YOU, the franchisee. What a great system! We work hand-in-hand with you, and through this specialization approach the customer gets the best customer service and the best product possible in the industry. When we work as a team, YOU, the franchisee, get the profit between SRP (Suggested Retail Price) and wholesale. Go team – GOOOoooo….
Sales process (proprietary – powerful analytical tool: QA/QR) “secret sauce”
BizziBiz knows that many business owners today really don't understand what the digital marketing space is all about. Even though most business owners KNOW that they need it, they usually don't understand the particulars about what it is and why they need it. Our goal to a happy and long- term customer is achieved through education. And in order to get your new business customer educated, we provide a quick, easy and FREE service to let them take a "peek under the covers" of what their company looks like in the digital space. This is achieved through a very powerful tool we call the QA, which is short for Quick Assessment. The QA, through a series of questions, and with some assistance from our affiliate partners - goes out over the internet and takes a snap shot of your website and digital foot print. Once this is done it generates a QR – short for Quick Report. The QR holds a lot of preliminary information about your website, what errors you might have, etc. Again, this is a quick "look under the covers" to give the business owner an idea of how their business stacks up against their competition. What a great way to introduce BizziBiz to your customers!
No hard sell - No cold calling required
This is a relationship building business, absolutely NO HARD SELLING allowed. In fact, hard selling techniques can eliminate the trust that is essential to developing a long-term customer and be very counterproductive to building your BizziBiz franchise. Many of our successful franchisees start by approaching businesses that they already endorse or people that they already have a relationship with that own small businesses. Once you establish your peers with the BizziBiz service it is easy to branch out. You then can use your initial customers as testimonials for your new customers, therefore removing the need to ever cold call for business. What a welcome relief – not just because you get to perform a very valuable, and much needed service to your friends and peers, but because you then get to reach out to others that are desirous of the same… all in the interest of gaining more market share for the people that count in your life. Ready to get Bizzi?
No contracts with customers
We are so confident with our services on a monthly basis that we don’t ask for any contracts. We PROVE our value and being as we do not sell any “box” products; all of our services are customer tailored to the businesses needs. That approach to digital marketing fulfillment means that the ONLY service we sell is ROI – or – Return on Investment. If we can’t generate a great return on your customers investment in our digital marketing services, FIRE US…. Now THAT is confidence.
No nights or weekends/Flexible schedule
Many retail or service franchises require you to work when your customers need you, which usually includes nights or weekends. BizziBiz sells digital marketing services to businesses, so you work with your business customers during normal business hours--usually Monday-Friday, 8am to 5pm. Now, don't get the wrong idea…we're not promoting slacking off in your new venture because hard work pays off. But with BizziBiz YOU get to choose WHEN you want to work, as opposed to being required to be "OPEN" for business during specific hours.
No brick and mortar – no build-out cost.
Unlike a lot of franchise opportunities that require a physical location – BizziBiz does not. You can operate the BizziBiz franchise very efficiently from your home office. Good tax advisors might inform you that if you dedicate space in your home to your BizziBiz franchise business you would be entitled to some home office business tax deductions. Please consult your personal tax advisor for the particulars as it may pertain to you. The obvious economic advantage to NO BRICK AND MORTAR is the reduced financial risk since there is no need for a long term lease or capital investment outlay for a commercial building. You’ll also avoid any commercial build out costs which in many cases FAR exceeds the franchise fee.
Very little equipment needed: Phone, computer, business card
What goes hand-in-hand with building a commercial facility? That's right, filling it with the equipment that is needed to operate your business. And it's not just getting the equipment – it's the preventative maintenance, repairs, and of course the dreaded "built-in obsolescence." Nothing is worse than learning to use an important piece of equipment, getting good at it, and then having it break down, or worse yet--finally getting it paid off just to learn that you need to buy the next "latest-greatest" machine! And if you don't you will not be able to compete. Where does it all stop? With BizziBiz you need a cell phone and a laptop computer or iPad. You say you already have that? Oh, one more thing, don't forget those business cards, but then again, a minimal expense is the scope of things.
No inventory, no shipping, no returns, no hassles….
We sell a service in the digital marketing industry – what a beautiful thing that is. No capital tied up in slow moving inventory sitting on the shelf collecting dust. No additional human resources to stock, pack, label, ship or restock returns. This also simplifies your life – no inventory and no returns means NO HASSLES.
No licenses required
Who likes to take tests in order to do business? How about having to take those tests every year? They call that continuing education? Yuk! There are no state or federal licenses or tests required to run your BizziBiz franchise. You simply need to abide by all applicable local, state and federal laws. There may be some businesses that have specific requirements within their industry. BizziBiz recommends that you consult an attorney in your area to fully investigate any and all business requirements.
Powerful virtual office – manage your business from any computer anywhere, anytime
We promote living in the digital world in all aspects of your BizziBiz franchise, including running your business using a powerful, proprietary back office system. We call this system the “HQ” – like Head Quarters, because it will truly be the headquarters for all of your business needs. You can input leads, manage accounts, and track potentials and projects for not only your own activity, but the activity of all of your sales people. Because it is web-based you can access your HQ from any computer at any time as long as you have an internet connection. That means you can literally run your business from a beach chair in the Bahamas.
Franchisee support: Live webinar support team
BizziBiz prides itself in having a state of the art franchisee support system to assist you in all your business needs. We provide WEEKLY educational webinars that cover a whole host of subjects. These webinars give you the opportunity to bring your current questions to our very capable support staff that is always there to make sure that you get access to the information you need on the spot! In addition, we have a dedicated support team that are only an email or phone call away during normal business hours. We host additional franchisee trainings and social events to allow you to access your peers and share best practices. All these activities are part of our dedication, our mission to be accessible to our franchisees, and readily available to offer solutions to you so that you can rapidly build your BizziBiz franchise. |