#franchise management

[askagamedev]

Do you have any insight as to why annual sports titles have not gone the Live Service model yet given the fact each year it is mostly minor tweaks and roster changes anyway?

I've actually worked on and shipped more than one annual sports title over my career and I want say for the record that the idea that annual sports titles are "mostly minor tweaks and roster changes" is absolutely and categorically false. Annual sports titles absolutely do not have the same scope as AAA games with multi-year dev cycles, but they do absolutely have significant breadth and depth of scope each year beyond "minor tweaks and roster changes".

The majority changes that occur each year are spread out because they must be - there simply isn't enough development time within the ~11ish calendar months between launches to rebuild everything, so decisions must be made about what gets added/updated this year and what waits for next year. That means that, besides roster updates and minor tweaks, this year we're committing to change our animation system, these eight specific stadiums/arenas, these three game modes, update the commentary system, and rework the stat simulation. Next year, we're committing to these other eight stadiums/arenas, these other four game modes, the physics system, the VFX system, and the AI logic. This sort of round-robin approach is necessary - the dev team often isn't large enough to sustain working on everything each cycle so we need to pick and choose what we can do each year within the time we have. It also means that players who only engage with some of the game likely don't necessarily see (or notice) all of the changes we make each time around. This doesn't mean that we didn't do it or that the changes aren't there, but it can certainly look like not much has changed if the player isn't playing those parts of the game.

To your main question - The primary reason that annual sports games haven't transitioned to a live service model is because of inertia. There is a well-established and financially sustainable annual sales model that works. There would need to be a significant and tangible gain to be had by switching to a live service model other than novelty - all of the current existing tools and systems are built with the expectation of delivering a new retail game each year, and all of the dev experience built up is for delivering a new retail game each year. Switching over to an ongoing service would come at tremendous cost. There must be a gain to outweigh that cost in order for the publishers to do it.

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Tips For Owning A Health And Wellness Franchise Using Franchise CRM Software

For decades, franchising has given a helping hand to entrepreneurs to map out a promising career path, be their own boss, and develop a strikingly new business from the ground state. Franchising business draws a lot of attraction because it permits you to take advantage of a well-proven business model coupled with a support system. It allows you to do so with more confidence even when you start from scratch.  

After you have settled on investing in a franchise business, the subsequent step lies in determining the industry type you’re keen on building your franchise in. In every sector, there are numerous franchising opportunities. However, as a potential franchise owner, you’d want to find out that perfect meeting ground between market demand and your interests.

If you aspire to be an entrepreneur that preens on a healthy lifestyle, you’d want to come to the aid of others in doing the same. In that case, a health and wellness franchise will be the ideal choice for you. Even though many things need to be considered while deciding on the exact franchise to put money into, here are four valuable tips you may take into account to be the owner of a health and wellness franchise. In addition, we’ll find out how franchise CRM software can be of assistance to the growth and expansion of the franchise.

Make sure your business catches the eye of potential customers.

When it comes to consumers, they put their well-being as the foremost priority. In current times, this is obvious more than ever before. And, franchise brands are observing rapid growth by making the most in this space. They pick up new customers that are willing to spend money on the offered health and wellness services.

Franchise CRM software helps you know a little extra about your prospective customers and empowers you to send them personalized messages to join forces with your franchise and provide additional value right from the start. Franchise CRM software makes it possible to keep track of contact details, personal history, and correspondence history from the very beginning. You can leverage these details for creating resonant, captivating messages for the individuals.

In recent years consumers are found to shell out more than 100 dollars per month to keep them fit through personal training, group fitness sessions, and creating their own lifestyle routine.  The global wellness industry currently stands at 4.5 trillion dollars. It’s expected to grow by a historic 40 percent by 2023. Therefore, there are lots of opportunities for growth short of any hyper-competition.

In line with this thought process, you need to remain focused on offering excellent products and/or services to stay on top of the competition game. If you’re an established brand, franchisees have the added advantage to gain access to the huge marketing and support system rendered by the parent brand.

Be cautious about fads.

Even though you adopt disruptive technology to build your business, make certain it complies with the fitness industry to make a more insightful and meaningful one-on-one relationship with a professional. In addition, the proviso that the fitness and wellness industry maintains consistent stability and attracts customers to a given location, landlords are in favor of providing these services in sprawling shopping malls or large commercial complexes. This comes to your help in securing a highly advantageous site.

The franchise CRM software you use at these favorable locations can be customized so that it allows your team members to set up smooth, conflict-free interactions with one another for closing sales or resolving customer concerns. You can put this into action by sharing appropriate documents with your team by employing cloud-based directories or a franchise intranet. Plus, you can set up chat sessions for plain-sailing collaborations in real time. In this manner, franchise CRM software facilitates salespeople to share company-adopted best practices.  

If you want your business to be stable, you need to note that with any speedily developing franchise, you’d like to be cautious in avoiding highly prevalent fad options in the market. Many of them wind up being a flash in the pan. Therefore, you need to safeguard your business by investing in a brand and franchise CRM software that have been around for many years with a proven track record of reliability and success.

Offer highly sought-after services.

Do some research on fitness categories that have constantly been in demand over decades. This will help you avoid ending up in a short-lived fad business. Personal training is one such category that keeps on thriving with every passing year. Personal trainers are always in demand that in turn has consistently grown in the last few years.  

Franchise CRM software helps your personal training professionals to get rid of mundane administrative busywork so that they get more time to devote to their clients. Franchise CRM software makes it simpler to find out the necessary information about their clients before, in the course of, or after their phone calls. It leads to sizable time-saving in the long term.

Nowadays clients, more than ever before prefer the personal training option since it comes up with thorough levels of customization in congruence with their individual needs and condition. Apart from working out, people are more concerned about their general well-being and with the desire to grow a personal relationship with their trainers that understand their requirements and can be held responsible to fulfill client goals. These are constructive reasons that will encourage consumers to keep on opting for a personal training type of service.

Expand your consumer base.

Consumers that are interested in receiving health and wellness offerings usually come in two distinct segments. They have widely varying goals and needs. Firstly you have the baby boomers generation that’s keen on increasing their mobility and improving their quality of life as they continue aging. As a cohort, baby boomers in the US, spend more than 50 percent of their discretionary expenses on personal training.

Next, come the Millenials who consider health and fitness integral to their lifestyle. They’re eager to pay as much as it demands to meet their goals. A significant chunk of Millenials belongs to the “coming of age” category. They earn a regular income and like to spend the money on personal training as well as group fitness.  As a matter of fact, a considerable part of the franchise market is centered on consumers aged between 18 and 34. Also, nearly 20.5 percent of overall revenue earnings of health and wellness franchise is contributed by this segment.

Franchise CRM software comes up with valuable insights equally for both franchisors and franchisees while they meet and interact with the two consumer segments. The software helps in gathering vital information on the performance of personal trainers and conversion rates of leads into clients on both individual and team basis. To put it simply, having franchise CRM software by your side you can see the exact performance of your business and gauge its productivity. This acumen is invaluable for your franchise in the competitive arena whereby you can identify leaks in efficiency and add finesse to the offered sales processes and customer service.

The two generations are only a sample size to estimate franchise performance. The demand for health and wellness has extended to Generation X as well as the older cohort of Generation Z. Since the overall consumer pool is massive, you need to be careful in catering to each segment with their corresponding appropriate services. So finding your niche becomes imperative. Also, see to it your core consumer base considers you to be an expert in relevant categories.

Eventually, deciding whether a health and wellness franchise is perfect for you is conditional on several factors. After all, it’s crucial that you find the real passion in you to realize whether health and wellness fit into your space.

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Best Enterprise Franchise CRM Solutions for Franchise

Best Enterprise Franchise CRM Solutions for Franchise

Managing a franchise business can be overwhelming, especially when you're handling multiple locations. A franchise customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you streamline your operations, improve communication, and boost customer engagement. In this article, we'll take a look at some of the best enterprise franchise CRM solutions available and how they can help you grow your franchise.

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Meet Brand Wide is a comprehensive franchise management software that includes a CRM system. The software is designed to help franchisees manage all aspects of their business, including sales, marketing, operations, and customer service. The CRM system allows franchisees to track customer interactions, manage leads, and automate responses.

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THE FIRST OMEN dir. Arkasha Stevenson, 2024

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*five days late with starbucks* happy birthday first name near last name deathnote <3

[crimeandpassion]

Just a Man doodles for @cowboyism. Go read :3

[thealogie]

Daniel Radcliffe is the kind of guy who perfectly memorized his thank you speech (and just held his notes without needing to look) while almost every other person was relying on their notes. You can truly tell how hard he worked to be as good as Lindsay and Jonathan…and he was! I was only really casually a fan of his before this show (thought he’s a nice guy and a good comedic actor) but I’m so converted. I’m on the Daniel Radcliffe hype train.

[lazycranberrydoodles]

modern AU where they meet again at the fast food place Xie Lian works at and Hua Cheng has to figure out how to romance a customer service employee

[shantechni]

Finally watched tmnt 2012 for myself and yeah, the things people criticized about it aren’t nearly as bad as I was expecting. These boys are delightful. Also love how Raph is super straightforward with what he thinks while guarding his heart and Donnie is the opposite; heart on his sleeve but often struggles to voice his thoughts in an assertive manner

WE STAY WINNING Y'ALL, THE '12 SERIES KEEPS BEATING THE ALLEGATIONS

Fr, there are so many things that get taken out of context or purposefully blown out of proportion and it's not even funny😭Some may want to argue that [insert favorite iteration] gets unfairly criticized the most, but I still see people pouring gasoline over the '12 series like it burglarized their home, killed their whole family in cold blood, and emptied their pantry in the same night. Rise and Mutant Mayhem are still relatively fresh to the public eye, but the '12 series is 12 years old, pls let it go omg—

The '12 boys are so delightful, so funny, so loving, so lacking in social skills, and I adore them all. If it weren't for the whole ninja and turtle bit, they'd just be your average gang of siblings who will fling each other around when one of them eats the last slice of pizza, but will always be there to pick each other up off the ground when one of them is in trouble.

Also I love your description of the difference between Raph and Donnie; it's so simple yet it easily tells someone everything they need to know about how they behave.

Raph is the most guarded of them all, but he's also the most honest. He has his issues when it comes to trusting anyone and everyone, but we all know his trust issues aren't just him being antisocial or introverted. He has real concerns about who him or his brothers are befriending and whether or not their so called friends are ready to stab them in the back. Sadly, the one time he decides to not let his trust issues get in the way of befriending someone, it leads to the planet getting eradicated and sends the gang on a months long mission to prevent a repeat of the same tragedy.

And Donnie on the opposite side has no problem opening his heart up to those around him, but he sometimes doesn't know how to go about expressing himself or his thoughts in a healthy manner. Rather than conversing with Splinter or his brothers about his concerns with April never forgiving them for Kirby getting mutated, he vents his frustrations to Timothy and unintentionally gives rise to Mutagen Man obsessing with April and her broken friendship with the turtles.

Heck, specific plots aside, we can clearly observe their juxtaposed behaviors and draw a conclusion from there. Whereas Donnie will work himself up over whatever is worrying him in the moment and agonize over approaching his obstacles properly, Raph will find a straightforward answer to his problems that'll oftentimes either end with him throwing fists or completely ostracizing himself from the problem.

[askagamedev]

Follow up to the Soul/Tekken post, do you think that game devs going up the corporate ladder or taking more orders from corporate a large reason many franchises (or long enough running live service games) can start “drifting” in focus or the franchise “going stale.”

You're correct about how developers getting promoted or moving to other studios can affect things, but it goes further than that. Honestly, it is because whole teams and individual team members change over time. People age and grow, life priorities shift and move. Becoming a parent, for example, radically shifts a person's priorities. Any of the game's major decision-makers becoming a parent can drastically alter the direction of the game. The longer a game or franchise runs, the more difficult it becomes to maintain the singularity of vision.

If we hire somebody completely new to take over, we lose that singularity of vision because the new leader will bring a new perspective. Even if we hire longtime fans of the game to work on it, the ascended fans' decisions will emphasize what they liked about the game and de-emphasize what they didn't. This can take a game in a direction that portions of the playerbase dislike - the players who don't share the same likes as the ascended fan. Think of what would happen to the Dark Souls franchise if the new leader was only a fan of the difficult boss fight aspect and chose not to spend those resources on the ambience and world building aspect of the game.

To some extent, yes - developers and influential stakeholders will move around as part of their careers or lives. Developers will grow and change over time, they'll take new jobs, retire, have kids, and their lives and priorities will change. New decisionmakers will join the team and will have different visions for the franchise than their predecessors. Beyond this, even player tastes will grow, change, and evolve over time as well. The old stuff that was super popular before won't cut it again if there isn't anything new to offer. If the directional changes meet the collective players' (both new and returning) tastes, the franchise will continue to see success. If they don't satisfy, the franchise will struggle.

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im going insane and its all @tiffanyblewss fault

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Suffering from artblock rn, so I doodles 2 of my current favorite characters (Im shocked I drew both within 2,5 hours)

That mask is defenitly panning out well

[irregularm4ngo]

hoffman on a revision sheet

[korshrimpski]

December 1999; Coyotes Captain, Keith Tkachuk, was almost traded to the Carolina Hurricanes. And when asked about it that is what he said.

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