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Signature Franchising

Franchisor Development

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The Signature Franchising Development Program will be structured to your individual needs as a Franchisor. Financing for this program from Signature Franchising is available with terms customized to your business. If you feel that your company will qualify for the Signature Franchising Program, then contact one of our Franchise Representatives to speak answer your questions.

Signature Franchising Franchise Professionals will work with you and your staff, to determine the best way of structuring your franchisor program. All items necessary such as corporate entity in terms of regulatory acceptance, limitation of liability, financial disclosure requirements, tax implications, auditing standards, trademark usage, future spinoff possibilities, and Federal Trade Commission and State regulatory requirements will be reviewed. Obviously, specialized research, knowledge, and planning are needed to determine how to best structure you franchising corporate structure.

In franchising, the Franchise Disclosure Document and Franchise Agreement are more than just legal documents - they cover financial aspects of a business, quality control, operating systems and procedures, marketing, future options/alternatives and many other business aspects. The work is extensive; an attorney preparing the documents is limited to the legal process only, and normally does not possess sufficient knowledge or experience in all the various areas to develop the documents and additional materials such as operations manuals, marketing and sales items.

Below is a partial list of the products and services offered by Signature Franchising.

                                       Franchisor Development

• FDD - Franchise Disclosure Document prepared exclusively for your Franchise Operations
• Franchise Agreement prepared exclusively for your Franchise Operations
• Franchise Registration by our Franchise Attorney if you are located in a registration state 
• Franchise Sales Brochure in full color
• Website Development of your Franchising Page of your website
• Trademark Registration by our Trademark Attorney
• Franchise Operations Manuals
   1.Pre-Opening Manual
   2.Business Reference Manual
   3.Human Resource Manual
   4.Suggested Employee Manual
   5.General Operations Manual & Forms
• Franchise Sales with our 150 Franchise Brokers
• Strategic Planning of your Franchising Program
• Marketing, Advertising, and Sales by our Franchise marketing specialists
• Franchise Marketing Procedures
• Pay Per Click Marketing Google-Yahoo-Bing
• Ongoing Franchise Consulting

The Signature Franchising Program includes preparation of legal documents, operations manuals and marketing materials. All of these are created by Franchise professionals assigned to your program that works closely with you to create a Franchise that can deliver results for you.

                              Franchise Area Development Program

• Deposit Agreement & Initial Franchise Fee
• Confidentiality & Non-Competition Agreement
• Area Development Program for multiple Franchise Sales
• Area Development Agreement
• Site Selection Criteria  
• Operation Manual Table of Contents
• Franchisee Compliance Certification
• State Specific Addendum to the Disclosure Document, including Franchise Agreement
• Description of Exclusive Territory
• Term of Area Agreement
• Initial  Area Development Fee
• Royalty Fee Structure for Franchisor
• Established Franchisor Assistance with updates and marketing

Franchising Website Design & Hosting

                                                  Franchise Development Details

                                              Required Franchise Documents

Every franchise must have a franchise agreement that thoroughly describes the offering made to the franchisee. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission requires that franchisors present to prospective franchisees the Disclosure Document, FDD which contains detailed information about the franchise company and its principal executives. If the franchisor is incorporated in a state that requires that franchises be registered state filings must be prepared and sent to your state.

                                                  Franchise Agreement

Signature Franchising will prepare the Franchise Agreement defining the contractual relationship between you the franchisor and your franchisee's. This Agreement will developed in conjunction with input from Signature Franchising program analysis and recommendations, and will be based on current industry practice and recent developments in franchise law. The Franchise Agreement defines the relationship between you (the franchisor) and each franchisee.

                                         (FDD) Franchise Disclosure Document

Signature Franchising will prepare and submit to your franchise attorney, for review and approval the disclosure document required by the Federal Trade Commission and state regulatory agencies. This document will contain required information, arranged in the format stipulated by FTC. guidelines. This document protects your image and reputation. It helps ensure a uniform and consistent operation from one franchisee to the next. It helps protect an individual franchisee from adverse actions by another franchisee.

The Disclosure Document provides the potential franchisee applicant with detailed background information on the franchise company, such as: specific details about the officers - who they are and their business history; the organization structure of the franchise company; the business concept; funds required by the franchisee; training provided; termination provisions; etc.

Signature Franchising will determine the best way of structuring your franchise, corporate entity in terms of regulatory acceptance, limitation of liability, financial disclosure requirements, tax implications, auditing standards, trademark usage, future spinoff possibilities, and Federal Trade Commission and state regulatory requirements. Obviously, specialized research, knowledge and planning are needed to determine how to best structure the franchisor corporate setup. All the work that Signature Franchising do is interrelated; our entire staff works together to develop these documents for your company prior to submitting it to our franchise attorney.

                             Franchise Registration, Non-Registration and Filing States

Signature Franchising will prepare the franchise registration applications required by your state regulatory agencies.

                                                  Franchise Operations Manuals

Signature Franchising will develop the following Manuals for your Franchise Business:

1.Pre-Opening Manual
2.Business Reference Manual
3.Human Resource Manual
4.Suggested Employee Manual
5.General Operations Manual & Forms

A Signature Franchising Operations Consultant determines, with your input, the manual's style, scope, and format, and will document procedures and collect any materials that are to be included in the manual.

                                                      Trademark Registration

Signature Franchising will register your trademark and your advertising logo with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

                                      Marketing & Advertising and Sale of Franchise

Signature Franchising will develop the marketing strategy for selling your franchises. Signature Franchising will prepare a geographic expansion plan, and determine the best methods and approaches for attracting your ideal franchisee. Many new franchisors fail because they don't have the proper marketing approach and don't know the secrets to selling their particular franchise concept.

                                                                Website

If you presently have a website, then our web designers will develop a Franchising Page for your present website.

Our web designers have the creative talent to appeal to your sense of style, the training and knowledge of current web development standards and practices, and the ability to turn your Franchise Program into reality!

All website development programming/coding to run any special features/visitor interactivity on your website is completed and tested. Incorporation of your logo, photos and text content is included in all projects.

                                       Domain name registration / Website Hosting

If needed, we will immediately secure your desired domain name (pending availability) and include the first  year  of service. The domain is registered in your name with your information and you will be the only registrant contact on file.

If you require hosting services, we will provide top quality hosting services. Many of our clients host their websites with us and they have great server uptime, lots of features as well as good customer support.

Brochure

The franchise brochure still remains the undisputed king of franchise marketing materials and the one absolute essential. Your franchise prospect will devour this brochure and it will also be scrutinized by their spouses and their attorney. Signature Franchising full color brochure with quality copy and design by a company that knows franchising.  

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