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Game On Expands Franchise Opportunities Through Area Development

The Virginia-based video game franchise is using the area development model to expand with the help of a leading franchise consultant firm. - March 23, 2009 - FranchiseThis!

Nell Op De Beeck Found Her Calling in ActionCOACH

Change has been a cornerstone of Nell’s life and she is satisfied with her latest decision to join ActionCOACH. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

ActionCOACH Awarded Associate Coach of the Year Award at the 2009 Americas Regional Conference

John Lankford wins accolades for the second consecutive year. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Thom Finn Won Double Honors at ActionCOACH’s 2009 Americas Regional Conference

Thom Finn woos his clients and receives the “Best Client Results” and the “Longest Client Retention” awards at the 2009 Americas Regional Conference. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Jamie Cunningham Won the Coaches’ Choice SeminarCOACH Award at the 2009 Americas Regional Conference

ActionCOACH seminars are a great business building tool for businesses worldwide. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Greg Kopchuk Awarded “Master Licensee of the Year”

Kopchuk receives coveted award at the 2009 North American Conference recently held in Las Vegas, Nevada. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Ken Zelazny Won Double Honors at the 2009 North American Regional Conference

ActionCOACH from Canada bags the ActionMAN award as well as the Coaches’ Choice “TeamCOACH” award. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Rich Allen Won the Coaches Choice “BrandCOACH” of the Year Award

ActionCOACH from Texas bagged honors for promoting the ActionCOACH brand in the region. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Paul Christie Wins the 2009 Coaches’ Choice Marketing Award at ActionCOACH’s Regional Americas Conference

The conference culminated with its annual Awards Dinner to honor the “best of best” in the coaching community. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Earl Kemper Won Top Honors with Coveted “Coach of the Year” Award

Earl Kemper was awarded with the “Coach of the Year” – the highest award for a coach at the 2009 Americas conference held in Las Vegas. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

A Desire for Entrepreneurship and a Balanced Life Led Roger Hawk to Join ActionCOACH

Roger hawk has joined ActionCOACH in Idaho. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Crystal Shanks Will Help Business Owners in the Bay Area Improve Their Bottom Lines and Quality of Life

With a desire for business ownership, Crystal Shanks joined ActionCOACH in California. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Desirous of a New Challenge and Financial Opportunity, Karie Kaufmann Joined ActionCOACH

Karie Kaufmann has joined the ActionCOACH business coaching firm headed by Brian Newport in San Diego County. - March 22, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Young Entrepreneur Society’s “the YES movie” Set for First Public Screening in Las Vegas – and Features ActionCOACH CEO Brad Sugars

The screening of the film in the Concord room of the Paris Hotel is free, open to the general public . - March 21, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Five Star Painting Expands Within Colorado

Lisa Beresford joins forces to expand Colorado franchise. - March 20, 2009 - Five Star Painting

Five Star Franchisee Expands Into Virginia

Bill McElyea joins Five Star with his franchise purchase in the Virginia market. - March 20, 2009 - Five Star Painting

A New Season Begins for Your Business

How to adopt baseball’s “love of numbers” to take your business to new heights. - March 19, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Spring Training for Your Business

Now is the perfect time to train (and clean) for the long-term health of your business. - March 19, 2009 - ActionCOACH

ACTIONCoach Offers New Sales Growth Workshop

Here’s how to increase sales in this challenging economy. ActionCOACH of Connecticut is conducting Sales Made Simple!, a four-hour workshop on selling strategies and techniques that are especially effective in our current difficult business climate. The program will be held Wednesday, March... - March 19, 2009 - ActionCOACH of CT

Happi House Restaurants Introduce Numi Organic & Fair Trade Teas

Emerging teriyaki franchise introduces four organic & fair trade certified teas - March 18, 2009 - Happi House Franchise Corporation, Inc.

Five Star Painting Hopes to Use the Canadian Government's Home Renovations Tax Credit as an Opportunity for Greater Growth

To stimulate the economy, the Canadian Government reinstates a tax credit for home renovations. - March 18, 2009 - Five Star Painting

How the Lessons of “March Madness” Can Positively Impact Your Business

Fundamentals and a performance-based culture can prove successful in building a winning company. - March 18, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Keller Williams Realty Canada Welcomes New Franchise in Pt. Coquitlam, British Columbia

Company continues to grow with financial model, agent-centric initiatives - March 18, 2009 - Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

ActionCOACH Gives Business Profit Growth Workshop for Torrington Supply Customers

As part of its on-going educational series for customers, Torrington Supply Company is sponsoring Five Ways to Grow your Profits, an ActionCOACH workshop for growth minded business owners and executives. The program, which is free and for Torrington customers only, will be held Tuesday, March 31 at... - March 17, 2009 - ActionCOACH of CT

Five Star Painting Ranked as One of the Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies in Utah Valley

Utah Valley Business Q Magazine ranks Five Star Painting amongst the fastest growing companies in Utah Valley. - March 13, 2009 - Five Star Painting

ActionCOACH Claimed Spot in the 2009 AllBusiness AllStar Franchises Despite Current Recession

The editors of AllBusines.com researched, compiled and analyzed more than 700 franchise systems to compile a list of the “best of best” franchises for 2009. - March 13, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Philip Sanford Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Value Place LLC

Value Place, the Wichita-based economy extended stay lodging brand, is pleased to announce that Philip H. Sanford has joined the company as its new president and chief operating officer. Sanford comes to Value Place with nearly 30 years of experience beginning in the 1980s as an officer of a... - March 12, 2009 - Value Place

ActionCOACH Spreads Its Wings in the Caribbean

Having recently signed the Master Licensee rights in the Caribbean, ActionCOACH plans to make its presence felt in 26 additional countries. - March 12, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Team Building for Tough Times

The seminars will offer attendees ideas on how to get the most out of their current team, teach them how to be the leader their team really needs and techniques to hire and retain the best employees. - March 11, 2009 - ActionCOACH New Jersey

ActionCOACH Ranks #17 in 2009 Franchise Business Review’s Franchise 50 Despite the Recession

Global business coaching franchise claimed spot in top 50 based on Franchisee response, participation level for the second consecutive year -showing a remarkable improvement over last year’s #41 position. - March 11, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Bonus Building Care Receives Ranking from 2009 AllBusiness AllStar Franchise

Bonus Building Care, one of the highest ranked and fastest growing companies in the commercial cleaning franchise industry, has ranked 28th out of 300 companies in the first annual Dun & Bradstreet Digital’s AllBusiness AllStar Franchise list for the “best of the best” for 2009. - March 07, 2009 - Bonus Building Care

First Choice Business Brokers Grows to 21 Franchise Units

First FCBB branch offices are established in the states of Utah and Colorado – Nine FCBB franchise units in California. - March 07, 2009 - First Choice Business Brokers

Tracy Libertino, Retail and Restaurant PCI Compliance Expert, Joins Vendor Safe as Vice President– Professional Services

Vendor Safe Technologies announces that Tracy Libertino has joined the Company as Vice President – Professional Services. Libertino brings extensive experience in IT management and consulting, most recently focusing on PCI Compliance for leading retail and foodservice organizations. In this newly created position, Libertino will manage Vendor Safe’s rapidly growing professional services organization and participate in the Company’s channel partner program. - March 04, 2009 - Vendor Safe Technologies

Nurse Next Door Ranked Among Top Franchise Systems

Franchise partner satisfaction garners company 6th best ranking in North America. - March 04, 2009 - Nurse Next Door Home Care Services

ActionCOACH Expands Into the New Territory of Kenya in the Midst of the Recession

ActionCOACH Lemmie Maloiy has taken ActionCOACH to Kenya. - March 01, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Kitchen and Bath Remodeler Ranks First in Category for the Nineteenth Year

For the nineteenth year, Kitchen Tune-Up franchise system has been ranked first in their industry for 2009 by Entrepreneur Magazine. - March 01, 2009 - Kitchen Tune-Up

ActionCOACH Will Fulton Bags Double Honors at the 2009 Asia Pacific Conference

Will Fulton received accolades for winning the Coaches Choice "ActionCOACH" award as well as the Coaches Choice "AbundanceCOACH" award at the recent Regional Conference held Down Under. - February 28, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Gaylene Hughes Bags the Coaches Choice “NetworkCOACH” Award at the Asia Pacific Conference

ActionCOACH honors Business Coaches in Australia at the recently concluded Regional Conference. - February 28, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Robert McTague Honored at ActionCOACH’s Asia Pacific Conference in Australia

McTague received the Coaches Choice “BrandCOACH” award at the Awards Dinner held in Queensland, Australia. - February 28, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Focusing on the Bottom Line, ActionCOACH Ray Strongman Bagged the ProfitCLUB Award

Ray Strongman feels honored to achieve this recognition at the Asia Pacific Conference held in Australia. - February 28, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Winner of the “Best Client Results” Award, Keith Collins Urges Businesses to Get Back to Basics

ActionCOACH honored Keith Collins for Best Client Results at the Asia Pacific Conference in Australia. - February 28, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Happy Clients and Great Testimonials Help ActionCOACH Marcus Kroek Bag Honors

Marcus Kroek Won the “Best Client Results” award at the Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Australia. - February 28, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Michele Alexander Honored at ActionCOACH’s 2009 Asia Pacific Conference

Michele Alexander did not let any obstacle get in the way of her success and won the “ActionMAN” award at ActionCOACH’s regional conference held in Australia. - February 28, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Craig Brewster’s Mandate to Educate Business Owners to Overcome Recession Won Him Accolades

ActionCOACH honored Craig Brewster with the Coaches Choice “SeminarCOACH” award at the 2009 Asia Pacific Conference. - February 27, 2009 - ActionCOACH

Australian ActionCOACH Business Coaching Firm Honored with “Firm of the Year” Award

Simon Harris and Steve Kay’s team recognized as the ActionCOACH “Firm of the Year.” - February 26, 2009 - ActionCOACH

ActionCOACH Ashley Thomson Received Accolades at the 2009 Asia Pacific Conference

Thomson honored with “Associate Coach of the Year” award. - February 26, 2009 - ActionCOACH

MC2 Energy Drink, Casey Atwood and Team Owner Wayne Day Team Up at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

MC2 (pronounced MC Squared) Energy Drink and Beverage Plus Inc. President and CEO Ronald Serota announced today that it is teaming up with NASCAR Nationwide driver Casey Atwood and veteran team owner Wayne Day for the Sam’s Town 300 on February 28th at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “It... - February 24, 2009 - Beverage Plus