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Our Town America Wins 2013 Franchisee Satisfaction Awards

Our Town America, the nation’s first and fastest growing new mover direct marketing franchise, has been named one of the top winners in the 2013 Franchise Satisfaction Awards. This year, Our Town America ranked #2 of all advertising and sales franchises, #5 in franchises under 50 units and #46 in the Top 50 Best of […]

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Ocutech, Inc. Awards Scholarship to High School Student

Haroon Ghori, a high school student, receives scholarship for his winning low vision aid awareness essay at National Albinism meeting Albinism causes a range of challenges for individuals who are affected, not the least of which is visual impairment.  Seeing at a distance, reading signs, the blackboard, seeing friends, the teacher, TV and driving can […]

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Small Businesses in Greater Milwaukee Area Taking Aim at New Wave of “Emotional Movers”

Our Town America Welcoming Packages Deliver “Warm and Fuzzy” to New Residents; Customers Remember and Come Back For More More than 40 million Americans will move nationwide this year, many carrying emotional distress along with their belongings because they recently lost their house or job.  Chances are they won’t be greeted by a smiling face […]

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Entrepreneur Fulfills Retirement Goal With a Move and an IFG Franchise

Mark Osborn has found post-retirement satisfaction giving back to his community with Interface Financial Group. Charleston, S.C. – January 15, 2013 – Mark Osborn participated in more than 5,000 joint surgeries during his nearly 20-year career in healthcare. Osborn is not a surgeon or operating room nurse; he owned a medical device distributorship that supplied […]

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Owning a Franchise is the New Retirement

Former CFO Lee Landon finally finds work-life balance in his post-retirement career with Interface Financial Group Atlanta, GA – January 9, 2013 – Many Americans used to imagine their retirements as a time of relaxation and leisure. But for more and more Americans, retirement is the time to find a new career. According to the AARP, […]

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Metal Supermarkets Launches New Franchise Website

Metal Supermarkets Franchising Family of Companies is expanding its franchise network. As part of the companies’ revamped marketing strategy, the small quantity metals distribution franchisor has launched a new franchise website to accelerate expansion. “Our new franchise website is the latest resource aimed at growing Metal Supermarkets’ brand,” says Stephen Schober, Metal Supermarkets’ President and […]

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Career Reinvention at 58: Baby Boomer Turns to Franchising to Find New Start

After multiple career reinventions, long-time businessman Barry Johnson finds happiness in professional service franchise, The Interface Financial Group Bethesda, MD – October 29, 2012 – In 2010, Barry Johnson found himself doing something he hadn’t done in three decades: putting a resume together. Johnson, now 58, had spent the last 30 years running four different […]

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South Florida Urgent Care Center Provides Online Doctor Visits

Pembroke Pines, Fla. – With life moving at warp speed, there is no time to be sick. If you get sick, you need to get better as quickly as possible. Good luck scheduling a doctor visit on short notice. If you have a webcam, then worry no more – you can see a doctor whenever […]

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Careful with that tweet, it could be loaded

This morning twitter followers of @NRA_Rifleman, the official handle for The American Rifleman, the official journal of the National Rifle Association, woke up to this This is probably a normal, albeit strange, greeting for the publication and its followers. However, this morning’s tweet was cause for alarm as news of an overnight shooting rampage in […]

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Through rain, sleet, snow and congressional meddling

Through rain, sleet, snow and congressional meddling

The U.S. Postal Service gets a bad rap. I can’t think of many other organizations with such common negative phrases associated with them, like “going postal” or “mailing it in” (slacking). Then again, not many institutions have been around since 1775. The woes of the postal service have made major headlines. Without paying much attention […]

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Brian Sanders of i9 Sports at the 2012 IFA Conference

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