Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: A franchise increases your chances of business success because you are associated with well established and customer driven products and service methods. You can always check with other franchisees to see what their thoughts are regarding the Postcard Portables franchise system before committing yourself. There are enough factors trying to interfere with business these days. Don’t make it harder on yourself by trying to do something that someone else has already designed, implemented and perfected.

Be Your Own Boss! We all know how much we would like it if we didn’t have to punch a clock at the end of each day. Or better yet, what about taking an extra day off during that July long weekend – and not feel guilty in doing so. How nice would it be to finally get paid for the extra effort you put forth on a cold February weekday when the rest of the staff doesn’t even show up for work? With a franchise, you’ll be the person who sets their own hours and manages their own day. All the rewards that traditionally went to your supervisor (or boss that you simply don’t like anymore) will now go directly to you and your pocketbook!

Economies of Scale: Since most franchises have established suppliers already in place, the cost of doing business is much less because of the rates and prices already contracted to many of their suppliers. As our team of franchisees continues to grow within Postcard Portables, our buying power becomes much more influential allowing us to pass on contractual rates and negotiated savings to all of our franchisees and customers. It only makes sense that the more franchisees Postcard Portables has on board, the lower the price becomes for all elements pertaining to a mini-billboard portable sign business. Mass-producing structures, ordering larger quantities of creative and having national account managers interested in our services simply reduces the cost of doing business to a level that is attractive to almost anyone!

Networking Among Fellow Franchisees: With an independent business, who can you go and speak with about improving your bottom line or tweaking your process? Maybe your mother, but certainly not your competition. A major benefit of owning a franchise is that you always have many people you can associate with in order to ask questions and/or offer advice. In the event that business gets tough or market demands change, as a team you need to find answers to questions that only people working in your industry would understand. Franchise operations offer you people to communicate with confidentially from the very first day you open your doors.

Startup and Ongoing Support: With any reputable franchise system, training and ongoing support should be nothing but the foundation for improvements, profitability and future successes for both the franchisee and ultimately the company as a whole. Postcard Portables has support staff available all of the time with regular correspondence encouraged to assist with product developments, process improvements and company operations from market to market. Before you ever put a sign into position, our goal is to have you know as much about our industry and company as possible. Our company President will make personal visits to each franchised market a minimum of once per year keeping communication from all levels of personnel open to every team member involved.

Bypass Start-Up Blunders: With all of the ‘bugs’ worked out of the entire system, franchisees can enjoy going from start-up to day-to-day operations without missing a beat and stumbling over mistakes that have already been made by prior franchisees. Most of the real costly mistakes of any new business occur at product development and business initiation. By utilizing the proven method and product that Postcard Portables has to offer, you’ll save tremendous amounts of money, time and energy! Procedures, products and processes have all been analyzed, improved and implemented into our franchise system long before you decided to join. With any Postcard Portables franchise you immediately receive a very detailed operations manual plus significant training that together will provide you all the answers you need.

Service National Accounts: The interest generated from companies wanting to do business with a franchise when dealing with strategic marketing campaigns is astounding. The benefit of making one phone call or sending out one email and having retail points serviced in various and remote locations has become the standard for regional and national companies of all sizes. Unless you can provide this sort of service within an independent business, your chances of securing large accounts is very low. Servicing national accounts with a very simple methodology helps build customer loyalty as well as building brand awareness, not to mention the profitability of the franchise. At Postcard Portables, we deal with hundreds of accounts at any one time with many of them large national companies such as Burger King, General Motors, Safeway or Travelodge.

Brand Recognition: With any franchise comes brand awareness. Seeing a pylon sign with a large yellow “M” on top of it brings upon awareness that the McDonalds franchise system has enjoyed for many years. When you buy into any established national business whether it be McDonalds or Postcard Portables, you automatically enjoy name and product recognition that comes with being associated with a large and familiar company. The “Original Mini-Billboard Company” is truly Postcard Portables and because of our consistent methodologies and product offerings, we have branded ourselves as the most modern, effective and professional portable sign company ever to enter the marketplace.

Low Risk Potential: When any new business starts up, words like staffing, bricks and mortar, infrastructure, prospecting, competition, capital investment, research and development, and strategic business planning all come to mind. Because a franchise is already a well-groomed operation with all major business fundamentals established, the prospect of success becomes extremely high. Statistics show us that franchised operations have a significantly higher percentage of success rates in the first 5 years alone when compared to any new business venture that starts up with no prior existence or involvement. Why add stress to your life if you don’t have to?

Product and Process Improvements: The franchisor is typically responsible for funding research and development for future (and sometimes existing) products. Depending on the business, there may be hundreds or even hundreds of thousands of dollars needed in order for the business to adapt to stay in-tune with market demands. One of the most common challenges for any business owner is to find the time and capital to strategically plan for future products and processes. With a franchise you can focus on your business and keeping everything running smoothly and profitably while you have an army of professionals working for you behind-the-scenes thinking about future obstacles, and how they can be avoided. Companies that don’t spend time looking into the future, unfortunately, quite often have no future.

Franchising is the Way of the Future! Even before the internet, franchising was the world's most successful method of bringing a product or service to market. Now with the age of electronics leading us into the next generation, running a successful franchise is even easier. Communication is broader, locations become more accessible, and promoting our products and services is quicker and more affordable. Not to mention, meeting the ever-increasing expectations of today’s customer is more attainable because of the internet, computers and the franchised businesses system. Being a franchisee is fun and profitable.