The Woodhouse Day Spa, a Victoria, TX. based franchise, is experiencing such explosive growth, they decided the time has come for a new website.
“This new website is not only beautiful and intuitive for site visitors, it also delivers control and usability for The Woodhouse and its franchisees,” said Jeni Garrett, President & CEO, The Woodhouse Day Spa. “This platform empowers us to more easily manage our web presence across corporate and franchise sites in order to continue to grow our business.”
Unleashed Technologies, based in Columbia, MD is the company that improved site management and developed key integrations that now enable The Woodhouse and its franchisees to:
- Ease content management across all websites for corporate employees and franchisees with tiered levels of access to ensure brand consistency and timely updates
- Reduce costs by eliminating manual gift card processes
- Increase revenue with online reservation booking, and the ability to target local markets through SEO/SEM
- Improve engagement with social media sharing
The Woodhouse Day Spa can now instantly create franchise sites that are consistent in branding and content, yet managed and updated by the franchisee. Building on the high impact design provided by Bates Creative Group, all sites are fully integrated into spa management systems to provide a seamless experience to visitors.
To learn more about The Woodhouse Day Spa website, visit: http://www.unleashed-technologies.com/our-work/woodhouse-day-spa-brings-usability-and-control-its-franchisees
Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Takes off in Atlanta
The long and short of it, according to Schlimer, a Long Island resident who spends much of his time in Atlanta doing his radio show, "you can find a Hall of Fame for quilting but nowhere is there a Hall of Fame, a standing site included, for Entrepreneurs."
The standing site is currently located at what is called the EPICenter in Atlanta but Mitch thinks in a year or so he will have to find a bigger space. More about this center in another blog.
Inductees in this ceremony Saturday shared their amazing stories with a crowd of 170. The evening went long but no one seemed to mind because each speaker was so fascinating. Dina Dwyer-Owens, CEO of the Dwyer Group was first up to accept an award for her Dad, the late Don Dwyer, the founder of Vetfran, a program dedicated to help vets get into franchising. I saw her eyes glistening with tears before she even hit the podium. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-Awas accompanied by his son Dan Cathy who now runs the ocmpany. Truett referred to Dan as "his assistant". The gorgeous Sara Blakely, the 41 year old billionaire founder of Spanx was a delight, and so beautiful up close I gasped. Ray Margiano, founder of Foot Solutions and Heel-Quik got the veteran's award for all his programs--the legendary Fred DeLuca, he who created Subway, told the delightful story about his partner Dr. Peter Buck and called him the smartest businessman in the world. "He comes in 4 times a year, asks me what we are doing, then says great, and then goes home. And he owns half the company". The crowd roared because everyone in business knows that the greatest ROI story of all time was Dr. Peter Buck suggesting to a 17 year old Fred that he sell submarine sandwiches-then gave him $1000 to start the business!
Harris Rosen, founder of Rosen Resorts, told an equally hilarious story of his beginnings. And the most touching of all had to be Dave Anderson of Famous Dave's, a Native American who helps people in that community start businesses of their own. Awesome. As a proud member of the induction committee for this event, I can't wait to see what next year holds. If you know someone you believe belongs in the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame--email Mitch.Schlimer@gmail.com
Photo above from left: Fred DeLuca, Harris Rosen, Ray Margiano, Famous Dave Anderson
Posted on December 04, 2012 in Celebrities, Expert Commentary, Featured Executives, franchise, Franchise , Franchise Consultants, Franchisees, Restaurants, Retail, Small business | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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