Top 50 Franchise Blogs 2008

A little bit of self congratulation-fluctuation never hurt. You may have seen Evan on the tube or his website espousing the latest motivational tools and inspirational biographies about corporate titans. With 250,000+ visitors per month to his site and a mean salsa competitor on the hardwood, we may have a lot to learn.

We knew his moves were golden when we noticed Franchise Whale was featured in his,

“Top 50 franchise blogs of 2008.”

Evan, our story “How to buy a franchise with your IRA without interest or penalties”, is not even the pick of the litter! Our own hot air aside, this is a very nice collection of franchise blogs. We reviewed the list of the top 50 franchise blogs and it is very click worthy. Any entrepreneur, franchising CEO or small business titan that would like to learn something fresh about franchising, you need to bookmark this.

Indians gone wild!

I have some cool friends from India. If you have not made the trip over to that side of the world, you are really missing out. You will not find a greater collection of bright minds, hard workers and fun like Indians. I am not kidding. That guy in your IT department with the long name you never talk to, he really is a hoot! I want you to stop what you are doing, introduce yourself and get to know him, you will see what I mean.

Anyway, I told my Indian friend about my blog. He is one of my few subscribers, let me correct that, “few” would be a compliment. A dead guy’s blog is not that far behind mine in readership. Hey I am a franchising guy, what do I know about blogging!

I tell my friend that blogs and franchising are just like a Jr. High school dance. Nobody wants to get out on the dance floor until the “cool” kids start shaking it. Once you break the ice, everyone wants to dance. Your stores are full, your blog subscribers go through the roof. Business like blogging, is easy when you have a crowd. By the way, kids in India have the same "dancing alone" fears as Americans.

I need some comments! Nobody is dancing with me and I already bought the food, bad drinks and lame décor. My stories have about as much action as that kid in your 7^th grade science class with the red hair and braces that kept talking about Dungeons and Dragons without end.

It may have been the “cool kids dance first” plug or maybe he just thought I was pathetic but he obviously has a lot more friends than I do! After I moderated more comments in 2 minutes than this blog has ever had, I stopped posting them. Here are 30 that I did not post but I had to share them with you. You have got to love the comments. These are unedited, raw, and straight of the cutting room floor.

If you don’t have any Indian friends, read on and see what you are missing. You cannot write copy like this, I challenge you! If you want to get out on the dance floor with your big idea, I have a few hundred Indian friends I would like to introduce you to.

Let’s dance!

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