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Small Business Community Involvement: Get out there and Get Noticed!
The connection between a small business owner and the community is very important. People like to do business with companies they feel support their belief systems and work toward common goals. Getting involved in the community locally in a more meaningful way can be a mutually beneficial experience, enhancing your community while helping to grow [...]
Employee Training Ideas: Have Fun with It!
Your employees represent your business to customers, which is why proper training is vitally important. Unfortunately, employees typically don’t embrace training sessions with enthusiasm. To combat this problem, many companies are injecting some fun into their training sessions. Here are a few fun employee training ideas: Laughter is good for business. Nothing lifts the mood [...]
Winter Battery Car Care Tips
Although winter is difficult on many car engine parts, it is especially tough on the vehicle battery, making winter battery preventive maintenance extremely important. Cold weather affects batteries more than any other engine component for several reasons. Filled with fluid comprised mostly of water, batteries are susceptible to freezing. Additionally, cold weather thickens engine oil, [...]
Franchise Business Review Interviews Interstate All Battery Center® SVP Scott Miller
Eric Stites of Franchise Business Review recently interviewed Scott Miller, Senior Vice President of the Independent Distributor Group and Interstate All Battery Center® at Interstate Batteries. Miller talked about Interstate and the new All Battery Center franchises available. Battery Market The battery market is a $15 billion per year business in the United States, and experts project [...]
Best Franchise for your Lifestyle
Best Franchise – If you’re thinking about buying a franchise, but not sure where to begin, try asking yourself “what makes sense for my lifestyle?”
Cincinnati Interstate Battery Franchisee, Showing Business Leadership Characteristics, Awarded $15,000
Rodney Swope was close to signing a major business customer with 30 stores around Cincinnati. The problem? To effectively serve the customer, the Interstate All Battery Center® franchisee would have to hire several new employees and lease an additional delivery vehicle – and incur a significant amount of debt. Thanks to an award from a [...]
Edmonton All Battery Center® Powers Fire Safety
The Interstate All Battery Center® in Edmonton, Alberta, teamed up with the city’s fire rescue services, Edmonton Fire Fighter’s Union and the Canadian Home Builders Association in October by sponsoring a key piece of the Edmonton Smoke Detector Program. The program provides protection to residents from home fires by inspecting existing smoke detectors in older [...]
Interstate Batteries Commercial
Interstate Batteries’ three most recent 30-second TV commercials support local stores in growing shares in their market. These new ads deliver on several things we wanted to accomplish. 1) First of all, we wanted to be true to our brand and deliver on our brand purpose of “Powering the things that make life better.” The [...]
Common Household Batteries you should always have on Hand
Waking up to your cell phone’s alarm, brushing your teeth with an electric toothbrush, checking your watch, and opening the garage door – A typical morning routine, right? What if all of these items required plug-in electricity instead of batteries? Then what if the power went out? Your day would start out pretty different without [...]
The Franchise Expo
If you are a would-be entrepreneur, there is no better place to gain insight than The Franchise Expo, at the Dallas Market Center Oct. 15-16. Do not be deterred by the shaky economy; franchising is a proven business model. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 95% of franchises are still in business after [...]
