Are you motivated, ambitious, and hard working? Are you experienced in advertising sales and computer literate? Then the 'Whats On' website is the franchising opportunity for you.
If you meet the above criteria and you excel in your present role but feel that you are under-valued - then why not turn the tables and become your own boss? You'll have the potential to earn a great deal of money and watch your 'Whats On' internet website guide grow and become a part of the 'Whats On' success story. You'll have the technical and graphic backing of the 'Whats On brand and a superb software package that is continually being developed and improved. You'll be a key player in the Internet sector which is by far the fastest growing market place when it comes to advertising.
You will need to be committed, have the desire and drive to succeed and you'll need to know and love your city. Another prerequisite is to enjoy finding out what's on offer and where. You'll need to continually update your website with new and relevant details to ensure that you stay one step ahead of the competition. If you have all these attributes then this could be the right move for you.
To operate a 'Whats On' Group franchise will require both commitment and effort. You have to be dedicated with self-belief. In return we will offer the right candidates the full support, backing and expertise that have helped us become the most successful web-based events guide around.
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Our support and back-up team includes:
- graphic designers
- Website designers/developers
- programming expertise
- our own website hosting facilities
Perhaps most important of all, as your own boss and business manager, you will be secure in the knowledge that the financial benefits you reap will be directly aligned to the efforts you put in. Such rewards are always hard won, but for the right candidates they will be considerable.
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Initial franchise start-up package
£5'000.00 set up fee and monthly management and hosting fee of £1'000.00 (ex vat) We will prepare the website of your chosen city with the relevant sections i.e. accommodation, restaurants etc, but without the content regarding information of what's on and where in that area.
All our whatson websites and domains are major cities throughout the UK. - The start-up package includes training in our offices in Bristol (accommodation to be paid by franchisee) - Exclusive territory
- Use of the whatson brand and logos
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Exclusive software package to copy and download the whatson site/sites
- Full software back-up
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The benefits of being a whatson franchisee
- whatson is a well known and well respected brand
- All whatson websites link to each other
- Accommodation
- Activities
- Attractions
- Full working calendar and search facility
- Regional news link feeds to the BBC
- Affiliated links set up on your behalf to Google
The name whatson - along with our individuality and design - we are one of the few websites out there that looks like a magazine and can be read like a magazine.
Events can be easily sourced thanks to the huge advantage of linking to both the whatson calendar and to our other whatson city guides. Again unlike many other websites who pay Google to try and ensure that their websites are ranked highly, our programmers and designers ensure that whenever we build a whatson website, that it is fully optimised and submitted at regular intervals to the search engines. While this is ongoing it ensures that whatson can be sourced and reported at, or near the top, of all the major search engines.
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Outgoings - per website
Monthly management and hosting charge of £1000 per month. This fee covers technical back-up.
You will need to ensure that you have working capital to promote whatson in your area. This will cover stationery and advertising.
You will need a telephone line and Broadband connection.
A whatson franchise can be run from your own home.
You will need to invest in promoting your website. - This could include newspaper, radio or TV advertising or sponsorship advertising.
The whatson Group does not charge a central marketing fee at present.
There are very few overheads in running a whatson franchise. One of the reasons for our continued success is that each whatson website provides such a wealth of information to visitors who log onto our sites. For example, whatsonbristol receives an average two million hits a month.
You will need to take out insurance cover if you are working from home. This can usually be added to your home insurance (Home workers Insurance) and costs are minimal.
We offer on-going support and you can email our technical department with any problems or speak to them during office hours on either a Skype telephone or via our technical number: 0117 9668388. (Skype calls are free, a handset costs around £10 to purchase and it just plugs straight into your computer).
On-going support and training is available via the head office in Bristol and is free to all franchisees.
If you like what you have read so far and would like to take this a step further we would be only too happy to talk to you.
To register interest as a potential whatson franchisee state the area you are interested in and complete the form below:
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Outgoings - per website
Monthly management payments of £400 per month. This fee covers technical back-up
You will need to ensure that you have around £2,000 working capital to promote whatson in your area. This will cover stationery and advertising.
You will need a telephone line and Broadband connection.
A whatson franchise can be run from your own home
You will need to invest in promoting your website. - This could include newspaper, radio or TV advertising or sponsorship advertising.
The whatson Group does not charge a central marketing fee at present.
There are very few overheads in running a whatson franchise. You may want to use students to help with the editorial content of the website. This would offer them a wealth of experience, and of course their name would be publicised on the website as a contributor.
One of the reasons for our continued success is that each whatson website provides such a wealth of information to visitors who log onto our sites. For example, whatsonbristol receives in excess of two million hits a month.
You will need to take out insurance cover if you are working from home. This can usually be added to your home insurance (Homeworkers Insurance) and costs are minimal.
We offer on-going support and you can email our technical department with any problems or speak to them during office hours on either a Skype telephone or via our technical number: 0117 9668388. (Skype calls are free and a costs around £10 to purchase and it just plugs straight into your computer).
On-going support and training is available via the head office in Bristol and is free to all franchisees.
If you like what you have read so far and would like to take this a step further we would be only to happy to talk to you.
To register interest as a potential whatson franchisee state the area you are interested in and complete the form below :
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