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i invest in getting a franchise and this is a great question and it's one that when when i think of it there's there's three things to take into account right number one when you invest into a franchise whether that be soccer shots or any other type of of sports training business you've got to make sure you have the funds to make that initial investment okay so some coaches have that investment some coaches don't have that that money to invest right so the number one thing you need to take into account is do i have enough money to be able to invest into a franchise because a franchise is a quite an expensive upfront cost that requires you to to to pay for everything pretty much right that the upfront payment is the location right you're paying for the territory that you're you're going to be running your franchise from you're paying for you know their database pretty much the the marketing the promoting the merchandise material that that they give to kids so that kids can show up to your sessions in soccer shots shirts right so you've got there's a lot of there's a lot more things that comes to it but you've got to make an initial investment into having the license to be able to to operate your business as a soccer shots franchise so that the first thing to take into account is it's a big investment and do you have the funds to do it if you do then fantastic if not then we that this option might not be the right one for you right we know and i've worked with a lot of coaches who have created six figure businesses starting from scratch right they haven't purchased the franchise all they did was they put themselves out there they marketed their business they built a brand they built their built systems and they've managed to to gain clientele and build a reputation for themselves right when you invest into a franchise essentially you're you're just investing into a license to operate under their name okay so that's the first thing the second thing is clients right when you purchase a franchise and any new clients that come into that franchise you have to remember that they're not yours right they their soccer shots clients they aren't actually your clients so all the database all the all the information belongs to soccer shots the company the company you don't have essentially you probably have access to it to getting contact with parents but it's not officially yours and you will sign the contract at the start to say that all the terms and conditions from soccer shots including customer database belongs to the franchise so essentially those clients aren't yours they are soccer shots right and essentially what you're doing is you're paying to have the license to attract customers to your franchise but those customers aren't yours in the long term they they're soccer shots now if you start your own business then yes you you you keep your clients right those clients are yours you can offer them one-to-one training you can offer them small group training you can do camps clinics you can send out email marketing as many times as you want to them right but when you don't have the client so if you're a soccer shots franchisee you can't offer those clients anything different to what the actual company offers so if you want to offer one-to-one training for example you can't do that because they aren't your customers they don't belong to you right so that's something to take into account as well when you have your own business those clients those customers that database is yours to keep and you can do what you want with it you can you can promote a market you can keep selling them you know you can provide off different offers of different services to them they're yours but when you have a franchise those clients aren't yours now third thing to take into account is just because you purchase a franchise doesn't mean you're going to be successful right a lot of coaches go into this this with the mentality that if I buy a soccer shots franchise it's going to it's going to be a success right in the long term yes okay it probably will be a success because that company has a very strong name in the soccer the soccer industry in the united states so it does have a strong name it has a massive influence right and most parents that have kids that are younger know of the company but it doesn't guarantee that the franchise will succeed right because ultimately what happens is you still have to market you still have to sell you still have to promote you still have to close parents into coming to train into your franchise right you're still in charge of building the business all you have done is you've purchased and you've made an investment for the likes to be able to operate under their name but ultimately you still have to grow the franchise you still have to market you still have to sell you still have to talk to parents you still have to get your name and your franchise out there to be able to attract and grow your clientele so ultimately if you think about it building a business from scratch whether it be as a franchise or as your own requires the same effort and energy if it's under your own name you still have to build the business from scratch right you still have to get clients you still have to talk to parents you still have to offer training right you still have to do exactly the same things if you have a franchise then if you are operating under your own name the only advantage is that you're able to operate as soccer shots which means parents know and know and trust that brand a little bit more than if you were to start your company right it's it's the same effort and energy having a franchise whether growing your own brand right and this is something a lot of coaches get confused because they think that if they just purchase a franchise they're going to get clients automatically right and ultimately it doesn't work that way okay you still have to promote you still have to market you still have to build the business even if you have a franchise right so you have to put the same amount of energy and effort that you would if you had your own brand then if you had a franchise a franchise okay so hopefully this video has helped you if it has make sure you subscribe to the channel to stay up to date also if this is something you're looking to do in the future you might need some more help with it some more clarity then get in contact with me there's two ways you can do that visit the description in this video you can click on my calendar link schedule a free 15 to 20 minute call with me or you can also send me a question to my email directly which is make money coaching sports at gmail.com all right those are the two ways to get in contact me so I make it a priority every single day to speak to coaches to engage to connect so if don't be stuck with your business reach out to me and I'll be happy to get on a call with you sometime this week okay thank you for watching and I'll see you on the next video