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January 6, 2026

2026 Playbook for Franchises: Building an AI-Powered Advertising Engine

This post is part of a series highlighting the chapters of our Top Franchise Digital Marketing Trends 2026 report, designed for franchise executives, marketing leaders, and agency partners to anticipate...

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January 6, 2026

AI-Powered Digital Advertising & Personalization: The Rise of Intelligent Media

This post is part of a series highlighting the chapters of our Top Franchise Digital Marketing Trends 2026 report, designed for franchise executives, marketing leaders, and agency partners to anticipate...

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December 24, 2025

2026 Playbook for Franchises: Competing in AI Search

This post is part of a series highlighting the chapters of our Top Franchise Digital Marketing Trends 2026 report, designed for franchise executives, marketing leaders, and agency partners to anticipate...

A comic book-style illustration of a man and robot speaking with the text box: Generative AI has transformed how people find, evaluate, and act on information
December 24, 2025

AI-Powered Search & Discovery: The New Search Paradigm

This post is part of a series highlighting the chapters of our Top Franchise Digital Marketing Trends 2026 report, designed for franchise executives, marketing leaders, and agency partners to anticipate...

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December 17, 2025

2026 Playbook for Franchises: AI as a System

This post is part of a series highlighting the chapters of our Top Franchise Digital Marketing Trends 2026 report, designed for franchise executives, marketing leaders, and agency partners to anticipate...

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December 17, 2025

What to Expect from AI in Franchise Marketing in 2026

The pace of transformation in digital marketing has never been faster or more consequential. The combination of artificial intelligence, automation, privacy reform, and shifting consumer behavior is redefining how brands...

We review the major franchise development/franchisee acquisition trends we are seeing in 2024, and what we predict for the future.
June 12, 2024

Video: Franchise Development 2024 Trends and Forecast

In this week’s episode, we discuss the major franchise development/franchisee acquisition trends we are seeing in 2022, 2023, and 2024, as well as what we expect to see through the...

Lou Gervasi of the Canadian Franchise Association
April 24, 2024

Podcast: CFA National Convention Wrap-Up with Lou Gervasi

In this week’s episode, we speak with Lou Gervasi about the recent Canadian Franchise Association National Convention, held April 6-8, 2024 in Montreal, Canada. Lou provides a great rundown of...

A&W Canada's Max Crooks
April 10, 2024

Live from the 2024 CFA Convention with A&W Canada’s Max Crooks

In this special episode, we chat with A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.’s Max Crooks, who talks about attending the Canadian Franchise Association’s National Convention for the first time.  ...

ServiceMaster Director of National Sales Maureen Catania
April 10, 2024

Live from the 2024 CFA Convention with ServiceMaster’s Maureen Catania

In this special episode, we are live from the Canadian Franchise Association National Convention with ServiceMaster’s Director of National Sales Maureen Catania. She talks about the growth of the company...

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