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• Franchise & Business Opportunities
• Business Opportunity Scams
• Franchising
• Business Opportunities
• Vending
• Direct Selling

Franchise & Business Opportunities

• Aligning the expectations of franchise parties
• The most frequently asked questions about franchising
• Franchising Results Show Buoyancy
• Spotlight on sport franchising for community entrepreneurs
• Greater appetite for franchised fast foods and restaurants
• FASA PREDICTS RAPID GROWTH IN FRANCHISING LEADING UP TO 2010
• Franchising takes aim at the emerging sector
• Securing high-income vending locations.
• Look before you leap into a franchise.
• More firms should move to franchising
• Franchisors Need to Set the Trend
• SA's Food Franchise Growth Exceeds All Expectations
• A Lesson in Franchising Success – Becoming St Elmo’s
• Cellphone Shops Driving SA’s Franchise Growth
• Franchsing gets a boost as thousands visit FBOE 2007
• Seda boosts franchise entrepreneurship through Hot Dog Café cadet scheme training
• Century 21 launches franchise brand in SA
• FASA Awards for Excellence in Franchising
• BEE partners in QSR franchising sector
• Famous Brands to buy back rights for R150 million
• Automotive Opportunities: The road to financial freedom
• Maxi’s Opens in Hazyview
• Maponya ready to open Soweto Toyota
• Simply Asia opens in Randburg
• Location is the biggest challenge for SMEs
• What to consider when buying a business
• Quick News: Imperial Holdings win rental franchises
• Before Buying A Franchise
• Starting a Vending business - What you need to know
• Marketing your Franchise Online – Part 1
• Marketing your Franchise Online - Pt 2
• Business Opportunities to be Showcased at Expos
• Building the Best Franchisor/Franchisee Relationship Possible
• Negotiating the Purchase Price of a Business
• Franchising – a ‘Tried and Tested’ Tool for Developing Entrepreneurship?
• Want to Start your Own Business? Why Not look at the Benefits of Franchising
• Franchise Ideas to Ponder
• Products Available In The Wellness Industry
• BizOpps Offers Business Opportunities Ahead of 2010
• Franchising with the Family
• Successful Property Franchise Gets Personal
• Nu Skin – Weighty Profit
• Big Business has Humble Beginnings
• The Fine Print of Your Franchise Agreement
• Simply Asia Opens a Franchise on the West Rand
• Fast-Food Group has Taste for Jewellery
• Autopage Cellular Offers Great Business Opportunity
• Franchise Profile: Resentile - The “Rooftop Revolution”
• Own a Franchised Business
• Gourmet Burger – Masters of Tongue and Cheek
• Franchise Looks Abroad in Volatile Market
• Mike’s Kitchen comes Full Circle
• Gener8: Finding Solutions to South Africa's Energy Crisis
• Accelerated Success In Direct Selling Begins With Education
• Get Smart with a Planet Fitness Franchise
• Franchise Profile: The Coating Worx
• MLM Staying Power: How to make money- and teach your downline to do the same
• Keg Announces Winners of Annual Awards for Excellence
• Giving African Cuisine a Facelift – Pantsula Bites
• Franchisor to Use Rugby to Turn Men On to Beauty Care
• Where the Smart Money Makes Money
• Fisherman’s Deli – an Outstanding Franchise Investment
• Dis-Chem to Expand Through Franchising
• Direct Selling Profile: Miglio
• US Franchise Opportunity Coming to South Africa
• Making a Living from Eish2o
• Providing Solutions for Entrepreneurs
• ReVitalize - A New Opportunity in the Health and Wellness sector
• 50 years of Market Ups and Downs and Still Going Strong – Aida
• 5-star tyres: The New Look Franchise Business for Driven Entrepreneurs
• Franchise Profile: DrumKidz
• The True Spirit of Entrepreneurship
• Internet Marketing for Your MLM Business
• China's Tiens Group co. Bringing New Opportunities to SA
• Fitness Franchises Merge for Better Results
• Ola Milky Lane Franchisee Scoops Her Second Award
• Entrepreneurs - How to Keep Your Motivation Alive
• Wholesome Health Franchise Opens in Menlyn
• Entrepreneurs Making a Difference in South Africa
• 2010 Business Opportunity Workshop Open to CT Entrepreneurs
• Finding A Franchise To Buy – Where Should You Begin To Look?
• And the Nominees are...
• Low-Cost Housing Becomes Entrepreneur’s Dream
• Cash Crunch Hits SMEs
• Big plans for Ola Franchise 50 years On
• Consumer Bill Needs ‘Further Work’
• Business Opportunities Await you in Ghana
• Franchise Businesses Expand with SMS Messaging
• The Basics of Starting a Business
• Cash Converters Franchises Resilient Through Tough Times
• Run a Successful Business in South Africa’s Security Industry
• Your Business e-Commerced in 24 hours
• The Right Time to Seek Investors
• Solve Your Working Capital Crisis by Leveraging Debtors
• Incredible Machines Offer Limitless Business Opportunities
• Breaking into Africa
• Why Opportunities in Retail and Entertainment are Stealing the Show
• Seda Launches Belgian Entrepreneurs Day Concept in SA
• As Many Opportunities as Obstacles for SA SMEs
• FASA Saluted the Role Franchisees Play in Franchising
• Work Smart Say FASA Franchisee Award Winners
• Beware of Scamsters looking for Opportunities in the Road Transport Industry
• How to Spot Fly-by-Night Franchises
• The Consumer Protection Bill - Bolstering the Rights of Franchisees
• Find Funding for Your Business: What banks really look for
• What the Others Missed
• Weaker Rand Affecting Small Importers: How to survive
• Franchisors are Captaining the Economy
• Opportunity to Charge in Pounds but Pay in Rands
• Managing your expectations of a future in multi-level marketing
• The 2009 Opportunities Lucky Packet
• Trends in franchising for 2009
• Facts on Franchising
• Rate cut not enough to help entrepreneurs – COSATU
• A Woman's Intuition
• Franchising in a Good Position to Weather Economic Storm
• What banks want to see in a business plan
• $1 000 Recipe and a rhyme creates winning chicken brand
• Economic Monster Eats its Way into the Food Franchise Business
• Hot Opportunities in SA's Food Franchise Sector
• Humico: Cashing in on the food and beverage industry
• What’s In A Name?
• Banks Take Power Back From Bond Originators
• Anti-Retirement: Opportunities for the golden years
• Hydro, Solar and Wind Energy Projects get a boost in South Africa
• Nuskin the Talk of the Town
• Not All Doom and Gloom for the South African Property Market
• Regus to Open Dakar Office Centre
• Chinese Trade Misses Bush Era
• Work From Home: Good for you. Good for the boss
• Revolutionary New Vending Concept Coming Soon
• Another South African in London: Vida E Caffé opens on Regent Street
• Entrepreneurs Up in Arms Over Proposed Liquor Ban
• Report Back: Bank fraud scam - the Ombudsman responds
• Get it While it's Hot
• Tough Times for Sponsorship
• Dulce Group Cashing in on Emerging Local Market
• New Bill Clips Wings of Suppliers
• The Ups & Downs of Retailing
• Searching for Western Cape’s Top Business Women
• Opportunity on Tap
• The Secret to Creating Wealth
• Mboweni Confirms Full Percent Rate Cut
• Getting to Know Captain DoRego's
• World-Famous Brand Now in SA
• Youth Entrepreneurship – Hope For The Future
• SA’s Franchise Industry Sound
• HBD Looking To Invest Up To R50-Million In Fast-growing Local Businesses
• SME’s Beware - Tough Action To Be Taken Against Sale of Counterfeit Goods During 2010 Soccer Event.
• Eskom’s New Feed-in Tariffs Opens Door for Entrepreneurs
• FASA Honours SA’s Top Franchises
• Are You a Social Entrepreneur?
• OBC Chicken on the Expansion Trail
• Simple – But Not Obvious – Ways to Prosper in Tough Times
• A Very Simple System Essential For Internet Wealth and Freedom
• Exposing Five Myths About Franchising
• Caltex Markets SA’s Most Expensive Business Opportunity
• Exporting VAT fees - Save Yourself A Lot of Trouble By Doing It Correctly
• The State of Franchising in SA
• Thinking Outside the Box Gives Life to Thrilling Adventure
• Forget About Bailouts - Here's what you can do for your business
• FNB Franchise Think Tank 2009: An overview
• Meet SA's Top Black Franchisees
• The Rise & Rise of the Anti-Aging Industry
• Running a Salon: The good the bad and the ugly
• The Consumer Protection Bill Revisited:
• An Unlikely Match
• Successful Franchise Model Gets Branding and Standards Boost
• Boycott the Recession - Here's how you can save your business
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• Local Entrepreneurs Create New Opportunities for Online Ordering
• Low Cost Ways to Generate Leads
• Venture Capital Harder Hit in US than SA
• Opportunity Knocks for Home-Based Entrepreneurs
• Computers 4 Kids Bridge the IT Gap
• Do You Have an Innovative Idea?
• Where Did All The Money Go? Finding funds in tough times
• 22 Entrepreneurial Temptations Every Business Owner Needs to Avoid
• A Mom Inspired
• Why Ponzi Schemes Exist - and Not Just in South Africa
• Renewable Energy Highlights South Africa’s Entrepreneurship Skills
• Investing in Renewable Energy
• Cape Crafters Clinch Orders at Lifestyle Trade Show Launch
• Opportunities Arise as China Food and Beverage Traders Aim to Capture African Markets
• New Opportunities Arise for Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa
• Five Steps to Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur in the Call Centre Industry
• Innovation Enabler to Help Get IT Start-Ups Off the Ground
• Checklist for Starting a Business
• New Franchise Opportunity First of its Kind in SA
• Knocking New Life into SA’s Property Scene
• On-line Competition Opens Doors to Funding
• Is Venture Capital The Right Funding For Your Business? Take The Online Test
• FNB Hosts ‘Affordable Franchise Night’
• Cash for Your Energy Ideas
• Cape Small Business Week to Run in Conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week
• The Impact of the Consumer Act on Franchising
• Jobs Could be Affected by Slump in Tourism and Entertainment
• No Loan Required
• Direct Selling a Sound Choice. Here’s Why
• Your Next Boss Could Be You!
• Two Sides to Every Coin
• Energy at Work
• Is Home-Based Education the Future of IT Training?
• Million Dollar Babies
• Little People. Big Business.
• Work from Home? Become an Attention Seeker!
• Why "Education is an Exciting Adventure" for Entrepreneurs
• Turning your Talent into a Business
• Job Losses Could Exceed One Million Mark. Start Your Business Now
• Family Business – South Africa’s most important small business resource
• Many Start-ups, More Opportunities
• Interesting Home Business Facts
• Surviving the Small Business Journey
• Get Your Business Going Without Money
• Tips and Traps When Buying an Existing Restaurant Business
• Showcasing SA's Most Innovative Businesses
• Know What Your Customers Want
• Conference Positions UCT as the School for Emergent Market Business
• A Recipe For Success for South Coast Franchisee
• A Dream Worth Buying
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• Starting Your Own Health and Beauty Business Part One: Franchising
• Starting Your Own Health and Beauty Business Part Two: Self-Starters
• Starting Your Own Health and Beauty Business Part Three: Web-Based Start-Ups
• The Seven Deadly Small Business Sins
• Gold Plating: The Chance for Anyone to Make Extra Cash
• In Business with SA Franchise Warehouse
• The Auto Sector - 54 Ways to Make Money
• Entrepreneurs, Make the Best of 2010
• Entrepreneurs Fuel Retro Revival
• A Fresh Approach to Franchising
• New-Age Incubators Spur Economic Growth
• Tax Concessions for World Cup Vendors
• All the Incentive We Need to Cash in on Renewable Energy
• Small Businesses Can Gain Access to e-Commerce via New Toolkit
• Boost for SA's Township Entrepreneurs
• Tips to Successfully Sell a Small Business
• Franchising in 2010: The Consumer Protection Act
• Chicken South Africa’s Favourite Fast-Food
• Mochachos – A world of foods
• Food Franchises and the International Market
• Maximise World Cup by Breeding MICE
• Development Boost as Ferrero Begins Investing and Growing Locally
• Import and Export Foreign Currency Rule Relaxed

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Business Opportunity Scams

• Pyramid schemes are back - dont get caught out!
• DTI Deems Working From Home Ads Illegal
• Spotting a scam
• Scamsters: Quick to Abuse Your Information!
• Beware of Scamsters looking for Opportunities in the Road Transport Industry
• Dodgy English Used in Identity Theft

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Franchising

• Mochachos – A world of foods
• Franchising - Something for Everyone
• Successful Franchise Model Gets Branding and Standards Boost
• New Bill Clips Wings of Suppliers
• Sorbet: A refreshingly different franchise opportunity
• Taking Tyre Services to your Community: A unique franchise opportunity
• Starting Your Own Health and Beauty Business Part Three: Web-Based Start-Ups
• Dulce Group Cash in on Emerging Local Market
• Another South African in London:Vida E Caffé opens on Regent Street
• 7 Habits of Successful Franchisees
• Fast foods the new success story.
• Marketing Tips - Franchises Benefit from Integrated Promotions and Mail Campaigns
• The Impact of the Consumer Act on Franchising
• The Best Way to Sell your Business
• Strike While the Iron’s Hot – and the Lights are Out
• Big plans for Ola Franchise 50 years On
• Work Smart Say FASA Franchisee Award Winners
• OBC Chicken on the Expansion Trail
• Are you cut out to be a franchisee?
• A Recipe For Success for South Coast Franchisee
• The State of Franchising in SA
• Do you have what it takes ?
• Building Your Dream Franchise Business
• Meet SA's Top Black Franchisees
• Franchise Giant, Chicken King, Hatches New Look, New Menu & New Direction
• Exclusive gym for women franchise makes a model mark
• Everything you need to know about franchising
• Finding and keeping good retail sites
• Franchise Profile: Spit Braai King
• Run a Successful Business in South Africa’s Security Industry
• Two year programme planned to train, mentor prospective franchisors
• Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
• FNB Franchise Think Tank 2009: An overview
• Why Franchising Needs Women
• Buying a Franchise: By Fred Brown
• SA’s Franchise Sectors Holding Up
• Exploding Five Myths About Franchising
• The Consumer Protection Bill Revisited:
• ReVitalize - A New Opportunity in the Health and Wellness sector
• Franchising in Africa
• Opportunity Under R150 000: Mr Valet
• Getting to Know Captain DoRego's
• Criteria for Franchising A Business
• Mosway Properties
• A new start fresh off the griddle
• Questions to ask a Franchisor
• Juicy Lucy: A healthy recipe for success
• Franchise Advantages and Challenges
• Inside Information From Industry Leaders
• Are Franchises For Resale For You?
• In Business with SA Franchise Warehouse
• Health and Beauty Franchise Sector Review
• Franchisees brace as costly tax burden looks ready to bite
• Food Franchises and the International Market
• Computers 4 Kids Bridge the IT Gap
• New Franchise Opportunity First of its Kind in SA
• The Auto Sector - 54 Ways to Make Money
• The most frequently asked questions about franchising
• Chicken Licken - How $1 000 recipe and a rhyme created this leading chicken brand
• How to get started
• Funding: Why Your Business Plan Can Make or Break Your Application
• FNB Hosts 'Affordable Franchise Night'
• To franchise or not to franchise
• Economic Monster Eats its Way into the Food Franchise Business
• An Unlikely Match
• Own a Simply Asia restaurant
• FASA’S Awards for Excellence in Franchising
• Searching for Western Cape’s Top Business Women
• Franchise Profile: Business Booming in Arts and Craft
• Achieving BEE through franchising
• A Fresh Approach to Franchising
• Where Did All The Money Go? Finding funds in tough times
• Humico: Cashing in on the food and beverage industry
• Pure Profit with Eish2o
• Chicken Still South Africa’s Favourite Fast-Food
• Franchise Opportunities in South Africa
• Market Gives Way to New Opportunity
• Buying into the Creating The Edge Franchise
• Buying a Wellness Franchise
• A Dream Worth Buying

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Business Opportunities

• What do Venture Capitalists look for in entrepreneurs ?
• Get Your Business Going Without Money
• Opportunities Arise as China Food and Beverage Traders Aim to Capture African Markets
• SME’s Beware - Tough Action To Be Taken Against Sale of Counterfeit Goods During 2010 Soccer Event.
• And the Nominees Are...
• Is Home-Based Education the Future of IT Training?
• Revolutionary New Vending Concept Coming Soon
• Create Your Own SA Dating Solution
• The Ability to Help Others Could Help You
• Tips and Traps When Buying an Existing Restaurant Business
• Maximising your business - True Love and Standard Bank shows readers how
• Turnkey Home Business for Moms
• Choosing a Suitable Business Partner
• No Loan Required
• Retired or retrenched? Starting a small business is still possible
• Online dating business opportunities flourish in this Internet-crazy world
• Youth Entrepreneurship – Hope For The Future
• Finding and Using Business Premises
• Step-by-Step Guide on Niche Product Creation
• Win an Uninterrupted Power Supply
• Cape Small Business Week to Run in Conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week
• Energy at Work
• Gold Plating: The Chance for Anyone to Make Extra Cash
• Incredible Machines Offer Limitless Business Opportunities
• Profitable 'Business in a Box'
• Star of the Show
• HOW TO GET A BUSINESS READY FOR SALE
• New-Age Incubators Spur Economic Growth
• Development Boost as Ferrero Begins Investing and Growing Locally
• 22 Entrepreneurial Temptations Every Business Owner Needs to Avoid.
• Implementing renewable energy solutions for households and businesses
• Is entrepreneurship for you?
• Starting Your Own Health and Beauty Business Part Two: Self-Starters
• 2010 as a business opportunity
• What Venture Capitalists look for in a business
• Many Start-ups, More Opportunities
• Making money through renewable energy sources
• SA's Food Franchise Growth Exceeds All Expectations
• Do High Income Business Opportunities Really Exist?
• Cape Crafters Clinch Orders at Lifestyle Trade Show Launch
• Tax Concessions for World Cup Vendors
• Import and Export Foreign Currency Rule Relaxed
• Building a Home business on trust
• 50 Home based Businesses under R1 000
• Family business – South Africa’s most important small business resource
• What Banks Want to See in a Business Plan
• You could win an advertising package on 567 Cape Talk
• How to Start Your Own Inkjet Refilling Business
• Choosing the right business opportunity for you
• A “Golden” Opportunity
• Finding and keeping good retail sites
• Five Steps to Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur in the Call Centre Industry
• The Carbon Cash Cow
• Searching for Western Cape’s Top Business Women
• Turning your Talent into a Business
• Running a Salon: The good the bad and the ugly
• Different Types of Business Opportunities
• Debt – a slow process
• Discprotek Meets Demands of Global Niche Market
• How’s it my China...
• How to Choose a Business That’s Right for You
• The Rise & Rise of the Anti-Aging Industry
• Working from home scams - arm yourself!

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Vending

• Something for everyone with Laservideo SA
• Common Vending Machine Mistakes to Avoid
• World-Famous Brand Now in SA
• Securing high-income vending locations.
• Two Sides to Every Coin
• Do you have what it takes ?
• Buying Vending Machines For Half Price Or Less
• How to get started
• The secret to success in vending
• A Money Making Machine
• Making Money with Vending Machines
• VENDING – wisdom from VASA
• Opportunity on Tap
• Day in a vendors life – what does your day look like? (Part 1)
• Revolutionary New Vending Concept Coming Soon

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Direct Selling

• Accelerated Success in Direct Selling Begins With
• What is Direct Selling
• Power Wheels: 10 Steps to Organise your Car
• Buying into the right company
• People, Product, Price, Place and Promotion - the
• Low Cost Ways to Generate Leads
• Profitable 'Business in a Box'
• How can I prevent the prospect from going with the
• The Truth about Network Marketing
• PART ONE: The Screaming Benefits of Network Market
• How to Attract Customers for the Products of Your
• Direct Selling a Sound Choice. Here’s Why
• Nu Skin - Weighty Profit
• Successful Selling from Home
• Profile of the direct selling industry
• Different ways of Direct Selling
• Direct Selling Profile: Honey Fashion Accessories
• Using Adsense to Fund Network Marketing Prospectin
• Why a direct selling opportunity?
• Winning a buyer’s confidence
• Hot Retail and Reselling Opportunity for Under R15
• Ten key ways to increase your staff’s sales
• Direct Selling Profile: Avroy Shlain
• Healthy Living Never Made More Cents
• Nature Serves the “Next Big Thing” on a Silver Pla
• Direct Selling Profile: Miglio
• Nuskin the Talk of the Town
• Direct Selling Demystified
• Direct Selling in the Marketing Mix
• PART TWO: The Screaming Benefits of Network Market
• Expand Your Horizons With XANGO