Franchise Marketing Academy™

Build your 90-day franchise marketing growth planin two focused sessions.

Stop jumping from tactic to tactic. In the Franchise Marketing Accelerator™ you'll audit what's working, identify your biggest growth opportunities, align corporate and local marketing, prioritize the right channels, and build a Franchise Marketing Blueprint™ your organization can actually execute.

$97 2 live sessions 2 hours each ~4 live hours Hands-on implementation

Built for franchisors, franchise marketing teams, franchise development professionals, franchise owners, multi-unit operators, consultants and agencies serving franchise brands.

You leave with

Franchise Marketing Blueprint™

+ 90-Day Franchise Marketing Growth Plan

01Audit
02Align
03Attract
04Convert
05Localize
06Measure
07Accelerate
The problem

Franchise marketing isn't short on tactics. It's short on alignment.

Most franchise organizations are already doing some combination of this work.

Already happening

Social mediaSEOGoogle Business ProfilePaid advertisingEmailContentFranchise development marketingLocal marketingReputation managementAIAutomation

Still unanswered

  • What should we prioritize?
  • Who owns what?
  • What should corporate handle?
  • What should franchisees handle?
  • Which channels actually support our growth goals?
  • Where are leads getting lost?
  • What should AI help with?
  • What should we stop doing?
  • How do we measure whether marketing is actually working?

The Franchise Marketing Accelerator™ turns those questions into a plan.

The framework

The Franchise Marketing Accelerator™ Framework

In two focused sessions, you'll work through seven stages to create your Franchise Marketing Blueprint™.

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Stage by stage

Seven stages. One executable plan.

Every stage produces a piece of your Blueprint — not notes to file away.

01

Audit

Know where you actually stand.

You complete a Franchise Marketing Scorecard™ across the areas that drive franchise growth.

Brand visibilityCorporate marketingLocal marketingFranchise developmentWebsiteSEO / AEOSocial mediaContentReputationLead generationLead nurtureEmailAIAutomationMeasurementFranchisee adoption

Outcome · Identify strengths, weaknesses, gaps and your highest-priority opportunities.

02

Align

Decide who owns what.

You build a Corporate vs. Local Marketing Responsibility Map™ and classify every marketing responsibility.

Corporate ownsLocal ownsShared responsibilityRequires approval

Outcome · Reduce the confusion between corporate marketing and local franchise execution.

03

Attract

Decide where growth should come from.

Choose which growth engine deserves priority in the next 90 days, then define how you'll pursue it.

Customer growth — customers and revenue for locationsFranchise development — qualified franchise candidatesBrand authority — visibility, credibility and demandPrimary audiencesOffersMessaging prioritiesMarketing channelsGrowth opportunities

Outcome · A clear answer to where your next 90 days of growth is coming from.

04

Convert

Map what happens after someone raises their hand.

Map the customer or franchise candidate journey that fits your role: discovery → interest → lead → nurture → conversion → retention / referral.

Franchise development: prospect → lead → nurture → discovery → applicationLocal customer: search / social / referral → offer → lead / booking → purchase → review → repeat

Outcome · Strategic journey mapping — this is not a CRM or funnel-building course.

05

Localize

Turn corporate strategy into local action.

Create your Franchise Local Marketing Activation Plan™ — or, for owners and single locations, a Local Market Activation plan.

What corporate providesWhat franchisees customizeWhat franchisees executeWhat can be automatedWhat requires approvalHow campaigns reach locationsHow local participation is encouragedHow adoption is measuredLocal search, Google Business Profile and reviewsCommunity marketing and local partnerships

Outcome · Marketing that actually reaches the local market it's meant for.

06

Measure

Measure what actually matters.

Build a Franchise Marketing KPI Scorecard™ — roughly 3 to 10 meaningful KPIs, not everything you could possibly track.

Customer acquisitionFranchise developmentBrand visibilityLocal marketingFranchisee adoptionLead conversionContent / search

Outcome · Metrics that show whether your priority strategy is working. The program does not connect or track these for you through software.

07

Accelerate

Turn the strategy into 90 days of action.

Build your 90-Day Franchise Marketing Growth Plan, organized into days 1–30, 31–60 and 61–90.

Top 3 prioritiesTop campaigns and initiativesOwnersDeadlinesDependenciesKPIsAI / automation opportunitiesWhat we are not prioritizing yet

Outcome · A prioritized, dated plan with names attached to it.

AI + automation overlay

Where should AI actually help?

You'll classify your marketing activities instead of guessing — then choose your top three AI and automation opportunities.

Human-led

Judgment, relationships and brand decisions that stay with people.

AI-assisted

Research, drafting and analysis with a human reviewing the output.

Automatable

Repeatable, rule-based marketing steps that can run without you.

Not yet

Work your organization isn't ready to hand over — and why.

Activities you'll evaluate

ResearchContent ideationContent repurposingSocial contentReview response preparationLead follow-upFranchise candidate nurtureReportingMarketing analysisLocal marketing supportCampaign planning

This section identifies where AI can support franchise marketing. It does not teach AI employees, AI workforce architecture or agent orchestration — that's a different pathway.

See AI Workforce Academy™
The primary deliverable

You don't leave with notes. You leave with your plan.

Every exercise feeds one document: your Franchise Marketing Blueprint™.

Web Media University

Franchise Marketing Blueprint™

Executive Growth Objective
Growth Engine Priorities
Corporate vs. Local Responsibility Map™
KPI Scorecard™
90-Day Growth Plan

The 16 sections you complete

  1. 1Executive Growth Objective
  2. 2Franchise Marketing Scorecard™
  3. 3Biggest Marketing Gaps
  4. 4Target Audiences
  5. 5Growth Engine Priorities
  6. 6Corporate vs. Local Marketing Responsibility Map™
  7. 7Customer / Candidate Journey
  8. 8Channel Priorities
  9. 9Franchise Local Marketing Activation Plan™
  10. 10AI + Automation Opportunities
  11. 11Franchise Marketing KPI Scorecard™
  12. 12Top Marketing Priorities
  13. 13Owners + Responsibilities
  14. 14Dependencies
  15. 15What We're Not Prioritizing
  16. 1690-Day Franchise Marketing Growth Plan

You build your Blueprint live during the sessions using the provided worksheets. An Accelerator member workspace that compiles your answers automatically is planned and will be added to your account when it's available.

The format

Two days. Four hours. One clear plan.

Two focused live sessions with Michelle Hummel — working sessions, not lectures.

Day 1 Approximately 2 hours

Build the strategy

  • Audit

    Complete your Franchise Marketing Scorecard™

  • Align

    Create your Corporate vs. Local Marketing Responsibility Map™

  • Attract

    Choose growth engines, audiences and priorities

  • Convert

    Map your customer and/or franchise candidate journey

Outcome · Know where you are, where growth should come from and who owns what.

Day 2 Approximately 2 hours

Build the 90-day plan

  • Localize

    Create your local activation strategy

  • AI + Automation

    Identify your top opportunities

  • Measure

    Choose meaningful KPIs

  • Accelerate

    Build the 90-day plan

  • Finalize

    Complete your Franchise Marketing Blueprint™

Outcome · Leave with a prioritized, measurable 90-day franchise marketing strategy.

Enroll

Reserve your seat — $97 one-time.

Two live sessions, two hours each. One-time tuition with no recurring billing.

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What $97 gets you

A Franchise Marketing Blueprint™ and a 90-Day Growth Plan.

Not four hours of marketing tips — four hours of building the plan your organization runs on next quarter.

Keep building afterward

Web Media University

Ongoing AI and business-growth education: live AI workshops, Build with Michelle, AI Office Hours, prompt resources, templates, checklists, the training library and community. Current Founding Membership is $49/month, purchased separately — the Accelerator does not enroll you in any subscription.

See Web Media University
Who this is for

One framework, adapted to your seat in the system.

Franchisors

Align corporate, development and local marketing around growth.

Franchise marketing directors

Turn disconnected campaigns into a prioritized strategy.

Franchise development teams

Build a clearer candidate acquisition and nurture strategy.

Franchise owners

Create a practical local customer acquisition plan.

Multi-unit operators

Prioritize marketing across multiple locations.

Emerging franchisors

Build the marketing foundation before you scale.

Franchise consultants

Use the framework to identify and prioritize client opportunities.

Agencies serving franchises

Build stronger franchise-specific strategies for clients.

Role-adaptive

You won't be pushed through exercises that don't fit your job.

Before the first session you answer two questions, and your exercises and recommendations follow from your answers.

What best describes you?

Franchisor / Corporate LeaderCorporate Marketing ProfessionalFranchise Development ProfessionalFranchise OwnerMulti-Unit OperatorAgencyConsultantSupplier / Franchise Industry ProfessionalOther

What is your primary growth priority?

Generate more local customersGenerate more franchise candidatesImprove brand awarenessImprove local marketingImprove corporate/local alignmentImprove lead conversionImprove franchisee marketing adoptionUse AI more effectivelyBuild a complete franchise marketing strategyOther
What's included

Franchise Marketing Accelerator™ — $97

One-time tuition. Everything below is part of the program.

Two focused live sessions
Approximately four hours of live implementation
Franchise Marketing Scorecard™
Corporate vs. Local Marketing Responsibility Map™
Growth Engine Prioritization
Customer / Candidate Journey
Franchise Local Marketing Activation Plan™
AI + Automation Opportunity Overlay
Franchise Marketing KPI Scorecard™
90-Day Franchise Marketing Growth Plan
Franchise Marketing Blueprint™
Accelerator member workspace when it becomes available
Build my franchise marketing plan — $97
Expectations

This is not four hours of random marketing tips.

The Accelerator is not designed to build your entire franchise marketing infrastructure in two days. It does not include:

Complete marketing operating system implementation
Complete marketing automation infrastructure
Full CRM implementation
Advanced franchise-wide dashboards
Complete SOP library
Enterprise marketing governance
Done-for-you marketing execution
Professional certification

The purpose: build the plan.

Next level

You built the plan. Next, build the system.

Certification is earned through training, project, assessment and faculty review — never by payment alone.

Build the system$497

Certified Franchise Marketing Strategist™

Take your Franchise Marketing Blueprint™ and turn it into a repeatable Franchise Marketing Operating System™.

Corporate marketingLocal marketingFranchise developmentCampaign planningContentLead managementMarketing calendarApprovalsBrand governanceFranchisee activationAI-assisted workflowsKPIsSOPs
Explore the $497 Strategist path

Coming soon — join the priority list and we'll contact you with dates and enrollment details.

Build the growth engine$1,997

Certified Franchise Growth Architect™

Advanced professional education for architecting franchise growth infrastructure across brand, development, local marketing, lead management, AI, automation, data and franchisee adoption.

Coming soon — join the priority list
Franchise Success Team

Don't want to build it yourself?

Have our team help you develop and execute your franchise marketing strategy.

Book a strategy call
The education path

Understand it. Build the plan. Build the system. Build the growth engine.

Free

Franchise Marketing Masterclass

Understand it.

$97

Franchise Marketing Accelerator™

Build the plan.

You are here

$497

Certified Franchise Marketing Strategist™

Build the system.

$1,997

Certified Franchise Growth Architect™

Build the growth engine.

Stay current

Web Media University

Ongoing AI and business-growth education. Current Founding Membership: $49/month.

See membership

Have it done for you

Franchise Success Team

Custom franchise marketing strategy and implementation.

Book a strategy call

After the Accelerator

  • Implement your 90-day plan
  • Continue learning through Web Media University
  • Advance to Certified Franchise Marketing Strategist™
  • Explore Certified Franchise Growth Architect™ when appropriate
  • Work with Franchise Success Team for implementation
Questions

Before you enroll.

A completed Franchise Marketing Blueprint™ and a prioritized 90-Day Franchise Marketing Growth Plan, based on the work you complete during the program.

Stop collecting marketing tactics. Build the plan.

In two focused sessions, turn your franchise marketing priorities into a clear, measurable 90-day strategy.

Franchise Marketing Accelerator™

$97

2 live sessions · 2 hours each · ~4 live hours

Franchise Marketing Blueprint™

+ 90-Day Franchise Marketing Growth Plan

Build my franchise marketing plan — $97