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Veteran Owned Business Opportunity with Six Figure Potential

Written by Brittany N. Johnson
Veteran Owned Business Franchise Opportunity Our Town America

Fifteen years ago, Michael Plummer left college and joined the Army. “It grew me up,” he says. In Plummer’s words, four years of training and working as a medic at Walter Reed Hospital in DC and in Korea “taught me real responsibility, depending on myself, leadership and how it affects those around you.” Michael says he’d probably still be serving in the military if he hadn’t been called upon to run the family business due to the unexpected death of his father in 2009. Today, four years later, Michael is running Our Town America, the company his father started in 1972, with the same leadership skills he learned in the Army. Our Town America, the nation’s premier new mover marketing program, helps recently relocated residents find their way to highly reputable area businesses. Read More Here… Source: Career Fuel, September 16, 2013 Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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Discussing Franchises with Our Town America

Written by Brittany N. Johnson
Franchise Award Franchise Business Review 2014 Our Town America

Since 1972, Our Town has been providing new movers with traditional hospitality by mailing warm gifts from neighborhood businesses in a premium gift package. Thousands of satisfied business owners throughout the United States attest to the success and effectiveness of our program, while dozens of locally owned Our Town offices validate our success as a viable business opportunity. Our Franchisees benefit from training and ongoing support. After intensive classroom training, an experienced field trainer from our corporate office will spend up to five days in the field with you. After classroom training, your Franchise Development Team Representative will work beside you in the field for up to five days. This hands-on training will help you launch your new franchise with an expert by your side. Once you are trained, our support continues with 1-800 line phone assistance, as well as continuing training opportunities throughout the year. Click HERE to listen to the audio interview! Source: Franchise Business Review Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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Our Town America On Fox and Friends – Franchise Opportunities

Written by Brittany N. Johnson

John Gant and Michael Plummer Jr. were featured on Fox and Friends on Fox News this morning. John opened an Our Town America Franchise after watching an “On the Job Hunt” segment on Fox News. Michael and John discuss the Our Town program, veterans, and career and franchise opportunities. Watch the video here Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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Multi-Unit Franchisee Bassam Safi Speaks On His Success with Our Town America

Written by Brittany N. Johnson
Franchisee Feature Bassam Safi Franchise Owner

Years ago, I came to America with very little I could call my own. I had few, if any, job-ready skills, no college degree, and a very minimal understanding of American culture and the English language. What I did (and still do) have, however, was a tireless work ethic and endless opportunities at my fingertips. Despite the clear advantages other Americans in the workforce had over me, I was determined to overcome them and achieve the American Dream. Today, as a multi-unit franchise owner and North Carolina area developer with Our Town America, the nation’s first and fastest growing new mover marketing franchise, I can happily say that I’ve fulfilled that dream and couldn’t be more satisfied with the personal and financial independence the franchise industry has supplied to myself and my family. Read More Here… Source: Franchise Business Review If interested in franchising with Our Town America, please fill out a Contact Request form or complete a Franchise Application online. Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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Featured Franchisees: Su Hartung and Morgan Garcia of Our Town America

Written by Brittany N. Johnson
Franchise Owners Success with New Mover Marketing Our Town America

Our Town America is family-oriented and offers a high level of support and training for owners. They’ve been around for 41 years and had a high Better Business Bureau rating. Their program and mission are very attractive to the small businesses we assist and new families in a community.” Click HERE to read what Our Town America’s East DuPage franchisees, Su Hartung and Morgan Garcia, have to say. Source: Franchise Business Review   Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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Local Business Familiarizes Newcomers With Community

Written by Brittany N. Johnson
Local Business Welcomes New Movers to Community Our Town America

One local business is building on its success in connecting new residents with area services and businesses. After 12 years as a stay-at-home mom, Jane McElhaney and her husband, Tom, bought an Our Town America franchise in 2007 that served most of Charlotte.  She had a sales background and liked that the company was family-owned and focused on the community. “Our Town America welcomes new families to the area and introduces them to businesses in the community,” McElhaney said.  “It’s a great way to reach out to new folks and make them feel comfortable in their new home and their new neighborhood.” Our Town America was started in 1972 by Michael Plummer, who owned a restaurant at the time.  He found that offering pizza and hospitality to new residents built his customer base. The company is now headquartered in Pinellas Park, FL., where it has 60 employees and oversees 25 regional offices. McElhaney said that Our Town America focuses on direct mailings that are targeted to new residents in specific zip codes.  The mailers go out monthly and include one-time gift certificates to businesses within a few miles of the residence. “The benefit to the business is every month we are driving new customers in the doors,” McElhaney said. When the gift certificates are used, the information is tracked, which allows Our Town America to keep records of which families are trying each business. Our Town America – Charlotte has also expanded its targeted marketing program to include postcards mailed to specific groups.  For example, the company recently sent a color postcard for a children’s shoe store to households with children in a certain age group. In 2011, McElhaney bought out the other Our Town America franchise in Charlotte, which covered South Charlotte and the surrounding areas.  She doubled her business and now covers all of Charlotte.  She is expanding into the Lake Norman and Concord/Kannapolis areas. She works with national and local businesses, including Chick-Fil-A, and local businesses such as Artisans Salon in Fort Mill and Indian Land Animal Hospital, which has worked with Our Town America for five years. Indian Land Animal Hospital owners Lisa Shaw and David Grindstaff began working with McElhaney soon after opening five years ago, and the practice has been so successful that Shaw and Grindstaff have opened another business: Continental Boarding in southwest Charlotte. Our Town America – Charlotte can be reached at 704-341-4982 or mcelhaney.jane@ourtown.net. Click here to read article straight from the South Charlotte News.   Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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Layoff Kick-Starts Small Business

Written by Brittany N. Johnson
Small Business Franchise Success New Mover Marketing Our Town America

In the 30 years Su Hartung spent working in corporate America, she occasionally felt the itch to leave it all behind, but as a single mom, she didn’t feel she could afford to give up the perceived security of a full-time salary. When she was 60 years old, however, Hartung was laid off after a company buyout. Finding few career options for a seasoned corporate executive, she parlayed her decades of sales and marketing experience and used a portion of her buyout package and part of her 401(k) to come up with the initial $47,500 investment she needed to buy an Our Town America franchise in DeKalb, Illinois. For the mom who once put her own entrepreneurial dreams on hold for the sake of her family, owning the franchise has even deeper meaning: She and her daughter are now business partners. Read More at the Huffington Post > Source: Huffington Post Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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A Great Start In Milwaukee

Written by Brittany N. Johnson

Lauren Tatum was born and bred in Milwaukee, but she recently moved to West Allis with her little one. Her new neighbors are a friendly bunch, but it’s not like the old days when you might be welcomed with warm cookies. She did get a welcome package though. It came in the mail from an organization called Our Town America. “When I first saw it I thought oh, junk mail! But then I did go ahead and open it up and I saw these different coupons and thought wow, what a really great organization. This is really nice,” Tatum explains. Request full article. Source: CBS 58 News Milwaukee Photo: SomethingForTheEyes.com Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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Our Town America Announces 2012 Annual Survey Winner

Written by Brittany N. Johnson
2012 Annual Survey Winner Our Town America

Our Town America, the nation’s leading new mover marketing franchise, just announced that Charlotte’s very own Robert and Jami Haynes have won the annual Our Town America new mover survey award. Last year, after their move to the Charlotte area, the Haynes’ became one of the millions of new movers nationwide to receive the annual survey as part of the Our Town America welcoming package. They took the time to complete the survey, and months later, their name was randomly selected from thousands of completed surveys to win either a three day cruise for two or a no strings attached furniture shopping spree for their new home. Both prizes were valued at $1,000 and covered in full by the Pinellas Park, FL based Our Town America corporate office. According to Jami Haynes, the $1,000 shopping spree at Furniture Factory Outlet World in Waxhaw was the better fit for her and her husband as newlyweds looking to start a family in their new home. Read More… Source: PR Web, February 17, 2014 Brittany N. JohnsonBrittany is the head of Our Town America’s corporate marketing department. She specializes in digital and print media, social media, and public relations. […]

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