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If the prospects in your sales pipeline begin to slow, everyone — from the owner to the front desk — is affected. Explore some tried-and-true ways to get your sales pipeline pumping.

Meet Scotty Hager, Army veteran, father of five, and franchise owner of the five-star Image360 Center situated appropriately within the historic Scott’s Addition District northwest of downtown Richmond, Virginia.

Graphics in the form of wayfinding signs deliver us to a destination. But ask anyone at Image360 and they will tell you that graphics can also convey a message well beyond where to go and how to get there.

A quick look around your town will confirm that just about every local business needs to promote their brand and inform their customers. Image360 Centers are uniquely positioned to meet their needs. In one, convenient location, they’ll find the graphics, signage and displays they require.

If there are concerns from independent business owners about converting to a franchise, Image360 Franchise Development Manager Mike Miller knows well, “First and foremost it’s the name change: ‘Do I have to change my name?’ Next is, ‘Do I lose my independence?’ And third, ‘Will there be a royalty fee?’”

A 2012 Harvard Business School study, cited by the International Franchise Association (IFA), reports that almost 70 percent of businesses don’t survive to the second generation, and of those, only 12 percent reach the third generation.