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About: Joel Libava

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Joel Libava is the franchise expert here at Small Business Trends. He's a Cleveland, Ohio based franchise expert and consultant. Joel is The Franchise King®.

He provides franchise advisory services to people considering franchise ownership. He helps increase his client's chances of success, while at the same time, lowering their risk.

Joel's business was started by his late father in 1991 and at that time was called International Franchise Development. Joel joined him in 2001, after 10+ years in automobile franchising and prior to that a variety of management positions in the restaurant business. He changed the name of the company in 2004 to Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.

He's the President of Franchise Selection Specialists and he blogs at The Franchise King Blog.

Check out Joel's upcoming franchise book, "Become a Franchise Owner."

Follow Joel on Twitter: @FranchiseKing.

To reach Joel: thefranchiseking - at - sbcglobal.net

Phone him: 216-831-2610

Website

http://www.thefranchiseking.com

Recent Posts by Joel Libava:

• The Top Franchise Trends for 2012, 22 Dec 2011
• Types of Franchises And How To Find Them, 16 Dec 2011
• Pros and Cons of Buying A Franchise, 08 Dec 2011
• Introduction To Franchising, 01 Dec 2011
• What Happened to Your Career?, 20 Oct 2011
• Will The Standard & Poor’s Downgrade Impact New Franchise Sales?, 19 Aug 2011
• Judging The Small Business Influencers, 19 Jun 2011
• State of Small Business Lending: Better or Worse Than Last Year?, 15 Apr 2011
• A Small Business Summit With No Small Business Experts, 18 Feb 2011
• The Top Franchise Trends for 2011, 22 Dec 2010
• The Other Side of Risk in Franchising, 09 Dec 2010
• Why Aren’t More Women Interested in Franchise Ownership?, 28 Oct 2010
• Could Your Company Be the Next Great Franchise Business?, 30 Sep 2010
• The Latest Trends in Franchise Development, 14 Sep 2010
• 12 Seconds That Changed Everything, 24 Aug 2010
• Will The Numbers Keep Adding Up for Senior Care Franchise Owners?, 01 Aug 2010
• Buying A Franchise With A Well-Known Brand Doesn’t Guarantee Success, 12 Jul 2010
• One on One with Mark Geyman of OhioBiz.com, 02 Jul 2010
• Twitter’s New Advertising Will Be Franchise Friendly, 01 Jul 2010
• Ohio Small Businesses: Get Local Customers Through Search Engines, 06 Jun 2010