You have put your heart and soul into your restaurant, painstakingly growing it from a just an idea in your head to a thriving business concept. If you are now considering franchising your restaurant to help your brand grow even more, there are a lot of things you need to consider.

Is your restaurant model a good fit for franchising? Do you really want to be removed from daily operations? Is there enough customer potential to warrant the expansion into new territories?

Luckily, hiring a consultant company who specializes in restaurant consulting can help you franchise your restaurant in a smart, effective way.

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Now that your restaurant is doing really well, you are probably anxious to capitalize on that success to help your business grow. New locations and possible franchise deals are probably the first ideas that come to mind, and they are important, but there are also other paths to expansion that may not require as much money.

Keep your mind open to a lot of creative possibilities and find the strategies that will work best for you. Here are 9 smart tips for restaurant expansion:

1. Go to the Experts First

To make sure you are headed in the right direction with your expansion strategies, you should get the advice of those who have been in the restaurant business a lot longer than you have.

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A lot of success can be found in the franchise business if you know how to do it right. Besides having a good concept and financial stability, having the right resources at your fingertips is crucial if you want to make your franchise a household name.

One important but often underestimated resource is having a franchise consultant on your team of advisors. Whether you are a franchisee or a franchisor, a franchise consultant can help you grow your business more efficiently.

If you are a potential franchisee, then a franchise consultant can help you pick the best franchise to join.

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Today’s consumers are highly intelligent and they are not willing to settle for status quo. As they insist on having the newest technology at their fingertips at home, so do they want that when they go away on business trips or on vacation. To keep their guests coming back, hotels today need to be innovative in the way they use technology to offer the most comfortable stay possible. In hotels you will be seeing more of robots, smart gear and new mobile applications used to enhance the guest experience.

Here are 5 cutting edge advances in hotel technology:

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Customer reviews have always been important in business, but today with the internet, business owners have to face them in a lot more public forum. It is important now more than ever to not ignore customer reviews and address them right away so that negative reviews don’t snowball into a bigger problem.

Here is why reviews really matter to your hotel management strategy:

Online Reviews Shape Customer Decision

With sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp, and Facebook, and Google ranking most consumers feel safer checking online reviews before making any final decisions about where they spending their money.

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Respect and trust are the cornerstones of any relationship, especially those relationships in the workplace. Without them, productivity and talent retention take a big hit. We all deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and when we are not, it affects our on the job performance and our motivation to excel at our job.

No one goes into creating a business with the plan to stir discontent and lack of respect among the staff, but it can easily happen when you don’t make your employee’s welfare a priority.

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Starting up your own company takes a lot of hard work and dedication and unfortunately not every new business succeeds. It may surprise you to know that wealth, strong networks and lots of experience are not the magic seeds for success. When you look at the most successful entrepreneurs in business today they tend to have certain things in common, certain habits that give them the fuel to be the best at what they do.

Here are 10 habits of successful entrepreneurs:

Be Consistent in Your Schedule

The little things can really make a difference.

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Finding the best the location of your food franchise is probably one of the biggest decision you will make as a new franchise owner. Where you lay down roots in the community can really make you or break you, so it is not a decision to take lightly. If you live in a big college town, then it has probably crossed your mind the idea of setting up shop on a college campus, but is that the smart choice? Are food franchises and college campuses a perfect match?

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In this dog eat dog world, it seems like most people are “adopting the every man for himself” philosophy, but as a business owner that kind of attitude will actually hurt your business more than you realize. Studies have actually shown that companies who instill a culture of gratitude at their business are more successful than their counterparts.  “Thank You” are surprisingly two very powerful words.

On a personal level, feeling appreciated by your boss and feeling grateful for your job actually releases dopamine in your hypothalamus and helps us feel happier, less stressed and more productive.

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As a new entrepreneur, one of the most important things you need to do is to build a strong brand. You want to have a good reputation with your customers and the world at large, but sometimes one bad mistake can tarnish your brand in ways that can be hard to bounce back from.

Here are some common mistakes to avoid when you are building your brand:

Being Too Customer-Focused

This might seem counter-intuitive but it really isn’t if you think about it.

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