American Franchisee Association (AFA) Vendors

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• Franzen Contracting - Franchise Construction Specialists - Retail-Restaurant-Office-Industrial 

• Forum Analytics - Study the impact of Sales Diversion on your Franchise

• Oasis Outsourcing - providing human resources, benefits, and payroll services on an outsourcing basis

• Expense Management - We will reduce your business costs, at no net cost to your business

• RJL Wealth Advisors - Financial management strategies that emphasize intelligent investment growth, capital preservation and tax minimization

• ARI - Automated Responses Interactive - ARI combines the telephone and the computer for a powerful yet cost-effective way to collect and deliver information.

• Meeting Link, Inc. - Saves you time and money in helping you find and choose the perfect locale, meeting space, and hotel accommodations for group meetings and conferences, at no charge to you.

• Cerqa Copyright - Cerqa specializes in web-enabled printing and product distribution for multi-location companies.

• Hot Jobs - Get a job now!

• Transformyx - E-commerce, intranet/extranet, CRM, and web-based marketing technology.

• Jay Advertising - Get your message out to the world with Jay!

• First Data Direct Business Group - Full-service, money-saving payment acceptance systems.

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www.forumanalytics.com

email:  info@forumanalytics.com

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Freeing up countless hours per week? Avoiding payroll, insurance and tax hassles? Keeping staffers happy by offering better benefits?  American Franchisee Association members can now take advantage of a new benefit program to help them do just that with the new human resource outsourcing program.   Oasis Outsourcing, Inc. is a professional employer organization (PEO) that pools companies together to: Reduce employee liability and exposure to the IRS Provide better benefits Free up your time to run your business Increase profitability PLAN OPTIONS Clients may choose to contract with Oasis for a core group of services, including payroll services, flexible benefit plans, standard human resource services, and workers' compensation. Additional plan options cover the 401K retirement plan, section 125, and medical benefits.   Clients can ale carte these services to fit their specific needs. Oasis Outsourcing offers a no cost analysis so AFA members can compare this program vs. the way business is run today. Contact Robert Caldarella at (770) 804-8433, or by email at rcaldarella@oasisadvantage.com. Oasis Outsourcing (click for website) 5901-C Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Suite 175 Atlanta, GA 30328 (770) 804-8433 Office (770) 804-8434 Fax

EXPEN$E MANAGEMENT INC.
Delivering Maximum Results in Business Expense Reduction

We can help you
CUT COSTS, INCREASE PROFITABILITY!

Expense Management has proven, cost-reduction systems that can determine how you are being overcharged in your electric, garbage and telephone bills.

 Let’s get busy finding your company’s hidden money.

We guarantee to you that we can save you money!! The only way we get paid is to produce results for our clients, otherwise there is no fee for our service.

CALL (800) 628-3489
Also visit www.expensemgt.com

RJL Wealth Advisors develops financial management strategies that emphasize intelligent investment growth and capital preservation and tax minimization.  RJL Wealth Advisors provides such services as:

• investment and asset allocation management

• business succession planning

• family and estate planning

• stock option plan management

• retirement distribution planning. 

RJL Wealth Advisors recognizes that owners and suppliers in the franchise industry have worked hard to build their asset base, and we are dedicated to creating practical wealth preservation strategies. 

Gerard Clark, President
RJL Wealth Advisors
400 Route 17 South
Ridgewood, NJ  07450

Phone:  201-612-6626
Email:  info@rjlwealthadvisors.com

Automated Responses Interactive

44 Broad St. · Suite 704 · Atlanta  GA · 30303

www.AutomatedResponses.com
404.222.8080

About ARI

Automated Responses Interactive (ARI) has been helping business automate existing workflow processes for over 18 years.

What ARI Does

ARI combines the telephone and the computer for a powerful yet cost-effective way to collect and deliver information. ARI turns the most time consuming, resource intensive task into one seamless process. ARI’s exclusive product line will expand revenue, lower costs, increase productivity, and customer satisfaction. The ARI exclusive product line includes: Hire By Phone, Contest By Phone, Locator By Phone, Polling By Phone, Request By Phone, BuyIt By Phone, Testing By Phone, EasyInfo By Phone, Classifieds By Phone, Combo By Phone, Customize By Phone and more to come.

Why ARI Is Better
 

• Cost – ARI systems are fully automated to perform processes that paid personnel would have done in the past.

• Set-Up Time –ARI requires less than 5 business days and can bring projects online faster than any other provider.
• Self-Management Tool - self-manage your accounts using the Web from any desktop without assistance from ARI.
• Customer Service Responsiveness –changes are made immediately because of our commitment to our clients’ success.
   

For further information about any of these products call Jim Quinn
@ARI Reps Toll free: 866-ARI-REPS   Local Maryland Area:  410-974-0000

via e-mail  jgquinn@comcast.net

Meeting Link, Inc. - Site Selection Specialists - are in the business of saving you time and money in helping you find and choose the perfect locale, meeting space, and hotel accommodations for group meetings and conferences to suit your organization's specific needs.

	No cost to using services.  Hotel pays a referral fee directly to Meeting Link, Inc.
	Over 20 years of hotel and convention center experience with extensive relationships.
	Set up site inspections and negotiate an overall contract with hotel.
	Volume buying.
	Organization runs own meeting on-site.

Please contact...

Kathy Schankowitz, President
Meeting Link, Inc.
310-545-8505  phone
mtglink00@aol.com   E-mail

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Contact HotJobs today for all the details
1-877-HOTJOBS
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• Full service, national, RETAIL agency
• Retail/dealer/franchise agency within the Interpublic group
• Aggressive retail programs to drive traffic and make the cash register ring
• World class in house broadcast production studios enable regional customization quickly, cost efficiently 
• Marketing and sales problem solvers for:
  • Independent Franchisee Associations
  • Regional ad co-ops
  • Multi unit franchisees

  Contacts:

Julie Mason, 585 264 3679  Julie.mason@jayadvertising.com

Vicki Lewis,  585 264 3645  Vicki.lewis@jayadvertising.com