A Day as a ComputerXplorers Franchisee
One of the many benefits of owning a franchise, is that you can choose how to run your business. Whether you’re working from home, or from an office, each day is likely to be different. Typically, there are three main areas franchisees focus their efforts on. They are:
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Business development
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Recruitment
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Marketing
Business development involves connecting with your local schools to offer after school clubs, workshops or weekend clubs. These relationships are valuable, so even when schools are on board, you’ll maintain regular contact. This will allow you to gather continuous feedback so that you’re able to grow and improve your ComputerXplorers services.
Initially, many franchisees choose to teach the classes themselves as this saves on overheads. However, as you expand the need arises to recruit teachers. You’ll spend time not only recruiting teachers, but mentoring and teaching them to deliver the ComputerXplorers curriculum, as well as checking-in with them regularly to ensure that they have the tools they need.
Whilst ComputerXplorers will provide marketing support for the first year, there will be the need for you to create localised marketing content, such as social media posts or partnerships.
Our Support – With You All the Way
The partnership between franchisee and franchisor is essential to the long-term success of the business. You need to be sure your franchisor is a business you can trust.
With ComputerXplorers you can be certain you have a franchisor with experience, knowledge and a commitment to provide on-going business support.
- Substantial business experience
- Recognised expert in children’s computer education
- Professionally developed business system
- Continued curriculum development and software review
- Centralised marketing programmes designed to boost your business growth
- Proven appointment-generating system helping you gain access to decision makers
- Extensive marketing collateral
- Comprehensive induction training programme
- On-going one-to-one business advice & planning
- Regular conference calls to share best practice and new initiatives
- Annual Network Conference
Meet Richard and Emily Simcox who joined the ComputerXplorers franchise in 2021.
Richard says, “I’ve worked with schools in Greater Manchester for over 20 years, so when the time came to make a decision to start my own business, I knew teaching would be a key part. Unfortunately for schools, with limited budgets, they can’t deliver the fun, engaging tech lessons and that’s where ComputerXplorers comes in. This appealed to me, and along with Emily’s business knowledge, we could drive our own success with the backing of the ComputerXplorers’ network.”
Emily added, “It’s been a speedy change of direction for us. (Within three months of enquiring, we were up and running. Then within another eight months we were VAT-registered and in the next few months (15 months from the start) we’ll turnover £250k.) It’s beyond our expectations. We came into it thinking whatever we do, we need to make a living, live independently and have a fresh career. We’ve done that and then some.”
