AC Inc

10/13/2026

You expect your franchisees to market their business, follow up on leads, and build local connections. 🤔 But are you giving them the tools and structure to make it happen?

A repeatable marketing plan. A clear sales follow-up process. Resources to show up confidently in their community.
👉 These are essentials every franchise system should provide.

For Anastasiya Rogatnik of Mad Science , AC Inc’s Franchisee Growth Groups helped fill those gaps with structure, accountability, and opportunities to learn alongside other franchise owners.🔥

🎥 Watch her share the takeaways she calls a “game changer.”

From Episode 55 of the 'Field Coach Experts' podcast, featuring Anastasiya and Barbara Burstein.

10/12/2026

Conference season is in full swing, and there’s still plenty of opportunity to connect before the year wraps up!🤝

If you’re looking to strengthen franchisee support, tackle growing pains, or learn from leaders facing similar challenges, there are some great events still ahead this fall and winter.

We’ve rounded up a few for our franchise community to help you find the right room for the conversations your brand needs next.

👉 Swipe through and save the dates!
💬 Which event is on your calendar?

Franchise Sidekick
Franchise Business Review
International Franchise Association
SMB Franchise Advisors
FranCamp

10/09/2026

Strong franchise communities grow when people invest in each other🤝

This October, we’re celebrating Hot Dish Advertising, our AC Inc Community Sponsor, and thanking them for supporting the learning and connections that help our franchise community grow.

With more than 25 years in franchising, Hot Dish has helped more than 500 brands grow through smart strategy, creative and connected B2C and franchise development marketing. They’re also proud to be named the #1 Franchise Marketing Supplier on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Franchise Suppliers list.

Explore how they can help your system at hotdishad.com.

PS. Want to put your expertise behind our franchise community? Become an AC Inc. Community Sponsor!
Reach out at [email protected]. 📩

10/08/2026

If your franchisees don’t see value in coaching, they’ll stop making time for it.

Every conversation needs to give them a reason to come back, and something to move their business forward.

▶️ Jen Brannon shares how bringing Strategic Growth Coaching into your system helps make that happen.

10/07/2026

⏰The countdown is on👉FBR Summit 2026 is just three weeks away!
As a Gold Sponsor, AC Inc is focused on making every moment count: helping attendees leave with new perspectives, practical tools, and conversations that create real momentum when they return to their systems.

Swipe through to see what we have planned:
✨ An epic giveaway valued at $1,500
🧠 A pre-event workshop for VP- and Director-level leaders
🤝 A chance to connect with us and our booth partner, Delightree
🎤 Our panel, “Stuck in Neutral,” moderated by Stephanie Benze CFE, alongside Samantha Slapnick , and Thomas Scott, Katie Scheffers
🔥And more...

See you in Austin!

Michelle Monroe Rowan
Angela Cote
Franchise Business Review
Liberty Tax
Home Run Franchises
Gold's Gym

10/06/2026

You cannot scale franchisee performance on brand knowledge alone.

Your field team may know the systems, standards, and operating model inside out. But if every franchisee challenge still ends with the coach providing the answer, the system becomes dependent on support instead of stronger because of it.

The field coaches who create lasting impact bring three capabilities to every conversation:
🛠️ Brand knowledge
📈 Business acumen
🤝 Human and coaching skills

At AC Inc we call this the Three-Legged Stool theory.

When one capability is missing, coaching becomes unstable, and franchisees feel it.

Because franchise systems do not need more people solving problems for franchisees.

As you work through your budgets for 2027, ask yourself:
👉How are we investing in our field teams?

10/05/2026

From a 9% loss to a 37% profit margin👉That's the power of Inc's Franchisee Growth Groups!

Two years after participating, Science of Central Virginia co-owners Rogatnik and Burstein are still using the tools and structure they gained in our program.

Their Fredericksburg region grew 119% from year one to year two, moving from a 9% loss to a 37% profit margin.

In Episode 55 of the Field Coach Experts Podcast, they sit down with Benze to share how they applied what they learned, rethought how their two regions worked together, and achieved those results in Fredericksburg.

👉 If you’re supporting franchisees with ambitions to expand, this is a conversation worth hearing.

🎧 Watch or listen on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfhlKWMluE&feature=youtu.be

What does it really take to turn one successful franchise location ...

10/05/2026

You can see when a franchisee is struggling.
But can your field team help them understand why and coach them to take ownership of what comes next?

That is where the right metrics and effective coaching come together.

Tomorrow, AC Inc and CareerPlug are back for Part 2 of 'Building Better Business Owners.'

In this session, we’ll explore how people data can help field teams coach more proactively, identify challenges earlier, and support franchisees in building stronger teams and stronger businesses

Join us tomorrow, October 6, at 12 PM ET: fieldcoachexperts.com/webinar-acinc-careerplug

Clint Smith
Stephanie Benze, CFE, CFC
Angela Cote