●フランチャイズビジネス参加者のためのSNSが２００６年１１月に登場

　米国の話ですがフランチャイズビジネス参加者のためのSNSが出来ます。特に店舗経営者の人々を繋ぐノウハウ交換の場を求められています。これを活用してお店が地域の一番店を目指すのでしょうか？　日本でも複合カフェのアプレシオなどが熱心ですよね。（『SNSマーケティング入門』読みましょう！！）

記事は以下の通りです。

▼FranchiseCircle.com Launches First Social Networking Site For Franchising

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb446313.htm

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FranchiseCircle.com is the premier professional networking site for the franchise industry, a one stop shop for information, communication, and collaboration for franchisors, prospective franchise buyers, franchisees, industry suppliers, area developers, and industry trade groups.
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FranchiseCircle.com releases its social networking platform on November 1, 2006. The site is completely free for franchisors, franchisees, industry suppliers, and area developers to network with each other and potential franchise buyers. The first in the industry to tout Web 2.0 technology like an AJAX interface, RSS feed readers, and video blogging, the company also proactively chose banking industry two-factor authentication to protect users' data, becoming the first social networking site to implement this measure. The founders' claim that the most revolutionary technology they plan on introducing is still in the works to be launched soon after, and they're not talking.
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