Color Glo International – Featured Franchise

Color Glo International

Brief Description: Color Restoration of leathers, vinyls, velours, fabrics, carpet,
and wood grain panels in the automotive, marine, furniture, and aircraft industry,
fun business

Overview Color Glo® has developed and provides exclusive proprietary products and
patented methods which are today providing our franchises a quality of life most
people can only dream of. We have developed a strong team approach to assuring your
success in business. By forming this “dynamic partnership” with each of our franchises
we are positioned in these billion dollar markets to grow well into the future.
Auto dealers and furniture retailers are but two of the numerous industries we are
serving. Our skilled technicians worldwide, renew, and extend the service life of
any fabric indefinitely, with our proprietary environmentally safe water-based restoration
system.

Color Glo® International is able to repair and clean a variety of problems with
leather, vinyl, velour and most fabrics.

Color Glo is a specialist business that services the following sectors:

Automotive
Residential
Commercial
Marine
Aircraft

Color Glo does repair, restore and re-dye:

Leather
Vinyl
Fabric / Velour
Plastic
Carpet

Color Glo also offer a deodorizing service to all of the above sectors.

A little History.

Since its beginning in 1976, Color Glo has become the recognized leader in the mobile
automotive reconditioning industry. Founded by Everett C. Smith to address the growing
demands of an industry that was growing each year, Color Glo has from the very beginning
been the benchmark of this industry. Having been involved in the reconditioning
industry for years, Mr. Smith knew that the existing products were not of the quality
he would need to build a strong and successful brand. Although it was very costly
and challenging, he decided that for his company, the only direction that would
satisfy his pursuit of perfection and quality was to formulate his own line of exclusive
and proprietary products.

Color Glo opened their own research and development labs to formulate the best products
in this industry. He hired chemists that had strong backgrounds in new product formulation
and research and over a period of several years his team developed the original
Color Glo proprietary line of restoration and repair products. Today the original
8 products in the line have grown to over 100 different and unique products. Each
of the over 100 products are developed and selected to work seamlessly within the
Color Glo system.

In the last 30 plus years Color Glo has grown from an idea to an International operation
that encompasses the globe. The corporate headquarters are located in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Over the years, Color Glo has been recognized repeatedly by National
and International publications for the excellent products, value and quality of
this services that they offer.

Color Glo is also proud to have received patents in this industry including a process
patent for using the Color Glo process and products in aircraft. In 2006, Color
Glo became the first and only ISO 9001 Certified Company in the industry.

Color Glo International offers:

Over 30 year industry experience
B2B
Low cost franchise
Regular business hours
Zero to few employees required
Scalable business

The benefits of working and owning a Color Glo International business:

Full member of the International Franchise Association – IFA
World market leaders for over thirty years
Top 100 best selling franchise – world-wide
Totally exclusive proprietary water based products
Patented products and methods
Low investment – high returns
Unlimited market potential
Federal Aviation Authority Accepted
Over 800 Operators Worldwide
You receive exclusive territorial rights
Full support and back up – 24/7/365
No additional investment
Low overheads
No direct competition
National / international website

Learn and read more about Color Glo International

If you would like to learn more about this or any other franchise including availability
in your area, investment requirements, franchise fee, etc… Please contact TC Franchise Specialists
& Tull COnsulting at 248-569-2539

Fears That Drown Dreams – Fire Hose Brigade

Dennis Schooley, for the Franchise Broker Association

While there are certainly legitimate reasons why
a person may not become an entrepreneur, I will focus on a few of the main reasons
cited by people that would like to begin a business but haven’t made that leap.
I will also offer some thoughts on how to defeat the fear, and progress towards
the dream.

Fire Hose Brigade

One of the largest ‘clubs’ on earth is the ‘naysayers club’. No matter what the idea is, it is an easy task to find the naysayers and fire hose brigade to squelch the flames of passion and progress. Whether it’s a spouse or family member, a friend that ‘knows about these things’, a business person ‘experienced’ in these matters, an advisor that is looking out for your best interests (translate that to – don’t advise clients to take any chances because I might get blamed), or someone else, there will always be a multitude of people to tell you
why you shouldn’t do something.

That’s not to say that the advice of people close to you, and people you respect, shouldn’t be obtained and considered. It should. However, it should also be considered as only a part of the formula and not the primary decision criteria. If naysayers had the final say, we would still be in the dark ages because all progressive ideas, all leaps of faith that have driven our progress and our dreams over time, would have been fire hosed by the naysayers’ clubs of the past. They are everywhere and always have been. They say things like ‘pull in the reins’, ‘batten down the hatches’, and ‘dig in your heels’.

We have a note in our Marketing Manual that says, ‘Don’t get caught in the negative norm’. The reason the note is there is because it takes a conscious effort to look at things in a positive light because our natural response to things is a ‘resistance response’. That can lead to erroneous judgments based only on the negative. It’s just the way we’re engineered, and as long as you are aware of that natural human inclination to the negative, you can weigh those responses accordingly and make a proper evaluation of opportunities.

In his book, ‘If it ain’t broke…Break It! Robert Kreigel talks about various forms of firehosers, including:

Superrationalists – there is always a rational reason not to do something new -
“that will never work”.
Bottom-Liners – new ideas are seen as potential problems, rather than pragmatic
opportunities
The Seasoned Veteran – “seen it all before” and can prevent you from wasting a
lot of time, energy, and resources.
Yeah, But – they seem to agree with you and then comes the ‘but’… by the way,
everything before the ‘but’ is bull.
Naysayers – focus on what’s wrong with any idea as opposed to the positive opportunities
Things Will Get Back To Normal – it’s just a passing fancy so leave well enough
alone
Wait and See – doing nothing is best until everything is perfect, which of course,
never happens
You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks – be afraid of learning something new and
taking on new responsibility
Better the Devil You Know – change will only make matters worse – at least you
know what you’ve got

Those successful people we all aspire to be think much differently than that. They
think, “I’d rather confront the challenge. I am good enough to succeed. I’d rather
‘just do it’!”

Everyone has a choice on how they approach life, and the opportunities that are
presented to them, either with gusto or timidity. Let the naysayers rule and timidity
will never be defeated. Consider the naysayers’ opinion – just make sure they are
not simply ‘Business Prevention Specialists’ – and approach opportunity with gusto,
and the world will open up.

Dreams are achieved only with gusto.

Dennis Schooley is the Founder of Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants, a Professional
Services Franchise Company. He writes for publication, as well as for franchiseopportunityblog.net
and schooleymitchell.net, in the subject areas of Franchising, and Technology for
the Layman.

TC Franchise Specialists