United Marketing Franchise Opportunity

DESCRIPTION: United was founded in 1981 as a cooperative coupon company. Since then we have evolved into one of America's premiere direct marketing organizations. Through our network of franchisees we offer local businesses support in three of the fasting growing advertising media: Direct Mail, Direct Marketing and, Point of Sale Advertising. The "Coupon Envelope" is our core product, but unlike many single product franchise companies, we have developed a variety of products which allow our franchisees to offer their clients multiple marketing solutions. Some of the additional products are as follows: Solo Post Cards, Image Booklets, New Mover Mailings, and a Restaurant Marketing Kit.

Local market retailers, service providers, and professionals have confidence in our franchisees' abilities and value their service. Once the business is established, many franchise owners enjoy up to a 90% repeat rate in cooperative coupon mailings. Over time, our franchisees have the opportunity to evolve their business to a marketing consultant by offering the most diversified array of proven products in direct marketing. Producing and mailing millions of advertising pieces from our headquarters in Northern Virginia, United provides full production support for our franchise network including customer service, graphics/design, printing, inserting, and mailing.

Men, women, couples or families, we are seeking outgoing people who enjoy building relationships with their clients. Previous sales experience is helpful, but not required.

BACKGROUND

Established: 1981

First Franchised: 1981

Franchised Units: 51

Company Owned Units: None

Projected New Units (12 Months):

Registered: All states except HI, ND, SD, WA

(Currently accepting broker referrals from all areas except the sold out Northern Virginia area and the Boston suburbs)

FINANCIAL/TERMS

Cash Investment: $31.5K

Total Investment: $39,615K - $61,485K

Minimum Net Worth: $150K

Franchise Fee: $31.5K

Royalty: None

Ad : None

Average Number of Employees: 1+ Sales Persons

Passive Ownership: Possibly, Under Certain Conditions

SUPPORT & TRAINING PROVIDED

Financial Assistance Provided: No

Site Selection Assistance: No, franchisees operate from a home office initially

Lease Negotiation Assistance: No, Franchisees may move their business to a small office once they hire salespeople. Typically, this would be a time share complex with a common conference room and receptionist.

Co-Operative Advertising: Yes

Training: Three weeks/ One week pre-training / One week of classroom training / One week field training