Ford Saeks, Business Growth Accelerator, Hall of Fame Speaker
Franchisee Success | Business Growth | Consumer Trends | Marketing & Sales | Leadership
Ford Saeks specializes in helping franchisees increase performance and profits. His proven strategies have been applied across a wide variety of franchise brands, and his real-life insights are delivered through entertaining, interactive, customized presentations.
What makes Ford the top-choice speaker for franchises brands such as Subway, Papa Murphys, MTY Group, Comfort Keepers, Senior Helpers, OrangeTheory Fitness, Precision Door, Wine & Design, Learning Express Toys, Lawn Doctor, Gold’s Gym, Image360, and many others?
Ford Saeks has diverse experience in multiple industries from retail, QSR, fast-casual, full-service dining, and residential & commercial services. He has experience working with emerging franchise brands with under 100 units up to large global brands with over 20,000 franchise locations.
The author of four books, including the popular releases “ACCELERATE: The Ultimate Guide to Maximize Local Marketing and Boost Sales” and “Superpower! A Superhero’s Guide to Leadership, Business, and Life.”
Ford is widely recognized for his insights on reigniting passion for success, helping franchisees leverage their systems, create fantastic customer experiences, increase sales, and develop winning workforce cultures.
Franchise Keynote Speaker Reel
As the opening keynote speaker, he will kick off your conference with a bang. As the closing keynote speaker, he will ensure your Zees leave with a prioritized massive action plan!
Delivering Profit-Rich Results
Ford Saeks built his first business at the age of 16, reaped the profitable rewards, and was labeled “A True Entrepreneur.” Since then, he has successfully founded 10 companies, received three U.S. Patents, and is the genius behind many successful ventures.
He has helped thousands of franchise owners improve results, take accountability for their local marketing efforts, and grow their bottom line. An entrepreneur in every sense, Ford Saeks relates to franchisors and franchisees as someone who has been there in his own ventures and with his many clients. Ford has worked with multiple franchise organizations, helping guide both franchisees and franchisors through the maze of traditional and digital marketing. His style is contemporary, upbeat, and fun. His presentations are packed full of actionable information delivered in an easy-to-implement style peppered with just the right amount of humor.
Beyond his popular keynote and breakout presentations, Ford Saeks has over twenty-five years of presenting, facilitating, and moderating interactive experiences and Franchisee roundtable best-practices discussions.
Ford was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame in 2019, and awarded the CPAE – 1 of only 189 people on the planet. He’s also in the Virtual Speaker Hall of Fame, 1 of less than 50 people, and a certified virtual presenter.
Partial Client List:
- Alliance Franchise Brands
- Anheuser-Busch
- Bank of America
- BeaverTails
- CarePatrol
- CKO Kickboxing Franchises
- Comfort Keepers
- Duck Donuts
- Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
- Fresh Coat Painters
- FranConnect
- Gold’s Gym Int’l
- Great Harvest Bread Co.
- H & R Block
- HEAT Franchise Summit
- IBM
- International Franchise Association (IFA)
- John Deere
- Karcher North America
- Kaiser Permanente
- Lawn Doctor
- Liberty Mutual
- Liberty Tax Service
- Murphy Business
- MTY Group Brands
- Oracle
- OrangeTheory Fitness
- Papa Murphy’s Franchise Co
- PostNet
- Pridestaff
- Precision Door Services
- Senior Helpers
- ShowHomes
- Signs By Tomorrow
- SignsNOW
- Staples
- Screenmobile
- Subaru
- Subway
- Wine & Design
- and many more…
Keynote Focus: Leadership, Performance, Team Building, Inspiration, Corporate Culture
Regardless of your title — owner, leader, manager, or team member — you’re faced with internal and external challenges that block your full potential. Ford’s powerful self-discovery process demonstrates ways to shift your mindset to create immediate and long-term results that help you accomplish what seemed impossible. Perfect as an opening keynote for your conference or event.
Discover Proven Ways to :
RETHINK your mindset and unlock your superpowers to accelerate performance
REFRAME communication strategies get more done with less effort which helps you reduce frustration and overwhelm
REFOCUS how you lead, engage, and retain your multigenerational diverse team members
REIGNITE your passion for your brand to deliver fantastic customer experiences
REFLECT on personal accountability that will help you transform excuses into results
REWARD your hard work by setting mini-goals and then celebrating excellence
Available as a live or virtual hybrid presentation customized for your specific needs
Keynote Focus: Generating Revenue, Local Marketing & Sales Excellence, Operational Performance
Ford understands that leading and managing growth can be challenging, especially when faced with increased competition, changing buying behaviors, multigenerational workforces, and squeezing profit margins. As some franchisees may look to the national brand to drive more business, it’s essential that local and multi-unit owners shift their focus to make the most of their local marketing & sales efforts.
Discover Ford’s powerful approach to:
- Building relationships, trust & credibility, and social proof in your local marketing areas
- Leading revenue growth and profits through operational excellence
- Skyrocketing lead generation even on a limited budget
- Getting higher per-ticket sales from new & repeat customers
- Delivering remarkable customer experiences that create brand advocates
- Avoiding the generational landmines that can destroy your business and local brand’s reputation
- The renewed importance of following your brand’s systems and best-practices
- Improving leadership communication that elevates team accountability
Franchisees and staff will leave with doable takeaways, in alignment with your brand, to produce immediate results.
Finding and attracting the best people for your franchise can be challenging, especially in today’s multigenerational and diverse workforce environment. Discover the secrets of recruiting in the digital age and combine them with successful onboarding that will improve retention, reduce turnover, boost employee engagement and shrink the time it takes for your new employees to follow your systems and reach their full potential.
In this presentation designed for franchisees, you’ll discover:
- How to attract the best candidates for your open positions
- The most common mistakes with millennials and how you can avoid them
- Keys to setting clear roles and expectations for your leaders and team
- Successful onboarding practices to increase engagement and accountability
- Which policies and procedures work best, no matter the size of your franchise
- Automated support systems that make employee orientation effective
Success depends on the quality of its leaders, managers and staff. Attracting and developing the right people maximizes productivity, shapes a positive culture and promotes harmony. The simple fact is that leaders aren’t defined by job titles. Being a leader starts with your staff taking personal accountability for their own success, results and areas of improvement. It’s those individuals who can motivate, inspire, and challenge those around them to do the same, who will create a strong foundation for your franchise success.
Keynote Focus: Generational Marketing, Future Trends
Each generational group, from millennials to baby boomers, has its own specific characteristics, behaviors, and buying patterns. This has created new opportunities for franchisees to gain a competitive edge with their workforce and marketing efforts. In the race for relevancy, the one-size-fits-all marketing and communication strategy just isn’t very effective.
You’ll Discover How to:
- Identify trends and get ahead of the curve to capture new opportunities
- Avoid the generational landmines that can destroy your business
- Adapt communication strategies for multi-generational buyers
- Gain fresh insights into what motivates millennials, Gen X, Gen Y, and Boomers, to retain top talent
- Leadership and management processes that improve communication and engagement of diverse workforces
You’ll leave this presentation armed with the tactics to engage the diverse demographics of today’s staff and consumers.
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