Another consideration will be where to find your franchisees. Conventional advertising is a possibility for attracting prospects, and you may find that franchise brokers or consultants are useful in generating leads as well. Trade shows remain a very viable source of cultivating interest in your brand and attracting potential franchisees, and there are a number of franchise organizations and associations which produce these shows throughout the year in cities across Canada. 

However, you may wish to jump on the social networking bandwagon in reaching out to prospects. Certainly a franchisor’s website is an appropriate forum for generating leads and can be a very useful outlet for potential franchisees to find answers to some of the questions they may have about your system. Reaching out via social networking sites, or setting your online presence up in a way that enables franchisees to reach out to you by way of these media, may accomplish a lot in terms of establishing your franchise system as fresh, modern and accessible.