Buying a franchise is a HUGE decision.  I have bought, operated, still operate, or have sold 7 franchised businesses here in Michigan.  I’ve also done EXTENSIVE research on over 100 different franchise systems.  In addition to these items, since 2004 I’m operated a highly successful Franchise Management and Consulting business.  I’ve signed good franchise agreements, and I’ve been suckered into bad franchise agreements.  What I’m getting at is that basically I’ve see it all and I believe that I can add SIGNIFICANT VALUE to ANYONE who is considering investing their hard earned dough into ANY franchise system.  I blog and/or rant about franchise issues every now and then at BFranchise.com

I’ve done my research.  There are literally tens of thousands of people EVERY DAY who are searching the web for reliable, 3rd party information about the franchise industry.  The only stuff that I’ve found is from franchise sales people…hardly non-biased!  My E-book is going to be a MUST READ before you sign any type of franchise agreement.  There are just so many important questions to ask and facts to verify before you take the plunge, and I have found NOTHING online to help folks.  My information is going to guide them through this process. 

I’ll keep you posted on how things are coming along.  I’m expected this to be about a six month project…I really want to do it well, yet I have no idea how exactly to write and format an E-book.  I’m assuming I’ll just start with an exciting Word document and go from there. 

Let me know if any of you all have went down the E-book path, and how things are going.  I ALWAYS appreciate the support, comments, and feedback…and am always happy to return the favor.  So if you need anything, drop me an e-mail.

I spent about 3 hours yesterday afternoon trying to answer the above question.  What is Clickbank?  My secondary question was…How do I use Clickbank to further monetize my Internet real estate.  AdSense has been a great start, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve spent the last year as a one trick pony.  That strategy is not going to work in 2009 if this is the year I figure out how to make $5000 a month via web investments.  And by the way, I’ve decided that I’m going to figure out this online income thing without buying anyones Carbon Copy System.  Maybe that is stupid, but I consider myself of average intelligence, so I darn well should be able to figure things out this year. 

ALL THAT BEING SAID, Clickbank seems to offer some interesting opportunities.  The deal is that you sign us as an affiliate and get paid a commission on any products that are sold from leads generated from your web properties.  This is great, but I see a bit of a problem.  I DON’T EVER want to suggest a product that I don’t believe in 100%.  I know that there are great opportunities there, but I need to sift through the thousands of Garbage Opportunities to find the jewels that I can promote and suggest. 

So that is where I am, and I would truly appreciate any comments regarding your experience with Clickbank and what products, if any, your have found that truly add value to peoples lives…because that is what it is all about for me.  I want to help, every day, even if it is only in a little way.