Franchising A Business with Founder of TAPinto.net, Mike Shapiro, 04-21-2019

Episode 34 February 12, 2020 00:54:20
Franchising A Business with Founder of TAPinto.net, Mike Shapiro, 04-21-2019
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Franchising A Business with Founder of TAPinto.net, Mike Shapiro, 04-21-2019

Feb 12 2020 | 00:54:20

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Show Notes

In this episode hear about franchising a business from Michael Shapiro, a hyperlocal media expert, news entrepreneur and attorney. He owns and operates TAPinto.net, a network of more than 75 all-online hyperlocal news franchises in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Florida, with more than 8,000,000 readers during the past year. Each site is franchised to a local owner/publisher and provides original objective daily local news reporting. Current franchisees include business executives, public relations professionals, journalists, hardcopy newspapers, nonprofits and universities. TAPinto.net was founded in October, 2008 by Michael and Lauryn Shapiro, who sought to provide their town’s residents with an all-online, objective, independent, daily local newspaper. 
You can visit his website at www.TapInto.net 

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