{"id":1722,"date":"2018-11-24T08:03:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T08:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2020-04-22T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:39:38","slug":"dor-2-dor-franchisee-urges-others-to-take-the-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/dor-2-dor-franchisee-urges-others-to-take-the-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"DOR-2-DOR Franchisee George Urges Others to Take The Plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h3>Following years of running his own construction company, forward-thinking George Petkov was seeking a profitable business with real potential away from the building trade, and today he&#8217;s celebrating not one, but two profitable Dor-2-Dor franchises in Basildon and Southend.<\/h3>\n<p>After a leaflet fell through his letterbox in 2014 detailing the benefits of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/dor2dor\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dor-2-Dor franchise opportunity<\/a>, George saw this as his opportunity to break away from the building trade and create a successful new business with plenty of scope for growth.<\/p>\n<p>Although George has little experience in the print, distribution and direct marketing industry, he took full advantage of the Dor-2-Dor winning business formula and exceptional franchisee training available.<\/p>\n<p>Now, George is the proud owner of both Basildon and Southend Dor-2-Dor franchises and is reaping the rewards of their exclusive D2D-WORKS software system, training and assigned business territory packages.<\/p>\n<p>Running two Dor-2-Dor franchises has given George the ability to meet new people and help support local businesses with their print and direct mail marketing needs every day.<\/p>\n<p>George Petkov said \u201cI love helping local businesses realise their full potential, and with the excellent support I receive from Dor-2-Dor I&#8217;ve been able to grow my franchises into productive and profitable businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The software, website full of useful tips and advice on how to maximise orders and profit has been invaluable to me, and I&#8217;m really excited about what the future holds for my two franchises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With over 80% of the UK&#8217;s top advertisers using door drops and an industry worth nearly \u00a31billion, direct mail is still an effective marketing tool for businesses of any size. The ability to trade under a respected brand, excellent support package and assigned territory makes the Dor-2Dor franchises an excellent opportunity for anyone wanting to be their own boss and manage a profitable business.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what advice he would give to potential franchisees, George said \u201cDon&#8217;t be afraid to jump into this business. We may be in a digital age, but leaflet marketing still works brilliantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming a Dor-2-Dor franchisee, click the link below for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following years of running his own construction company, forward-thinking George Petkov was seeking a profitable business with real potential away from the building trade, and today he&#8217;s celebrating not one, but two profitable Dor-2-Dor franchises in Basildon and Southend. After a leaflet fell through his letterbox in 2014 detailing the benefits of the Dor-2-Dor franchise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dor2dor","category-business-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/george-petkov-dor2dor-basildon-franchise.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}