BUILDING BETTER BUSINESSES

Franchise Information Kit

NSW ~ Central Coast , Newcastle & Hunter Region

Vic ~ West & South Gippsland Region

Congratulations on taking the first

step towards a positive future,

entitling you to:

✓ Joining one of the world’s

largest home services brands

✓ Unlimited earning potential

✓ The satisfaction of being your

own boss

✓ Minimum guaranteed income

✓ Plentiful Work

✓ A business with ongoing

support

Every Jim’s Mowing Franchise

comes with the same level of

opportunity

Whether you want a business to

turn over

✓ $70000

✓ $120000

✓ $180000

✓ Or even $200000 +

That’s really up YOU the franchise

Welcome

✓ Jim’s is a Nationally Recognised Brand

✓ Computerized systems to manage work needs, schedule,

invoice and manage expenses

✓ Plentiful work and lead channelling.

✓ Training

✓ Strong support network and materials

✓ Tried and true turn-key business

✓ Financing Options

✓ Preferred Supplier Deals

✓ Plus so much more

For most people, buying into a

QUALITY FRANCHISE

system makes sense!

An Iconic Brand

✓ Established in 1982 by Jim Penman with a single mowing

round, the Jim’s Group has grown into one of the world’s

largest Home Services Brands.

✓ Jim’s Mowing has a presence in Australia, New Zealand,

Canada and the United Kingdom - with over 1,900 franchisees

globally.

✓ Jim’s Mowing is an Aussie icon with over 1,600 Mowing

Franchisees operating Australia wide.

✓ Do yourself a favour - ask 5 of your friends what is the first brand

that comes to mind when they think of lawn mowing or gardening

work?

With an active involved owner

✓ This brand is top of mind with the public, this lends itself to

give your business instant recognition and will help you

build it quickly. This is a unique opportunity that presents

itself to potential franchisees

✓ On the back of the mowing success, the Jim’s Franchisee

system now extends to over 50 different divisions with nearly

4000 franchisees operating.

✓ Jim Penman the groups founder is still actively involved within

the business as the managing director

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Brand Value as a Franchisee

✓ You have the ability to leverage the brand knowing that

customers know

✓ You are backed by a brand that has longevity

✓ Customers are familiar with the brand

✓ They have peace of mind knowing that you are

✓ Insured for $10M public liability insurance

✓ Police Checked

✓ Provide Value for Money

✓ Trained in basic business & service skills

✓ Provide the service with a satisfaction guarantee

✓ Call back within 2 hours

✓ You can then walk to the door with confidence to the client

knowing that they have peace of mind with much of the

introduction is already done for you

✓ This normally results in

✓ High conversion of leads to jobs

✓ Higher pricing models

Protection of your Investment

✓ Investing money into buying any type of business can and would be

risky especially if even thinking to go it alone.

✓ In deciding to purchase a Jim’s Mowing Franchise, you are not on

your own. You are joining a group of like-minded people

(franchisee’s) in a local area that have made the same investment

that you are considering.

✓ In addition, you also get a (franchisor) to assist you in this venture

that has also personally invested and committed like his franchisees

have.

✓ One cohesive team, all working together to DEVELOP, NURTURE,

PROTECT and GROW THE BRAND in the local community where

they live, which in turn adds value to everybody’s investment in a

Jim’s Franchised business Brand

✓ The Jim’s Brand is foremost in the public mind

✓ This lends itself to give your business instant recognition and will help

build it quickly

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State of the art technology

systems

• Australian Based Call Centre

• FMS – (Franchise Management

System)

• Business Operating System

• App

• Web Portal

All our inbound work is filtered thru our Australian Based Call

Centre in Mooroolbark via the 131546 number or Website

booking forms

Our franchise management software delivers you work based

on:

✓ When you want to take work leads

✓ Where you want to take work leads

✓ How much work leads you want to take

✓ What type of work leads you want to provide

For example, if you only want to Gardening in the suburb you

live, then that’s all the gardening work leads that you will get.

Then when a client makes a booking, the System ensures you

get the work that you have nominated for that suits your needs

Systems / Work

Business Operating System

Jim’s provides a portable system to

manage your day to day operations,

with initial training and easy to

follow tutorial videos.

New work is delivered directly to

your smartphone, tablet or computer

The software performs tasks like

✓ Scheduling

✓ Customer Records

✓ Invoicing / Quoting

✓ Expense Management

✓ Reports

✓ Credit Card Payment

✓ Plus so much more

Locally driven for the region, totally focused

on generating work, focused on the new

advertising mediums, whilst maintaining a

presence in traditional formats – Examples

include such things as

✓ Internet PPC Programs ( Adwords )

✓ Internet SEO Programs ( SEO )

✓ Social Media

✓ Yellow Pages

✓ Newspaper in some locations

✓ Television

✓ Flyers

Advertising

Our Advertising Nationally delivers

Million’s of $$ of incremental work each

year to our franchisees in Mowing

Million’s of $$ of that work, we have

nobody available to service it

This could be work that you could be

earning a living from !

Make sure you ask how much work

comes out of the area you are looking at

Training Course - Melbourne

Training

Jim’s training program is designed for business readiness, then ongoing support

Before you commence operating your business, you will complete 2 trial days and attend a 6 day training course in Melbourne, where you will met Jim himself and cover all the basics of how to run a small business.

You will then be invited to do a further few days with 1 of our trainers, where you will learn to fine tune all your skills and learn to use all the equipment properly.

On the commencement of your business, you will get a first class hand over from the franchise that is selling his business to ensure you know all the ins and outs of the business that you have purchased.

Your franchisor then will work with you to set goals for

✓ First 3 mths,

✓ Months 3-6,

✓ Months 6-12

✓ then ongoing plans

Generic Day 1-3

✓ Jims Ethos & Service Philosophy

✓ Customer Service

✓ Your Franchisor as a business partner

✓ Systems Overview✓ FMS & Jims Online

✓ Workplace Health & Safety

✓ Managing your franchisee business

✓ Planning to succeed

✓ Marketing Strategies

✓ Financial Management

✓ Strategies to improve your income

Mowing Day 4-6

✓ Operating your franchise

✓ Quoting

✓ OH&S

✓ Product Demonstration

✓ First Aid Manual & Assessment

✓ Intro to Horticulture & demo

✓ Mower Servicing

✓ Jimbo

✓ Practical Quoting

✓ Scheduling

Support Network

You are joining a group of committed,

likeminded people in a local network all

driven to excel in

✓ Customer Service

✓ Developing the Brand

✓ Protecting the Brand

✓ Growing the Brand

One cohesive team all working together

Therefore

✓ Advice

✓ Help on large jobs

✓ Help whilst on leave

✓ Someone just to have a chat to

✓ Pricing Reference Guides

all a freely available along with your local

franchisor as your mentor

Backed by Jim’s Head Office Support

Centre for

✓ Customer Service queries

✓ IT Support

Support Material

Once you have started it can be quite

daunting to get information on “how to”

complete certain tasks, that’s where the

beauty of the franchise networks come into

play.

Besides having in place all the manuals

covering

✓ WHO&S Mowing

✓ Mowing Operations

✓ Franchise Operations

There is a library of “how to” guides&

information available for use and if we don’t

have the topic, we will find out the

information for you.

Examples include✓ Developing Business Partners

✓ Developing Opportunities

✓ Taking Control of Getting Payments

✓ Budgeting

✓ Gaining Commercial Clients

✓ Routing your Territory

✓ Using your Phone Effectively

✓ Creating Impact & Presence

✓ Creating Property Reports

Initial Guidance

Over the first 13 weeks from

commencement, you’ll be onboarded also

with the induction program

Each week you’ll receive a call from your

franchisor to discuss your progress along

with an education email contain such things

as

➢ Reading material

➢ Tasks to complete

➢ Video Information

The program is designed to build good

habits and stretch your thought processes

to ensure your transition into your business

is a successful one

*In addition, there is a 7-week video

education program on proper use of

chemicals to help you earn more money

Ongoing your franchisor will have regular

meeting, calls, business reviews,

newsletters plus so much more.

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Turn Key Business if you choose

✓ You don’t have to figure it out !

✓ You know that you are going to get

✓ The best pricing in the market

✓ Be supplied with the right quality material to operate your business

effectively

✓ Equipment / Trailer

✓ Uniforms

✓ Stationary

✓ Safety Equipment

High Return on Investment

Business Growth and Splitting Options

As your client base grows you have lots of various options with no additional fees.

You can

✓ Add as many employees as you wish

✓ Add as many additional Trailers and employees as you wish

✓ Or even like many franchises do, bundle up a portion of there business

and have Jim’s sell them as a client starter pack and receive around

$20000 for that and rebuild your client base quickly.

✓ For every regular client you add to your business, you add approx. $500

to $700 value to your business

Which ever path you take, there is no limits with the Jim’s

Franchise model.

For an investment of less than $50,000 your Jim’s business could set you up for life.

✓ A Jim’s Mowing business is built on

regular clients

✓ Regular clients deliver ongoing

regular income week in, week out

✓ Relationships form with regular

clients and regular clients contract

you to perform more jobs around their

properties, such as:

✓ Gardening

✓ Hedging & Pruning

✓ Gutter Cleaning

✓ Mulching

✓ Rubbish Removal

✓ Other odd jobs

Meaning you’re not constantly

chasing new clients or new work

for income, week in, week out.

and a Jim’s Mowing business

is a great business !!!!

It’s a Business with Recurring Income

What can a Jim’s Franchise Earn ?

The Biggest Question you need ask yourself is

“what type of business is it,

I want to build ?”

Lifestyle BusinessBusiness turning over approx. $75000 to $100000

Spend more time with family and doing what is important in life

Ability to collect kids from school

Coach footy team

Hobbies

Better balance than a Job that consumes time

Single Operator BusinessBusiness turning over approx. $130000 to $150000

Working 5 Days per week

Driven to succeed an earn

Some Lifestyle benefits

Multi Operator BusinessBusiness turning over approx. $200000+

Working with employees and potentially multiple vehicles

Driven to succeed an earn

Some Lifestyle benefits

What Expenses are you likely to incur ?

For a more accurate example of expenses, speak directly with a established Jim’s Franchisees. We’ll give you a full

contact list when you come in and have a chat with us.

Well that depends on what you plan to expense thru your business

There are lots of variables, but as a guide your yearly expenses are likely to run

somewhere between $20000 to $25000 and covers such things as

➢ Mobile Phone

➢ Home Internet Connection

➢ Basic Repairs & Fuel for Equipment

➢ Franchise Fees

➢ Advertising

➢ Lead Fees

➢ Public Liability Insurance

➢ Equipment Insurance

➢ Car Insurances

➢ Car Fuel & Repairs

➢ Uniforms / Stationary Replacements

What isn’t listed here that some franchisees list as ongoing expenses are things like

➢ Trailer Rent to Buy

➢ Ride on Mower Lease

➢ Car Lease

➢ Other Personal Insurances

➢ Workers Compensation Insurance if running employees

The next step...If you would like to make a positive

change and become your own boss within a

framework of one of the world’s largest franchise

groups, take the next step and request an interview.

It’s more like an informal chat really. There’s no

obligation

But there’s also no guarantees of anything. Let’s have a

cup of coffee and talk about what you want and what a

Jim’s Mowing Franchise offers.

To prepare yourself, take a few minutes to think about

the things you would like to know more about, write them

down and bring them along.

Whilst this is fresh in your mind, call me now on

0405 470660 and make a time for us to chat.