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Ford Saeks is a leading expert in helping franchisees amplify performance, maximize profits, and leverage cutting-edge tools like artificial intelligence. His actionable strategies, tailored to your event’s theme and outcomes, have been embraced by top franchise brands such as Subway, Edible Arrangements, Papa Murphy’s, MTY Group, Orangetheory Fitness, and more. Ford’s presentations are dynamic, engaging, and customized through in-depth research and mystery shopping to ensure relevance and impact.
With extensive experience across retail, quick-service restaurants (QSR), full-service dining, residential B2C, and commercial B2B industries, Ford has worked with both emerging franchise brands and global giants. Whether advising franchises with fewer than 100 units or those with over 20,000, his proven insights help franchisees drive local marketing success, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and build winning workplace cultures.
JUST RELEASED: AI Mindshift: Unleash the Power of AI, Avoid the Pitfalls, and Keep the Human Experience—available on Amazon. Ford is also the author of five bestselling books, including ACCELERATE: The Ultimate Guide to Maximize Local Marketing and Boost Sales.
Ford’s unique ability to empower franchisees with practical strategies makes him the go-to speaker for those looking to achieve measurable growth and operational excellence.
Ford Saeks built his first business at the age of 16, reaped the profitable rewards, and was labeled “A True Entrepreneur.” Since then, he has successfully founded 10 companies, received three U.S. Patents, and is the genius behind many successful ventures.
He has helped thousands of franchise owners improve results, take accountability for their local marketing efforts, and grow their bottom line. An entrepreneur in every sense, Ford Saeks relates to franchisors and franchisees as someone who has been there in his own ventures and with his many clients. Ford has worked with multiple franchise organizations, helping guide both franchisees and franchisors through the maze of traditional and digital marketing. His style is contemporary, upbeat, and fun. His presentations are packed full of actionable information delivered in an easy-to-implement style peppered with just the right amount of humor.
Beyond his popular keynote and breakout presentations, Ford Saeks has over twenty-five years of presenting, facilitating, and moderating interactive experiences and Franchisee roundtable best-practices discussions.
Ford was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame in 2019, and awarded the CPAE – 1 of only 189 people on the planet. He’s also in the Virtual Speaker Hall of Fame, 1 of less than 50 people, and a certified virtual presenter.
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In this session, franchisees will discover how to leverage artificial intelligence to enhance operations, marketing, and customer engagement, driving efficiency and growth across all roles within the franchise.
In this session, franchisees will gain actionable strategies to accelerate business growth, focusing on improving performance metrics, increasing sales, and implementing effective local marketing initiatives.
In this session, franchisees will master local area sales techniques tailored to the franchise environment, enabling them to boost conversion rates and build lasting customer relationship
In this session, franchisees will explore cutting-edge marketing strategies, including digital and traditional methods, to effectively reach target audiences and enhance brand presence locally.
In this session, franchisees will learn to identify and harness their unique strengths, transforming them into superpowers that propel personal and professional success within the franchise system.
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