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David Gollahon - Founder & CEO
 
David Gollahon brings 20 years of sales, marketing and project management experience from a myriad of industries, including 10 years in the franchise advertising space. He has worked as purchasing coordinator for Blockbuster Corporations' 700+ store music division, launched his own retail operations, and provided recruiting services to Fortune 500 companies including ADP. Most recently, he spent 4 years with Landmark Communications where he launched and developed the Best Franchise Opportunities portal for Ad Engine. Working as Senior Account Executive, he drove Best Franchise Opportunities to the top tier of online franchise advertising, bringing in revenue gains of over 42% annually. In this role, he developed both an in-depth knowledge of the online lead product and the clear knowledge of his clients' needs, resources, and ability to work within the parameters of the online lead industry.

David created Franchise In-Sites as a means to bring individual clients an efficient and effective means to create, manage and analyze their franchise advertising campaigns. Through his efforts, he sees the performance of the top 25 franchise advertising portals across multiple industry verticals as the company manages over $1 million in annual media spend for the expansions of Maid Brigade, Kona Ice, Grout Doctor, FranchisESource Brands International, American Business Systems, The Franchise Authority, Maxx Merchants, Woodhouse Day Spa and a host of others. Franchise Insites also provides integrated marketing and sales functions for fully outsourced projects including IKOR.

Matt Walker - Director of Sales
 
Matt Walker has worked in the online advertising space for the past 8+ years, and has 20+ years sales experience in online, franchising, and computer networking industries. Working as an Account Manager for FranchiseAdvantage.com and BusinessBroker.net in the past, Matt worked with franchisors and partners to generate leads, helping hundreds of franchise systems grow, and heighten brand awareness online.

He brings his understanding of the online lead marketplace and portal operation to Franchise In-Sites with a focus on building relationships and putting customer satisfaction first. Matt's knowledge of the marketing space, sector production, and site operation bring a very valuable perspective to your advertising campaigns.

Beth Schmitz-Biegler - Director of Client & Media Relations
 
Beth Schmitz-Biegler has worked in franchising since 2003 and has over fifteen years of small and entrepreneurial business experience in operations, development, marketing and networking. She has previously served in director-level positions in the fields of executive search and software development.

She brings a unique franchising background to the table, combining experience in a third-party broker network as marketing & technology director with FranNet as well as a decades old franchise system in the role of marketing director for Kitchen Tune-Up. In both environments, she directed local franchisee marketing as well as prospective franchise owner lead generation.

Beth understands the special needs and frustrations of franchise systems from the inside, having been the customer to franchise lead generation vendors for years. She is now applying that insight to assist other franchise systems in obtaining, tracking, evaluating and optimizing their own lead generation and sales efforts. With years of online and in-person training and presentation experience, Beth is able to breakdown information to clients in a way that makes sense.

With one foot in technology and the other in marketing, using her ability to work closely with both clients and vendors, Beth will help your company make the right decisions for your franchise system’s growth.