The Franchise Freaks Podcast

We’re Freaky for Franchising

Franchise Freaks began as a playful moniker within our agency’s team, celebrating our mutual passion for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners.

We’ve successfully boosted numerous franchise brands that stumped other marketing agencies. Our “Franchise Freaks” community has expanded to include clients and industry pals, and we’re thrilled to invite them to join us on this podcast to dish out top-notch marketing wisdom for franchise brands!

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Episode 303: Amplified Integrated Marketing with Craig Sherwood

This is the latest in our series of conversations recorded at The IFA 2026 Convention in Las Vegas with host Jack Monson and the top franchise thought leaders discussing how an Amplified Integrated Marketing plan is accelerating their franchise system’s growth.

Craig Sherwood, SVP of Development at The Joint Chiropractic, joins Thunderly’s Monica Feid to share his system’s growth plans in a landscape that includes:

  • A health and wellness category that will grow over 2% this year according the IFA
  • Lots of white space for clinics in the northeast and other areas
  • An Innovative new mobile app to help both consumers and franchisees

Episode 302: Amplified Integrated Marketing with Mark Jameson

We begin a series of conversations about Amplified Integrated Marketing programs with Mark Jameson, Chief Development Officer at Propelled Brands and August Johnson, VP of Brand Management at Thunderly.

Join us for a discussion on the latest franchise development news and growth strategies from one of franchising’s top thought leaders recorded live at The International Franchise Association’s 2026 Convention.

Episode 301: AIM for a Higher Level of Design Work and Creativity

Amplified Integreated Marketing starts with cohesive, unified design work for you brand.

On a new season of Franchise Freaks, CEO Scott White and Creative Director Dan Wiley of the premier Franchise marketing agency Thunderly share their tips for stepping up your brand’s design work.

They join host *Jack Monson * to discuss:

    • Brand recognition being more critical that ever
    • Using all of your brand assets to help tell your story
    • Creating stories that connect emotionally with people
    • And, what AI-Generated design work can’t do
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