Yoga franchise

An Introduction and our expectations

Managing your own yoga franchise is a challenging, exciting, stimulating, and financially rewarding business. Becoming a YogaBugs Franchisee will give you the opportunity to encompass all of these attributes.

YogaBugs originated justover 13 years ago and has been running as a business since 2003. We are a focused, energetic and serious organisation with a commitment to making our franchise network successful by teaching them how to run their businesses profitably. Our success and growth over the last 6 years has been a result of the increased awareness in children’s health & well being in the market place. Combined with our strong belief, and determination to make YogaBugs a viable and successful business.

 

Understanding Our Products?

YogaBugs is creative, imaginative and fun yoga for children aged 2 ½ to 7 years! Yoga postures, breathing and relaxation techniques are woven together into fun stories and games. Children are always the heroes of their YogaBugs stories.

Yoga’d Up offers Yoga to children aged 8 to 12 years old. These classes are structured to appeal to an age group who want to be physically challenged and entertained.

 

What does a YogaBugs Management Franchise involve?

Following our Induction Course, you will be able to organise and run YogaBugs & Yoga’d Up classes in your own exclusive territory. Your responsibilities will include:

• Building a team of teachers
• Selling & organizing classes & other special events such as birthday parties
  
• Following our Sales & local Marketing Programme to promote your business
  
• Finding appropriate teaching venues in addition to those supplied in the database
• Dealing with all enquiries from parents, schools, nurseries and teaching venues
  
• Collecting all class, registration, birthday party & merchandise revenues and keeping an accurate set of accounts
  
• Managing waiting lists,  completing all necessary administration and developing merchandise sales
  

What is the Commitment?

You will be committed to the business for at 5 years under the franchise agreement.

What is the Deal?

The Franchise Pack is £15,000 plus VAT for a territory with c50,000 children between the ages of 2 ½ to 12 years of age (+/- 10% depending on socio economics). Access to a further £5,000 to £10,000 in your first twelve to 18 months trading as start up costs and working capital.

What does the franchise package include:

• Intense and extensive business training to get you off to the right start
• Opening & Ongoing Support to make sure you achieve your targets
  
• Initial Teacher Training for 5 Teachers
  
• Territory Development Fee
  
• Website inclusion and fully integrated CRM, CMS & eMarketing database
  
• First twelve months marketing programme
  
• Corporate Clothing
  
• Opening Stationary and promotional items

  There are ongoing fees which include:

1. Management Service Fee
   
2. National Marketing Levy
   
3. Annual Local Marketing Programme
   
4. Further Training of Franchisee as set out by the Franchisor
   
5. Teacher Training & Development
   

What are the Returns?

Returns vary, but you can expect to make c£30,000 plus operating profit in your first year and c£50,000 in your second year by following a structured sales & marketing programme.

What is The Reality
Individuals must be able to commit to:

1. Work a minimum of 30 to 35 hours a week over a 48 week year
2. Commit to doing 40 quality business development or follow up calls a day
   
3. Follow a prescriptive business process and model keeping the YogaBugs & Yoga’d Up name at the forefront of everything you do
   
4. Be willing to be learn the role and be guided by head office

The next steps to becoming a YogaBugs Franchisee:
Ask yourself these questions:

Is it time to do something for yourself or time for a change in your career?
Do you want to feel empowered and financially independent?
Do you have the time and financial investment to make this a life changing opportunity?

If you answered yes to all of the above and believe you’ve got what it takes to become a YogaBugs Franchisee, then take the first steps today by filling out the form below.