SPORTS IMAGE ® SELLS FIRST FRANCHISE IN GEORGIA

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Teanna Hart

Dayton, OH – Sports Image®, a leader in the high school sports marketing industry, announced today that it has sold a franchise to Eli Rose, of Woodstock, GA with many more potential sales in various stages around the United States. The franchise operation is expected to begin operations around Atlanta within the next two months.

"We’re very pleased to have Eli on our team," said Eric Horstman, Sports Image® President. "His background, passion for sports and wanting to help his community is ideal for this business. We feel he is the perfect candidate to help us develop our franchise network."

"I am very excited about this opportunity," Rose said. "Having a great support system and a well branded name allows me to focus on what I do best which is providing exceptional service to my customers while growing my business to its full potential. Sports Image creates a win-win situation for all parties involved and allows me to build my business beyond what I could have done on my own."

"We’ve been in business for 8 years helping schools and organizations but just recently turned our model into a franchise opportunity. In the 8 weeks since offering franchises, we’ve had over 160 leads nationwide. Eli is Franchisee #1 with many more to come." said Horstman. "Along with Eli’s operation, we expect to have at least 15 more franchises operating across the country by the end of next year."

Since 2002, Sports Image® has been helping high schools and other grassroots organizations to obtain state-of-the-art equipment and much needed revenue for their athletic programs as budgets are drying up nationwide. Through its’ unique sports marketing concepts, Sports Image® has given over $500,000 in cash and over $7,500,000 in equipment to schools and organizations nationwide and in Canada.

"In addition to the fact that this is a proven business with a well established name, I have the support of a great company behind me," states Rose. "Sports Image assists with everything, from organization to management & operations training, to marketing strategies. I couldn't ask for a better team to back me up."

Sports Image® was founded in 2003 in Franklin, OH with the purpose of helping high schools and other grassroots organizations to obtain state-of-the-art equipment and much needed revenue for their athletic programs. In addition, Sports Image® also founded and manages Flyin’ to the Hoop, a Top-Ranked National High School Basketball Event that pumps over $1M into the local Dayton, OH community annually.