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Shock PR International Franchise Launched for PR Pros Who Want To Be On Their Own, but Not Be All Alone.


HOPKINTON Hopkinton is the name of several towns in the United States:
  • Hopkinton, Iowa
  • Hopkinton, Massachusetts
  • Hopkinton, New Hampshire
  • Hopkinton, New York
  • Hopkinton, Rhode Island
, Mass. -- Shock PR International, launched today, is a new franchise concept for public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  professionals who want to have their own PR businesses, but also want to have the benefits of a quick-start, turn-key See turnkey system.

(jargon, application) turn-key - A term which describes a complete system (hardware and software) which can be used for a specific application without requiring further programming or software installation.
 operation, a support network of other professionals, and national branding.

A Shock PR International franchise is designed to eliminate the fear and risk of starting a small PR firm of one's own. All the business systems have been developed specifically for an independently owned and operated PR firm, and have been tested and proven in actual practice over a 13-year period.

A proprietary Three-Tier (architecture) three-tier - A client-server architecture in which the user interface, functional process logic ("business rules") and data storage and access are developed and maintained as independent modules, most often on separate platforms.  Services System addresses the needs and budgets of a wide range of Shock PR International clients.

Christine Shock, vice president of Shock PR International and a PR veteran with more than 20 years experience, noted, "We've launched the Shock PR International franchise to help fellow PR professionals realize their dream of being their own boss and having some flexibility in their lives, yet having a support network and other experts they can count on to help and guide them every step of the way."

"PR practitioners leaving the corporate or agency world are very knowledgeable about how to do PR, but have little knowledge of how to run a PR business," said Richard Shock, president of Shock PR International. "We can help PR pros get a jump-start on establishing their own businesses. Franchisees are provided with a proven business structure plus all the elements and know-how essential to running a PR business."

Franchisees receive one week of training, ongoing refreshers, a manual covering all business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , written procedures, guidelines guidelines,
n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks.
 and templates for all PR services, their own page on the Shock PR International website, a subscription to an industry-standard media database, national advertising, ongoing support, and the ability to network with other franchisees for informational purposes or to expand their own capabilities.

Shock PR International, based in Hopkinton, MA, has a company-owned operation, a successful PR firm based in Holliston, MA. Franchises are being offered throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , but not all territories are available at this time. More information and an application can be found at www.shockpr.com, or by calling 508-435-0900.

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