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title: "Top Franchise Development sites"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f2963e0d-0c5b-4a82-bc16-2a729bda3dbc
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/top-franchise-development-websites-31-40-2717413
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2021-12-09T12:07:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:36:29.477Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/f8797c06403313be9786e5e6c29105095047.jpg
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# Top Franchise Development sites

**TL;DR:** 1851 Franchise's Franchise Development Website Awards announced the most effective and engaging development sites in franchising, with a panel of eight expert judges evaluating each site according to three criteria. The judges included Michelle Rowan, Tom Spadea, Brent Dowling, Sean Fitzgerald, Liane Caruso, and Kay Ainsley, among others.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-12-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/top-franchise-development-websites-31-40-2717413).*

## Story

This month, 1851 Franchise’s Franchise Development Website Awards have returned to announce the most effective and engaging development sites in franchising. A panel of eight expert judges evaluated each franchise development site according to three criteria: first impressions, quality of content and ease of use. Sites were scored on a five-point scale in accordance with these three criteria, with the overall website rankings based on a composite average of the judges’ scores.

The first impressions metrics for each franchise development site are determined in consideration of five subfactors: usability, UI/UX design, site performance, SEO and mobile accessibility. The content metrics are determined by the presence and strength of three subfactors: motivating content, calls to action and reasons to buy now. The ease-of-use metrics score was determined in relation to location, depth and ease of application.

This year's judges include Stan Friedman , president of FRM Solutions ; Michelle Rowan, president & COO of Franchise Business Review ; Thomas Scott , CEO of Brand Journalists ; Tom Spadea , co-founder of Spadea Lignana Law Firm ; Brent Dowling , co-founder and CEO of Raintree ; Sean Fitzgerald , president of TruBlue Total House Care ; Liane Caruso , senior vice president of Entrepreneur Media ; and Kay Ainsley , managing director of ? MSA Worldwide .

Here the average scores for the 10 websites that came in between 31 and 40:

- Overall Average Score: 3.9

- Overall Average Score: 4.0

- Overall Average Score: 4.1

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- franchising (topic)
- Sean Fitzgerald (person)
- TruBlue Total House Care (company)
- Michelle Rowan (person)
- Raintree (company)
- MSA Worldwide (company)
- Brent Dowling (person)
- Kay Ainsley (person)
- Spadea Lignana (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/top-franchise-development-websites-31-40-2717413). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f2963e0d-0c5b-4a82-bc16-2a729bda3dbc).