You’ve been thinking about going into business for some time, but have never taken the leap. 

You want to move on from being an employee and start working for yourself.

You’re after a career that you love with a work life balance and potential for high rewards.

But you’ve hesitated because of the stories you’ve heard from others who started up a business and found it overwhelming or not what they expected.

Running a business comes with its challenges. And succeeding is a balancing act of working on the business whilst working in it.

Operations. Developing a client base. Supply chain. Marketing.  Compliance. Management. Earning profit.

These are only some of the elements required to oil the successful business machine.

Buying a business can come with risks, but what if you could invest in your future with confidence?

With the support of an award-winning national brand behind you and a model that’s actually designed for franchisee success. And a collaborative, inclusive culture where you’re never alone.

Topfranchise.com.au ranked Smartline number one in its latest top 10 list released in September, following a comprehensive survey of franchisees from systems across the country.

Smartline has held the number one ranking since 2009 and took out the overall award having been ranked first in four of the six survey sub categories:

• Support: examining levels of support offered by the franchisor

• Lifestyle: whether franchisees are satisfied with the lifestyle the model allows them

• Passion: the passion franchisees have for their product/service and customers. Also whether friends and family believe in the business

• Marketing: the strength of the marketing strategy and the support provided for franchisees to undertake their own marketing activities

“While it’s great to be recognised within the mortgage industry, we’re very proud of the fact that this award recognises Smartline as the benchmark in franchising across all industries, and is based on the feedback of our own people,” says Chris Acret, managing director.

“Mortgage broking is a great business to be in and can be very rewarding both personally and financially. It’s rewarding to be helping people with such an important life transaction as buying a property.

“Smartline has a unique approach and business philosophy. We have geared the whole business around helping our franchisees be successful.

“It’s a team approach with a very strong team culture and camaraderie and high levels of collaboration amongst franchisees. It’s a key reason for people’s success.”

So if you’re ready to invest into your future with confidence, take the next steps to becoming a Smartline franchisee.