Adventures in Advertising Cost Comparisons

About Adventures in Advertising

Dan Carlson started Adventures in Advertising in 1982 in Seattle. The company acted as an independent distributor of logo merchandise, but soon moved into the design and consulting side of the promotional products business. Adventures in Advertising franchisees work with organizations and corporations, helping them put together marketing programs involving promotional items such as T-shirts, mouse pads and pens bearing their logos. Franchisees can run the business out of their homes, in an office or as an add-on to another business.

Advertising & Marketing Franchise Opportunities

Below is a quick comparison of Adventures in Advertising against other Advertising & Marketing franchises and business opportunities. For an in depth comparison of Adventures in Advertising with another opportunity including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options click on the name of the company to view the detailed comparison.

Franchise Franchise Fee Royalty Advertising Fee Development Costs
Ad-Visor $25,000-$49,000 $1,500 per mailing $50/month per operating service area $50,625-$117,300
AIS Media N/A $14,995-$29,995
AllOver Media $7,500-$10,000 6% 1% $11,445-$58,750
American Town Mailer $20,000 0 $23,900-$37,200
Around Town Community Magazine $25,000 5% $37,600-$54,800
Athletic Programs Inc. $25,000 $25,000
Billboard Connection $17,000-$29,900 3.5% 0.5% $165,300-$402,800
Biz Card Xpress $39,000 7% $114,346-$197,475
Copy Cup $30,000 7% $311,300-$421,950
creativeworks N/A $50,000
Discovery Map International $25,000 10% to1% $35,950-$45,950
Dollars In$ide N/A $50,000-And Up
EasyChair Media $10,000-$20,000 0 $32,700-$36,700
Executive Business Maintenance $35,000 8% $59,000-$89,000
Eyeris TV $30,000 $75,000-$230,000
Firespring N/A $46,950-$179,500
Fun 4 US Kids $5,000 $10,250-$28,750
Healthy Times Newspaper $15,000 $500/ month $18,500-$29,100
Homes & Land Magazine $27,000 10.5% $45,500-$114,000
Impressions On The Go $17,500-$35,000 8% $10,499-$195,151
Intrigue Media $20,000-$115,000 Percentage of sales $26,100-$123,100
Invite Systems $25,500 $50,400-$83,700
Lead Innovations $38,000-$238,000 $74,815-$296,470
Marketingsage $39,995-$59,995 $44,500-$115,000
Mini Cities $15,000-$40,000 5% $27,000-$53,000
Money Mailer $49,900-$59,900 $75-$300/area 0.50c/mailed ad $65,210-$77,000
MyLoopCard $29,500 $100-500/mo. $31,000-$42,000
ONEXT Media N/A $15,000
Our Town America $47,500 5% up to 1% $63,300-$86,250
Pet Evolution $49,000 $424,500-$598,550
PinPoint Local $0-$7,500 $3,850-$15,850
POD Digital Promotions N/A $39,900-$100,000
Postcard Portables Canada Ltd. $22,000 5% 1% $100,000-$300,000
Profit-Tell Int'l. $24,000 0 $30,000-$40,300
Proforma $34,500 5-8% 0.25% -1% $44,030-$59,695
PRstore $29,500-$89,500 4.25% $127,000-$181,000
RSVP Publications $15,000 7% 1% $96,506-$269,366
Running Boards Marketing $50,000 $75,000-$255,000
School Communications Agency, The $30,000-$40,000 12% $39,700-$59,900
SelectAds Direct $10,000 0 0 $18,700-$29,750
Shock PR $10,000 5% $35,000
Solara360 $25,000 $175,000-And Up
SportsXpress $15,000 10% which includes a 2% towards training fund $15,000-And Up
Stork News of America $8,000-$13,000 $800-1.2K/yr. $11,530-$75,700
SuperCoups $17,000-$26,000 Varies $51,950-$89,500
Tidbits Media N/A $76 per week $8,500-$25,000
Town Money Saver N/A $5,700-$17,000
United Marketing Solutions $31,500 0 $39,615-$61,485
Valpak $15,000-$17,500 0 $32,500-And Up
Veza Digital N/A $5,000
Vision-Adz $30,000 $200,000
Voucher Packs N/A $25,000
Welcomemat Services $47,000 6% 2% $60,960-$89,710
Xtreme Fuel Treatment N/A 14.95/mo. website 0 $49
Zinger Digital Signs $27,500 $71,700-$124,100

Business Consulting/Training Franchise Opportunities

Below is a quick comparison of Adventures in Advertising against other Business Consulting/Training franchises and business opportunities. For an in depth comparison of Adventures in Advertising with another opportunity including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options click on the name of the company to view the detailed comparison.

Franchise Franchise Fee Royalty Advertising Fee Development Costs
A.D. Banker & Company - Training Centers $8,900-$36,400 12% $26,900-$79,100
AccuTrak Inventory Specialists $22,500 7% $39,000-$48,000
Achievement Centre, The $38,000 $725/month after first year $50,000-$100,000
ActionCOACH $45,000-$70,000 $1.95K+/mo. 5% $81,773-$1,111,670
AdvantaFran Consulting $10,000 $14,950-$43,450
AdviCoach $45,000 5-15% $400/mo $66,240-$79,490
Ahead Human Resources $17,700-$23,700 Varies $80,100-$171,700
Alternative Board, The $19,500-$44,000 10 - 50% Varies $58,023-$103,298
American Immigration Center $10,000-$15,000 $38,700-$94,000
BEI Group N/A $77,000
Biltmore Franchise Consulting $28,000 10% 10% $49,400-$76,200
Brian Tracy Intl N/A $50,000
Business Alliance, The N/A $19,900
Business Round Table $20,000 5-10% $20,000
C12 Group, The N/A $47,000-$108,500
Commercial Capital Training Group N/A 4% local $25,000-$100,000
Crestcom $69,500 35.5% $85,345-$101,699
Criterium Engineers $49,500-$79,500 6% $66,175-$125,950
Dale Carnegie Training $20,000-$65,000 4.5% -12% 3% $93,400-$245,800
DEI Sales Training Systems $50,000 7% $80,000-$100,000
Entrepreneur's Source $55,000 25% $750/mo. $92,450-$100,750
Estrada Strategies $35,000 $43,300-$77,200
Expense Reduction Analysts $59,900 15% 3% $66,000-$85,900
Expense Reduction Consulting $29,900 7% $33,100-$45,100
FocalPoint Coaching $45,000 $49,950-$127,500
Franchise Alliance, Inc. N/A $24,900
FranchiseInc $22,500 $1300/month $27,300-$40,000
FranchiseMart N/A $105,000-$110,000
FranExpert N/A $9,995-$14,995
FranNet $15,000-$35,000 10% - 30% 1.5K/Qtr $49,175-$87,325
FranStop $30,000 $50,900-$92,000
Green Irene $150 0 0 $150
Growth Coach, The $39,900-$45,900 10%+ $200/mth $55,000-$76,000
HR First Contact $35,000 6% $89,100-$206,400
Inner Circle $14,900 15% $21,150-$34,400
Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching $75,000 $108,340-$119,090
John Casablancas Modeling & Career Centers $40,000-$50,000 7% 3% $138,845-$343,567
Leadership Management $15,000 6% $20,000-$27,500
LMI $15,000 6% $20,000-$27,500
Loyalty Business Services $40,000 $68,200-$99,700
Make It Big With Yuvi. N/A $15,000-$20,000
Manufacturing Management Associates $10,000-$15,000 5% $25,000
Mars Venus Success Coaching $22,500 Vary $35,000
Medical Staffing Consultants N/A $20,000-$60,000
MoreSALES.ca $30,000 $50,000
Network In Action $17,000-$40,000 9% $19,710-$47,700
Nextaff $25,000 up to 8% of Gross Wages 1% of Gross Wages $55,000-$130,000
Ology Business Coaching $27,000 15% capped at $1,500 per month $50,000-$90,000
OneCoach N/A $40,100-$318,800
Online Trading Academy $80,000-$200,000 10% 3% $227,300-$392,000
OnNet Web Solutions N/A $10,000
Partner On-Call Network $25,000 the greater of $1,000 monthly or 6% of gross $56,000-$76,000
PMA $30,000 10-8% $43,300-$70,000
PRO - President's Resource Organization $8,500-$35,000 20% $18,900-$63,000
Pro Energy Consultants $29,900 $45,000-And Up
Referral Institute $8,500-$10,500 15% $21,300-$25,800
Renaissance Executive Forums $39,500 20% $55,400-$73,300
Sandler Training $79,000 $1.2K/mo. $435/mo. $97,525-$114,500
Sanford Rose Associates $7,500-$88,000 6%-7% 0.5% $11,400-$143,580
Schooley Mitchell $68,000 8% 2% $66,500-And Up
Second Opinion $30,000 $50,000
Six Disciplines Leadership Center $100,000 20% $408,000-$566,300
Snelling Personnel Services $20,000 Varies $99,200-$181,000
STG Brand Ambassador N/A $342,250-$1,430,750
Sunbelt Business Advisors Network $35,000 4% $43,450-$104,000
Turbo Leadership Systems $29,000 10% $33,300-$56,800
Valenta BPO $50,000 to $800/mo. $66,850-$97,700
Veteran Franchise Centers N/A $47,550-$95,800
Weiss Publishing Group N/A $249
WIN Sales Training N/A $100,000
Winfree $50,000 $500/month-$2,000/month $75,000-$250,000
Winmark N/A $100,000-And Up
WSI Internet $49,700-$69,700 10% $64,450-$94,550