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What must Engineering For Kids franchisees ensure when conducting their own advertising activities?

Engineering_For_Kids Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

are of the cost will count toward your local marketing expenditure requirement.

You agree to conduct all advertising in a dignified manner and to conform to the standards and requirements we periodically specify in the Manual or in other written materials. All local marketing, advertising, and promotion must be in the media, and of the type and format, as we may approve. We will make available to you approved advertising and promotional materials, including signs, posters, collaterals, etc. that we have prepared. We will have the final decision on all creative development of advertising and promotional messages. You must submit to us, for our approval before your use, all proposed plans, promotion materials, and advertising that we did not prepare or approve in the previous year. If you do not receive our written approval within 10 business days from the date we receive the material, the material is deemed disapproved. We reserve the right to require you to discontinue the use of any advertising or marketing materials.

We may periodically require you to participate in and comply with special promotional activities for Engineering For Kids Businesses generally or in specific geographic areas or for specific types of venues. You must bear your own costs of participating locally in such promotions. (Franchise Agreement, Section 9.5)

We may periodically require you to participate in and comply with special promotional activities for Engineering For Kids Businesses generally or in specific geographic areas or for specific types of venues. You must bear your own costs of participating locally in such promotions. (Franchise Agreement, Section 9.7)

"Online Sites" (as defined below) are considered as "advertising" under the Franchise Agreement, and are subject (among other things) to our review and prior written approval before they may be used (as described above). As used in the Franchise Agreement, the term "Online Site" means one or more related documents, designs, pages, or other communications that can be accessed through electronic means, including, but not limited to, the Internet, World Wide Web, webpages, microsites, social networking sites (for example, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, You Tube, Google Plus, Pinterest, etc.), blogs, vlogs, applications to be installed on mobile devices (for example, iPad or Android apps), and other applications, etc. You may neither establish nor permit any other party to establish an Online Site relating to refers to the Engineering

For Kids Business, Proprietary Marks, us, or the System. Additionally, you may not offer, promote, or sell any products or services, or make any use of the Proprietary Marks, through the Internet or an Online Site without our prior written approval. If we decide to grant our consent, we have the right to require that you adhere to certain rules and standards concerning any Online Site. These may include: (1) before establishing any Online Site, you must submit to us, for our prior written approval, a sample of the proposed Online Site, including its domain name, format, visible content (including, without limitation, proposed screen shots), and non-visible content (including meta tags), in the form and manner we may require;

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–36)

What This Means (2025 FDD)

According to the 2025 Engineering For Kids FDD, franchisees must adhere to specific standards and requirements when conducting their own advertising. All advertising must be conducted in a dignified manner and conform to the standards and requirements specified in the manual or other written materials. All local marketing, advertising, and promotion must be in the media, and of the type and format, approved by Engineering For Kids.

Engineering For Kids will make available approved advertising and promotional materials, including signs, posters and other collateral. However, Engineering For Kids retains the final decision on all creative development of advertising and promotional messages. Franchisees must submit all proposed plans, promotion materials, and advertising that Engineering For Kids did not prepare or approve in the previous year for approval before use. If written approval is not received within 10 business days from the date Engineering For Kids receives the material, the material is deemed disapproved. Engineering For Kids reserves the right to require franchisees to discontinue the use of any advertising or marketing materials.

Furthermore, Engineering For Kids specifies that online sites are considered advertising and are subject to review and prior written approval. Franchisees may not establish or permit any other party to establish an online site relating to the Engineering For Kids business, proprietary marks, or the system without prior written approval. If consent is granted, Engineering For Kids has the right to require adherence to certain rules and standards concerning any online site, including submitting a sample of the proposed online site for prior written approval, complying with standards and specifications prescribed in the manuals, and establishing hyperlinks to Engineering For Kids' online site and other online sites if required.

Disclaimer: This information is extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document and is provided for research purposes only. It does not constitute legal or financial advice. Consult with a franchise attorney before making any investment decisions.