What standards must Engineering For Kids franchisees conform to in their advertising?
Engineering_For_Kids Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer 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 Engineering For Kids' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must adhere to specific standards and requirements for all advertising materials. All advertising must be conducted in a dignified manner and conform to the standards and requirements periodically specified 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 Engineering For Kids may approve.
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 considered disapproved. Engineering For Kids reserves the right to require franchisees to discontinue the use of any advertising or marketing materials.
Online advertising is also subject to review and prior written approval. Franchisees must submit a sample of the proposed online site, including its domain name, format, visible content, and non-visible content, for approval. Franchisees must not use or modify an online site without prior written approval and must comply with the standards and specifications for online sites that Engineering For Kids may periodically prescribe in the Manuals or otherwise in writing. Engineering For Kids may also require franchisees to establish hyperlinks to their online site and other online sites and may require franchisees to make Engineering For Kids the sole administrator of any social networking pages.