An Interesting Observation

I was reading an article in a business magazine dealing with franchises and I ran across a discussion of a photography franchisor company which concentrates on group photography (ie: sports teams, youth groups etc). I'm not spamming, so I won't name the franchisor organization.

Here's the line I found interesting:

"Franchisees usually hire photographers so they can concentrate on sales and marketing".

I'm not in the business and have no such ambitions, but it appears to me that this insight into an ongoing business model confirms the advice I''ve read on this board a thousand times.

There is a "chain" photography group that does our soccer leagues T&I photos and the photo quality sucks. Of course they offer a wide variety of products, but the photos are soft and the backgrounds suck (read: a lot of cars in the background).