12/15/2025
Franchise brands don’t have a marketing problem.
They have a unit-level traffic problem.
On the latest episode of Franchise Today, Angela Olea and Liberty Bernal share why they built Sweet Influencers—the only influencer marketing company designed specifically for franchise brands—and how local creators are quietly becoming one of the most effective traffic drivers in the playbook.
In this conversation, we dig into:
- Why influencer marketing today feels like early digital marketing: underpriced, underused, and wildly effective when done right
- Why vetted nano + micro influencers outperform “big names” for local franchise traffic
- How our blend of AI + human expertise matches the right creators to the right locations at scale
- The guardrails franchisors need: brand protection, approvals, and real-time oversight
- How Sweet Influencers makes it accessible for both single-unit operators and multi-unit groups—not just enterprise budgets
Franchise Today
If you’re leading a franchise system and watching digital ad costs climb while performance stalls, this episode will give you a clear, practical view of what’s next for franchise marketing—and how authentic, localized influence can transform unit-level economics.
🎧 Listen here:
https://franchisetodaypodcast.com/episodes/authenticity-wins-how-two-founders-are-bringing-influencer-marketing-to-franchising
(Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.)
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