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Sun Herald: Young Smoothie King Franchisee Finds Success in the Gulf Coast
The Millennial franchisee is opening his seventh Smoothie King.
This month Clay Koenig will open his seventh Smoothie King location. After a career for the Smoothie King corporate offer, Koenig decided to become a franchisee and jumped into business ownership.
For his business partner, Travis Bolster, the Gulfport location will be his 12th location.
The company wanted him to continue with corporate development, said Stephen Foley, franchise development manager for Smoothie King.
“He wanted to build stores and build brand,” Foley said.
Four years ago Koenig and Bolster formed a company and opened their first store together in Mobile, Alabama. Soon after, they opened locations in D’Iberville, Mississippi; Tallahassee, Florida; Biloxi, Mississippi; another in Mobile, Alabama; and then Slidell, Louisiana.
Once the Gulfport location opens, the business duo have plans for a new store in Laurel this spring and another in Tallahassee.
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FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
