With over 25 years of experience building brands, Kevin Wilson knows a thing or two about creating franchises that last. Kevin stops by the pod to discuss how his decades’ worth of entrepreneurial experience led him to create the multi-brand franchise empire known as Buzz Franchise Brands. From his early experience scaling his startup services company, Mosquito Joe, to over 290+ locations, Kevin explains how it eventually led him to the home services industry— and why he’s found such great success within that subsect.Kevin also talks with Wolf about why British Swim School grew to become the largest swim school franchise in the nation, along with the origins of his other franchises, including Home Clean Heroes, Grand Illuminations, and Pool Scouts. Plus, find out how Kevin’s chosen to structure his multi-franchise empire and what he credits as the main reason for Buzz Franchise Brand’s phenomenal success. 0:00 Intro/Background5:30 Marketing Before the Internet7:19 Moving to South Africa12:40 Making Money in Airlines16:00 Mosquito Joe23:25 British Swim School32:06 Buzz Franchise Brands36:17 Grand Illuminations39:03 Supporting Growth Follow Buzz Franchise Brands: Website: https://buzzfranchisebrands.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buzz-franchise-brands/ Follow Kevin: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwilsonbfb/ Buzz Franchise Brands is a multi-brand franchising company currently operating four service brands: Pool Scouts pool cleaning franchise, Home Clean Heroes residential cleaning franchise, British Swim School swim instruction franchise and Grand Illuminations outdoor lighting franchise. Our mission is to enable people to realize their dreams; we encourage you to learn more about us and our brands at BuzzFranchiseBrands.com.Are you a future franchise entrepreneur? Find all of the tools you need to launch, operate, and expand your franchise empire with the platform created by The Wolf himself, Krokit.com. And if you’ve enjoyed listening to Franchise Empires, I’d be so grateful if you could drop me a 5-star review on Rate My Podcast.  Thank you so much! Check out The Wolf’s newsletter and YouTube channel. Stay up-to-date on all things Franchise Empires by following The Wolf on Twitter: https://twitter.com/franchisewolf